Bridge obi 110 directly to obi 100
ianobi:
I have made a very basic error by forgetting the ten second delay introduced by the rule "xx." in the Remote OBi Phone Port DigitMap. It needs S2 adding like this:
Remote OBi:
Physical Interfaces > PHONE Port > DigitMap:
([1-9]x?*(Mpli)|[1-9]S9|[1-9][0-9]S9|**0|***|#|**1(Msp1)|**2(Msp2)|**9(Mpp)|(xx.S2))
I'll change my original post in case anyone copies it. The "xx." rule in the Phone Port OutboundCallRoute is not a problem.
With the new setup you have more control over the remote OBi. For example, you could set up GV or a SIP provider on sp1 and make outgoing calls by dialling **1 followed by the number.
This may make no difference, but is worth doing on both devices:
Change the Ethernet port on the OBi from 10 mb/s half-duplex to 100 mb/s full duplex:
1. Dial *** 0
2. Enter option 27 and press #
3. Press 1 to set a new value
4. Enter a value of 1 and press #
5. Press 1 to confirm/save
6. Hang up
7. Wait for the OBi to reboot
On the PSTN OBi you can speed up dialling if you have a good quality PSTN line change:
Physical Interfaces > LINE Port > LINE Port > DialDigitOnTime: 80
Physical Interfaces > LINE Port > LINE Port > DialDigitOffTime: 80
grover59:
I have made the changes as listed, and it did speed up the dialing considerable, however when I change the option 27 on the remote I no longer can dial out, it times out with a message, when I change option 27 back to 0 on the remote it works again.
I have tested these units on my home network and they work fine, I have also tested with just cat5 between the two units and again they work fine. Obviously both have static ip's, I don't see a problem with using the wireless link between the two provided I have a good enough signal between the two radios.
I am sure that some would say ok this can be done, so what, well let me tell you this is a big deal to me and possible many people I come in contact with. I can now extend a pstn line many miles if I need to, well at least it looks like I can, can't see why not. This could easily solve some serious problems for many up here in Maine, sad part is I know of no one else even considering this as an option, at least here any way, I am sure someone has done is somewhere else.
Yes I am doing it a little different, I am using a Verizon cell phone connection for the pstn line, however it's not rocket science that is for sure. I wished I would have tried this some time ago when I thought of it, would have saved me this learning curve late in the game, oh well.
I want to thank you for your post and excellent help on this, you have greatly shortened my learning curve on this and as I said opened up some opportunities I otherwise would not have had. If this works as planned this particular customer stands to save a boat load of money, thousands. The only problem I see at this point is the wireless link, it's only a mile it should be a piece of cake, not a lot in the way.
Steve
ianobi:
Steve,
Good luck with your setup. You have the basics now to make it work. If you need more info or to solve particular problems, then just come back here - we love a challenge!
You are probably pushing voip to its limits using a cell phone and a wireless link, but that just makes things interesting. Latency is a possible problem with a series of unusual links, but to quote a wise person "if it works, it works" :)
grover59:
Ok I said I would post my results of this project, yes this idea actually worked quite well. I used Ubiquiti 900 mhz radios to make the link and climbed a few trees to get it done but it works very well so far. Can't seem to find a problem with latency yet the Obi 110's don't seem to really care if it is a wireless link, I did expect that because there really isn't that much latency anyways with these links, particularly this one.
However I have one obi hooked directly to one radio on the head end and the other obi is also connected directly to the radio, there are no routers or switches to receive and repeat so no latency there. Now in the future I will be adding some switches and possible another complete set of Obi's to establish another phone, both phone systems will share the same radio link, again this should not be a problem the links shows it's capable of 50 plus megs up and down.
And then I may try and add Internet through this same radio link and see what happens, based on what little I know, or should I say what I think I know, this again should not be a problem, will just have to wait and see.
Steve
ianobi:
Steve,
Seems like a very interesting project. I suspect that you may be the first person to post here who needed to climb trees to get his OBi devices working :) I would be interested to hear how the project develops.
A very happy and healthy New Year to you and to all who post here or just read the posts out of interest.
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