[asterisk-users] CallerID Issue (asterisk newbie)

[Bruce Ferrell]

Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 13.12.2006, 15:03 +0000 schrieb
> cbullock at columbiacomputers.com:
> 
>>Hi guys. This is my 1st post here (after much reading). I have a test  
>>asterisk system setup using X-Lite Soft Phones, and the issue I am  
>>running into is that caller id shows up as "asterisk" on all incoming  
>>calls and on all local to local calls (internal). I have showcallerid,  
>>etc. configured in zapata.conf, but I'm drawing a blank.  When I check  
>>my voicemails it tells me that the message is from an unknown caller.   
>>I would appreciate any info.
> 
> 
> Zapata.conf is not usually related to sip device callerid, if you have
> no Zap interface.
> 
> Try setting the callerid= stuff in sip.conf appropriately.
> Mine looks like this, for my desktop phone:
> 
> [sip504]
> mailbox=01
> callerid=504
> type=friend
> username=sip504
> secret=YouDontKnowThis
> context=sipclient
> host=dynamic
> nat=yes
> disallow=all
> allow=alaw
> allow=gsm
> 
> so the callerid= line is what you should adapt.
> 
> BR
> Anselm

I've seen this recently when the caller ID comes in 
NPANXXXXXXyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy somehow the very long callerid isn't handled 
well.   I ended up peeling off the first 10 digits and re-stuffing the 
callerid with that