magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

free2talk,

I am sure you will have plenty of USB power to spare. I had it all running on a T5730 just fine. The T5730 uses the same power supply and as far as I can tell the same guts as the T5720.

The only think that I can see that they have done differently in the 5730 is got rid of all the really fancy heat sinks with spring loaded securing points.

I always wondered how they could put all that fancy mechanical stuff with active & passive heat exchangers plus heat sink assemblies that looked more like the stuff Geek Over-Clockers use in a 5720 and still make a profit.

Anyway the only "problem" I had installing anything was helping the installer find some of the files that it said it couldn't find. They are there the installer just gets lazy and wants some help.

ok Holman bad news so far.i installed the A600U drivers and no go.Says dlink device not connected on the thin client.Uninstalled that and installed the latest dlink driver V1.01.The thin client does not seem to detect the dlink device even with the dlink driver.
Did you face this problem ? It seems my 5720 does not seem to detect the dlink thingy which is strange.its being detected by my hp laptop so the 50u box seems to be ok but the icon stays red on my thin client.any suggestions ?

free2talk,

No I did not have any experiences like that. After I told it how to find the files it couldn't find it just worked.

If you go into the device manager do you see any drivers displaying the question mark or exclamation mark in yellow?

Do you get the "System" beep when you plug your unit into a USB port?

It has been awhile since I played with Skype, but I think you have to go into the Skype configuration and tell it to use the D'Link device (or give it permission to access Skype, as they call it). Now don't take my word for it on this one - I am operating from a gut feeling. Actually it ask you if it is OK for D'Link to access Skype and the first couple of times I missed it because the window doing the asking was covered up by something else.

The only thing at the moment that I can tell you for sure is that it does work and works very well once you get past some of the little quirks.

Holman
Thanks for the reply.The device manager status is ok for all the installation.
No yellow excl marks.I managed to point the installer to kuser.dll and ks.sys
Everything went great.Thats why its strange that the TC is not detecting the
DPH50U.I tried getting into skype menu and changed the sound settings.Have tried everything still no go.
Only thing i did was i installed it first on my laptop and then tried to install on the thin client.I dont know if that has any bearing on this.
Will keep digging.Is there any way to flash the DPH50U to factory settings ?

free2talk wrote:Holman
Thanks for the reply.The device manager status is ok for all the installation.
No yellow excl marks.I managed to point the installer to kuser.dll and ks.sys
Everything went great.Thats why its strange that the TC is not detecting the
DPH50U.I tried getting into skype menu and changed the sound settings.Have tried everything still no go.
Only thing i did was i installed it first on my laptop and then tried to install on the thin client.I dont know if that has any bearing on this.
Will keep digging.Is there any way to flash the DPH50U to factory settings ?

Not that I know of, unfortunately.

For those of you who do not own a D-Link DPH-50U phone adapter, and desire to use Skype, you can use your existing magicJack dongle instead of the DPH-50U. It works better in my opinion, and of course spares you the additional expense of purchasing an adapter.

Dude,
Can i switch between skype and magicjack on the same machine with one adapter between them.Thats what DPH 50U does and i would be surprised if the jack adapter does the same.

VoipDude & Free2talk

OK both of you have peaked my interest.

1. How do you make an MJ work with Skype?

2. How do you make a DPH50U work with Skype and MJ on one computer. I had tried that - "No Worky" but you got me to thinking if you had Skype on one thin client and MJ on another, well that should work no problem.

But handset => MJ => Skype, now that sounds like black magic. But I am all ears except for one other part of my anatomy - exactly what is left as an exercise for the reader.

free2talk: Yes, you can switch between the two (Skype & magicJack).

HolmanGT: Yes, you can use any phone plugged into the MJ dongle to make and receive Skype calls. You can even upload your Skype contacts to the cordless phone you are using - this way you can speed dial your Skype contacts from your ordinary cordless phone.

I do not own a Thin Client, but rather use a Laptop loaded with Vista. I'm sure you TC gods can figure out how to configure your TC to utilize this.

I will post how to do this in the (magicJack Tips, Tricks & Hacks) section of the forum.

VoipDude wrote:I have now posted instructions in the (magicJack Tips, Tricks and Hacks) forum.

VoipDude

Thanks VoipDude for your excellent find and post.

VoipDude wrote:You're welcome. That's what it's all about - making life a little easier for one another.

Salute !!!

Holman.
My idea was to use the DPH 50 U which has 2 lines.One for the normal phone where i was planning to plug in the line from magicjack and the other line was to be used for skype.VOIP dude has gone one step ahead and says we can use the same dongle for both , wow...
Gotta try this out this forum rocks

free2talk wrote:Holman.
My idea was to use the DPH 50 U which has 2 lines.One for the normal phone where i was planning to plug in the line from magicjack and the other line was to be used for skype.VOIP dude has gone one step ahead and says we can use the same dongle for both , wow...
Gotta try this out this forum rocks

Free,

Let me know how the MJ dongle works for you, I had tried the combo that you were going to originally use and it didn't work out very well. Sorry I don't remember the details. But VoipDudes method sounds better anyway. Just make sure you picked up on the latest IP-Phone link that has been posted. I booked marked that puppy.

free2talk (or anyone else),

Did you ever get the DPH-50U to work on your thin client T5720 ?

I have tried the D-Link DPH-50U software (1.1) as well as the AU-600 VoIP Gateway software. After plugging in my DPH-50U, "...Device Not Present" is still indicated.

Stuart

Good evening.

For those of whom desire detailed instructions on how I got the D-Link DPH-50U functioning on my Hewlett Packard t5710 Thin Client, I have created some supplemental instructions for getting everything functioning with Skype here.

Good luck!