Using the Obi 110 as an FXO and FXS Port for FreePBX
drgeoff:
1. If you mean an incoming PSTN call (on the OBi110 LINE port) being forwarded to an external number going out on the same OBi110 LINE port, then no that isn't possible. A PSTN line doesn't support that, nor does the OBi110.
2. If you mean an incoming PSTN call (on the OBi110 LINEport) being forwarded to an external number going out via the OBi110 to an ITSP or the OBiTALK network, then yes that should be possible in principle (but maybe not with the described configuration?). But is there a good reason for not going out directly from Asterisk to the ITSP?
ptsnandgv:
I'm having this issue from above:
2: I am unsure which settings to fiddle with to change the timings. Currently it takes 3 rings on my mobile before anything shows up in asterisk and a local phone starts ringing. It also seems to take a long time (around 9 seconds) to actually dial out from an analogue phone connected to the Obi110 to asterisk then back out the Obi110 to the PSTN.
I can see the Call 'connect' on the mobile, the timer starts, I still hear extra rings, these rings are now being routed to FreePBX.
If I navigate to OBI while I am calling from mole, I can see it register on the OBI..it seems like the OBI is waiting for CID information before it processes the call into the PBX (or putting it into the 'second' line)...
Ad_Hominem:
Sorry it took me so long to reply to this message. Obi is apparently not notifying me of updates to this thread.
Q1: The behavior you describe is a normal feature of an analog telephone line when handling an incoming call. If you receive an incoming telephone call on an analog phone line (from anywhere) and you then hang-up, it takes between 10 and 15 seconds before the phone company will disconnect the call. If the caller hangs-up, the call will disconnect almost immediately. This delay does NOT apply if you place a call from an analog line to someone else. It only occurs on incoming calls.
This same problem would occur if you hooked up a standard telephone to your phone line, received a call, and then hung-up. If you pick up 5-10 seconds later, the call will still be there. That's just the way analog phone lines work.
Q2: I suspect you don't have Caller ID on your phone line. If that's the case, you need to modify the settings per the instructions to shorten the delay period where the system waits for CallerID. Change RingDelay=3500 to RingDelay=0. If that doesn't work, try 1, or 100..
Q3: For the Obi, I don't. For Asterisk, that's in indications.conf. The tones you hear are generated in many different places, depending upon whether the call has answered.
Quote from: Mattak on April 11, 2013, 06:57:49 am
Thank you so much for this guide! It is exactly what I wanted to use the Obi 110 for!
I'm having a few other issues though. I wonder if you guys can help?
1: It seems like there is a small issue with the Obi hanging up a call through PSTN.
If I make a call into the Obi from my mobile it rings and I can answer through where ever I have routed the call through asterisk. If I then hang up the call locally the call goes silent on the mobile but it still shows as connected. If I then try to dial out locally I just get connected to the same call and I hear asterisk trying to dial numbers in my mobile.
The strange thing is that on the Obi110 web page, after hanging up locally, the line port status shows as "On Hook" and call status shows 0 active calls.
It seems like the Obi110 or asterisk is failing to tell the PSTN that the call has ended and I would be relying on the incoming caller to hangup to end the call.
Any ideas?
2: I am unsure which settings to fiddle with to change the timings. Currently it takes 3 rings on my mobile before anything shows up in asterisk and a local phone starts ringing. It also seems to take a long time (around 9 seconds) to actually dial out from an analogue phone connected to the Obi110 to asterisk then back out the Obi110 to the PSTN.
3: I am in London in the UK and was wondering if anyone knows if there is a page that shows all the local tone settings and other defaults that are specific for the UK.
Thanks in advance! Keep up the great work!
Mattak
Ad_Hominem:
Asterisk and FreePBX don't have any support for handling call waiting on analog phone lines.
Quote from: philc on March 27, 2013, 10:03:28 pm
I do have one remaining issue that I have not been able to overcome yet. I cannot get Call Waiting (much less CW ID) to function. Specifically, I can hear the beep when someone is calling while I'm on the line (no surprise since that is Switch generated), but I can't seem to identify a method to send a hook flash signal through FreePBX to OBI. There doesn't even appear to be a button the Cisco phone for this purpose. Any ideas on how I might solve this would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Phil
David_s5:
Quote from: Ad_Hominem on July 11, 2011, 05:37:59 pm
UPDATED: 5/19/2012
Be sure to use the very latest firmware. Earlier versions had a bug with the X_UseRefer option which have now been fixed!
Note that I've made a lot of changes to these instructions since I wrote them a few years ago, and so if you set-up
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I just wanted to thank you for this post! There are so many overly complicated setup descriptions out on the web. Some ones that I have found are labyrinths! The author is referring the reader form on post to another instead of just listing the clear cut steps as you have done herein BRAVO!
THANK YOU AGAIN!
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