Is it possible to delay ring for a few seconds?

[Styphen]

I use a great anti-spam service (Jolly Roger) to filter incoming calls. It relies on the simultaneous ring option in GV. Often, the spam service doesn't answer in time to catch a spam call, and I catch a ring or two on the Obi200.

An ideal way to fix this would be simply delaying the ring on the Obi, but I do not know how to do this.

I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction, or just tell me that it cannot be done if that is the case.

Thanks in advance!

[azrobert]

Are you answering the call before it's blocked? You can have the OBi200 phone ring silently for x number of seconds before the normal ring pattern.

Use OBi Expert to make the following change.

Ring Settings -> Ring Profile A -> Ring Pattern 1
Default: 60;(2+4)
Ring for 2 seconds then silence for 4 seconds, repeat for 60 seconds

Change to: 60;2(0+2);58(2+4)
Silence for 2 seconds then normal ring pattern

[Styphen]

Thank you azrobert, you are my new hero! I just plugged those settings in, saved and rebooted.

I have not been answering before it is blocked, but it rings simultaneously both here and at the spam service, so I hear the first ring or two regardless of whether it is a legit call or a spam. Delaying the ring like this should allow the service to check CLID and decide whether it is a call that needs to be answered by it or by me. If the spam service hasn't caught the call by the second ring, chances are that I want to answer it myself.

I work at night, and I get a ton of spam. The filter service has been a blessing, but I made some changes to where my number is hosted (ported it from Number Barn to Google) and ever since, spam calls have been slipping through for a ring before getting caught by the filter. Delaying the ring a bit should resolve the problem, I think.   

Thanks again, I really appreciate it.