Can AA answer the phone after 10 secs (or 2 rings)?
Huib:
You can forward your PSTN line to the AA and use customized greetings informing your callers about the new number and also give them the opportunity to connect to whatever phone you want to be reached at, LINE, SP1, SP2.
jimates:
Put the answering machine ahead of the Obi.
PSTN calls that are not answered at the phone port will be taken by the machine.
Calls through GV will be handled by GV voicemail if not answered at the phone port within 25 seconds.
Stewart:
@RFord, I was trying to avoid a situation where you are forced to use a delay shorter than the answering machine's delay, which is in turn shorter than GV's, which is already shorter than many would like.
@Felix, If you use jimates' approach, you'll probably want to set PHONE Port -> EnableLINEPortBargeIn. Then, if you get to the phone after the answering machine has picked up, you can press # to seize the line and speak with the caller.
However, I suspect that the answering machine is picking up the GV calls too soon, i.e. before GV voicemail answers, because a custom ring is set, with a cadence period shorter than the standard six seconds. Check whether for SP1 Service or SP2 Service (whichever you use for GV), X_RingProfile is set to B. If so, and you did this accidentally, set it back to A and the answering machine (set for 6 rings) shouldn't answer GV calls anymore. If you did this on purpose (to distinguish GV calls from POTS calls), change Ring Profile B -> Ring Pattern 1 -> RingPattern from 60;(.4+.2,.4+2) to 60;(.4+.2,.4+4)
Felix:
Thanks everybody! I feel blessed by the quality of the answers I got.
One thing I would like to mention - is that the device is in my dad's apartment. I am not going to rehash the other thread about mature citizens and technology, but having one single phone for all three lines was a major benefit for him. Things like "barge in and press #" just won't work.
And yes, I tried to set answering machine to longest delay (6 rings), and it's still faster than GV's 25 seconds.
Anyway, @RFord's suggestion seems to be the best. One question about it... when I set up Call forwarding, what provider is used to make an outgoing call? I don't see it specified anywhere... By the way, Stewart - RFord's description of what I want to do is exactly correct; so I also think that I should forward SP1, and not Line...
Stewart:
Call forwarding uses the Primary Line by default, or you can set it explicitly, e.g. SP1(14082691999)
You may actually want to use that number (it's a test number that always gives a busy signal), instead of your cell phone, because if GV is also routing to that cell phone (and the cell phone is still ringing), the OBi's call may go immediately to cell provider's voicemail, which is probably not what you want.
A standard US ring is two seconds on and four seconds off. If the answering machine is working as expected, it should take a little more than 30 seconds, if it answers at the beginning of the sixth ring. Since it's answering much sooner, I suspect that the GV calls are giving a different ring cadence. If you can fix that, it should be a cleaner solution, as your dad will have the full 25 seconds to answer a GV call (and 30 to answer a POTS call).
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