asterisk users - Jan 2005 - Q: Can I over-ride the value of ${CALLERIDNAME} ?

Folks,

	I'd like to change the value of ${CALLERIDNAME} for incoming PSTN
calls from certain numbers, but haven't found a way that works. The goal is
to provide more informative names on my phones' caller ID displays--e.g., I
would prefer to display "ROB CELL" instead of "CELLULAR
CALL" when I call
home from my cell phone.

	This is what I tried in the context which handles inbound PSTN
calls:

...
exten => s/3125882300,1,SetVar(CALLERIDNAME="ROB CELL")
exten => s/3125882300,2,Goto(100,1)

exten => 100,1,Macro(exten_vm,Zap/1)
...

The "exten_vm" macro context handles calls to extensions equipped with
voice
mail.

	When I make a call from my cell phone, the telephone caller ID unit
shows "CELLULAR CALL" instead of "ROB CELL".

	Does anyone have any ideas?

					Cheers,

					Rob

On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 17:12, asterisk@draughon.org
wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> 	I'd like to change the value of ${CALLERIDNAME} for incoming PSTN
> calls from certain numbers, but haven't found a way that works. The
goal is
> to provide more informative names on my phones' caller ID
displays--e.g., I
> would prefer to display "ROB CELL" instead of "CELLULAR
CALL" when I call
> home from my cell phone.
> 
> 	This is what I tried in the context which handles inbound PSTN
> calls:
> 
> ...
> exten => s/3125882300,1,SetVar(CALLERIDNAME="ROB CELL")
SetCIDName("ROB CELL")
> exten => s/3125882300,2,Goto(100,1)
> 
> exten => 100,1,Macro(exten_vm,Zap/1)
> ...
> 
> The "exten_vm" macro context handles calls to extensions equipped
with voice
> mail.
> 
> 	When I make a call from my cell phone, the telephone caller ID unit
> shows "CELLULAR CALL" instead of "ROB CELL".
> 
> 	Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> 					Cheers,
> 
> 					Rob
> 
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Folks,

	Many thanks to Howard Lowndes who helped solve this problem; I ended
up using SetCallerID() instead of SetCIDName() as Howard suggested. Although
SetCIDName() changed the value correctly, desk set CID displays displayed
either "unavailable" or "out of area" on incoming calls from
my cell phone.
Here's what I ended up with:

...
exten => s/3125882300,1,SetCallerID("ROB CELL"
<${CALLERIDNUM}>)
exten => s/3125882300,2,Goto(100,1)

exten => 100,1,Macro(exten_vm,Zap/1)
...

					Cheers,

					Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:29:17 +1100
> From: Howard Lowndes <lannet@lannet.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Q: Can I over-ride the value of
> 	${CALLERIDNAME} ?
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> 	<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
> Message-ID: <1106893755.1271.30.camel@lan-255-17.lan.lannet.com.au>
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> 
> On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 17:12, asterisk@draughon.org wrote:
> > Folks,
> > 
> > 	I'd like to change the value of ${CALLERIDNAME} for 
> incoming PSTN
> > calls from certain numbers, but haven't found a way that 
> works. The goal is
> > to provide more informative names on my phones' caller ID 
> displays--e.g., I
> > would prefer to display "ROB CELL" instead of "CELLULAR
> CALL" when I call
> > home from my cell phone.
> > 
> > 	This is what I tried in the context which handles inbound PSTN
> > calls:
> > 
> > ...
> > exten => s/3125882300,1,SetVar(CALLERIDNAME="ROB CELL")
> 
> SetCIDName("ROB CELL")
> 
> > exten => s/3125882300,2,Goto(100,1)
> > 
> > exten => 100,1,Macro(exten_vm,Zap/1)
> > ...
> > 
> > The "exten_vm" macro context handles calls to extensions 
> equipped with voice
> > mail.
> > 
> > 	When I make a call from my cell phone, the telephone 
> caller ID unit
> > shows "CELLULAR CALL" instead of "ROB CELL".
> > 
> > 	Does anyone have any ideas?
> > 
> > 					Cheers,
> > 
> > 					Rob
> > 
> -- 
> Howard.
> LANNet Computing Associates;
> Your Linux people <http://www.lannetlinux.com>