How do I make an outbound call via GV using LINE port?
Agent88:
Noobie here! Just installed my OBi110 yesterday. GV set as SP1 and connected. So far, so good... but how do I make a call thru the Line port which I have connected to the PSTN (local AT&T with no Long Distance service)?
I can't find a User's Manual anywhere for the OBi110. Don't need setup info... been there, done that. Just day to day use... are there any special keys I need to press to direct the device to use GV to place the call, or do I just pick up the phone and dial the long distance number?
ianobi:
I'm guessing that when you set up GV on sp1 you made it your PrimaryLine. That means you don't have to dial any codes, just the eleven digit number. If that's true, then to access your PSTN line, pick up the phone, then dial **8 followed by the number.
When you use PSTN via the Line Port, GV is not involved.
drgeoff:
The Obi Device Administration Guide, available in the 'Downloads' section of obihai.com contains a wealth of information on both set up and usage aspects. It can be heavy reading at first but if you stick at it, you can get the most from your 110.
Agent88:
Quote from: ianobi on August 08, 2013, 10:52:45 am
I'm guessing that when you set up GV on sp1 you made it your PrimaryLine. That means you don't have to dial any codes, just the eleven digit number. If that's true, then to access your PSTN line, pick up the phone, then dial **8 followed by the number.
When you use PSTN via the Line Port, GV is not involved.
How does one use the PSTN via the Line Port? The Line port plugs into the wall jack. You mean any other phone in the house connected to the Line but not the one on the Obi device? I thought that was just using the PSTN thru my ITSP... same-o, same-o.
With the OBI110 in the loop, I tried to call out on the phone plugged into the Phone port and got intercepted by GV. I have to assume that means the LINE port bridges GV to my ITSP. If I am right, then if I dial **8, what does this do? Are you saying the Obi bridges GV to PSTN on a per call basis? I thought this was a hardware setup that permanently bridged Voip to PSTN.
Let's get down to basics: I want to make a long distance call from my phone connected to the PHONE port of my OBi110 and not incur any long distance charges by my ITSP.
My LINE port is connected to the PSTN. By using the analog phone on the PHONE port, I get Google Voice asking me to enter my password. Does **8 jump around this password prompt? Will I have to do this every time I want to use GV to make a long distance call? And will I always have to use the phone connected to my OBi? Any chance I can get the other phones in my house to make calls via GV?
Another post reported:
Under Interfaces - Line - Digit Map has the following entry with a red ! next to it (<10>[2-9]xxxxxx|xxxxxxxS4|1xxxxxxxxxx|xx.)
....... mine is the same. Do I need to remove the <10>[2-9]xxxxxx ?
Rant: Why is there no User Manual? It would certainly be useful. The installation instructions are step by step and very simple to follow. Why not simple step by step instructions to use the darn thing? I have read the Admin Guide until blue in the face... TMI... I fell asleep. Can't we just keep it simple?
drgeoff:
Ideally you insert the 110 between your PSTN line and all the phones in your house. Then all the phones can make or take calls (whether they be GV ones or PSTN ones). How you achieve that placement of the 110 is dependent on your physical wiring. I'm in the UK and have no knowledge of how it is typically done where you are. (In my case I have DECT base station plugged in to the 110's phone port and three cordless handsets registered to the base. Simple and convenient.)
It is important that the 110's phone port must not connect to the house wiring if the house wiring is still connected to the PSTN line. The voltage on the telco line can damage the 110's phone port. The telco line should connect only to the 110's Line port and the 110's phone port should connect only to phones. If that cannot be achieved the 110's Line port can be connected to the house wiring as an extension and its Phone port connected to phone(s) which are electrically separate from the house wiring. Only those latter phone(s) will be able to make and take calls via the 110.
The 110 has a single phone port. To use the connected phone(s) to make GV and PSTN calls there needs to be some method by which the 110 knows which of those to use. That is what OutboundRouting is for. By convention, pre-pending numbers with **1 will send the call via SP1 (presumably GV in your case) and **8 will send them via PSTN. As a convenience you may elect to have one of them as the 'PrimaryLine'. That will be used when you just dial numbers without the leading **1 or **8.
By default the 110 is configured such that incoming calls on both your GV and the PSTN will be routed to the phone port. You just have to pick up the phone when it rings.
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