I have just set up a new Obihai box. It is working well with my non-Google SIP account.
Google voice was not working - I was seeing the "backing off" message. Somewhere in the Obihai faq, I noticed that the primary email connected to my google account needed to be a
gmail.com email address, which was not the case for me. I added gmail to my google account along with a gmail address, and made that my primary email address. I then updated my Obihai for this Google Voice account, and it says connected.
I'm still not able to place calls - when I dial, I get a fast busy after dialing the number. Also, when I go into Google Voice Settings - Phone, I do NOT have the forward calls to Google Chat checkbox. It's just not there. When I go to gmail, the chat section (now Google hangouts, I think) just shows the google ball and says "Things are taking longer than expected". Therefore, I can't use gmail to place that first call as suggested in the Obihai faq.
I'm guessing that changing my primary email address from my custom
me779@blah.com to
me779@gmail.com killed google chat for this google account. How do I get chat working again, so that I can use google voice on this account with my Obihai?
Thank you,
John F
NY, NY