Favorite OBi Tricks
RonR:
ProfTech,
Using *78 would not be a problem if it's simply sent on to CallCentric and not acted upon by the OBi itself.
It's when the OBi's Do Not Disturb is activated (the normal use of *78) that all rules fail on the InboundCallRoutes of the SP1, SP2, and LINE Port trunks. The same failures occur if Call Forward All (*72) is activated on the OBi.
jmsnyc:
Any tricks to use Google Chat and still be able to receive incoming calls?
Can we just use another IM client like Pigeon?
DrJay:
As you've discovered, the OBi takes over Google Talk as one of your forwarding phones so you can't answer calls to your GV number on your computer. But you can still place outgoing calls using the Call Phone link in Gmail.
igroup:
Free outgoing cellphone calls in ATT network!
Sounds funny, but is true. Got ATT at home, got ATT cellphones - I'm in minimum family minutes plan, and it includes free ATT network (this includes landlines). When I need to make a call, I call my PSTN Line at Home, OBI picks up, then I choose one of the GV (SP1 or SP2) and make the call (using one stage dialing). And yes, it's free (Cell ATT to Home ATT = Free / GV to any USA and Canada = Free => OBI and GV works GREAT!)
DaveTap:
Quote from: Shammi on January 08, 2012, 02:39:30 pm
Hi there, does this still work? I didn’t get the reason of adding google account on first obitalk account. I think you could just open an obi account and add it’s soft phone number in the account you have obihai 110 hooked up. Please clarify..
I want to use a obihai pc soft phone in India with a google voice attached with it. This way I don’t have to send obihai 110 to India and my family can still have a US phone number to make and receive calls to my obihai and other family members in US and Canada. Our folks in US and Canada can call to them as they would have google voice number dedicated to obi soft phone. Please let me know if it is possible. Thanks.
You don't even need the OBiApp just set up a GoogleVoice account and open gmail. On the left click "Call Phone" install the flash plug-in and you're all set to make and receive calls. I recommend Google Chrome, add the Google Voice plug-in and a little Icon upper right will display missed calls/texts. If you install GoogleTalk and invite the other family members it can call your OBIs using their Gmail Addresses, and see if they're signed into chat or "voice only" on the OBi.
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