setting caller id

[rebootln]

Hey guys

i am writing an application that dials out via asterisk sip

i am having problem setting an outbound caller id from my application via sip headers

seems that no matter what i do the asterisk doesn't seem to grab the caller id info from the header - and forwards the SIp username as the caller id ( i left the caller id blank in the sip.conf for this user

Can you please direct me how to form the sip header properly so the asterisk grabs the caller name and caller number from the header

Thank you

[david55]

Asterisk will take the caller ID from the From header by default. That should not be a problem for phones. It can be a problem on the outbound side, as some ITSPs insist on the From header including the account name. However, responsible ITSPs will vet caller IDs anyway, to make sure you own the number being presented.

If you enable trustrpid, it will use any Remote-Party-ID or P-Asserted-Identity headers, if present. You may need force presentation allowed status.

[rebootln]

i am now using xlite to test this

sip.conf sample

[SipUserName]
callerid=JohnDoe <100> is set in the sip.conf the ${CALLERID(num)} returns 100

but if the caller id is left empty the ${CALLERID(num)} returns SipUserName

when i set it in xlite - it does not overwrite value for ${CALLERID(num)} .

[david55]

Caller ID on a sip.conf device entry will override any caller ID coming from that device.

[rebootln]

Right - but if it isn't set - it shows the sip login name as the number

[rebootln]

i would expect that if i dont' set it in sip.conf i woudl be able to set it in say x-lite - but for some reason the ${CALLERID(num)} does not retreive it