Making A Call; Answering A Call - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

7.2.3 Making a Call

Once Linphone is configured appropriately, making a call is straightforward. Depending on the type
of call (see
differ slightly.
1 Start Linphone using the menu or a command line.
2 Enter the SIP address of the other party at the SIP address prompt. The address should look like
3 If using a SIP service provider or a proxy, select the appropriate proxy or provider from Proxy
4 Click Call or Answer and wait for the other party to pick up the phone.
5 Once you are done or wish to end the call, click Release or Refuse and leave Linphone.
If you need to tweak the sound parameters during a call, click Show more to show four tabs holding
more options. The first one holds the Sound options for Playback level and Recording level. Use the
sliders to adjust both volumes to fit your needs.
The Presence tab lets you set your online status. This information can be relayed to anyone who tries
to contact you. If you are permanently away and wish to inform the calling party of this fact, just
check Away. If you are just busy, but want the calling party to retry, check Busy, I'll be back in... min
and specify how long you will not be reachable. Once you are reachable again, set the status back to
the default (Reachable). Whether another party can check your online status is determined by the
Subscribe Policy set in the address book, as described in
any party listed in your address book published their online status, you can monitor it using the My
online friends tab.
The DTMF tab can be used to enter DTMF codes for checking voice mail. To check your voice mail,
enter the appropriate SIP address and use the keypad in the DTMF tab to enter the voice mail code.
Finally, click Call or Answer as if you were making an ordinary call.

7.2.4 Answering a Call

Depending on the run mode selected for Linphone, there are several ways you would notice an
incoming call:
Normal Application
GNOME Panel Applet
Once you have noticed an incoming call, just click Call or Answer to pick up the phone and start
talking. If you do not want to accept this call, click Release of Refuse.
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"Determining the Connection Type" on page 160
sip:username@domainname or username@hostname for direct local calls or like
username@sipserver or userid@sipserver for proxied calls or calls using the
service of a SIP provider.
to use and provide the authentication data requested by this proxy.
Incoming calls can only be received and answered if Linphone is already running. You then
hear the ring sound on your headset or your speakers. If Linphone is not running, the call
cannot be received.
Normally, the Linphone panel applet would run silently without giving any notice of its
existence. This changes as soon as a call comes in: the main window of Linphone opens and
you hear a ring sound on your headset or speakers.
for reference), the calling procedures
"Using the Address Book" on page 165. If