AUPHONE(1)AUPHONE(1)NAMEauphone - a simple telephone client
SYNOPSISauphone [-a servername] [-v volume] [-l latency] [-r file_
name]
DESCRIPTIONauphone 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 possi
bly 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 communi
cations 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 vol
ume of the speaker output and the Input Gain slider and
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Input Mode toggle control the gain and mode of the micro
phone or line input.
AUPHONE AND THE ATHENA WIDGET SETauphone uses the X Toolkit Intrinsics and the Athena Wid
get 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 ALSOnas(1), X(1)COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1993 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
AUTHOR
Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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