Call Waiting Star COde

[cracker]

What does *56 do?  Does it enable call waiting or does it just enable the call waiting indicator?

Thanks.

[ianobi]

Quote from the OBiDeviceAdminGuide:

CallWaitingEnable:

Enable call waiting service. Call Waiting is the situation where a new incoming call is routed to the PHONE port when there is already another call connected. If this service is enabled, OBi plays call-waiting tone to alert the user, as well as generates CWCID signal if CWCID is enabled. The user may then swap between the two calls by hook flashing. If the service is disabled, OBi rejects the incoming call as busy.
Note: It is possible for the user to set this parameter from the phone using a Star Code

[CoalMinerRetired]

I can't stop from jumping in on this. Note there are two versions of the Call Waiting enable star codes:

Persistent/Forever:
*56  Enable Call Waiting
*57  Disable Call Waiting

One time only:
*58  Disable Call Waiting One Time
*59  Enable Call Waiting One Time

Ref: http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=4571.0

[ianobi]

CMR - fair point.

Testing with an OBi110 I can confirm that this setting is enabled by *56 and disabled by *57:

Physical Interfaces > PHONE Port > Calling Features > CallWaitingEnable

*58 and *59 do not seem to exist on an OBi100 or OBi110. Our OP does not say what model of OBi he has.