GVoice: can no longer place (Obi100) calls by clicking "Call" in my browser
rhk1:
Sometime since the beginning of the year, I lost the Google Voice feature that allowed me to place calls on my Obi100 from my browser. It may have occurred early to mid-February, and the other thing that may have occurred around that time was the notice from Google that said we should (generally) switch to Hangouts. (But which also said Google Voice would continue to work with Obihai devices.)
I've used an Obi100 with Google Voice since about September, 2013, and the feature worked until early to mid-February.
Trying to use that feature since mid-February, I get a drop down box with options to place calls either via Hangouts or my mobile phone. I suspect there used to be only one option there to place the call via the Obi100 as I had never noticed the drop down box before I ran into this problem.
Note that in the Google Voice settings, there is still the option to forward calls to Google Chat and it is checked.
I haven't switched to Hangouts, and I don't think I want to. I keep most of my old texts, voicemails, and such and I understand I won't be able to access those any more if I switch to Hangouts.
I have done a fair amount of googling and reading on these forums. (I did find reference to a program named Google Takeout which, iiuc, would allow me to download all that stuff and presumably archive it locally.)
I also came across the discussion about the new authentication for google (OAUTH), and I installed that, with some hope that it might address this problem, but it made no difference.
Is this a feature that is just gone if I don't switch to Hangouts? Or is there a way to restore it while continuing to use Google Voice?
SteveInWA:
Hi:
The Google Chat service is obsolete, and at this time, it's mainly being left in place by Google as a way for OBi users to connect their devices to the Google infrastructure. Google Talk or Chat-based services on Google's own platforms have been, or are being removed. Chat was permanently removed off of the "call with" drop-down list in Google Voice in early February, after Google Talk was also shut down. It would be up to Obihai to develop and maintain a similar type of computer/telephony integration, using WebRTC, in the future. Of course, you can always simply dial the number on your phone's keypad or use the phone's own address book.
https://productforums.google.com/d/topic/voice/NrdW6JS1I_o/discussion
rhk1:
Thanks very much!
Asides:
* I wish I had seen the note you referred to earlier--or that it had been in the email notifying us of the change (at least, I think it was an email, and the note may have been there but I just didn't read carefully enough)
* I guess I'll think more about switching to Hangouts, I presume the call with Obi feature is there, and I suspect that more and more features will disappear from Chat over time...
You (SteveInWA) seem to do an amazing job of answering questions both here and on the Google forums (under a different name, iirc--blue something, iirc)--I hope you don't burn yourself out.
Thanks again!
azrobert:
You can use a softphone on a computer to send/receive calls to/from your OBi.
This setup assumes GV is defined on SP1 and a SIP provider is defined on SP2.
If SP2 is undefined, create a dummy definition like this:
Service Providers -> ITSP Profile B -> SIP -> ProxyServer: 127.0.0.1
Voice Services -> SP2 Service -> AuthUserName: anything
Voice Services -> SP2 Service -> X_RegisterEnable: unchecked
Voice Services -> SP2 Service -> X_ServProvProfile: B
OBi110
Service Providers -> ITSP Profile B SIP -> X_SpoofCallerID: Checked
Voice Services -> SP2 Service -> X_InboundCallRoute:
{OBi110>(Msp1):sp1,{ph}
Physical Interfaces -> Line Port -> InboundCallRoute:
ph,sp2(anything@192.168.1.100:5060)
Change 192.168.1.100 to the IP address of the computer running Phonerlite.
5060 is the Port number for Phonerlite
Download and install Phonerlite:
http://www.phoner.de/PhonerLiteSetup.exe
When you start Phonerlite I think a wizard will popup because no accounts are defined.
Proxy: 192.168.1.110:5061 (The IP address and Port of SP2 on the OBi110)
Click right arrow.
User Name: OBi110
Click right arrow.
Change Profile Name: OBi110
Click check mark
Uncheck box next to Register
Save
To change the default port (5060) click Network tab
Change Local Port and click Save
Dial a number and click the green phone symbol.
Click red phone symbol to hang up.
Edit:
If you want to initiate a call from a computer and have GV do a callback to the OBI, the above configuration doesn't apply.
The above will make and receive calls from a computer.
rhk1:
Thanks very much! (Including all the details of setting up a fake SIP account on SP2!)
Unfortunately, that appears to be (as near as I can tell with my high school German from many years ago), Windows only, and I use Linux.
But, it gives me hope that there could be something similar for Linux.
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