No dialtone on Obi202
SteveInWA:
There is no f-ing way that you could possibly send a usable signal to an alarm monitoring company via OBi-->Bluetooth-->Mobile. It'll never work. The ancient signal protocol used by the panels cannot stand any sort of digital<-->analog conversion, let alone over two sub-optimal paths through BT and mobile voice calls.
Get your alarm company to install a dedicated cellular data modem. They are specifically designed for that purpose, require no user action, and have their own, dedicated backup battery. They work over 4G LTE data connections. If you use ADT, their primary monitoring method is now via a direct TCP/IP gateway (not VoIP), with cellular data as a backup.
Milos:
Thanks. Sorry for wasting your time. As I said, I have just realized a few hours ago what caused the no dial tone problem. Regardless of my intention, I still wonder why OBI would allow an option that would actually not work. I am surprised that nobody tried that option before me, and that Obi did not test it.
SteveInWA:
Well, they added that option some years ago, never documented it (no surprise), and yes, people have used it successfully a few times (at least as reported here on the forum). It's kind of a ripoff of Google Voice, since the service was never designed/intended to be used for that purpose, and when you use it, you have to dedicate that entire GV number to the panel, and not use it for regular calling.
It was always a crapshoot if it would work at all, and since Google has changed so much of the GV infrastructure in the past year and a half, it's no surprise that it no longer works for you.
Milos:
Sure. I still don't understand why Obi allowed the Bluetooth trunk to be specified as a Primary Line option for the phone ports, if that cannot work at all. I unnecessarily spent several hours of my time, and a few minutes of your time because of that.
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