How Do I Set Up A Second GV Number For My Wife's Phone
jimates:
Quote from: RonR on April 09, 2012, 06:06:30 pm
Quote from: jimates on April 09, 2012, 05:51:39 pm
The alternative is to use the single stage dialing configuration found on this forum, but I don't think you can dial the same as from the phone port because you have to direct the call to the Obi as part of the dialing sequence.
With a single OBi or calling through the OBiON App's Gateway OBi, dialing from an OBiON App is identical to dialing from the OBi PHONE Port. Only if you have more than one OBi to address and the target OBi is not the OBiON App's Gateway OBi do you have to add n* in front of the dialed number in order to address that specific OBi.
Correct. My reference to the direct dial method was for use with multiple obion apps, as was my whole post.
RonR:
Quote from: jimates on April 09, 2012, 07:18:40 pm
Quote from: RonR on April 09, 2012, 06:06:30 pm
Quote from: jimates on April 09, 2012, 05:51:39 pm
The alternative is to use the single stage dialing configuration found on this forum, but I don't think you can dial the same as from the phone port because you have to direct the call to the Obi as part of the dialing sequence.
With a single OBi or calling through the OBiON App's Gateway OBi, dialing from an OBiON App is identical to dialing from the OBi PHONE Port. Only if you have more than one OBi to address and the target OBi is not the OBiON App's Gateway OBi do you have to add n* in front of the dialed number in order to address that specific OBi.
Correct. My reference to the direct dial method was for use with multiple obion apps, as was my whole post.
Just to be clear, even with multiple OBiON Apps, dialing is the same from all of them and identical to dialing from the OBi PHONE Port unless a specific OBi other than the OBiON App's Gateway OBi is targetted.
jimates:
Quote from: RonR
I don't believe there is any way (or need) to link her OBiON account to your OBi account. You have to manually edit the InboundCallRoute's to add the OBiON OBiTALK numbers for incoming calls to ring your cell phones.
What I posted was pretty clear, for the situation at hand.
If you have 3 Obion apps and one Obi set as the default gateway for only one of them, dialing from 2 of those apps will be different from the other (doesn't absolutely have to be, but requires n* where one does not). And dialing from the phone port can only be identical to one of them. Unless you normally dial n* for every call from the phone port.
Quote from: RonR on April 09, 2012, 06:06:30 pm
With a single OBi or calling through the OBiON App's Gateway OBi, dialing from an OBiON App is identical to dialing from the OBi PHONE Port. Only if you have more than one OBi to address and the target OBi is not the OBiON App's Gateway OBi do you have to add n* in front of the dialed number in order to address that specific OBi.
Your statement says with only one Obi you can have multiple apps all dialing the same way. This is true, all dialing the same way, but not dialing as if the Obi was the default. those apps will have to us n*, where as you don't have to do that from the phone port.
Normally the Obi will be the gateway for one app. This is configured by Obihai. The OP stated they were using an Obi as a default gateway, and asked how to register multiple softphone numbers on the same default gateway.
RonR:
Quote from: jimates on April 10, 2012, 12:10:32 am
Normally the Obi will be the gateway for one app. This is configured by Obihai. The OP stated they were using an Obi as a default gateway, and asked how to register multiple softphone numbers on the same default gateway.
All of your posts in this thread are simply pointing out a severe deficiency and limitation in the OBiTALK Web Portal, not some issue or problem with using Single-Stage Dialing Through Any OBi Trunk.
The OBiTALK Web Portal is constructed with the restriction that an OBi can only be associated with one account, and that each account can only have one OBiON App associated with it. The problem is further exacerbated by the fact that OBiON Apps can only be configured through the OBiTALK Web Portal.
Users frequently want multiple OBiON Apps associated with a particular OBi, but as you described earlier, the only way to accomplish this is to repeatedly delete an OBi from the OBiTALK Web Portal and move it from OBiON App account to OBiON App account in order to set each OBiON App's Voice Gateway. Each time you do so, however, you lose the OBi's configuration and must start all over. This is less of a problem, but still a cumbersome task, if you have the foresight to create all the OBiON App accounts before you first configure the OBi. It's a huge problem, however, if you wish to add OBiON Apps later, after you've made significant customizations using OBi Expert Configuration, since there's no way to save the current configuration and restore it using the OBiTALK Web Portal.
Once again, NOT using the OBiTALK Web Portal to configure an OBi is the easy way out. If you're maintaining an OBi directly, it's a simple matter to:
1. Save the current configuration.
2. Temporarily add the OBi to an OBiON App account in order to set the OBiON App's Voice Gateway (destroying the OBi's current configuration in the process).
3. Delete the OBi from the OBiON App account.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as necessary.
5. Restore the saved configuration.
By NOT using the OBiTALK Web Portal to configure an OBi, you're assured that you won't lose its current configuration.
jimates:
You can read whatever you want to from my posts. Everything has some deficiencies. We can't fix them so we learn to work around them.
How did this turn into a Obi deficiencies, portal/not portal discussion? Your process is exactly the same as I posted. How you maintain or regain your Obi's configuration is a different matter.
It was clear from the OP's post that they were using the portal and wanted multiple apps registered to the Obi. My process accomplished that. And it was evident, at least to me, that the OP probably didn't have a very complex configuration yet to worry about loosing.
I have my settings backed up and also have them in text format in case anything happens. If I loose the whole thing it would not take very long to get it set back up exactly like it is. And I currently have several more, unused, softphone numbers with my Obi as the default gateway in case I need to use more apps along the way.
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