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asterisk callid vs uniqueid

We have written a softphone in VB.NET that connects to a Asterisk PBX. In looking at the asterisk database, I see that there is a UNIQUEID for each call. But SIP seems to use a CALLID field as the key value for calls.

Does anyone know of a way to convert a UNIQUEUID to a CALLID or visa versa? Or is there a what to have the UNIQUEID passed in the SIP message? Or CALLID stored in the Asterisk Database?

Thanks in advance

Ron Malmstead

Take a look at SipAddHeader, if you want to place additional info in the sip message.

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+SipAddHeader

MRS

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I tried something similar to that, but it doesn't seem to work when you are using SIP connections, only when you are dealing with Asterisk directly..

Ron Malmstead

A SIP channel has a variable.. ${SIPCALLID}
This is the "Call-ID:" in the Sip Header message.
You can access it in the dialplan to store it in the DB.

Additionally you have the ${UNIQUEID}, which is the current call id.

You could possibly combine these two into the Asterisk DB..
For example.. Set(__ConversationID=${SIPCALLID}-${UNIQUEID}), or place them in seperate columns for query purposes.

Otherwise, SipAddHeader() is the only way I'm aware of to introduce extra information into the Sip Header message.
I believe this only comes accross on the initial INVITE message though.

MRS

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I am not sure I follow. I am still pretty new to Asterisk. Is that something I could force into the SIP header so that the UniqueID would be returned?

I am using a 3rd party control (ozeki) to handle the communicate with the PBX via SIP/UDP, so I don't know if the commands that are in the link you sent will work?

Ron Malmstead

In your dialplan.. you would have something like this..

exten => _1XXX,1,SIPAddHeader(X-UNIQUE-ID: ${UNIQUEID})
exten => _1XXX,n,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN})
..then in your sip phone application, you would need to examine the first sip INVITE message.. to get the information.

MRS

ASKER

Thanks for all the info. How do I modify a dialplan on the Asterisk box. Would I add those lines to the extensions.conf or something?

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MRS

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Thanks for all the info...

Gabriel Fernandez

how can i get SIP Header info in Ozeki C# SIP SDK?