auphone - a simple telephone client
auphone [
-a servername] [
-v volume] [
-l latency] [
-r filename]
auphone allows two-way real time voice communication between two audio
servers.
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.
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 uses the X Toolkit Intrinsics and the Athena Widget Set. For more
information, see the Athena Widget Set documentation.
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.
nas(1),
X(1)
Copyright 1993 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.