Premise [download] Module: Obihai OBi110 Driver

File Name: Module: Obihai OBi110 Driver
File Submitter: 123
File Submitted: 10 Mar 2012
File Updated: 10 Mar 2012
File Category: Premise
Author: 123
Contact: 123
Version: 1.7

The Obihai OBi110 Driver allows Premise Home Control to receive data from an Obihai OBi110 VOIP ATA device. It reports the following:

• Inbound call number and name
• Outbound call number
• Ring status
• Hook status
• Number of new voicemail messages

It also allows you to use any house phone to enter a command code, a “Task Command”, which can:

• activate lights
• change thermostat temperature
• perform other automation tasks

The OBi110 driver is designed to work with the CallMonitor module but can also work with a Premise’s existing Telephone object. The driver collects its data from the OBi110's syslog facility.


NOTE:
The ability to report the number of voicemail messages depends on the specifics of your VOIP provider. This driver was tested using SIP service provided by http://voip.ms/.

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FYI: The zip archive contains the Module and full documentation.

The initial release is V1.7. The first uploaded file was mislabelled as 2.6.

FYI: if you are using google voice and want outbound calls to be recorded in Premise, you must revert back to an older firmware build for the OBi110 before build 2669.

http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=2445.0

The catch is if you do this, the message waiting indicator may not work on your phone if you use an older firmware version (this was fixed in build 2675).

As per etc6849's post, firmware build 2669 eliminated the syslog message that reported the Outbound call. As a result, drivers that relied on this message (like the ObiHai OBi110 driver) were left empty-handed.

To compensate for what was removed in build 2669, I now extract the Outbound call from a message reported by the SIP provider (voip.ms). I have no idea if this message is reported by all SIP providers but I do know it works with voip.ms.

Simply replace your current version of the OBihaiServer perl script with the attached file (OBihaiServer_V1.2).

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Thanks for that! I don't use the phone number lookup feature (CID supplied by my SIP provider) but it is useful to anyone who uses Google Voice because they don't supply CID.

I'll add it to the script and post an updated version after I incorporate another update from etc6849.

Right now I just use perl to monitor the Obi's syslog. When I get a call, the CID info is sent to all my Windows Media Center machines running VMC Controller and displayed on the screen for 10 seconds. I use Google Voice so I need the lookup.

I am interested in using Premise for my home automation and that is how I found this thread. Glad I could help.

Awesome, welcome aboard! Let us know if we can help sway you towards using it as we need more members!

VMC Controller can work with Premise too (I use it with a make shift windows media center module I never completed), using this work around:
http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/13107-premise-generic-ipsc-over-tcip-plug-in/page__view__findpost__p__111854

Cool, I am looking at getting a wireless IP controlled thermostat. Can I use the same trick to send commands to the thermostat? Or does premise already support ip thermostats?

Downloading premise as I type this

I'm unaware of any Premise drivers for IP-based thermostats. However, it doesn't mean one cannot be written as a Module. Premise supports TCP IP communications. The OBi110 uses UDP IP and that's why perl was employed to convert UDP to TCP.

Once you've selected the thermostat, post a new thread listing the model and we can help you write a driver for it.

FWIW, I have a driver for a HAI Omnistat2 thermostat (not IP-based).