Questions - Google Voice on Obi, New to Obi202, not new to GoogleVoice or VoIP.
PDX_Mark:
Hello,
I ordered an Obi202 and awaiting delivery.It looks like it is a week out. meanwhile I have the following questions about Obi202 with Google Voice integration.
1) If I set up a Google Voice account on the Obi and the password to that Google Account is changed, will the obi or obi portal need to be updated to reflect the new password?
2) I have a mult-function printer/fax and am considering using one line for old school faxes. (Yes some people still use that!) . I read on one thread here that a user has success if he dials "*01" before the number. Isuspect this is a feature access code to lock the ATA into a specific CODEC, turn off the jitter buffers, etc . Looking further, I can not find an explanation of this specifc feature code "*01". Anyone know about this feature code?
3) If I do not want to use asterisk, and use the Obi202 only to access Google Voice, with all voice calls originating and terminating on asterisk, can I use multiple simultaneous outbund calls on a single Google Voice account?
Thanks
Mark
SteveInWA:
Quote from: PDX_Mark on September 01, 2020, 12:40:22 pm
Hello,
I ordered an Obi202 and awaiting delivery.It looks like it is a week out. meanwhile I have the following questions about Obi202 with Google Voice integration.
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1) If I set up a Google Voice account on the Obi and the password to that Google Account is changed, will the obi or obi portal need to be updated to reflect the new password?
To set up Google Voice, you first need a working Google Voice number assigned to a Gmail account. When you configure the OBi 202, it will walk you through a procedure to add Google Voice to one or more of the four Service Provider configuration slots (SP1--SP4). You must perform this on the OBiTALK portal, not on the device's embedded web server config page. Successfully completing this will add a OAUTH secure token on your device, thus authorizing that device to use the Google Voice service (only) on your Gmail account. It does not use a username/password stored on the device, and changing your Gmail password won't impact the OBi SP configuration. This means: the device can only access the Google Voice service on your account, and nothing else, like your email or documents.
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2) I have a mult-function printer/fax and am considering using one line for old school faxes. (Yes some people still use that!) . I read on one thread here that a user has success if he dials "*01" before the number. Isuspect this is a feature access code to lock the ATA into a specific CODEC, turn off the jitter buffers, etc . Looking further, I can not find an explanation of this specifc feature code "*01". Anyone know about this feature code?
Google Voice typically works with faxing, with no modifications to any settings on the OBi. Just be sure you understand how a 202's two phone jacks are physically wired:
The Phone 1 jack is a four-pin, RJ14 jack. The center two pins are for line 1, and the outer two pins are for line 2. This corresponds to two-line analog phones that have a RJ14 jack. You'd use a four-conductor modular phone cord in this scenario.The Phone 2 jack is a two-pin, RJ11 jack. The center two pins are for line 2. These two pins are simply directly connected to the outer two pins of the Phone 1 jack. This for installations where two separate telephones (or a phone and a fax machine) are used. If you configure SP2 to a different Google Voice number on a different Gmail account, then you should plug in a TWO-conductor modular phone cord with RJ11 plugs on each end; one such cord for Phone 1 and another for Phone 2.
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3) If I do not want to use asterisk, and use the Obi202 only to access Google Voice, with all voice calls originating and terminating on asterisk, can I use multiple simultaneous outbund calls on a single Google Voice account?
Google Voice is not a plain vanilla SIP trunk service. It is not intended for use with Asterisk, and it is only capable of making two simultaneous outbound calls. Attempting to use Google Voice as a SIP trunk provider for multiple calling violates Google's terms of use, and may result in your Google Voice service being suspended.
azrobert:
See:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6625.msg41922#msg41922
The old GV using the XMPP protocol limited the OBi200 to 2 simultaneous calls, but this restriction was removed when they switched to SIP. I got 3 simultaneous calls to work. I don’t know what is the max. The default OBi200 MaxSessions setting limits it to 2, so this must be increased.
GV allows multiple devices connect to the same GV account. I assume several devices placing simultaneous calls doesn’t violate Googles terms of use. I wonder if you can simulate multiple devices by defining multiple connections to the same account on a single OBi200. I have not tried this.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: azrobert on September 02, 2020, 07:28:38 am
See:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=6625.msg41922#msg41922
The old GV using the XMPP protocol limited the OBi200 to 2 simultaneous calls, but this restriction was removed when they switched to SIP. I got 3 simultaneous calls to work. I don’t know what is the max. The default OBi200 MaxSessions setting limits it to 2, so this must be increased.
GV allows multiple devices connect to the same GV account. I assume several devices placing simultaneous calls doesn’t violate Googles terms of use. I wonder if you can simulate multiple devices by defining multiple connections to the same account on a single OBi200. I have not tried this.
That's a bad assumption. Multiple OBiTALK devices can, of course, be connected to one consumer Gmail account, but go ahead and try placing calls on them all at once, and see what happens to the Google Voice service on your account. Consumer Google Voice is not intended for that use case.
azrobert:
This policy doesn’t make sense to me. If Google doesn’t want people to make simultaneous calls, why don’t they technically block them? Anyway, I decided to see what the use policy was and I couldn’t find anything on simultaneous calls. I checked Specific Terms, Additional Term and Acceptable Use Policy. I didn’t read every word, so I might have missed it or they could be listed somewhere else. Could you show me where to look for the simultaneous policy. Thanks.
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