Condo Intercom to my cell phone?
pingywon:
I'm sure the vets here have been through this type of question a million times, so allow me to say sorry ahead of time....
I live in a multistory building with an intercom system at the guest entrance. When a visitor dials my apt number on the keypad (213) it uses the land line in my apt to ring. I can pick up - talk to them and then dial a code to buzz them into the building.
I DO NOT HAVE A LANDLINE! :)
What I wanna do is use my OBi device (and FXO-USB adapter) to have the intercom system forward to my google voice number (which goes to my cell phone) I want to be able to answer the google voice number on my cell phone and than use my cell phone to buzz people in to the building.
I have spent weeks on this.... I can not figure it out. Has anyone else done this? How did you do it? I am just about at wits end and ANY info anyone has or could share would be GREATLY appreciated!
TIA
azrobert:
You need a 2nd service provider to call your GV number. If you use GV to call to same GV account, you will get connected to voicemail. You can use GV to directly call your cell.
Use OBi Expert to modify the Line port's inbound route. The following assumes GV is defined on SP1.
Physical Interfaces -> Line Port -> InboundCallRoute: ph,sp1(cell#)
pingywon:
Thank you for the response!
Yes I want someone to dial the apt number outside the building. That to trigger the OBi202/FXO-USB to call my GV number which is forwarded to my cell phone.
Is my train of thought correct here? Or am I still missing a piece of the puzzle?
azrobert:
Maybe I'm getting too much into the weeds, but I will try again. The OBi doesn't really forward incoming calls. It uses a defined service provider to make a new call and then merges this new call with the inbound call. This is called bridging.
If you only have one GV account, you must use it to "Forward" the incoming call from your intercom. If you use your GV account to call the same GV account, the person at the intercom will be connected to the GV IVR and will be asked if they want to access your voicemail, make a new call and some other options.
You can have the OBi forward the call directly to your cell number. This is different than calling you GV number and then having GV ring all your forwarding numbers.
Use the instructions at the bottom of my last post to configure your OBi.
Edit:
Before making any changes, make sure the intercom will ring the OBi's phone port.
pingywon:
Alright - so progress has been made!!
Thank you very much your advice so far has gotten me to this point.
I have the system "working" the issue is that ever ring from the intercom generates a new call to my cell phone. I never have a chance to even answer it as it just rings once and then hangs up and then rings the cell again with the next ring from the intercom.
Any idea what setting I am looking for or have missed.
So close...yet so far.
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