Using laptop as landline telephone
ianobi:
Looks like the problem is the OBi110 is not connected to the PSTN correctly. Three possibilities:
1. PSTN socket not working - test by connecting the phone into it directly.
2. OBi110 Line Port faulty - possible but unlikely.
3. Cable / adapter faulty or wrong type - quite likely.
It's not unusual to have this kind of problem. It's frustrating and time consuming, but only needs solving once! Pins 2 and 5 from the BT socket need to connect with pins 3 and 4 of the rj11 plug (centre pair normally red and green).
If you have an old modem cable around they often have the correct pin configurations.
NoelB:
My first post and wondering why the softphone on a laptop must be able to call without registration. I have zoiper on a samsung that registers via a wifi AP with an obi110 in proxy mode and it works ok.There are not that many softphones that you can diasable registration so it is a bit of a restriction.
ianobi:
NoelB - welcome to the forum.
I believe that the "X_Proxy" setting is only available on the OBi2xx series models. There is no way to register a client (softphone) directly to an OBi110. Do you mean that your zoiper softphone registers with a voip service provider that the OBi110 registers with?
The OBi110 remains the best option to bridge any voip service or softphone etc to the PSTN. Obviously nothing can register with a PSTN connection, so softphone to OBi110 requires both sides to call without registration before the call is bridged to PSTN.
I do agree that many softphones do not allow calling without registration, but there are some around. I suggested PhonerLite as a starting point as it's free, allows calling without registration, is very easy to set up and is good for debugging. It's a bit "clunky" and has no video, but is a great softphone for "proof of concept" projects.
NoelB:
Thanks ianobi. You are of course correct .I have had a obi202 for a while and recently got a couple of obi110s to use with obitalk but never bothered to compare their features in detail. I realised I had set zoiper to register to the obi202 which has the X_Proxy which is not present in the obi110. Its all clear now -my mistake. Keep your posts coming as you have taught me heaps. I took your advice and downloaded PhonerLite and yes I particularly like the debug which took a bit of finding as when first downloaded it is not enabled.
PC10SR:
OK, slightly more progress.
The RJ11 lead I was using in the OBi telco port was wired to the outer pins. I have now substituted another lead (from a Panasonic phone) wired to the inner pins and I have an improvement:
I can now call in on PSTN and both the domestic (OBi phone port) and the laptop (softphone) ring.
If I answer on the phone port I have good 2 way voice comms.
If I answer on the softphone I get good clear speech on the laptop but the calling end reports my voice is faint and they hear their own voice echoed back to them.
I still can't call out on either the phone port or the softphone.
We're heading in the right direction...
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