Some hints about Asterisk pbx

How to hide callerID on outbound calls?

When using a SIP trunk as VoIP termination, maybe the VoIP provider needs to know the callerID used, so you can't use the

same => n,Set(CALLERID(pres)=prohib)

because the VoIP provider will deny your outgoing call.

You have to add the Privacy SIP header, in this way:

same => n,Set(CALLERID(number)=012345678) ; valid callerid
same => n,SIPAddHeader(Privacy:id) ; prevent that callerid is shown to the called party

Then you will be able to call a party without showing your caller id.

Monast

Monast does not work on Asterisk 16 if the starpy python library is not updated and patched with dagmoller patch (thanks dagmoller!)

apt-get update; apt-get install python-starpy
cd /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/starpy  (or other version used by starpy)
cat <<ENDFILE >/tmp/manager.py.diff
diff --git a/starpy/manager.py b/starpy/manager.py
index a564b3a..dbe53d0 100644
--- a/starpy/manager.py
+++ b/starpy/manager.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from twisted.protocols import basic
 from twisted.internet import error as tw_error
 import socket
 import logging
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from hashlib import md5
 from starpy import error
 
@@ -227,10 +228,8 @@ class AMIProtocol(basic.LineOnlyReceiver):
             if line:
                 if line.endswith(self.END_DATA):
                     # multi-line command results...
-                    message.setdefault(' ', []).extend([
-                        l for l in line.split('\n')
-                                if (l and l != self.END_DATA)
-                    ])
+                    line = line[0:-len(self.END_DATA)]
+                    message['output'] = '\r\n'.join(line.split('\n'))
                 else:
                     # regular line...
                     if line.startswith(self.VERSION_PREFIX):
@@ -245,7 +244,11 @@ class AMIProtocol(basic.LineOnlyReceiver):
                             log.warn("Improperly formatted line received and "
                                      "ignored: %r", line)
                         else:
-                            message[key.lower().strip()] = value.strip()
+                            key = key.lower().strip()
+                            if key in message:
+                                message[key] += '\r\n' + value.strip()
+                            else:
+                                message[key] = value.strip();
         log.debug('Incoming Message: %s', message)
         if 'actionid' in message:
             key = message['actionid']
@@ -436,12 +439,15 @@ class AMIProtocol(basic.LineOnlyReceiver):
             'command': command
         }
         df = self.sendDeferred(message)
-        df.addCallback(self.errorUnlessResponse, expected='Follows')
+        if LooseVersion(self.amiVersion) > LooseVersion('2.7.0'):
+            df.addCallback(self.errorUnlessResponse)
+        else:
+            df.addCallback(self.errorUnlessResponse, expected='Follows')
 
         def onResult(message):
             if not isinstance(message, dict):
                 return message
-            return message[' ']
+            return message['output'].split ('\r\n')
 
         return df.addCallback(onResult)
ENDFILE
patch manager.py </tmp/manager.py.diff