OBI110, UK PSTN Call Barring
ianobi:
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2. What is timing out such that I must answer the Obi Phone so quickly?
I think this is the key. The problem occurs when the call is coming in from the Line Port to the Phone Port, but does not occur when the call is from the aa to the Phone Port. I wonder if ring patterns are causing DECT phone confusion. At default this setting will give you North American ringing:
Physical Interfaces >LINE Port >RingProfile: A
This gives a four seconds off time between rings, which may confuse a DECT base unit set for UK ringing. I think the aa uses a different ring pattern, but I cannot work out how it chooses it just now - something for me to look in to!
If you change to:
Physical Interfaces >LINE Port >RingProfile: B
This will give you UK ring pattern, which has a maximum two seconds off time.
Both the above assume:
Physical Interfaces >LINE Port >DefaultRing: 1
Ring Patterns are a complicated subject - like most OBi related subjects! DECT phones often use their own ring patterns so they hide what the base unit is actually receiving. Yes, these settings on the Line Port page do set what ring pattern is sent out from the Phone Port when an incoming call is received on the Line Port.
Anyhow - that's idea number 358 for this thread :)
ukuser:
And the nominations for the 2013 Outstanding Support Man of the year go to:
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ianobi !!! for his amazing tenacity and idea 358.
That's a winner Ian, thanks so much. I need to test it out a bit more ( there is horrific echo on the Obi phone) but I can delay answering the phone much longer.
Please accept this magnificent trophy in recognition of your efforts on my behalf.
Applause...
Bob
ianobi:
Too many different technologies involved! A bog standard £10 corded phone would not have cared!
My advice is to put as many settings as possible back to default now we have the problem sorted. There are many different ring patterns, so you might find ones that suit your DECT phone base even better.
I'm assuming that CallerID will now do call barring as required in your first post.
Time for feet up and maybe something a little stronger than a cup of tea :D
ukuser:
A bog standard £10 corded phone would not have cared!
Hmmm! I found a power supply for the old BT corded phone + answering machine and plugged it up. No joy at all there - no dial tone when it was off hook to start with. I rapidly put it away again! I agree with the bit about too many technologies though!
I'm assuming that CallerID will now do call barring as required in your first post.
I think so too; I'm too tired to try anything else today. Will let you know tomorrow.
Sadly, another "featurette" has just surfaced. If I ring in and don't pick up, the TalkTalk voicemail cuts in for the caller to leave a message. With no Obi box you would then normally hear a discontinuous "Message Waiting" dial tone when you next lift the DECT phone. With the Obi in circuit this doesn't happen, it's just the ordinary dial tone the Obi generates. I'm sooo looking forward to sorting that one out. :'( (Cannot find any documentation on Obi Tone Patterns!)
In the absence of strong drink I'm off for a hot bath!
ianobi:
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If I ring in and don't pick up, the TalkTalk voicemail cuts in for the caller to leave a message. With no Obi box you would then normally hear a discontinuous "Message Waiting" dial tone when you next lift the DECT phone. With the Obi in circuit this doesn't happen
I think that you may be out of luck on that one. There is a simple way to directly listen to Talk Talk dial tone, see here:
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=4431.msg28946#msg28946
The OBi Phone Port is already set up to send out "stutter dial tone" as it calls it as a "Message Waiting Indication", but the Line Port cannot detect that there is a message waiting, so it's only useful for voip services.
If you are really keen, then you can design your own tones and ring patterns. Lots of info regarding tones etc here:
http://www.obihai.com/docs/OBiDeviceAdminGuide.pdf
Search on this forum for posts by CoalMinerRetired for more in depth posts regarding ring patterns.
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