OBI-110 Line Port explanation
Shrewsbury:
Does anyone have a better explanation (for dummies) on the different intended use for OBI-110 Phone-Port versus Line-Port. Examples, visuals, detail explanation with out acronyms ?
I did look at the OBIhai website and got their technical description, but I am still not sure what the function is of the PSTN as they have it pictured.
Shale:
Line connects to the phone company.
Phone connects to the local phone(s).
MurrayB:
PSTN stands for Public Switched Telephone Network. In other words the phone company like Verizon or cable company like Comcast that supplies land line service. This is where the line port connects. This port is on the Ob110 not the Obi100 or 200.
RFord:
You can also connect another ATA device directly to the Line Port. Such device includes Ooma, a PAP2T-NA configured to a VOIP Provider, Cable Provider telephone Device, Magic Jack Line, etc. You could place outgoing and receiving incoming calls via the Line Port from these Devices connected to the Line Port.
Clive:
OK, on the OBi110 (or any OBi for that matter), the PHONE socket is simply to plug in a telephone handset that you make telephone calls from. As long as it has an rj11 plug on the end and is capable of tone dialling (most modern push button phones tone dial - you can play a tune on the number buttons).
The LINE socket connects to your landline phone jack on the wall if you have a service such as AT&T (USA) or BT (UK) or any other telephone company you care to mention.
Additionally, (as RFord points out) if you had another voip supplier who had given you one of their phone adapters - lets say they gave you an OBi100 (this is where it gets a little weird) - you could connect the PHONE socket of the OBi100 to the LINE socket of the OBi110.
In essence, it's exactly the same as the Telco example because the OBi100 IS your current phone service in the same way as the phone jack on the wall. It's the socket you currently plug your telephone into.
It's all about forgetting the restrictions we've been programmed to accept as normal. Thinking digital instead of analogue.
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