OBi 202 will only handle one phone at a time.
idahowayne:
BigJim McD, The problem is not with 2 call at the same time. It is with using 2 phones on the same call. When our son and daughter-in -law call they are both on at the same time and my wife and I would like to both be on at the same time on this end.
Sounds like a pretty simple request but I can't figure how to do it with the OBi.
BigJim_McD:
idahowayne,
I haven't attempted to use two phones on the same call via an OBi. I'm not sure if the OBi phone port's output is strong enough to power more than one phone at a time.
Our solution to sharing calls is to use the Speaker on our VTech Cordless Handset.
idahowayne:
BigJim, I suspect you are right about the OBi's port not putting out a strong enough signal for 2 phones. The solution could be to set it up where 1 call could go to 2 ports. There should be some experts in this forum that know what to do.
drgeoff:
On the 202 the sockets are wired as follows:
Phone 1 socket. Centre two contacts are ph1. Outer two contacts are ph2.
Phone 2 socket. Centre two contacts are ph2. Outer two contacts are not connected to anything.
So if you have two ordinary 1-line phones plugged in two the two sockets you should never be able to have the two on the same call.
I would fully expect the 202 to be "strong" enough to handle two phones in parallel on either of its sockets. A 2-line phone in socket 1 and a 1- or 2-line phone in socket 2 should permit:
1. Independent calls using Line-1 of each phone.
2. Both phone instruments taking part in a call on ph2. Instrument #1 set to Line-2 and instrument #2, if a 2-line phone, set to Line-1.
SteveInWA:
Your 40-year old (?!?) telephones may be the culprit. Most phones manufactured within the past 20 or so years should work just fine, using two to four hardwired telephones per line, wired in parallel (via a 1-->2 jack plugged into the OBi, or via plugging the OBi into the house wiring). Phones have an internal impedance, that, when added together, collectively consume the power applied to the line by the phone company, or in this case, the OBi device. If that total impedance is too high, you'll overload the OBi and results will be unpredictable. Get some new phones. In fact, get any decent DECT 6.0 cordless phone system with a couple of handsets, and you only have one hardwired connection to the OBi. Panasonic or Uniden would be my first two choices.
Are you the guy who was discussing running the hardware off of a 12V solar system? If so, you may also not be supplying enough current to the device, with the side effect of making it unreliable.
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