Auto Answer and dial?
eid3tic:
Hello,
A little bit of background first: I live in a gated community that requires a card to get in. The card is also used for access to things like pool/fitness center/etc. So when any one person takes the car out to go somewhere, no one else can use the card to access any of those places.
However, there is an intercom outside the gate with the option to dial in. I was thinking about using Google Voice for this. Simply dial my number and then buzz myself in with my cell phone. But then I thought of the Obihai.
Is there a way to set up the Obihai to automatically answer the phone and then dial a certain number (i.e. to buzz me into the gate)?
I know this sounds like a strange question, especially since I have omitted some details in the interest of brevity, but I thought it would be a cool setup if it's possible. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
Lavarock7:
My friend lived in a gated community whereby you gave them your home number and when someone came to the fate and buzzed your code, it called your house. You would then press a button on the phone to open the gate for them.
She used her cell phone instead. If you have multiple people in the house, maybe a new googlevoice number and have all the cell phones configured to ring simultaneously.
ianobi:
I'm not sure why this is better than calling direct from your cell phone, but I may have missed the point! Here is how to do what I think you want:
Put this in the relevant X_InboundCallRoute
{yyyyyyyyyyy:aa(zzzzzzzzzzz)}
Where yyyyyyyyyyy is your cell number zzzzzzzzzzz is the number to be called. If you hang up before the Auto Attendant answers, the Auto Attendant will initiate a call to zzzzzzzzzzz using its PrimaryLine.
eid3tic:
Thanks for the replies.
Yeah, I have a Google Voice number all set up for this dedicated purpose. My plan was to use it only for purposes of opening the gate. So I wanted to set it up with the Obi, such that when the Obi receives a call, it will automatically answer the call and then dial any number I program it to.
So for example, say the code to open my gate is 71. I wanted a setup where dialing my apartment at the gate would automatically have the Obi answer the phone and buzz me in by dialing 71 all on its own. Is this something that the Obi can do?
ianobi:
I do not know how your door entry system is wired. Assuming that it acts like a normal phone, then an Obi110 could have its Line Port wired to the entry system.
Put this in the relevant X_InboundCallRoute
{yyyyyyyyyyy:aa(71)}
Where yyyyyyyyyyy is your cell number. If you hang up before the Auto Attendant answers, the Auto Attendant will dial 71 after a delay of ten seconds using the Line Port of the Obi110. Line Port is the default option for the Obi110. The ten second delay is configurable.
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