Suggestion for web portal config
M105:
I like the new expert tool for the web portal! I had initially tried the web method but decided to do it manually so I could use my own digimaps and SIP setup for SP2. With the new capabilities, the portal is now a viable option.
What I have in mind is being able to 'administer' a couple of OBi110s for family members who do not live nearby which means I do not have physical access to their devices. The new expert mode appears to make that possible but I would like one more feature...
I would like to be able to make a device "inactive" from the web portal without deleting it completely. In other words I could configure the device, save the changes, and then inactivate it on the portal. It would hold the changes made through the web portal and continue to operate but would not respond to any new changes done via the web unless it was returned to active status. As it is now, when a device is deleted it reverts back to the device defaults.
In a nutshell I want to be able to stop the OBi site from provisioning a device without deleting it completely from my web profile or clearing the existing setup. Make it where I can turn web provisioning on and off without losing everything.
QBZappy:
M105,
If I understand you correctly, I think you can do this by enabling or disabling the SP1/2 (putting a check mark enables the SP) in the following section: OBi Expert Configuration Section
Voice Service->SP1 Service = (remove the checkmark)
M105:
Quote from: QBZappy on March 25, 2011, 08:56:50 am
M105,
If I understand you correctly, I think you can do this by enabling or disabling the SP1/2 (putting a check mark enables the SP) in the following section: OBi Expert Configuration Section
Voice Service->SP1 Service = (remove the checkmark)
No, I don't think you are understanding. If I remove the checkmark you suggest that will just turn off the SP1 service in the device. It will no longer connect to GV etc.
I want to turn off the web provisioning completely without deleting the device from my profile.
1. Add Device
2. Configure device through the web.
3. Make device inactive for web provisioning but leave it functioning and make it possible to reactive web provisioning at any time.
QBZappy:
M105,
I think you want to change the Auto Provisioning under System Management on the OBi unit web page to "Disabled". Problem is that the OBi is remote. You might have to ask someone at remote site to toggle that switch on the OBi. Not so interesting if you want to minimize other user management of the OBi.
Another way to do this remotely allowing you total control of the OBi unit is to change port number on the OBi unit and point the router to the OBi unit using port forwarding. This involves a one time setup on the router. Using this approach the Obi Expert config method is redundant.
What do you think?
M105:
Let me try saying this a different way...
Right now the only way to switch from configuring the device from the web portal to configuring it manually is to completely delete it from the Obi Dashboard. It is all or nothing. Either I configure it through the website or I delete it and do it manually.
What I want is a way to switch back to manual config mode without deleting it from my Obi Dashboard on the web. This will allow the user to switch between the web config mode and manual config mode without having to totally delete and add a device. The device will still appear on the dashboard but will not be influenced by the web settings.
I hope that is a little better of an explanation. Let me config it via the web dashboard then switch it to manual mode without deleting it from my dashboard. Once I switch it to manual mode on the dashboard it retains its settings and can be changed by the end user if desired. In the future if I want to change the config, I just switch it back on, on the dashboard and change it.
Right now, when you delete a device from the dashboard it is cleared and reset to factory defaults. That is fine but give me a middle ground. Instead of the total delete let me have the capability to switch between web and manual mode on the dashboard.
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