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Originally Posted by jiiv

Have flasher-3.5, will travel.

Originally Posted by epicepoch

So, about not being able to use a Gizmo number as a callback number in DialCentral...

Does DialCentral do anything different when it tries to use a Gizmo SIP number as a callback number (vs. a landline or cell number)?

The ? icon next to "Phone Type" when setting up a new forwarding phone in the Google Voice web interface has the following to say:



When I set this up some time ago, I selected Gizmo -- that's why it works at all. I removed the Gizmo entry and added it again to no avail.

But, shouldn't using a 747-xxx-xxxx Gizmo number require something different to be done in DialCentral? I mean, you can't call a 747 Gizmo number from a landline right? It's SIP-only?
Or is DialCentral just making a selection made available to it from GoogleVoice?

Anyway, let me know if this totally has nothing to do with anything, and sorry for the bother if I'm way off base.

Originally Posted by epage

Thank you for your thorough analysis. The difficult part is I am not seeing anything immediately obvious in my source code or in the GV pages. On top of that, I have not been able to use with Gizmo account with GV or Dialcentral for months making this a situation I can't really test. I do know sipgate offers free numbers and has been working well for me...

Is there an adventure some person out there that has this issue, feels comfortable with the command line, and feels comfortable changing 1-2 lines of Python?

Originally Posted by internetpilot

Oh, dear...this doesn't sound good at all for getting DialCentral working again. I'm a very techie person who is very used to the command line, but not so much in Linux and I'm definitely not a developer/programmer. I specialize in implementing and even supporting the hard work of others (haha), which can be quite a job in and of itself.

But what am I missing here, because in thinking about it I don't seem to be too bad off. Please correct me if I'm missing something obvious. I can make a call from my N810 (or PC) by simply going through the Google Voice website. If I want the call to be forwarded to my home number, I can do that or I can have it forwarded to my Gizmo SIP and use my N810 for the call. Receiving calls on my N810 through Gizmo works fine. Sending and receiving SMS messages through DialCentral works fine. The only thing I can't do is use DialCentral for dialing out (I have to go to the Google Voice website). So, at worst, I'm doing about two more screen taps dialing out through the Google Voice website versus DialCentral, right?

Okay, what am I missing? Why doesn't everyone just do it by way of the Google Voice website versus a 3rd party dialer like DialCentral? I have to be missing something here.

-- Chris

Originally Posted by epage

And the problem is even more limited to Making outbound calls through Dialcentral with a Gizmo number. If you use a landline, cellphone, or something else like a sipgate number (free) then there is no issue.

Originally Posted by wesgreen

my remaining gizmo credit was cancelled last week (it expires after one year if you forget to add to it before then, so mark that in your calendars!), and since i bought new credit this week i've been unable to call out through the gvoice website using gizmo as callback #, which worked great until last week.
none of my own settings were changed. (i don't have DC installed since i don't use sms.)
looks to me like google is messing up the software (?)

Originally Posted by internetpilot

Actually, the only functionality I now get out of DialCentral is SMS, Contacts, and History. Even when I set the callback number to be my mobile phone or my home phone instead of Gizmo, the call does not go through and does not show up in the history. If I use the Google Voice website, I can successfully use Gizmo, home, or mobile as my callback number without issue. Something definitely seems broken (or changed) between what DialCentral is giving and what Google Voice wants.

Is everyone else reporting problems in this thread only having problems with Gizmo callback or all callback #'s like me (only when using DialCentral)?
-- Chris

Originally Posted by internetpilot

Actually, the only functionality I now get out of DialCentral is SMS, Contacts, and History. Even when I set the callback number to be my mobile phone or my home phone instead of Gizmo, the call does not go through and does not show up in the history. If I use the Google Voice website, I can successfully use Gizmo, home, or mobile as my callback number without issue. Something definitely seems broken (or changed) between what DialCentral is giving and what Google Voice wants.

Is everyone else reporting problems in this thread only having problems with Gizmo callback or all callback #'s like me (only when using DialCentral)?

epage, please don't view my previous post as "what is DialCentral good for?" I just re-read my post and realize it might sound negative against the app and that we should just use the Google Voice website -- that wasn't what I intended to communicate. I really like DialCentral and would prefer to use it rather than the Google Voice website. My question/statements were meant to be more like "If DialCentral isn't working for me at the moment, am I missing a lot by just using the Google Voice website as a temporary solution/work-around?" I hope I didn't offent you, as that was not my intention.

I wish I could be more help with this. I'm use to being more of a solution provider than "whiney customer" (if you can call me a "customer" when I'm using a free app!).

-- Chris