# Howto changer the default callerid(asterisk)

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [October 7, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138 "2007-10-07T15:02:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![cchhhhhoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@cchhhhhoh](https://community.asterisk.org/u/cchhhhhoh)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138/1 "2007-10-07T15:02:16Z")

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Hi ,  
I cant get callerid on zap channels which is fine but on the display it shows “asterisk”, is there anyway to change this to another word like “xyz”?

thanks

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**Author:** ![ianplain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/ianplain/32/1776_2.png) [@ianplain](https://community.asterisk.org/u/ianplain)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138/2 "2007-10-07T17:03:37Z")

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Set(CALLERID(name) will set the name and (num) will set the number.

Ian

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**Author:** ![Dovid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dovid](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Dovid)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138/3 "2007-10-09T04:52:29Z")

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You can also change this in zapata.conf

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**Author:** ![cchhhhhoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@cchhhhhoh](https://community.asterisk.org/u/cchhhhhoh)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138/4 "2007-10-09T14:21:26Z")

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how can I change this in zapata.conf? I tried callerid=something  
but it didnt work

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**Author:** ![bwilks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bwilks](https://community.asterisk.org/u/bwilks)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138/5 "2007-10-10T06:50:03Z")

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Hi Ian,

We have callerid working but when the caller ID is blocked by the person calling us it says from Asterisk. Is there a way to change it to something else instead of Asterisk only when no caller ID is no sent?

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**Author:** ![Dovid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dovid](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Dovid)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138/6 "2007-10-17T13:03:41Z")

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So do a gotoif (if the callerid(name) = asterisk then set it to foo)

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**Author:** ![russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@russell](https://community.asterisk.org/u/russell)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/howto-changer-the-default-callerid-asterisk/17138/7 "2007-10-22T05:55:09Z")

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I’m assuming you mean calls coming in over SIP and connecting to Zap channels. If that is the case, then the option you are looking for is the “callerid” option in the [general] section of sip.conf.

This option will set the default callerid for incoming SIP calls.