In the developer sandbox a Ringout call rings the Softphone, there is no physical desktop phone.
But when there is a softphone and a desktop phone only the desktop phone is ringing for me.
Other incoming calls ring both the desktop and the softphone.
The approach with forwardingNumberId should work. The whole idea of RingOut was that if you want to use your RingCentral number as "from", it should directly connect you to the particular desk- or softphone. Since we are hiding phone numbers assigned to softphones in some cases, the only reliable way is to select it by its id from forwarding numbers list. So, when end-user initiates RingOut call, he/she should be prompted to choose the endpoint (desk phone, softphone, PSTN number) where he/she want to pick up the first leg.
Yes, using +18885225975*126 worked as you described, but the "to" number was ringing first. I don't like that behavior.
The forwardingNumberId seems like it will be my solution. Difficult to test in the sandbox, as there is no hardphone coexisting with a softphone. I can validate it does connect to the softphone.
Thank you very much.
Actually there is one more way which is available for you in Sandbox and probably will be available in Production next week.
You can retrieve the list of forwarding numbers configured for extension using /account/~/extension/~/forwarding-number. In this list you will see the numbers of devices + external PSTN numbers available for call forwarding. You should be able to see your softphone in this list. Each of these numbers has ID.
Now, when you call RingOut, instead of specifying "from": { "phoneNumber": "XXXX"} you can specify "from": { "forwardingNumberId": "YYYY"} where YYYY is ID of your softphone.
It is new feature, and I wonder if it can be useful for you.
If you want all your phones to ring in case of RingOut, you should specify direct number not assigned to any device or company number + extension (like +18001234567*102).
But keep in mind, that there is one disadvantage of such approach: your second leg will start connecting before you actually pick up the first leg (internally call is answered by answering machine which plays announcements, starts finding you according to defined rules, etc). So the use you are calling to might pick up call earlier than you and hear your automated greetings.
The "to" is my personal cell phone # and the "from" is the 'DirectNumber' of my extension.
I am logged into my softphone. My physical desktop phone rings but not the softphone.
In my sandbox configuration where I have only a softphone the first leg of the RingOut rings the softphone.
Incoming calls ring both, if they exist.
If the question is the form of the "to" and "from" numbers then the answer is "1NpaNxxXxxx".
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