Single phone for callcentric and landline ?
cacophony:
I'd like to use callcentric for my outgoing calls but still receive incoming calls through my landline. Currently I have my callcentric/obi110 setup completely separate from my landline setup (ie two different phones), but I'm wondering if it's possible to set it up in such a way to have a single physical phone meet both those needs:
* If I pick up my phone to dial it makes the call via callccentric
* If somebody calls my landline number it will ring the same phone and allow me to take the call via my landline
Though not sure what would happen if I receive a landline call while on the phone via callcentric.... perhaps it can go straight to voicemail (either administered through ob110 or using the physical answering machine that's part of my phone)?
RonR:
By default, all incoming calls ring the phone(s) connected to the OBi's Phone Port. Therefore, incoming calls from a landline connected to the OBi's Line Port will automatically ring its phone. All you should need to do is connect your landline to the OBi's Line Port.
I assume you already have PrimaryLine on your OBi set to the SPx Port that is Callcentric (PrimaryLine only affects outbound calling, not inbound calls). Should you wish to place a call via the lanline instead, you would simply preface the number with **8.
If you're on either the landline or Callcentric and you receive an incoming call on the other, you'll receive a Call-Waiting indication and can answer the other call using the hook-flash.
You'll probably end up wanting all your phones connected to the OBi and none connected directly to the landline.
cacophony:
Wow, so easy... thanks Ron!
If I don't answer another incoming call while the phone is in use does it just keep ringing until the caller hangs up? Any way to allow them to leave a message?
RonR:
Yes, the call is simply not answered (and the caller is not charged for the call).
There's no voicemail capability in the OBi, but you can set a CallForward (Unconditional/OnBusy/OnNoAnswer) and have the call sent elsewhere, which could be a voicemail service, for example.
cacophony:
All working well but one minor issue:
When somebody calls and leaves a message there are a bunch of noises that occur after they hang up:
Fast busy signal, followed by dial tone
Unfortunately all of that gets recorded at the end of each message... Any idea why this is happening or how to prevent it?
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