Speed dial names?
Marty.ba.calif.usa:
I've set up a bunch of speed dial numbers, and I have a spreadsheet that I have to update and print when I make changes. Maintaining 2 separate lists is a hassle, so it would be nice if I could label the numbers on my Obi 200 itself.
I noticed that if I look on the Obitalk service, there is a place to enter names with the numbers, and also an easy way to change the index of the entry. But I don't use Obitalk, and I'm a bit leery of doing that now, since everything works well with my setup and 2 voip providers.
Is this name simply something that is in Obitalk, but does not show up in the standard Obi device configuration? If so, is there any way to enter the name as part of the speed dial, but have it get ignored when dialing?
Also, if I want to switch to using the Obitalk service instead of directly, can I safely import my current settings? I did that (with the obitalk service still disabled), and I see a few exclamation points that I'm not sure of.
OzarkEdge:
I believe the OBiTALK speed dial names are not installed in the device... probably a memory concern.
I think your best solution is to maintain the numbers in the device, and cross-reference these by speed dial slot number to your own list of names... numbers in the OBi, names in a spreadsheet, cross-referenced by 1-99.
I would only consider using OBiTALK.com for a really really good reason... and this would not be it.
Also, I might prefer to maintain my speed dials at the service provider level and only use OBi speed dials to solve OBi application issues. My provider, VoIP.ms, records name, number, note, and CallerID override... just can't do OBi trunk routing at this level.
OE
Marty.ba.calif.usa:
Quote from: OzarkEdge on June 07, 2015, 01:12:02 pm
I believe the OBiTALK speed dial names are not installed in the device... probably a memory concern.
I think your best solution is to maintain the numbers in the device, and cross-reference these by speed dial slot number to your own list of names... numbers in the OBi, names in a spreadsheet, cross-referenced by 1-99.
I would only consider using OBiTALK.com for a really really good reason... and this would not be it.
Also, I might prefer to maintain my speed dials at the service provider level and only use OBi speed dials to solve OBi application issues. My provider, VoIP.ms, records name, number, note, and CallerID override... just can't do OBi trunk routing at this level.
OE
Thanks for the input. I'm also using voip.ms, so I will look further at their capabilities.
Perhaps you have input on my specific case? My wife is from China, and makes calls to various family, etc. So, I set up the speed dials so she can use her cell phone to make cheap calls to China (about a penny a minute) easily, by connecting to the auto attendant, and entering the speed dial. Also, if she wants to use our home phone, she just needs to enter the speed dial number directly. Is it easy to use voip.ms for this?
I was trying to set up the Obion app to see if it would work using an address book instead of speed dials, but I've never been able to get that beast to work. Maybe it's an Obitalk issue. I was able to call the Obion app from my home phone, although answering it wasn't as easy as it should have been - had to open it first. I'm not sure if it's worth the hassles. I've already uninstalled it twice out of frustration. :-(
EDIT:
Actually, I've now checked out the voip.ms phonebook. It's pretty good for calling from my home phone, but I'm not sure how, or if, I can use it from a cell phone; maybe from a softphone app on the cell phone, though. I'll look into that (for my wife, it needs to be an IOS app).
MurrayB:
I'm confused. I use VOIP.ms and I am under the impression that the use of the *xx speed dial list conflicts with the Obi110 star codes.
Marty.ba.calif.usa:
Quote from: MurrayB on June 07, 2015, 05:48:36 pm
I'm confused. I use VOIP.ms and I am under the impression that the use of the *xx speed dial list conflicts with the Obi110 star codes.
Now I am too. You are mostly right, it seems. I set it up, and I put my cell phone number in slot 1, then entered *7501, and it called my cell phone, so i assumed it was working. However, I think that's because for slots 1 - 9, you enter only a single digit for Obi, and *75 (the voip.ms prefix) expects a speed dial number to follow, so it must expect *751 to read out slot 1. So, I entered *7510, and Obi read out the number stored in slot 10.
So, the voip.ms speed dials do not work from the Obi. That's OK with me, as I see no way to use them from a cell phone anyway, except to call my DID, enter a PIN, and pay for the incoming call plus the outgoing call (I don't use voip.ms for incoming calls, so I pay 1 cent/minute).
Thanks for letting us know about this, though, so i won't waste any time thinking about it. :-)
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