How to access POTS line (Line 2) with Obi212?
drgeoff:
Quote from: webraider on March 10, 2018, 10:52:15 am
To do this I may have to move the Obi. I'm assuming that unplugging it is okay?. Also.. does there still have to be an internet connection for this work?
Yes you can unplug as the Call History is stored in Flash memory. For the same reason it does not need a connection to the internet.
An alternative to moving the OBi is to enable access to its web server via its INTERNET port (ie over your LAN). I think that setting is available using the portal. Look under System Management, Device Admin, Web Server for the AccessFromWAN. If not use the phone and dial ***0. At the voice prompt enter 30# then follow the prompts to enter a 1 and save it. That enables access. Then you can get to the onboard server by pointing a browser on your LAN at the OBi's IP address. (Not 192.168.10.1). If you do not know that address, dial ***1 and it will be read out to you.
webraider:
Okay.. I did it using the portal, by turning on the WAN feature from the dashboard.
I'm attaching a JPEG of my call log... The first call #1 is a Google Voice call that I dialed my google voice, connect the call and hung up. This created GT1-->PH1
the rest of the calls are calls to my POTS line.
These were just where I called and it the phone is ringing, but I did not connect the call..
When I actually answered the call by dialing ##, it creates a separate new call entry like call #2 which shows a different routing. Line 3 was created when I dialed the number and 2 was created when I answered.
The POTS is being routed LI1 to PH1.. but when I answer by barging in.. it goes from PH1 to LI1 with a new call created in the log.
Calls from Google Voice are showing like this:
Call from GT1 to
drgeoff:
I'm looking at the calls from LI1 to PH1 and do not understand why the 'Call ended' time is the same or almost the same as the 'Ringing' time for all of them. What is causing them to reach the "Call ended" state?
Do you still have an old clunker wired phone to plug in to the OBi212 instead of the cordless one for testing purposes?
webraider:
The call is ending so soon because I just dial in for it to ring and then hang up.. I'm ending it from my cell phone.
drgeoff:
We are at a stage where I have no logical explanation for the symptoms as I understand them. So let's recap to check my understanding.
1. An Obi212 with a cordless phone base station plugged directly (no connection to any other device or wiring) in to its PHONE jack and a POTS type line from the building's PBX plugged in to the LINE jack.
2. GV configured on an SP. Can make and receive calls over GV with no issues.
3. Can get dial tone from the PBX by dialling ##. From there can dial and successfully converse with other numbers on that PBX. Can dial **70 followed by other numbers on the PBX and successfully converse with them.
4. Incoming calls from the PBX ring the phone. But taking the phone "off hook" does not answer the call. The phone continues to ring.
5. If the PSU is disconnected from the OBi212, incoming calls ring the phone. Taking the phone off-hook causes the ringing to stop and two way conversation is possible in the normal manner.
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