Are calls possible while mobile?
azrobert:
I suggested using SIP2SIP and CSipSimple because these are required for the 3rd solution I posted in my Reply#6 above for single stage outbound dialing (no auto attendant). After we get inbound working, you are about 25% away from getting everything working.
You need to use the Basic Wizard to create a CSipSimple account. It's the one with the Android robot ICON. When you created your SIP2SIP account the login name is this format: UserID@sip2sip.info
You use the UserID portion for User.
These are the fields you are asked to complete using the Basic Wizard.
What are you confused about?
Account Name: SIP2SIP
User: Your UserID
Server: sip2sip.info
Password: Your PW
SAVE
ddalley:
Quote from: azrobert on August 22, 2018, 09:36:59 pm
What are you confused about?
As I said, the names of some terms aren't identical from company to company. I am sure it's easier and more obvious once one has completed the process once or twice.
I am attempting to use CallWithUs' SIP servers because I already deal with them. In that process I came across a password that I had no record of, so I am still trying to figure things out.
drgeoff:
It is most often the case that the password and username that you use to log in to a provider's web site are not the same as the username and password of the VoIP account.
A_Friend:
Quote from: ddalley on August 20, 2018, 09:32:40 am
If I have a Wi-Fi connection while away from my Obi, is it possible to still make/receive calls through my device?
I have looked for relevant instructions, but only see it mentioned with the old, outdated app.
There are several ways to do this. I've read through the thread , and azrobert has a number of good suggestions.
This method may not be as good, but here's how I do it. I happen to carry two android phones, but that isn't necessary for this approach. You could do it on one*.
My home number is with a service that allows me to route the DID to multiple destinations at once. I've got it set so it rings a subaccount/extension** on my Obi202, another subaccount/extension running on one of my cellphones using Zoiper***, and my other cellphone via its DID. If I'm away from home and have a good wifi connection, I'll answer the SIP phone, otherwise I'll pick up the cell. Neither of these routes are using the Obi for anything. They're coming off the back end of my SIP carrier.
To make a call, again two routes. If I have wifi, I use Zoiper to make the call directly. The subaccount I'm using is configured to spoof the home number. If I don't have wifi, and I want to display my home Caller ID (and I don't want to use my limited lte data), I dial in to AA via a free DID I got from Callcentric and don't use for much else, and dial out from the home number. If you don't have a good wifi connection, but you have a data plan on your cell and don't mind using it for this, you can forget about setting up AA and just dial directly via the spoofed SIP account.
* - Some android cellphones let you install SIP accounts in addition to the cell service, and then select which one you want to call out on. Both will ring on incoming calls. You can also install Zoiper on a phone that doesn't have that feature and essentially be running two phones in one. I happen to use two phones, both pay-as-you go, because one service is very, very inexpensive and I've had bad luck with MVNOs going belly up. My long-term standby is AT&T which isn't going anywhere. Plus, I'm in a congested area, the MVNO is on Sprint PCS, and sometimes that's better than AT&T's nearest tower and sometimes vice versa. The two together are costing me about $11/month, so who cares.
** - voip.ms calls them subaccounts, Callcentric calls them extensions. They perform the same function. I've done this on both at one time or another.
*** - Zoiper is a free SIP phone app for android. You don't need it if your native phone dialer will allow you to add SIP accounts. You can also use any other SIP soft phone that will run on your device.
ddalley:
Thanks, A_Friend. I have various devices, too, but I just need to get one working first.
CallWithUs thinks it is as easy as "just install any SIP client on the phone and configure it with the same
username and password like in Obi settings. Both devices will ring on incoming calls."
I will return to experimenting with this next week.
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