Use Obi call recording function as portable voice recorder? [solved]

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unvalidUser:
I have a Uniden portable handset connected to my OBi200. I would like to be able to use the handset as a portable recording device via the Obi call recording function.

A simple way of doing this, for example, would be for me to call my cell phone from my uniden handset (connected through my Obi), bury my cell phone in a basket of laundry to insulate it from any sound, then just use my Uniden handset as a mic. This would record the 'call', which would only really consist of the sound coming into the uniden - effectively turning it into a handheld voice recorder.

Of course I could do it exactly the way I describe above but it's a bit cumbersome.

So how can this be done using a callroute code/rule to initiate some type of session with the auto attendant or other destination which would be seen as a call-in-progress by the Obi device and thereby allow the call to be recorded?

Another way that would work for me would be to have access to a reliable public phone number that just produces silence, like some type of line test number - similar to this UK Quiet Line Test:
https://support.zen.co.uk/kb/Knowledgebase/Performing-a-Quiet-Line-Test
(although it would be ideal to not have to choose a menu number)

Anyone up for the challenge or have a secret telephone company quiet line test number?

SteveInWA:
If you have a smartphone, download and use a sound recording app to turn the smartphone into a digital recorder.

Otherwise, just buy a portable recorder.

azrobert:
A SIP conference room will work. If you can't find a free one, you can create your own using Tropo.
Create a free development account here:
https://www.tropo.com/login

Their Website doesn't work well with Internet Explorer, so I use Chrome.

Create a file by clicking on My Files then click on WWW
Click Create New File
Copy and paste the following:

Code:

<?php
conference("1234");
?>

Name the file Conf.php

Create an app called Conf and point it to the above file.

After you create the app, place the cursor over SIP under VOIP details.
The address of the app will be displayed on the bottom left of the page.

I created an app with the above code.
Setup a speed dial like the following to call it:
sp2(9996110573@sip.tropo.com)

SP2 must be defined as SIP.
I'll leave the app up for a day and then delete it.
If it works for you, create your own.

unvalidUser:

Thanks azrobert! Sounds fairly simple from your description. I'll give it a try and report back.

unvalidUser:
holycrapthatworked

azrobert, your instructions are perfect.

Now i'll just have to leave my phone connected to tropo for several hours to see how long the connection remains before tropo, my service provider, or the Obi disconnects me.
(Edit 20150621: "...maximum session time with Tropo is four hours, so any conference call will also have a maximum uptime of four hours before sessions will begin to disconnect.")

I'm guessing that the 'normal' use for this app/service that I created would be that several people could dial in and conference?

For my purposes, this works. Thank you!

Now if only the record function could be activated from the handset.

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