Speed dial names?
OzarkEdge:
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.
Nope. From my notes under OBi202/Dial Plan:
OBi Star Codes *xx digits dialed are matched automatically *last* by default and do NOT require dial plan support. However, precedence is given to a literal/exact match in either a digit map or call route to allow using a matching service provider feature code *first*. A conflicting OBi Star Code can be reassigned.
OBi Speed Dials 1-99 digits dialed are mapped in the PHONE port digit map (Mphn), but are not routed. The rules are |[1-9]|[1-9][0-9]|.
VoIP.ms Speed Dials *7501-*7599 digits dialed are mapped in the Spn service digit map (Mspn). The rule is |*75xx|.
OE
OzarkEdge:
Quote from: Marty.ba.calif.usa on June 07, 2015, 04:52:12 pm
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?
Yes, if your dial plan is constructed to map and route the VoIP.ms Speed Dial digits accordingly.
Quote from: Marty.ba.calif.usa on June 07, 2015, 04:52:12 pm
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. :-(
I suspect the Obion app may suffer the usual deficiencies of not being their bread and butter product. I have not looked at it. I would try another softphone over WiFi like CSIPSimple registered with a sub-account on VoIP.ms (not sure if it runs on iOS).
OE
OzarkEdge:
Quote from: Marty.ba.calif.usa on June 07, 2015, 06:15:59 pm
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.
They work once you add the rule |*75xx| to the Spn service digit map (Mspn). Doing so then defeats the OBi Star Code *75. You can choose to not use the OBi Star Code *75, or simply assign another unused code to it.
OE
Marty.ba.calif.usa:
Quote from: OzarkEdge on June 07, 2015, 06:57:50 pm
Yes, if your dial plan is constructed to map and route the VoIP.ms Speed Dial digits accordingly.
I can't really see a viable way to use the cell phone, though. With my pay-as-you-go incoming call plan, it would cost money to call the DID to use their speed dial.
Quote from: OzarkEdge on June 07, 2015, 06:57:50 pm
I suspect the Obion app may suffer the usual deficiencies of not being their bread and butter product. I have not looked at it. I would try another softphone over WiFi like CSIPSimple registered with a sub-account on VoIP.ms (not sure if it runs on iOS).
OE
I've used CSIPSimple, and it was much easier to set up; also, voip.ms had some guidance on their wiki for it and some other apps. It doesn't work on IOS, unfortunately.
I also realized that this is not a good way for me to go, though. Calling the Obi AA from a cell phone is just a normal, free phone call. But using an app will use data, either wifi, which is no big deal, or cellular data, which is. So it's more efficient to leave things as they are now - and much easier for me. :-)
Marty.ba.calif.usa:
Quote from: OzarkEdge on June 07, 2015, 07:06:13 pm
Quote from: Marty.ba.calif.usa on June 07, 2015, 06:15:59 pm
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.
They work once you add the rule |*75xx| to the Spn service digit map (Mspn). Doing so then defeats the OBi Star Code *75. You can choose to not use the OBi Star Code *75, or simply assign another unused code to it.
OE
Thanks, I thought maybe there was a way, but to be honest, after discovering how to use the Obi star code, I think it's more useful. It was a bit weird figuring it out, though, because they start with what sounds like an error tone, and I didn't listen at first to the results. Of course, if I could use the voip.ms speed dials, then I woudn't need the Obi *75 star code. But it seems that for me, the Obi speed dials are the way to go.
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