Set up Obi100 but phone won't ring
dblagent007:
I have three Obi100s. One is connected to my GV account (the one I'm having problems with). A second one is connected to a FutureNine account (this one is my home phone). I also have a third Obi100 that is not being used.
I have the google chat forwarding on. I was using the Obi100 to receive GV phone calls before I upgraded the firmware and switched to Obitalk.
I'm definitely going to try the unused Obi100 and see what it does. If it works, then I probably should forget about this one.
dblagent007:
Quote from: SteveInWA on September 14, 2014, 09:07:04 pm
AND, don't forget, expiring tonight, you can get a new OBi 200 for $29.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833617008
Thanks for the reminder. I bought two of them (and now I have a total of five Obi devices!). I ought to be able to get it working.
SteveInWA:
What happens if you move the telephone and its line cord over to the OBi that is setup with Future 9? Does it ring? Just to be sure ???
dblagent007:
Quote from: SteveInWA on September 14, 2014, 09:37:04 pm
What happens if you move the telephone and its line cord over to the OBi that is setup with Future 9? Does it ring? Just to be sure ???
Yes, the telephone rings when connected to the Future 9 account. It just doesn't ring when connected to the phone for my personal GV account.
After I bought the two Obi200s, I'm wondering if I should have just gotten a single Obi202. I actually have two sets of wires in my house for the two different lines. Can I just hook up the Obi202 to the two lines and have my personal GV account ring one line and my home GV account ring the other line? Right now my home GV account is forwarded to Future 9, which then rings my Obi100. I configured it that way back when GV was supposed to be shut down. I'm ready to drop Future 9 on my home account and just use GV.
SteveInWA:
Well, yes, you could use one 202 instead of two 200s or 100s, since the 202 has two line ports (RJ-11). This would be if you want to use the two services independently on two different phone wire pairs to different telephones (or a multi-line phone).
But, if you're going to get rid of Future 9, I wouldn't bother. Don't forget, the 200 still has 4 service provider slots, and you can certainly configure it to have Google Voice on SP1 and Future 9 or some other SIP provider on SP2.
The common scenario is: GV on SP1, SIP ITSP on SP2. Use GV by default for (free) outbound calling, since it's on SP1. Remove the check mark for Google Chat on your GV settings page, so it won't be used for inbound, and add and enable the SIP ITSP number on that GV Phones page, so it becomes your inbound forwarding destination. Depending on the SIP ITSP, this gives you Caller ID Name (CNAM) support.
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