How to set up a 3 or 4 line system?
JeffDB:
Quote from: CoalMinerRetired on January 05, 2013, 11:15:19 am
I have to raise a caution flag on the dock and talk approach.
I don't see what that gets you above and beyond what an Obi BlueTooth adapter used with an Obi202 will provide. Looking at the dock and talk specs for phone compatibility, there's a fraction of the phone models that take a wired connection vs what takes BlueTooth. So if you use BlueTooth with the D&T gateway, why not just eliminate the D&T device and use a BlueTooth connection directly into the Obi.
Thanks for the input. Can you connect multiple blue tooth cell phones to a single Obi Blue tooth adapter?
JeffDB:
Quote from: giqcass on January 05, 2013, 06:45:56 pm
I was going to say the same thing. If you want to take a call on a Bluetooth phone from a cordless phone the obi BT adapter is only $25 to add to any OBi202. I have one myself. I also have a cellfusion cordless phone which does basically the same thing. The one advantage cellfusion has over the Obi is battery backup for power outages.
I wonder if there's a relatively inexpensive way to set up a battery backup system for the obi & phones. I saw a portable battery thing at Best Buy when I was shopping for a laptop and was wondering about that as an alternative option to a portable printer with battery. It looked like it could be taken along with a regular (& cheaper) printer to use when visiting clients and that printer would be better for dual duty back at the home/office. Maybe that portable battery system could also be used as a backup for the phone system, at least for short duty. Of course it wouldn't preclude losing a call in the middle of a conversation if the electric went out. But at least you could call back. But then again I could use my cell phone, assuming it's charged.
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For ObiPlus the requirement is one Master Obi202 with special software. You could have one Obi 202 connected to a 100, 110, a 202, or a combination for the additional lines.
The Master OBi device is an OBi202 running special OBiPLUS software. A Client OBi can be an OBi100, OBi110 or OBi202 device running generic software.
Uh oh. I hope any old OBi202 can accept that special software. I ordered two of them from Amazon yesterday. I didn't see any Master OBi202s listed for sale, but it's possible I didn't scroll down far enough.
http://www.obihai.com/FAQ.html#What-is-OBiPLUS
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RFord:
JeffDB:
The OBi202 are all the same. Once you get your OBi202s, you would designate one of them to be your Master OBI and the appropriate software would be downloaded to the device (my understanding). There are few active participant on this forum that is using the OBiPLUS, so your best bet is to send a support ticket to OBi, outlining your requirements and soliciting their input as to the best way to structure your OBiPLUS setup to meet your needs.
The OBiPLUS Premium subscription cost is $300 per year. A special introductory price is available now for only $120 per year. The premium offers more options for small business and might be the way to go, at least for the first year given the support options available for Premium subscription.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=4071.0
http://blog.obihai.com/
JeffDB:
Quote from: RFord on January 06, 2013, 09:55:28 am
JeffDB:
The OBi202 are all the same. Once you get your OBi202s, you would designate one of them to be your Master OBI and the appropriate software would be downloaded to the device (my understanding). There are few active participant on this forum that is using the OBiPLUS, so your best bet is to send a support ticket to OBi, outlining your requirements and soliciting their input as to the best way to structure your OBiPLUS setup to meet your needs.
The OBiPLUS Premium subscription cost is $300 per year. A special introductory price is available now for only $120 per year. The premium offers more options for small business and might be the way to go, at least for the first year given the support options available for Premium subscription.
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=4071.0
http://blog.obihai.com/
Thanks for the info. I'm very glad the units I bought should work. I'm sure the Premium support would be very nice, but I'll probably pass on it for now. I'm on a tight budget and my wife will probably already be upset about the two Obi units I already purchased, even though they should more than pay for themselves within a few months assuming the Google Voice works and the voice quality is acceptable.
My setup may also be relatively simple since I'm just a one man office. Simple voicemail should suffice and I wouldn't need hunt groups etc.
I wonder if I would even need the Obi Plus Lite Basic, unless that is needed to daisy chain two units together. It sounds like I could use my son's currently unused Google Voice account for a family land line, which we don't currently have, and use the second line for a dedicated fax. The second OBi202 could be used for my two business lines.
All four lines wouldn't need to be integrated, but both OBi202 units would need to be attached to the same router/switch. Maybe they could both be attached as completely stand alone units... or maybe it would need the special Master Unit software I guess.
port my second business line to Google Voice
Felix:
I will try to simplify things a little. Let's not worry about OBiPLUS for a moment. You may decide you need it; or you may not. You currently have 2 lines with Vonage. You use 1 for phone and 1 for fax, correct? Then you need to decide where to port those numbers to. You can port it to Sprint / Google Voice, or you can port it to some other provider, like Voipo or CallCentric.
For fax, my wife ported her business fax number to ExtremeFax and couldn't be happier. No fax machine, no separate line, and 10 times less paper. I am sure there are similar services - start here.
Now that you have service provider(s) for your phone lines, you can set up your OBi202 with four of them - Google Voice and/or SIP providers. OBi202 allows very flexible configuration of two phones and four providers. Until you are sure that it's not good enough, I wouldn't complicate the picture with OBiPLUS.
Last, ringing home phones when cell phone rings. OBi BT adapter is one solution. I have Panasonic cordless phone that has the same functionality. When cell phone rings, all handsets ring as well. Very convenient.
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