Determine which user initiated call in Asterisk

Question

I had the following code in my extensions.conf file:

[local]
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,1,Set(CALLERID(name)=${OUTGOING_NAME})
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,n,Set(CALLERID(num)=${OUTGOING_NUMBER})

Now I want to change this code to set the CallerID and number based on the user/extension that is making the call. In fact I have four(4) users/extensions in my sip.conf and only one of them (the one I use for business) is supposed to send a different caller id/number.

Everything is in the same context (for simplicity) since all lines need to be able to pick up an incoming call. The only difference is when line1 needs to make a call, it has to send a different caller id/number and use a different provider.

This is what I have so far:

[local]
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,1,Set(line=${SIP_HEADER(From)})
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,n,Verbose(line variable is <${line}>)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=${IF($[ ${line} = line1 ]?${COMPANY_NAME}:${FAMILY_NAME})})
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,n,Set(CALLERID(num)=${IF($[ ${line} = line1 ]?${COMPANY_NUMBER}:${FAMILY_NUMBER})})
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,n,Dial(${IF($[ ${line} = line1]?SIP/${EXTEN}@${COMPANY_PROVIDER}:SIP/${EXTEN}@${FAMILY_PROVIDER})})

I really don't know if this is correct and I'm afraid to commit these changes to my extensions.conf before validating.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Are you using a GUI such a FreePBX on this Asterisk box? – dkwiebe Nov 16 '12 at 22:14 — dkwiebe, Nov 16 '12 at 22:14
No, I'm using a terminal to make all these changes. – Alfero Chingono Nov 17 '12 at 23:13 — Alfero Chingono, Nov 17 '12 at 23:13

dkwiebe · Answer 1 · 2012-11-19T18:23:31.007

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As per the VoIP Info Wiki you can specify the callerid information on SIP extensions on a per extension basis like this:

callerid="Tuomas Tammisalo" <1000>

UPDATE: You can access the CDR variables on the call has started. "${CDR(src)}" would give you the source extension of the call.

edited Nov 19 '12 at 18:23

answered Nov 18 '12 at 20:40

dkwiebe

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Thanks for the insightful response. However, I still need the functionality to detect the caller because, I send different caller Ids depending on which destination it is. I have several inbound numbers for different regions. – Alfero Chingono Nov 19 '12 at 14:20
Does ${CDR(src)} give you what you're looking for? – dkwiebe Nov 22 '12 at 19:10
Unfortunately, no. I was able to get it from `${CALLERID(num)}` – Alfero Chingono Jun 06 '13 at 17:29

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '13 at 17:27

After some investigation, I found out that I can get the information I need from ${CALLERID(num)}.

So, this is what I did:

[local]
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX,1,Set(line=${CALLERID(num)})
same => n,Verbose(line variable is <${line}>)
same => n,GotoIf($["${line}" = "line1"]?business-out,${EXTEN},1:family-out,${EXTEN},1)

[business-out]
...

[family-out]
...

Hope that helps someone

Determine which user initiated call in Asterisk

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