Before forwarding the call, try setting the effective_caller_ids, they override what's in vars.xml: <action application="set" data="effective_caller_id_number=${caller_id_number}"/> <action application="set" data="effective_caller_id_name=${caller_id_name}"/> Regards, Robert From: Adrian Pinder [mailto:jpinder@outlook.com] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 9:01 AM To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Maintain external caller ID on follow me forward the provider is allowing me to set my own caller ID in vars.xml that's the caller ID I'm getting when calls are forwarded. I wan to get the caller ID of the number that called me ________________________________ From: jpinder@outlook.com<mailto:jpinder@outlook.com> To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org<mailto:freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:28:17 -0500 Subject: [Freeswitch-users] Maintain external caller ID on follow me forward Her's what happening: - I have a follow me rule after 3 rings to my internal extension then forward it to my cell phone - someone calls from the pstn side (external caller) the calls comes in with the correct caller ID to my internal extension - When the calls gets forwarded to my cell I get the caller ID setup on freeswitch for all outbound calls basically I get the (Effective Caller ID Number) How can I maintain the external caller id to show up on my cell instead of the did information i entered in freeswitch for all outbound calls. Thanks in advance _________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org<mailto:consulting@freeswitch.org> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org<mailto:FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org