What about 911?? Your Obi can call a Local Emergency Number when you dial 911
GnatGoSplat:
Thanks jimates, this works great! I now have 911 and 411 set up.
However, anyone thinking about replacing landline with an Obi using Google Talk might want to make sure a 7 or 10-digit emergency number exists. I talked to the Emergency Management Director in my area, and no such number exists. She did, however, give me a 7-digit non-emergency number. She warned me that although it will ring the 911 call center, any calls coming in on it will be at the end of the queue. She said it's better than nothing, but she recommended that I use my cell phone for 911 service if possible. She also recommended that I write down my address and put it near any phone connected to my Obi in case any guests need to call 911, they will need the address for the 911 dispatcher.
That was no concern to me as I didn't have a landline anyway. Another solution for those worried about 911, is to get a landline phone system with multiple handsets that support Bluetooth. I have an inexpensive VTech system that works pretty well for that. Calls on any handset around the house can be routed to either my wife's cell phone or mine. I figure that, plus having Obi set up to dial the 911 call center, I should hopefully have no trouble reaching emergency services should it be needed.
srhuston:
Quote from: GnatGoSplat on April 15, 2011, 07:56:16 am
However, anyone thinking about replacing landline with an Obi using Google Talk might want to make sure a 7 or 10-digit emergency number exists. I talked to the Emergency Management Director in my area, and no such number exists. She did, however, give me a 7-digit non-emergency number.
I have the exact same problem (Bucks County, PA) - there is no ten-digit number to get into the emergency side of the 911 console, only the non-emergency side. The person with whom I spoke suggested a landline specifically, because of some problems with 911 service on cell phones as well (such as being sent to the wrong PSAP due to improper routing, say if you're on the edge of a county or jurisdictional border). That and if you have someone such as a child or babysitter who sees a phone, they're apt to use it to dial 911 and you want that call to go through, not get a recording about "You should use the cell phone for that" or whatever.
What I've done is purchase a second OBi110, and have a sipgate account setup on it. After a conversation with sipgate to verify a couple things, I'll be enabling E911 service on that line and reconfiguring the 110s to use that particular service for emergency calls (the "primary" 110 will use its line port to talk to the secondary, and the secondary will use SP1). Once that's done I'll schedule a test call to make sure it all works fine, and then as long as we have an Internet connection it will all work fine.
colortheory:
I'd like to try this, but I can't find Outbound Settings under Setup Wizard. I've got an OBi100. Apologies if it's something obvious! I'm new to this.
Brian.
jimates:
That guide was written before the "Expert Configuration" was available from the Obitak portal and everything had to be done from the Obi's web portal.
I don't have my Obi100 connected anymore but it should look the same (except the phone physical interface) from the Expert Config.
http://thejmart.com/Obi/obi.gif
I will make some changes to the guide when I get a chance.
jimates:
I edited the guide for management from both the device's web interface and the Obi Expert Configuration.
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