Support for notification popups on computers
AlanB:
For those of us who aren't programmers, is there a simple program that can do this. Display caller id on the computer that is.
Thanks.
Smee:
Sure, Obi2Yac can. Search the threads here or Google and you will find it.
Smee
AlanB:
Thanks. I tried Obi2Yak. Still a little more complicated than I wanted.
I ended up installing GrowlerID (http://riotouslabs.com/Products/GrowlerID). Even though it's not supported, it worked great as a standalone application.
GPz1100:
Did anything ever become of this?
It would be great to get a notification on the pc with the available CID information before deciding to get up and answer the phone.
OBX1:
Quote from: GPz1100 on February 23, 2018, 01:54:36 pm
Did anything ever become of this?
Working on this was my primary reason for joining the forum ;D
There is a high end router product popular in Europe called "Fritzbox" which includes a caller ID server. All you have to do is click a box in the routers web interface, and client applications on the network can use the specified IP/port to receive the Caller ID data. So I wanted to see if I could do the same with Obi. While the Obi firmware is powerful, its also a bit more complicated:
In the configuration panel you can enable the Obi to send system log event types of your choice to another device on the network that will decide what to do with the data. The best solution I can find to receive and process the data is a caller ID server program called NCID (which specifically supports Obi devices through the 'Obi2ncid' module - see page 49 in the documentation.)
http://ncid.sourceforge.net/index.html
NCID will have to reside on a box that runs all the time (preferably something with low electricity usage, such as a small network file server, or a micro PC like the Raspberry Pi.) This server app can import Caller ID data from multiple hardware & software sources, and relay it to any clients which register their interest. Client apps are available for all major platforms:
The official client app (cross-platform Java app)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ncid/files/ncidpop/
There are also various unofficial native clients for the major desktop & mobile platforms
http://ncid.sourceforge.net/addon.html
Of course, it would be a great selling point if NCID was integrated into the the Obi firmware so you dont need to set it up on another machine... but I am not very optimistic about anything of this nature: it appears that Polycom acquired Obi just to destroy what they perceive as a potential competitor -- it does not appear they did so because they wanted to improve the product. But only time will tell.
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