Quote from: carl on February 06, 2013, 06:59:33 PM
If you have the 911 service only WITHOUT the free NYC DID you should not have any problems at all. If you do have the NYC DID the only thing you have to do is a one call to that number longert than one minute. If you are alone or only with your dog or cat you call your number, pick up the other phone and talk to it somethingor let music runfor more than a minute. all set.
I do not use Callcentric much but it is a good thing to have it on my Obi 202, good service and features others do not have.
OK, so my *simple* solution is:
I have a free Callcentric number and a free number on the west coast. They both require a call to keep active.
I run FreePBX on a Raspberrypi. I configured an extension to dial the CallCentric number automatically via a Googlevoice number I have. Callcentric SIP URIs into the other number which connects to my PBX and that call is directed into voicemail.
So if I dial 799 manually, I complete a call through both free numbers and it answers automatically.
So I don't forget to call, I set up a reminder call (using the built in text to voice) to read a message which ends up in voicemail. That reminder call happens each month automatically and the whole call is disconencted when the text has been read.
Now if I had an automatic way to make sure the call happened on schedule.
No, none of this is using an Obi, was that a requirement? If so, I still have some UKDDI numbers that go into the Obi and could make this call go to London and back I guess, but why complicate matters :-)
By the way, the text is along the lines of "Testing testing testing. Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter, but she said this butter's bitter." well, you get the idea.