Enabling call forwarding remotely on land line
eddiey:
Hi,
If I am away from the home and can remotely access the obitalk 110 via the iPad app, how can I enable call forwarding on my land line?
I have GV as line 1, and a pots on line in. I can successfully connect to the obitalk from remote, but not sure how to send the dial codes to enable forwarding on the land line....
The pots line is AT&T in Texas and I believe the code is 72#myforwardnumber.... When I tried, I would connect to obi110, choose dial out, and hit **872#myforwardnum but it looks like # is killing it. I also tried **81172myforwardnumber. With no luck (gets a different response though).
I am unfortunately remote and not able to do this at the house, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
infin8loop:
I have an AT&T POTS in Texas connected to the LINE port has well. I tried various combinations of the *72 through the auto attendant and was not successful either. Obviously I dialed into the OBi AA using GV on SP1 to keep the outbound LINE port free.
AT&T offers an add-on "Remote Access to Call Forwarding" (at an additional cost):
http://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=5918
From Anywhere — Add Remote Access to Call Forwarding for greater control. With Remote Access, you can change your Call Forwarding settings from any number. You don't have to call from your home phone. From a remote location, you can turn Call Forwarding on and off as well as forward your calls to another number.
Simple — It's easy to use. Simply call the Remote Access number of the Call Forwarding Center and follow the prompts. You'll be given options for turning Call Forwarding on and off and forwarding calls to any number.
Reminder — Remote Access to Call Forwarding is an enhancement to Call Forwarding and cannot be purchased as a stand-alone service. If you transfer calls to a number outside your local calling area, you're responsible for local toll or long distance charges that may apply.
I suspect this might be one of those times where you could use the "OBiTalk Portal Expert Configuration" to remotely change the inbound call routing on the LINE port of the OBi. Assuming of course you're not one of the folks (you know who you are) that seem to despise the OBiTalk Portal and have it disabled. I have no reason to despise it myself (yet), but I have it disabled too because the voices in my head told me too.
Everton:
Quote from: eddiey on September 13, 2011, 05:18:40 pm
Hi,
If I am away from the home and can remotely access the obitalk 110 via the iPad app, how can I enable call forwarding on my land line?
I have GV as line 1, and a pots on line in. I can successfully connect to the obitalk from remote, but not sure how to send the dial codes to enable forwarding on the land line....
The pots line is AT&T in Texas and I believe the code is 72#myforwardnumber.... When I tried, I would connect to obi110, choose dial out, and hit **872#myforwardnum but it looks like # is killing it. I also tried **81172myforwardnumber. With no luck (gets a different response though).
I am unfortunately remote and not able to do this at the house, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I'm not 100% sure, but since you can access your OBi110 remote (or through the OBiTALK Interfcae), isn't it a simple matter by editing the LINE Port Setting:
CallForwardUnconditional: --> Enable
CallForwardUnconditionalNumber: -->myforwardnumber
I suspect you could edit the incoming Call Route setting to forward the call to the "myforwardnumber" via SP2 also.
kb_hunter:
The above is not quite the same. The original poster is having trouble setting a feature on AT&T POTS.
This is like suggesting to someone who is asking for a remedy for his wife's snoring to get a new wife :=)
DaveSin:
Quote from: kb_hunter on September 15, 2011, 06:16:16 am
This is like suggesting to someone who is asking for a remedy for his wife's snoring to get a new wife :=)
Hmmm, isn't that solution an acceptable alternative....getting a new wife of course? ;D
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