Call any OBi for FREE Right from Your WebRTC Capable Browser !! How ?
YASH:
^^
Thank you all folks for your help.
Here is what I found.
(I have tried calling from my own home to myself - from the logged in website to my phones and have not started calling from outside yet - I still need to experiment that )
* I have latest Firefox Mozzilaa browser.
* I have OBI 200 and OBI 202 – with total 4 diff. line. ( OBI 202 has two diff. lines )
* I went to my dashboard and there was an orange triangle advising me to upgrade to the latest software and it took 3-5 min to upgrade and that orange triangle is gone, so It has got current upgraded software now.
* I went to the dashboard and pressed that green color phone icon,..
* I do not have soft phone,.. so in the “speed dial” pull down,..
I selected my OBI202’s lines.
* I made more than 50-100 experiments and concluded these things.
1.
Though, the note says,.. you can dial the OBI phone,… but in fact, you can dial to any US number phones, ( non-OBI lines ) .. means,.. even if you are not dialing to the OBI phone,.. that also works, as it is dialing using your OBI US number, ( via PC and mic-headphones ) from which the phone is dialed.
2.
And more importantly, this service is annoying, disgusting, not trustworthy and worked very randomly and in a totally strange way. Which pattern or harmony it follows, I still could not find/figure it out,.
Means,…. You try 5-7 times and hardly one times it will join and will ring,… 5-6 times it won’t and you again open-close yr browser,.. refresh page,. Again try 5-7 times,… may hardly one time it will work,… rest the phone is not ringing !
And, this is the sorry-fact disgusting science of it,…… even after I attempting 100+ times rebooting, refreshing my page, re login,. Refreshing the dashboard page,. Closing the page reopening,.. delete cookies, ….. And all other way,.. but still this strange and disgusting science of which harmony it’s following or what it is violating here,…. I still could not find any remedy,…. or why it is doing like this,.. and on that basis,. I may not consider as totally trust-worthy.
Out of 6-7 attempts by closing and refreshing the dashboard, page
and all such it works hardly 1 out of 7 attempts,. And hence can not treat is as any reliable or trustworthy,.. to let my relatives living in other nation, to let them be given my login passwords and let them to call me, on my OBI number, here in the US.
Out of 6 attempts 5 times it just does not work, and that’s the fact,
unless you explain me what I am missing of here !! Not satisfied!
giqcass:
Web RTC relies heavily on the browser. Problems with the browser itself could be your issue. I am currently having no problems in Firefox or Chrome. I have also used this feature on an Android smartphone via the Chrome browser with no problems. The inability to call could also be related to your router, your internet provider, and hardware issues on your computer. You don't need to give out your account details to your friends or family so they can call you. They only need your "OBi Number". It should start with a 5 or 6 depending on your model. I believe all 2xx series start with a 5. The number will be 9 digits long. You can find it in the portal after you log in. They can then go to http://www.obitalk.com/obinet/ and click the "Call Obi" link at the top of the page. If they don't have an account they will be asked to enter a captcha code. They will also need to enter your OBi Number. Then they will need to give the browser permission to use the microphone. You will then receive a call. If the person calling does not have an Obitalk account you will see 000000000 as the caller ID for the incoming call.
YASH:
^^^^My browser server and all is fine,….. as I have no other problems anywhere.
If you do not give them, yrs e-mail and pass to login,….
The dialing does not work,
As it says “no gateway is configured”.
Also sometimes the phone rings well,… and sometimes,..
you need to open the dialpad and press 1 there
and struggle doing it 3-4 times,. And then the phone rings.
Sometimes even the OBI tape speaks and the person will have to select “1” either by the dialpad there, or on your computer keyboard.
Also I have OBI202 which has two phone nos,.
so in the box, sometimes,..the entered phone no. makes confusion and hence it does not ring.
But when you give them the login data,… they can simply choose the
speed dial,…and under pulldown menu.,… my account and then it shows,.
2*3025239632 ( just fake no. )
And that’s how it rings,..
Even you simply keep it as 2* and then press “call” then also it rings,….
But it needs 3-4 attempts, as dunn’o why but sometimes it rings sometimes it does not.
OBI202 rings both the phones nos,.. if you dial by that 9 digit of OBI's ID no.
giqcass:
Your obi only has one obi number. Even the 202 only has one. I personally have a 202. I am not talking about a phone number. The obi number is only 9 digits long and it should start with the digit 5. The reason people calling you have to press 1 after they call you is because you gave them your password and the obi thinks you are calling from your own number. Your number is in your "circle of trust". If they call you without logging in to your account they will not need to press 1 to connect the call. They do not need an account to call you! They do not need to log in to call you! They only need your obi number that starts with a 5. Do not give them a phone number it won't work. Log in click on your obi202 and the obi number will be listed clearly. If you only want 1 phone to ring that can be changed in the obitalk settings on your obi202.
drgeoff:
I don't say it applies to every OBi but my 110 and 1032 each have its 9 digit OBi number clearly displayed on a label on the underside.
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