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IF YOUR OBI NEEDS UPDATES SEE HERE

See here for some good tutorials on setting up the Obi.

You can switch your current landline number into a Google Voice account to retain your phone number on a free Obi phone line.
To port your landline to GV:
  • Get ahold of an old Page Plus or Verizon cell phone that isn't being used. Port your existing landline to Page Plus for free through their website.
  • Fill out the port form and put in your landline number and the old PP cell phone's ESN or MEID number (from under the battery) and wait a couple of days for it to go through. You will know that the port is complete, when dialing your landline rings on the cell phone.
  • Once the account is active, buy $10 worth of minutes from PagePlus in order to receive the verification call from GV.
  • Now you can initiate the GV port. It's a good idea to open a new Gmail account. You can then setup all emails that come to that account (all the voicemails notifications) to be forwarded to your main Gmail account. Login to GV from the new account and port in your number. It will cost $20, and you will get an email when the port to GV is complete.
Using the above method will only have incoming Caller ID numbers, not names. If you want names as well, follow these steps:
  • Go to https://www.callcentric.com/, click Products, then click the yellow Get A Number button next to Free Phone Number.
  • Use the tool on the left to pick an area code, then order the number. It doesn’t have to be something memorable, because no one will ever have to dial it.
  • When it asks if you’re in US/Canada, either select Yes to use their E911 service, or No if you want to use something else. Callcentric setup is free, plus $1.50/mo if you want E911 services. See below for more details.
  • After you receive a confirmation email from Callcentric with your new account info, go to obitalk.com, and log into your Obi. Click SP2, scroll down to OBiTALK Compatible Service Providers, then click Next. Follow the prompts to link your Callcentric account. In the box that says Callcentric Number, enter the 1777 number you got in the email. Uncheck Primary Line for Outgoing Calls and 911.
  • Open Google Voice, go into Settings, and add a forwarding phone. Enter the real phone number you got in the email from Callcentric. Google will call it to confirm; it should ring on your Obi. Answer it and enter the code shown by GV.
  • Uncheck forward to Google Chat.
  • Log into your Callcentric account. Click Preferences. Under General, enable Caller ID with name (Inbound calls). (You can also change the maximum call duration, and unlist yourself from the directory).
or this for a $5 one time fee.
https://simonics.com/gw/?promo=nerdvittles


If you’re not using Callcentric, you have to set up SP3 in Obi settings to point to your E911 provider’s account.
E911 providers:
Callcentric$18/year ($1.50/mo) + $1.50 setup
Anveo$15/year
http://www.gv911.com/$12/year
http://www.bulkvs.com/e911.html$8.64/year ($0.72/mo)

If you want the SP2 to ring like the standard US ringtone:
go to obi expert config, then to voice service, select sp2, and change it to this:
X_ServProvProfile B
X_RingProfile   A
X_CodecProfile   A

You can add your CID http://www.listyourself.net/ListYourself/listing.jsp?ID=new
and check your CID http://who.scalling.com/411/

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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #920 on: July 29, 2016, 11:55:29 AM »
Outgoing calls use sip messaging to simonics, which in turn routes the call via GV.
I get that but if you are using an Obi that doesn't gain you anything.
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #921 on: July 29, 2016, 12:44:17 PM »
I get that but if you are using an Obi that doesn't gain you anything.
Nothing specific over any other sip adapter, except if you find OBi to be better than others in price or quality. (I've wasted many hours with other sip adapters in my lifetime, only to find that an inexplicable problem I had was caused by an incompatibility between the latest firmware of a Linksys router and a Linksys sip adapter).

Other reason is that I already have several OBi adapters purchased in the pre ransom days.
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #922 on: July 29, 2016, 12:48:52 PM »
I am getting a "configuring" on Sp1 trying to set up with GV. Its just stuck there. Any tips?

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« Reply #923 on: July 29, 2016, 01:22:33 PM »
I am getting a "configuring" on Sp1 trying to set up with GV. Its just stuck there. Any tips?
Are you using OBitalk.com (I assume so as I think that's the only way to set up GV on OBi without a solution such as simonics)?

What does it look like if you log out and log in again?
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #924 on: July 29, 2016, 01:33:45 PM »
Nothing specific over any other sip adapter, except if you find OBi to be better than others in price or quality. (I've wasted many hours with other sip adapters in my lifetime, only to find that an inexplicable problem I had was caused by an incompatibility between the latest firmware of a Linksys router and a Linksys sip adapter).

Other reason is that I already have several OBi adapters purchased in the pre ransom days.
I meant that you do not gain anything outgoing over using the Obi straight unless it is saving the ransom or you need specific SIP features which is not what the vast majority here are using it for. For them GV and CC will do the trick unless there is a reliability problem.
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #925 on: July 29, 2016, 02:53:04 PM »
I meant that you do not gain anything outgoing over using the Obi straight unless it is saving the ransom or you need specific SIP features which is not what the vast majority here are using it for. For them GV and CC will do the trick unless there is a reliability problem.

That is the issue, and if you've already paid the ransom, why do you need CC?
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #926 on: July 29, 2016, 02:55:57 PM »
That is the issue, and if you've already paid the ransom, why do you need CC?
For incoming CNAM
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #927 on: July 29, 2016, 03:07:45 PM »
For incoming CNAM

Really? Do you find any use for CNAM? How so?

It's a nice concept but from what I see it would only work for techno geeks like some people around here, but not for most people around here... unless you've seen some good way to leverage CNAM, and if so, kindly share.

I personally find CC extremely useful for free incoming fax-to-email line with a local phone number.
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #928 on: July 29, 2016, 03:34:41 PM »
Really? Do you find any use for CNAM? How so?

It's a nice concept but from what I see it would only work for techno geeks like some people around here, but not for most people around here... unless you've seen some good way to leverage CNAM, and if so, kindly share.

I personally find CC extremely useful for free incoming fax-to-email line with a local phone number.
name with caller id?
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« Reply #929 on: July 29, 2016, 05:00:49 PM »
name with caller id?

Sorry, you got me on that one. I was confusing CNAM with ENUM.
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #930 on: August 22, 2016, 11:33:47 PM »
anybody else having issues accessing obitalk?

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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #931 on: August 23, 2016, 11:19:35 AM »
Someone here helped me with my OBI and I would like to pay him and thank him. If it's you please message me.

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« Reply #932 on: August 24, 2016, 08:41:17 PM »
Someone here helped me with my OBI and I would like to pay him and thank him. If it's you please message me.

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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #933 on: August 24, 2016, 09:55:30 PM »
Helping others is what DDF is all about! Why don't you message him?
S/He probably doesn't remember.
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« Reply #934 on: August 24, 2016, 10:25:46 PM »
S/He probably doesn't remember.

Go back and look it up.
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #935 on: September 05, 2016, 01:36:31 PM »
I live in Israel, my kids were playing with my obi and now it doesn't  work- only 2 green lights , no service...
I saw somewhere that  it has to be reconfigured...
Any way to fix this in Israel ?

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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #936 on: September 05, 2016, 01:53:20 PM »
I live in Israel, my kids were playing with my obi and now it doesn't  work- only 2 green lights , no service...
I saw somewhere that  it has to be reconfigured...
Any way to fix this in Israel ?
What was it registered to? GV?
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #937 on: September 05, 2016, 02:22:14 PM »
What was it registered to? GV?
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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #938 on: September 05, 2016, 02:35:16 PM »
I live in Israel, my kids were playing with my obi and now it doesn't  work- only 2 green lights , no service...
I saw somewhere that  it has to be reconfigured...
Any way to fix this in Israel ?
May need to be factory reset.
I am not familiar with Obi in Israel, does it not allow you to setup GV from Israel IP?

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Re: OBi 110
« Reply #939 on: September 05, 2016, 03:12:17 PM »
You should be able to do it from Israel.  What do you see on Obi device management page?  https://www.obitalk.com/obinet/pg/obhdev
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