asterisk users - Jan 2006 - CALLERIDNAME/CALLERIDNUM Deprecation

Previously, when I wanted to forward to incoming callerid when I 
forwarded a call to another number I had to set the callerid on the 
outgoing call to be that of the incoming number.  So today I do this:

exten => s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=${CALLERIDNAME})

because I want the outgoing callerid that I forward to not be the normal 
callerid of the local extension but I want to forward the incoming 
callerid.  Now that CALLERIDNAME is deprecated, how do I differentiate 
between the CALLERID on the incoming channel and the callerid set on the 
outgoing channel?  The deprecation advice seems to suggest that I change 
my set statement to:

exten => s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=CALLERID(name))

which doesn't clearly make any sense to me.  The function info suggests 
there is an <optional-CID> parameter but I don't know what the options
are.


MARK.

Mark Hulber wrote:
> exten => s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=${CALLERIDNAME})
This could never have accomplished anything, since those two references 
affect the exact same variable internally.
> because I want the outgoing callerid that I forward to not be the normal 
> callerid of the local extension but I want to forward the incoming 
> callerid.  Now that CALLERIDNAME is deprecated, how do I differentiate 
> between the CALLERID on the incoming channel and the callerid set on the 
> outgoing channel?  The deprecation advice seems to suggest that I change 
> my set statement to:
> 
> exten => s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=CALLERID(name))
You'll have to more clearly define what you want to accomplish; 
normally, the Dial() application sets the CLID/CNAM info on the outgoing 
channel based on what is present on the channel placing the call.

I think he is getting at something like a Zap channel that passes on it's
own CID info from zapata.conf, as opposed to the calling channel? Perhaps it
is a zap issue, and is as simple as placing callerid=asreceived in
zapata.conf.

OR

Maybe it is the way Dial() works in 1.2 versus 1.0 - with the "o"
flag, I
mean?

Mark Hulber wrote:
> exten => s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=${CALLERIDNAME})
This could never have accomplished anything, since those two references 
affect the exact same variable internally.
> because I want the outgoing callerid that I forward to not be the normal 
> callerid of the local extension but I want to forward the incoming 
> callerid.  Now that CALLERIDNAME is deprecated, how do I differentiate 
> between the CALLERID on the incoming channel and the callerid set on the 
> outgoing channel?  The deprecation advice seems to suggest that I change 
> my set statement to:
> 
> exten => s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=CALLERID(name))
You'll have to more clearly define what you want to accomplish; 
normally, the Dial() application sets the CLID/CNAM info on the outgoing 
channel based on what is present on the channel placing the call.


Sincerely,

Brent A. Torrenga
brent.torrenga@torrenga.com

Torrenga Engineering, Inc.
907 Ridge Road
Munster, Indiana 46321-1771

219.836.8918x325 Voice
219.836.1138 Facsimile
www.torrenga.com