How to access POTS line (Line 2) with Obi212?
tushar:
Quote from: drgeoff on March 16, 2018, 02:08:34 am
Setting the Primary Line has NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER on incoming calls to the LINE jack or any SP. The Primary Line affects only the routeing of outgoing calls.
That wasn't my observation. Without setting the primary line to POTS, I needed to press ## to answer incoming calls on the POTS line.
drgeoff:
Quote from: tushar on March 18, 2018, 01:33:42 am
Quote from: drgeoff on March 16, 2018, 02:08:34 am
Setting the Primary Line has NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER on incoming calls to the LINE jack or any SP. The Primary Line affects only the routeing of outgoing calls.
That wasn't my observation. Without setting the primary line to POTS, I needed to press ## to answer incoming calls on the POTS line.
Until I can use an Obi212 myself (they are not yet available here in the UK) I cannot categorically say that you are wrong. However I can say that what you report is not how an OBi212 is intended to work. Also I am not aware of anyone else with an OB2i12 finding the same as you have said.
ChrisJ:
Quote from: webraider on March 09, 2018, 05:09:45 pm
Okay. I was finally able to access the POTS line for calling by going into Expert, and clicking each check box from the OBITALK settings, to the Default settings, then again so that the columns where you can make manual changes are selected. Doing this for both the PHONE1 and LINE areas works. I can now dial out but the phone still won't route incoming calls to the phone. Any ideas????
Thank you webraider.
I had the same problem:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=14025.0
I was also unable to access my POTS line for calling out. Incoming POTS line calls did work, however.
Your solution for going into EXPERT mode, accessing the PHONE and LINE settings under PHYSICAL INTERFACES, unclicking all ObiTALK Settings, then unclicking all Device Default Settings, and submitting, worked.
I can now use "# #" to dial out on my POTS line.
Your screenshots helped:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=13651.msg87638#msg87638
Thank you! I was just about ready to return my OBI212 before my return time expired.
Chris
KiwiP:
Quote from: drgeoff on March 09, 2018, 12:09:25 am
I think you are slightly confused. There is no Line 2 on an OBi212.
How have you configured the OBi212?
The 212 has a single PHONE port. You want incoming calls on SP1 (your GV number) and LINE (your POTS number) to go to that PHONE port.
To get POTS dial tone on an OBi212 I believe you need to dial ##, instead of # as on the OBi110. I believe you can also use the **70 prefix (instead of **8 on the OBi110) to make a call use the POTS line.
My packaging for a newly purchased OBi212 says "OBI212, UVA, USB, 2 FXS, FXO, GV, NA" which I read as having 2 Station ports and one (central) Office, The physical "PHONE" port has 4 physical wires, so that should support a 2-line telephone set (line 1 on the pins 3&4, line 2 on pins 2&5).
Ideally, I would like line 1 too be GV and line 2 to be another provider. Is that possible?
drgeoff:
Quote from: KiwiP on February 12, 2021, 08:04:40 am
Quote from: drgeoff on March 09, 2018, 12:09:25 am
I think you are slightly confused. There is no Line 2 on an OBi212.
How have you configured the OBi212?
The 212 has a single PHONE port. You want incoming calls on SP1 (your GV number) and LINE (your POTS number) to go to that PHONE port.
To get POTS dial tone on an OBi212 I believe you need to dial ##, instead of # as on the OBi110. I believe you can also use the **70 prefix (instead of **8 on the OBi110) to make a call use the POTS line.
My packaging for a newly purchased OBi212 says "OBI212, UVA, USB, 2 FXS, FXO, GV, NA" which I read as having 2 Station ports and one (central) Office, The physical "PHONE" port has 4 physical wires, so that should support a 2-line telephone set (line 1 on the pins 3&4, line 2 on pins 2&5).
Ideally, I would like line 1 too be GV and line 2 to be another provider. Is that possible?
Hmm! Not sure what to make of that.
Yes the description does say 2 FXS and 1 FXO. The Polycom page https://www.poly.com/gb/en/products/phones/obi/obi212 also says "Connect up to 2 analog phones or fax machines". The right hand sidebar of the first page of the datasheet that can be downloaded from that page says "Connect up to 2 analog phones or fax machines to transition your voice communications to the digital world."
However that same data sheet also says in the first paragraph of the main text "Simply connect up to one phone or fax machine, internet and your phone line to the OBi212 ...." and the second page under "Interface Features" says "Phone (FXS): 2 x RJ-11 FXS Analog Phone Port" and no mention of a FXO port. I think there is no disagreement that an OBi212 does not have 3 RJ11 sockets as would be required for 2 x RJ11 FXS ports and a FXO port. So something doesn't stack up.
It is very possible that the publicity material has been prepared by some non-technical person who has copy and pasted much of it from the existing Obi202 material.
That the OBi212's PHONE jack has 4 contacts means nothing. So does the PHONE jack on an OBi110 and that definitely does not support a 2-line phone.
But the acid test is to test the OBi212 in your possession. Attach a 2-line phone or connect two separate phones via an adaptor. Do you even get dial tone on the 2nd line? Note that you only need to power up an OBi to get dial tones to all off-hook phones. No configuration or even an ethernet cable plugged in is necessary.
Or see how many phone ports appear in the configuration menu.
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