asterisk users - Nov 2006 - Click to dial apps always show from "asterisk"

We have calls that originate click-to-dial apps that use the manager
interface. As most of you know these apps first ring your handset so that
you pickup the handset and then place the outbound call once you have picked
up.

When they first ring my handset (before me picking up the handset) the call
shows as being "from asterisk". Is there any way to change this
"from" name
to something the average joe understands such as "PBX"?
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You can use the CallerID parameter of the Originate command to
override the default caller id.

It's listed on the wiki with examples:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+Manager+API+Action+Originate

Cheers

On 11/27/06, Eric Bishop <asterisk.eric@gmail.com>
wrote:
> We have calls that originate click-to-dial apps that use the manager
> interface. As most of you know these apps first ring your handset so that
> you pickup the handset and then place the outbound call once you have
picked
> up.
>
>  When they first ring my handset (before me picking up the handset) the
call
> shows as being "from asterisk". Is there any way to change this
"from" name
> to something the average joe understands such as "PBX"?
>
>
>
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