My intention for getting the Obi212 was to hook the line port to my POTs phone service, and the phone port to the analog phones in the house. This worked, but some features did not work, for instance call waiting caller id. So, I abandoned that effort, and threw the device in my symbolic garbage can (box of unused electronics).
I've since read that even if I'm not using the Obi212 to route calls or using voip services, that the device can be a powerful call blocking device, so I'm attempting to get that functionality to work. I didnt realize that connecting locally to the Obi device was different than using Expert mode, so I'm trying that, but still no luck.
I have a POTs line from my Spectrum cable modem. There is a RJ11 splitter on the cable modem, and one line goes to my analog phones, and the other to the line port of the Obi212. There is nothing plugged into the phone port of the Obi212. I'm not using any voip services, I just want the Obi212 to answer calls matching certain area codes & exchanges after one ring, as I've read it can. The Caller ID format from the Spectrum ITSP appears to be in this format 1-###-###-####
In Expert mode, Under physical interfaces -> Line, I've tried the following entry: {(xxx205xxxx):} trying to block exchange 205, when calling from that exchange, the Obi is not picking up the call after multiple rings. I've tried {(xxxxxxxxxx):} expecting it to answer any call, but it does not. I've tried using 10 x's and 11 x's in case the leading digit 1 is counted, but to no avail. The Obi212 never answers the incoming POTs call coming in on the LINE port of the device.
At its most basic, shouldnt I be able to put something in the InboundCallRoute field of the LINE port to have the Obi212 pick up matching calls? Thank you for any advice you can share.