This is a continuation or tangent from the thread
"stutter" dial tone for Google Voice message indication (
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=466.0). Based on advice given in that thread, I had cleared the
MessageWaiting field in the Obi110's Web interface, attempting to clear a stubborn "New Voice Mail" notice on my phones that had persisted for many weeks. I also tried some other things. One of those changes made the indicators stop, but apparently it did more than just that: Now I have new voicemail sitting in Google Voice since yesterday afternoon, and the phones display no indicators of the new message, though a missed-call notice for the same call
did appear on the phone. I understand now that there can be quite a delay up to an hour (which is NOT helpful, BTW), but 24 hours?
Q: Does clearing the
MessageWaiting field in any way disable the Obi110's ability to trigger new-message indicators on the phone? Should the
Default field be enabled?
Both of the
MWIEnable and
X_MWIEnable fields are still checked. I tried disabling them from the device Web page, intending to immediately enable them again, but it rejected the changes. However, when I un-checked the
Google Voice Voicemail Notification field at the ObiTalk Web site, that cleared both of those fields. I re-enabled them the same way.
Q: How do I now get the phones to correctly begin displaying new-voicemail indicators again, that appear shortly when there is new voicemail and disappear shortly after removing the voicemail? The simple intuitive answer involving
Google Voice Voicemail Notification doesn't seem to be the correct or at least complete one.
Q: Does using the ObiTalk Web site prevent changing anything via the Obi110 Web interface? If so, why did clearing the
MessageWaiting field succeed in the first place?
Q: Are there only certain fields that are unchangeable when using ObiTalk? If so, how do I know which ones those are? Do I have to completely discontinue the convenience and easier intelligibility of the ObiTalk site in order to make everything alterable from the device Web interface? (Well, "easier intelligibility" aside from the fact that certain things don't guarantee the behavior they allege to control.)