NAME
auphone - a simple telephone client
SYNOPSIS
auphone [-a servername]
[-v volume] [-l latency] [-r
filename]
DESCRIPTION
auphone allows two-way real time voice
communication between two audio servers.
OPTIONS
The following options can be used with
auphone:
- -a servername
- This option specifies the audio server to which auphone
should connect.
- -v volume
- This is the volume, in percent, for the incoming ring sound.
The default is 15 percent.
- -l latency
- This is the latency, in seconds, of the auphone connection. A
lower value will result in better real-time communications at the
expense of possibly overloading the server (causing dropouts) and a
greater network duty cycle. A higher value will lessen the load on
the server and decrease the network duty cycle but will increase
the communications delay. The default value is .25 seconds.
- -r filename
- You can personalize your incoming ringing sound using the
-r option. Simply specify the filename of an audio file to
use for the incoming ring sound. Note that this sound will be
looped.
USAGE
To place a call, enter the address of the audio
server that you wish to connect with in the Who text field.
Then hit RETURN or click on the Call button. If the callee
is accepting calls, you should hear a ringing sound. If the callee
answers, the username and server address of the callee will be
displayed. To disconnect, click on the Hangup button.
To receive incoming calls, you must already be running
auphone. To answer an incoming call, click on the
Answer button. You may also determine who's calling before
you answer by clicking on the Caller ID button.
Once you're connected, the Volume slider controls the
volume of the speaker output and the Input Gain slider and
Input Mode toggle control the gain and mode of the
microphone or line input.
AUPHONE AND THE ATHENA WIDGET SET
auphone uses the X
Toolkit Intrinsics and the Athena Widget Set. For more information,
see the Athena Widget Set documentation.
ENVIRONMENT
In addition to the standard toolkit environment
variables, the following environment variables are used by
auphone:
- AUDIOSERVER
- This variable specifies the default audio server to contact if
-a is not specified on the command line. If this variable is
not set and the -a is not specified on the command line,
auphone will attempt to connect to the audio server running
on the X Window System display.
SEE ALSO
nas(1), X(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1993 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
AUTHOR
Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.