How does OBI110 work with an analog phone line and a voip line?
RonR:
Quote from: baxtr on April 23, 2011, 02:57:00 pm
I can find no way to save my working configuration and restore it. Does such a function exist?
System Management -> Device Update -> Backup Configuration (check: Use OBi Version)
System Management -> Device Update -> Restore Configuration
callussun:
Quote from: jimates on April 22, 2011, 11:33:22 pm
You can manage the device from the Obitalk portal. to do this the device has to be registered in your Obitalk account. Initial registration of the device with Obitalk requires placing a call from the device to the Obitalk service, so it is best to set it up before shipping it overseas.
One service is designated as the default line for outgoing calls (the LINE port is the factory default). Picking up the phone a dialing will place a call on the default line. To place a call on the other service you prepend the designation for that service
**1 for sp1
**2 for sp2
**8 for LINE
**9 for Obitalk service.
So if you leave the land line as the default and then want to place a call on sp1 you would dial, **1xxxxxxxxxx.
The Obi uses the Google Chat feature of Gmail for incoming and outgoing calls. Calls made to an associated Google Voice number can be routed to Google Chat. Google features are not suppose to work outside the US.
Thanks jimates for the answer.
I think when you use Google talk online, it shouldn't care whether it's in US or any other country, calling US/Canada numbers from it should be free, right?
How about receiving phone calls? Will all services be able to ring the phone at the same time?
Thanks
jimates:
Quote from: callussun on April 23, 2011, 06:35:58 pm
Quote from: jimates on April 22, 2011, 11:33:22 pm
You can manage the device from the Obitalk portal. to do this the device has to be registered in your Obitalk account. Initial registration of the device with Obitalk requires placing a call from the device to the Obitalk service, so it is best to set it up before shipping it overseas.
One service is designated as the default line for outgoing calls (the LINE port is the factory default). Picking up the phone a dialing will place a call on the default line. To place a call on the other service you prepend the designation for that service
**1 for sp1
**2 for sp2
**8 for LINE
**9 for Obitalk service.
So if you leave the land line as the default and then want to place a call on sp1 you would dial, **1xxxxxxxxxx.
The Obi uses the Google Chat feature of Gmail for incoming and outgoing calls. Calls made to an associated Google Voice number can be routed to Google Chat. Google features are not suppose to work outside the US.
Thanks jimates for the answer.
I think when you use Google talk online, it shouldn't care whether it's in US or any other country, calling US/Canada numbers from it should be free, right?
How about receiving phone calls? Will all services be able to ring the phone at the same time?
Thanks
Default setting will ring the phone for all incoming calls on all services.
Google features are not suppose to work outside the US.
Google limits it's services based on IP Addresses. IP addresses outside the US do not work with all Google services. Most users outside the US report not having the call phone feature show up in Gmail. Some do not get the restrictions so it is strictly YMMV.
callussun:
Quote
Default setting will ring the phone for all incoming calls on all services.
Google features are not suppose to work outside the US.
Google limits it's services based on IP Addresses. IP addresses outside the US do not work with all Google services. Most users outside the US report not having the call phone feature show up in Gmail. Some do not get the restrictions so it is strictly YMMV.
Didn't know that Google voice has restrictions for IP address. What's the other voip services that people use?
Thanks
SteveInWA:
"And now, for something completely different" ::):
This might be a case where simplicity outweighs technical complexity, because of the geographic distance and, unless your mother-in-law is an engineer, difficulty in doing remote troubleshooting.
Unless I am missing something, we're now agreeing that Google Voice is not an option for her.
But, if your goal is to create a free or low cost voice calling solution between you and her, (or between her and a few other people), how about getting her a MagicJack (or NetTalk Duo or the upcoming MagicJack Plus), and forget about the OBi? A pair of these things are cheap, and they can call each other for free, and if it doesn't work, due to Chinese network restrictions, you have not spent a lot of time and money trying to get it working.
If you are convinced you want to use an OBi, of course a pair of OBis can call each other for free on OBi's own network. There are several other VoIP providers that allow their customers to call each other for free. For example, Callcentric does, easily, via their 1-777-xxxx internal numbers, just like OBi's network. I have no idea if it's blocked in China, though.
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