Questions re Obi 212 Setup

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rico:
I don’t have a 212 yet, but would like to understand how it works before I buy one and try this out.

1.   If you hook a phone up to an Obi 212 and connect the FXO port to an existing VOIP line (home phone line from cable company), will the phone ring (via the Obi) if someone calls your home phone?
2.   If so, is there a way to turn off the ringer internal to the Obi so that the FXO port doesn’t cause the phone to ring, but a call via SP1 will cause the phone to ring?   How would you set this up?

I would like to use one phone, forward my home phone calls to SP1 number, allow inbound calls via SP1 only (i.e. stop inbound from ringing via FXO line), and route all outbound calls via the FXO line.  Reason:  cut down on robocalls.   I have nomorobo on my existing home phone, but still get a lot of annoying one ring calls and multiple ring spam calls from my local area code.

zapattack:
The OBI has multiple incoming/outgoing ports,SP1-4, LIne and PHone.
These ports are connected using Inbound and Outbound Call routing.

The default Inbound Call Route for the line is to the phone.

If you delete PH from the LIne call route, the phone won't ring on incoming LIne calls.
If you set SP1 Inbound Call Route to PH, the phone will ring on SP1 incoming calls.

If you set phone port Outbound Call Route to li, then all calls will go out on the line.

Taoman:
Quote from: zapattack on March 09, 2020, 01:00:14 am


If you delete PH from the LIne call route, the phone won't ring on incoming LIne calls.

Deleting PH from the X_InboundCallRoute would have zero effect. Having a blank X_InboundCallRoute is the same as having PH there. OP would need to use the null/empty set symbol: {} to block the phone from ringing. However, since the OP plans on forwarding incoming calls to SP1 I don't understand the issue. Incoming calls should never reach the FXO port in the first place if all calls are being forwarded elsewhere.

Quote from: zapattack

If you set phone port Outbound Call Route to li, then all calls will go out on the line.
The OP would need to set the PrimaryLine, not the Outbound Call Route.

drgeoff:
Quote from: Taoman on March 09, 2020, 10:59:21 am

Incoming calls should never reach the FXO port in the first place if all calls are being forwarded elsewhere.

@Taoman
The OP has incoming calls from a VoIP line on his cable modem. That line is presented just like a POTS line for connection to an ordinary POTS phone.  He is thinking of running a cable between that RJ11 socket on the cable modem to the LINE socket on an OBi212.

Taoman:
Quote from: drgeoff on March 09, 2020, 11:41:40 am

Quote from: Taoman on March 09, 2020, 10:59:21 am

Incoming calls should never reach the FXO port in the first place if all calls are being forwarded elsewhere.

@Taoman
The OP has incoming calls from a VoIP line on his cable modem. That line is presented just like a POTS line for connection to an ordinary POTS phone.  He is thinking of running a cable between that RJ11 socket on the cable modem to the LINE socket on an OBi212.

Understood. I've done the same thing with my OBi110 and Comcast Voice for years. Perhaps I am misunderstanding. But if the OP is going to forward his VoIP line at the cable company level to another number (SP1) my question remains:
How would the incoming VoIP call ever get to the FXO port if it's being forwarded elsewhere (unless OP would be using simulring)?
I understand how the call path would work theoretically.

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