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I'm setting up my Obi110 from scratch, and have a curious GV problem that I've solved but I'm curious if there's a better way.

What I want

• When I call my own GV number from my home phone, I want my other GV destinations to ring (cell, work, etc).
  
• When I call any other number from my home phone, I want the call to appear from my GV number.
  

Setup

• SP1 is GV, with "Primary Line for Outgoing Calls" for "Phone 1" selected/enabled.
• LINE is my home landline (my 9-1-1 provider)
• Assume my GV number is 303-555-GOOG (303-555-6446) and my home landline is 720-555-1212

Initial problem - route to voicemail
By default, when I call my GV number I'm routed to my GV voicemail - standard behavior when GV sees the call as coming from "Google Talk".  No bueno if my young kids try to call my GV number from the home phone!

Kludgy solution #1 - route GV number through landline
Using OBi Expert Config, I modified the PHONE settings to route calls to my GV number through my landline:

DigitMap = ([1-9]x?*(Mpli)|[1-9]S9|[1-9][0-9]S9|911|3035554664|**0|***|#|**1(Msp1)|**2(Msp2)|**8(Mli)|**9(Mpp)|(Mpli))
OutboundCallRoute = {([1-9]x?*(Mpli)):pp},{(<#:>|911):li},{3035554664:li},{**0:aa},{***:aa2},{(<**1:>(Msp1)):sp1},{(<**2:>(Msp2)):sp2},{(<**8:>(Mli)):li},{(<**9:>(Mpp)):pp},{(Mpli):pli}

Secondary problem - call waiting loopback
Since GV now sees this call as coming from my Home number, GV happily rings all my other destinations including my "Google Talk" account.  This in turn rings my Obi, which presents the call back to my PHONE on Call Waiting.  Very confusing when dialing out to see myself calling "on the other line".

Kludgy solution #2 - block landline number on SP1
Again using OBi Expert Config, I modified the SP1 service to block my home number:

X_InboundCallRoute = {(1?7205551212):},{ph}


It works, but is there a better way?
Calls from my home phone now do what I want.  But this solution seems very kludgy to me.  I would have thought this is a common use case for using GV as a primary line - i.e. to ring other GV destinations instead of routing to GV voicemail.

Any suggestions on how to accomplish this in a simpler way?

-BKD

Quote from: bkd1 on December 01, 2014, 10:15:42 PM
Kludgy solution #2 - block landline number on SP1
Again using OBi Expert Config, I modified the SP1 service to block my home number:

X_InboundCallRoute = {(1?7205551212):},{ph}

You could set Google Voice to not ring GV Chat when a call comes from your landline to overcome this part of the problem.

EDIT: I don't think either part of you fix is "Klugy".  So far as part 2 goes, my suggestion is just an alternate route and not really an improvement.