azrobert join:2015-02-07 Fountain Hills, AZ 3 edits
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GV on any SIP device $15/free Pbxes.comPbxes.com now supports GV-SIP and is included with "Free" accounts. There is now a one-time $15 charge for new free accounts. Existing free accounts are still totally free. I learned about Pbxes GV from SteveInUS. » www.obitalk.com/forum/in ··· msg93497Get an account here: » www.pbxes.comClick on Personal Data and enter your password. You don't have to confirm. Click on Submit and Start. To define GV click on Trunks then Add SIP Trunk. Click Get Password for Google Voice. The Google Login page will be displayed. Login and click Allow Access. All the necessary info will be automatically defined. Click Submit then click on the red bar that appears on the top of the page. Do not change the Trunk Name. You will also have to define an Extension and In/Outbound routes. Register your device as the extension Proxy: pbxes.org User Name: PbxesUserID-extension# (azrobert-100) Password They had several problems, but the only open problem is no ringback when calling some numbers. This only happens for me when calling another GV number. I switched from Raspian/GV-SIP, too many SDHC cards failing. |
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jsolo1 Premium Member join:2001-07-01 PRIL
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jsolo1
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2018-Sep-28 12:56 pm
Re: GV on any SIP device $15/maybe freeRobert thanks for posting this. Probably a cheap (or free) solution for those that don't want to deal with setting up gvsip or their own pbx. Turns out I have an account with them from way back when (2013).
Functionality appears similar or same to what the simonics gateway offered? Which means this brings life back to the obi100 units.
Btw, for those that didn't catch it at first glance (like myself), SteveInUS is *NOT* SteveInWA. |
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said by azrobert:I switched from Raspian/GV-SIP, too many SDHC cards failing. Been using RasPBX for nearly 2yrs on same SD card and still working fine. Started a new FreePBX/Pi using RonR's script for 2 months and still going too. Make sure you turn off logging, swap and enable zram were possible to minimize SD writes. said by jsolo1:Btw, for those that didn't catch it at first glance (like myself), SteveInUS is *NOT* SteveInWA. Lol, I was wondering the same until I saw his post count at 5. Unless.... SteveInWA created a new alias! |
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jsolo1 Premium Member join:2001-07-01 PRIL |
jsolo1
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2018-Sep-28 1:10 pm
Alter ego? Nah.... -------------- Over the years I think i've had just a handful of flash memory fail. All of my sd's are genuine sandisk, purchased either retail or from amazon as a seller. Years ago had a kingston sd card from a camera fail. It did see lots of use. Currently using a corsair usb flash drive as boot device for an esxi box. So far so good. |
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Brown
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2018-Sep-28 1:28 pm
I'm still using a spinning chunk of rust |
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brg Premium Member join:2001-01-03 Chicago, IL 1 edit |
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I literally just stumbled across 2 of these factoids (first, that PBXes.com now supports GV from their "free" accounts (there used to be a way long ago to make that work but they closed that loophole), and second that they are now charging a one-time fee of $15 for "free" accounts) while recently reading the PBXes.com help forum. Hadn't gone there in many months.
PBXes.com was something I started using pretty far "back in the day." It was my first "cloud PBX" -- well before I ever implemented one of my own. I find them extremely reliable and have accessed them and used them reliably from many an international location. This could return as my "go to" set-up when traveling.
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Huh. Just tried it and it is not working. Adding the trunk and selecting to get a password at the PBXes end does not by itself result in an obi/google "phone" being added to Legacy GV as happens when you go through the sandbox method for GVSIP or an obi device. Maybe I'll try creating credentials for the sandbox and pasting them into the PBXes trunk. |
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jsolo1 Premium Member join:2001-07-01 PRIL |
jsolo1
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2018-Sep-28 3:04 pm
I got as far as it generating oauth credentals. Didn't actually try connecting yet. Might have some time this weekend to play with it.
As I recall, generating oauth tokens didn't generate the legacy entry either. Entry was generated during initial connection of obibox or pbx to gv. I expect this is the case here.
Probably easiest to test with a softphone configured to use pbxes.com. |
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brg Premium Member join:2001-01-03 Chicago, IL |
brg
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2018-Sep-28 4:03 pm
said by jsolo1:I got as far as it generating oauth credentals. Didn't actually try connecting yet. Might have some time this weekend to play with it.
As I recall, generating oauth tokens didn't generate the legacy entry either. Entry was generated during initial connection of obibox or pbx to gv. I expect this is the case here.
Probably easiest to test with a softphone configured to use pbxes.com. I tried generating the credentials from within PBXes, and then creating the outbound route, and then placing a call, which failed. So, if you can't make the call, the entry won't show up in legacy. I also just got a "trunk failed"" email from PBXes, as I'll get if any of my trunks with them go dowen. I've had a dedicated connection to PBXes in the form of one line of a 3-line desk phone>PAP2T>PBXes for years, so using that to test things for me is easy. |
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jsolo1 Premium Member join:2001-07-01 PRIL 1 edit |
jsolo1
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2018-Sep-28 4:24 pm
Ok, I sit here idle waiting on a vm to restore I tried again.
1) added gv account to pbxes 2) clicked submit changes at the bottom 3) clicked apply at the top (in red)
I refreshed the legacy page with each click on pbxes. It wasn't until #3 completed that a new entry appeared on the legacy site.
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Edit: This restore is a slooooooooooooooow process 105/240GB completed.
Had time to setup a trunk and configure soft phone. All working well for inbound and outbound.
Key is that #3. It's like the apply in freepbx. Saving changes isn't enough until they're applied. |
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azrobert join:2015-02-07 Fountain Hills, AZ
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I forgot a step. Click on Personal Data and enter your password. You don't have to confirm. Click on Submit and Start. Whenever Pbxes installed a fix, they recommended doing this. |
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vtsnaab Premium Member join:2016-08-30 Chester, VT |
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I had an account with PBXes from way back also, but it is gone now, which is disappointing. Sadly there is no way I can see to ask for their help unless one pays them for support - which is the same as making a new account anyhow... |
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azrobert join:2015-02-07 Fountain Hills, AZ
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I created my Pbxes account in 2011 and haven't used it for years. Are you using the correct userid and password? You can get a new password here: » www.pbxes.com/config.php ··· play=21# |
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vtsnaab Premium Member join:2016-08-30 Chester, VT |
vtsnaab
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2018-Sep-28 8:10 pm
Thanks Azrobert !! Yes as I have them recorded, but it says that my account no longer exists. |
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carlm join:2014-09-29 united state 1 edit
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For anyone who doesn't already have a PBXes account and would have to pay $15, consider the following: - Make sure you can live with the limitations of a PBXes free account: » www2.pbxes.com/iptel_vir ··· pbx.html- Understand that anyone using GVSIP on anything other than an OBi ATA [ EDIT: or OBi IP phone ] with official OBi firmware is a "party crasher". We don't know what Google's attitude toward party crashers is, but I'm sure Obihai doesn't like them, for the obvious reason. I'm pretty sure that Google and Obihai can eject the party crashers any time they want, but I have no idea when or if they will. - Due to the previous "bullet point", estimate what your savings over paid service would be and decide whether that savings is worth having the extra drama in your life. |
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brg Premium Member join:2001-01-03 Chicago, IL 1 edit |
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2018-Sep-28 9:14 pm
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said by jsolo1:3) clicked apply at the top (in red) ------------ Edit: This restore is a slooooooooooooooow process 105/240GB completed.
Key is that #3. It's like the apply in freepbx. Saving changes isn't enough until they're applied. Yeah. That's what I did. And it didn't work for me when I did it. Maybe a lag; I'll try again. *** Tried it again with a different google voice account. Nada. |
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azrobert join:2015-02-07 Fountain Hills, AZ 2 edits |
Did you try a "Submit and Start"?
Does the Call Monitor show the call being routed to the GV trunk? |
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Paid the $15. Adding extension failed. Under Personal Data, clicked Submit & Start. Re-added extension. Clicked Red bar. Extension worked from Yate client by dialing Echo Test: *43. Added SIP trunk by naming it and entering GV acct name as username. Then clicked Get Password for Google Voice button. After Google credentials were obtained, Clicked Red bar when prompted. Trunk shows registered. Added Outbound Route tied to GV trunk. Placing call out worked. Added default Inbound Route with route name blank and destination as SIP extension. Inbound call to extension rang Yate client and sounded fine. Modified inbound route destination to voip.ms SIP URI, and it worked. Also dialing SIP URI documented under Setup PBXes tab properly routes incoming calls to voip.ms SIP URI. AWESOME! |
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brg Premium Member join:2001-01-03 Chicago, IL |
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said by azrobert:Did you try a "Submit and Start"?
Does the Call Monitor show the call being routed to the GV trunk? Yup. Been using PBXes for many, many years. I'll investigate further, but I've tried to add the GV trunk 3 times or more and in my case it is just not taking. |
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Did you use an existing GV acccount with a working number? If so, what shows under Settings/Phones? Is there a 'device' listed? |
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said by jsolo1:Functionality appears similar or same to what the simonics gateway offered? Which means this brings life back to the obi100 units. How will PBXes be able to do this without running into the same problem Bill Simon ran into that when too many people were on the system it overloaded and wouldn't work anymore? |
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jsolo1 Premium Member join:2001-07-01 PRIL |
jsolo1
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2018-Oct-1 3:05 am
That's a good question. One best posed to them probably. Their service on the free accounts (» www4.pbxes.com/iptel_vir ··· pbx.html) does have limits. Not sure how well it scales. Maybe they figured out a way to scale it well¿? |
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SeanR7
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2018-Oct-1 4:59 am
said by jsolo1:Maybe they figured out a way to scale it well¿? I'm guessing they don't know about the problem and wont find out till too many people using GVsip are on their system. |
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Thanks. I saw the option a few weeks ago, but didn't dare activate it, I was assuming it couldn't possibly be available for free accounts. |
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said by SeanR7:said by jsolo1:Functionality appears similar or same to what the simonics gateway offered? Which means this brings life back to the obi100 units. How will PBXes be able to do this without running into the same problem Bill Simon ran into that when too many people were on the system it overloaded and wouldn't work anymore? For openers, their platform is Asterisk-based. It apparently doesn't suffer from the same scalability issues as Bill Simon's Yate solution. p.s. We've documented implementation scenarios for FusionPBX and FreePBX in today's Nerd Vittles article. Could use a little help on the FusionPBX/FreeSWITCH solution. |
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jsolo1 Premium Member join:2001-07-01 PRIL |
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Re: GV on any SIP device $15/free Pbxes.comIt interesting to note, just like the rest of the implementations (except for obi), calling gv (and certain other) numbers results in silence until it connects or until vm kicks in. |
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rwl408
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2018-Oct-1 7:13 pm
On the note I would spend the extra $20 for an Obi. |
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kevinds Premium Member join:2003-05-01 Calgary, AB 1 edit |
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said by azrobert:There is now a one-time $15 charge for new free accounts. Existing free accounts are still totally free. Did they go on a inactive purging spree? My old (unused) account doesn't work anymore Edit: Should have said my unused account |
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brg Premium Member join:2001-01-03 Chicago, IL |
brg
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2018-Oct-2 9:04 am
said by kevinds:said by azrobert:There is now a one-time $15 charge for new free accounts. Existing free accounts are still totally free. Did they go on a inactive purging spree? My old (used) account doesn't work anymore Huh. Dunno but I'll check their blog. I've had my account for many years, but I do use it for at least a couple of calls, mostly in but occasionally out, per month. |
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azrobert join:2015-02-07 Fountain Hills, AZ 1 edit
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said by kevinds:Did they go on a inactive purging spree? My old (used) account doesn't work anymore What do you mean "My account doesn't work anymore"? Can you login, but nothing works? Pbxes did purge accounts when people created multiple free accounts. Here is their new account policy: » www2.pbxes.com/forum/thr ··· 5494b746Edit: Quote from above pbxes thread: "When a PBX gets inactive because you haven't made any calls for a month, you can re-activate it by either displaying one of your SIP extensions under the extensions tab, or by registering your SIP endpoint to another port, which will also help." |
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kevinds Premium Member join:2003-05-01 Calgary, AB 1 edit |
kevinds
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2018-Oct-2 11:29 am
said by azrobert:What do you mean "My account doesn't work anymore"? Can you login, but nothing works? No, account not found Unused account, not used as I had typed above |
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