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ianobi:
Shale,
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In PSTN there is often a signal sent when a call is coming in during another call that the phone can get caller ID for the new call. I doubt that the OBi is can do this, or we would probably have seen some mention.
Not only for PSTN. Obi devices can accept this - it's a Phone Port setting:
CallWaitingCallerIDEnable
It is enabled by default, but you would need a phone capable of accepting it during another call in progress. I believe some disable it as the tones that are used to send the CallWaitingCallerID can be very annoying when you are already in a conversation.
Colic:
Quote from: ianobi on April 24, 2013, 05:50:58 am
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If you disable call waiting, then you will get no notification and the second caller will get busy tone.
This wasnt what I found - ie I had call waiting disabled but an incoming call did not get the engaged signal - it just rang even though there was of course no ring at the actual phone because it was in use. Neither was there a call waiting tone. Maybe this has something to do with the cordless phone and base station Im using.
Ill do some more experiments. Apparently I must install the new cooker first though.
ianobi:
This is what the Admin Guide says about CallWaitingEnable:
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Enable call waiting service. Call Waiting is the situation where a new incoming call is routed to the PHONE port when there is already another call connected. If this service is enabled, OBi plays call-waiting tone to alert the user, as well as generates CWCID signal if CWCID is enabled. The user may then swap between the two calls by hook flashing. If the service is disabled, OBi rejects the incoming call as busy.
Note: It is possible for the user to set this parameter from the phone using a Star Code
I tested it using incoming calls to my main provider, sipgate.co.uk. It seems to work as stated. Maybe some voip providers don't accept the busy signal sent back from the OBi. When you experiment using Star Codes, it might be worth checking the Phone Port setting for CallWaitingEnable. The box should be unchecked if you turn the function off.
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Apparently I must install the new cooker first though.
Food before phones - sounds reasonable!
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