Help required choosing the right device for the UK
drgeoff:
I also have a 110 and it handles all incoming PSTN calls from a BT line. Caller ID works fine. Almost all outgoing calls are routed to a VoIP SP. I previously had a Linksys SPA3000. I'm very satisfied with the OBi and it has so much more functionality and configurability than anything else in its market segment.
If only it (and all OBis) could do time based routing!
Go for it!
WelshPaul:
Quote from: JeremyW on January 27, 2015, 10:11:47 am
There's a thread in the UK VOIP Forums about problems with Caller ID on incoming PSTN calls not showing up, which is the exact same problem I've been having with Grandstream.
The thread you're on about located here https://www.ukvoipforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=310 is about a custom setup using Asterisk on a Raspberry Pi to route his calls according to whether the caller id is withheld or not.
Caller ID works just fine. The issue the poster had in the end was that although the caller id shows that it is a Withheld call, this is not passed to Asterisk, here it sees CALLERID(num)='Trunk Name' and CALLERID(name) is null.
Mark put forward a feature request to add call route syntax that will allow you to identify and route WITHHELD and UNAVAILABLE calls individually, rather than grouping them together as a single call type.
Get yourself an Obi, you won't regret it. :)
JeremyW:
Quote from: WelshPaul on January 27, 2015, 11:16:04 pm
Quote from: JeremyW on January 27, 2015, 10:11:47 am
There's a thread in the UK VOIP Forums about problems with Caller ID on incoming PSTN calls not showing up, which is the exact same problem I've been having with Grandstream.
The thread you're on about located here https://www.ukvoipforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=310 is about a custom setup using Asterisk on a Raspberry Pi to route his calls according to whether the caller id is withheld or not.
Caller ID works just fine. The issue the poster had in the end was that although the caller id shows that it is a Withheld call, this is not passed to Asterisk, here it sees CALLERID(num)='Trunk Name' and CALLERID(name) is null.
Mark put forward a feature request to add call route syntax that will allow you to identify and route WITHHELD and UNAVAILABLE calls individually, rather than grouping them together as a single call type.
Get yourself an Obi, you won't regret it. :)
Many thanks. I sussed that in the end. I was a bit 'quick on the draw' and paranoid after my dreadful experiences with Grandstream.
If I may be so bold... my OBi110 arrives tomorrow and as we use it for making international business calls I have to crack on and get it working pdq. I'm reasonably technical and always happy to learn about a new device but I'd be super grateful if you could do 2 things for me:
1) Point me at the UK config for the 110 so I can get that in place quickly.
2) Tell me how to translate my current dial plan into the correct format for the 110:
Dial Plan: {L: 1x+ | L: 999 | L: 0[38][047][013458]x+ | x+}
Essentially this allows all number beginning with '1' (BT operator for example), Emergency numbers (999), and then various combinations of digits that represent free-phone and non-geographic numbers to be routed to the PSTN gateway. All other calls go to the VOIP gateway which is a SIP service registered elsewhere in the settings.
WelshPaul:
You can find the full UK configuration settings here: https://www.ukvoipforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=368
Download the file UK-OBi110-Profile-15NOV14.zip
Simply upload the XML to your Obi110 via it's web based GUI. (or obitalk portal)
System Management> Device Update >Restore Configuration > Choose file
The dial plan is already configured for the UK and covers the numbers in your current dial plan and more.
JeremyW:
Quote from: WelshPaul on January 28, 2015, 06:39:13 am
You can find the full UK configuration settings here: https://www.ukvoipforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=368
Download the file UK-OBi110-Profile-15NOV14.zip
Simply upload the XML to your Obi110 via it's web based GUI. (or obitalk portal)
System Management> Device Update >Restore Configuration > Choose file
The dial plan is already configured for the UK and covers the numbers in your current dial plan and more.
Wow. I'm impressed already and I haven't got the box yet! Great to see that there's so much support and advice for this device. :)
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