How do I make an outbound call via GV using LINE port?
Agent88:
That information does not jive with the enclosed instructions to the OBI110. It very clearly instructs the user to plug the LINE port into a wall jack with ITSP service, and an analog phone into the PHONE port. I think you may be referring to the OBi100.
edit: Yes, the same warning on the OBi110 regarding the PHONE port is as the OBi100. The thing is, that the OBI110 has a LINE port. It is the only OBi device that does. The LINE port is designed to connect directly to the ITSP via standard wiring. The warning is for those who attempt to connect the PHONE port to the wall jack....
Anyway... you describe the Obi device as routing phone calls to one or the other... GV OR ITSP. I was under the impression that it was a "Bridge" that connected the two services. Am I wrong?
Shale:
It is probably obvious, and maybe you are already saying this, but PSTN stands for Public Switched Telephone Network. For those who have such a connection, the connection usually comes in via a jack. The only port on an OBi110 that should electrically connect to the PSTN is the Line jack signal.
Some people, such as those with OBi100, isolate the house wiring from the PSTN, and use the existing wires to pass the Phone jack signals to other phones in the house.
Somebody with an OBi110 might feed the Phone jack signal around the house in a similar way, but that would be on a pair that is not connected to the PSTN. The same jack in the wall can typically handle two pairs. It takes some wiring knowledge to do that properly.
What an OBi110 user might want to do is to split the PSTN pair with a splitter and have both a telephone and the Line port of the OBi110 teed to the PSTN. That way there would be a phone that would work in the event of a power outage. The old OBi110s had a relay to bypass the OBi110 in case of a power outage. You could test for that by seeing if a phone plugged into the Phone jack of an OBi110 gets dialtone when the power is removed from the OBi110.
If I were to actually answer " How do I make an outbound call via GV using LINE port? ", I would say to call into the OBi via the PSTN from a phone that you have listed as a trusted caller on OBiTalk. Use the OBi Attendant to dial a call out on SP1-- presuming that you have GV on SP1. I saw that that is not what you were actually trying to do.
drgeoff:
Quote from: Agent88 on August 08, 2013, 05:29:01 pm
That information does not jive with the enclosed instructions to the OBI110. It very clearly instructs the user to plug the LINE port into a wall jack with ITSP service, and an analog phone into the PHONE port. I think you may be referring to the OBi100.
edit: Yes, the same warning on the OBi110 regarding the PHONE port is as the OBi100. The thing is, that the OBI110 has a LINE port. It is the only OBi device that does. The LINE port is designed to connect directly to the ITSP via standard wiring. The warning is for those who attempt to connect the PHONE port to the wall jack....
Anyway... you describe the Obi device as routing phone calls to one or the other... GV OR ITSP. I was under the impression that it was a "Bridge" that connected the two services. Am I wrong?
I don't see 'ITSP' anywhere on the instructions that came with my 110. I do see:
"D. (Optional) Using the supplied RJ11 telephone line cable, connect the OBi LINE port to an active analog telephone (POTS) jack."
POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) = PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)
ITSP (Internet Telephony Service Provider). Service comes over your internet connection via the ethernet cable into the 110. So when you write "The LINE port is designed to connect directly to the ITSP via standard wiring." that is nonsense.
You are not wrong about bridging. The 110 can bridge the POTS and ITSP services. A call coming in one one can be routed to go out on the other. But that is "running" and you are still at the "crawling" stage and trying to get to "walking". With the default settings the 110 does not bridge - it just routes any incoming call to the phone port.
I hesitate to say it but it is all in the Admin guide, though I don't claim it is clearly presented.
Agent88:
My apologies to all :-[ I have used the term ITSP when I meant POTS/PSTN. Thanks for the hand slap... I needed it.
Shale: Yes, I have an OBi100 in a remote location (my vacation home in FL) where the landline is disconnected. I physically disconnected the wiring at the NID and connected the PHONE port of the OBi100 to a wall jack. ( I have cable for HSI in FL... and IP cameras online 24/7/365) Since I already pay for HSI via cable, I have phone service without paying an extra monthly fee to a telephone company for all those months I am not there. I set this up with a Google number with an area code that is local and it works fine.
drgeoff: I see why you think I was not connecting my device properly... I confused the acronyms. Sorry... I am multitasking too many things these days trying to build a web site, certify for insurance licenses, configure my business lines with an OBi202 and my private line with an Obi110. Trying to get my business line configured with Anveo is a PITA. When I get frustrated with this, I redirect my efforts to set up the Obi110. I know how a schizophrenic feels in a multitasking contest. You are right about the connections, and I have not violated the connection protocol, just the terms. Substitute all my references to ITSP to POTS/PSTN and I think we will be saying the same thing.
Agent88:
Now that THAT is out of the way, my question remains:
Q? >>> With my Obi110 LINE port connected to a wall jack (POTS) and an analog phone connected to the PHONE port, when I pick up the receiver (off-hook/have a dial tone), who or what am I connected to? ObiTalk, GV, or AT&T (POTS)? IOW, who is providing the dial tone?
Note: AT&T is both my ITSP and my POTS (I have U-verse here in my home in KS). My digital service (ITSP) runs on top of my POTS. (I have a low-pass filter installed at the NID, and out of the splitter, I have a home-run line connected to my Gateway modem/router).
Q? >>>When I punch in a phone number, who am I communicating with?
After I get a satisfactory answer to these questions, I will move on to the next question.
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