Favorite OBi Tricks
giqcass:
New favorite trick. As many of you know Google Voice does NOT provide annonymous calling via *67. This can be remedied however. In fact calls to 1-800 numbers are not annonymous even when you block your number. How can we fix this????
Create a new Gmail account. Don't create add Google voice however. Log in to Gmail and place a call. Now enter those credential into your OBi as a new account.
Now you can dial **x before the phone number to call completely anonymously. x=the service provider slot you chose.
I thought the following would work to make *67 work but it doesn't.
Delete the following line from your star codes
*67, Block Caller ID Once, set($Bci1,1)
add the following to the outgoing digit map for your physical ports line 1 and line 2 if you have it.
{(<*67:>(Mspx)):spx}
x = the service provider you set you gmail account up on.
{(<*67:>(Msp1)):sp1} is for service provider 1
{(<*67:>(Msp2)):sp2} is for service provider 2 ect.....
Mango:
I just tested this and it worked.
I connected an OBi110 to a landline and configured it to route incoming calls to an IP phone. I made a test call to the landline and answered it on the IP phone. I conferenced in a second IP phone for a 3-way call, then pressed the "join" button on the first IP phone to effectively transfer the call to the second phone. The first phone removed itself from the call and the audio traveled directly from the OBi to the second phone.
With techniques like this, a few OBi110 devices could replace an entry-level IP PBX with very low cost and high reliability.
Shale:
Something I noticed was that my outgoing audio was reported as low, and incoming audio was a little hot compared to the wire line I had before. So using OBiTalk, I changed
Configuration
Physical Interfaces
Phone 1->ChannelTxGain = -3
Phone 1->ChannelRxGain = 12
I did this also for Phone 2, since I have an OBi202. I had a friend with the same symptoms and cure.
I think 12 is the max, or else I would have gone a tad higher. The TX and RX are obviously from the point of view of the OBi which thinks it is transmitting to your ear and is receiving from the microphone.
giqcass:
Dynamic DNS update hack:
This hack will let your OBi update Dynamic DNS. It isn't perfect but it works very well. It's as simple as calling a url to update the DNS at afraid.org. I believe it would be a simple task to add this feature to the OBi firmware directly. So please add this OBiHai. Pretty please. Until then here you go.
Set up a Dynamic DNS host at http://freedns.afraid.org/
Go to the Dynamic DNS tab.
Copy the "direct" update url link.
Open your Obi admin page.
Click the System management page.
Click Auto Provisioning.
Under "ITSP Provisioning" Change the following.
Method = Periodically
Interval = This setting must be greater then 400 so not to over use resources. I use 3667.
ConfigURL = Paste the update link you got from afraid.org
Press Submit at the bottom of the page. Restart you OBi.
sir_rob:
Quote from: tome on June 02, 2012, 07:30:36 am
Looks like there is another way to get Caller ID with Name for free (or for e911 fee?). I already have Callcentric e911 service on my Obi for which I pay $1.50/mo. Callcentric currently has a free phone number offer (in the NY state area): http://www.callcentric.com/dids/free_phone_number.
1) I got one of these numbers.
2) Went to Google voice settings and turned off "Forward calls to: Google chat". This did not do anything with outbound calling, that still works from my obi.
3) Added the new Callcentric number as a forwarding number in GV (on same screen as #2 - "Add another phone"
4) Verified this new added phone number and made sure it is selected for forwarding GV calls to.
5) (re)Enjoy knowing who is calling
Just a reminder to go into Callcentric's preferences to enable the inbound Caller ID. Mine defaulted to off. I have not tested to make sure that the incoming CNAM is working, but as soon as I get some calls that are NOT in my home phone's address book I will be able to confirm this.
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