Most asterisk boxes have that feature, called Caller ID Prepending.
The way it usually works is you can add one or more prepend characters at some stage of an inbound call.
Example, if the call routes through the sales ring group, you can prepend "S:". If the call goes through the tech support ring group, you can prepend "T:", etc. So if John Smith calls and presses 1 for sales, you'd see "S:Smith, John" on caller id.
If the extra characters causes the name length to exceed 15, then characters are removed from the end. So the resulting name is always 15 characters or less, otherwise some phones may not be able to cope.
I like the new PBX Cpanel looks good Only one problem, on the "Interconnection / Outgoing" screen under gateways, the column after "Status" you only see the "A" and part of a check box, the rest is cut off.
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