[asterisk-users] Re: Transfer Caller ID

[Benny Amorsen]

>>>>> "RS" == Rob Schall <rschall at callone.net> writes:

RS> Example: John calls in from the outside using (213-555-1234) and
RS> he calls into the asterisk system (actually the operator). The
RS> operator (a real person) answers the call and presses transfer on
RS> her polycom 501 phone. I see an incoming call "From: Operator".

Yes, that is the only incoming call, and it is from Operator. There is
no association with the other call, so it cannot show anything else.

RS> After I pick up her call, she presses transfer one final time to
RS> complete the transfer. However, now that the call has been
RS> completed, it still shows "From: Operator". I need it to show
RS> From: 213-555-1234.

You can't. The call is still the same, and you can't change caller ID
in the middle of a call.


/Benny