Quote from: DrJay on November 18, 2011, 12:38:21 PM
In my setup, the OBiHAI takes over all incoming voice calls and disables the ringing of my computer - which is exactly what you stated that you wanted to happen.
I'm still able to place calls from my computer using the Call Phone link in Gmail but all incoming calls to my GV number go to my OBiHAI + my forwarding phones but not to my computer. I hear and see nothing at all there when a call comes in. Like you, I have Gmail open pretty much continuously.
So how did you set this up? I want the OBI to always ring and gmail to never ring -- I never use chat in email.
I just called my sister through GV on the OBI and when the call dropped and she called me back the computer rang but not the OBI. This is the first time this has happened. I was confused and tried to answer the call in gmail but she could not hear me.
I went into gmail settings to try to turn chat off as was suggested in an older thread, but I don't see a setting for that. There is a "Disable outbound voice calling" button but it says "To also disable incoming calls, go to your Google Voice settings." but if I uncheck that, it won't forward calls to the OBI!
The suggestion to have a different gmail account is a nonstarter for me. I recently went to great pains to get my google voice switched to my main gmail account, because having two google accounts is a big pain. Whenever you try to do anything with google, say open a google document, if you have cookies open on more than one account, google will invariably go to the wrong account. Sometimes it will ask you which account you want to use, then it will ignore your choice and try to open it in the wrong account anyway. I'm so happy I don't have that problem any more, so don't tell me to switch GV to another gmail account.
So @DrJay, what is your setup? I want it like that.
Thanks