1AUPHONE(1)                  General Commands Manual                 AUPHONE(1)
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NAME

6       auphone - a simple telephone client
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SYNOPSIS

9       auphone [-a servername] [-v volume] [-l latency] [-r filename]
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DESCRIPTION

12       auphone  allows two-way real time voice communication between two audio
13       servers.
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OPTIONS

16       The following options can be used with auphone:
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18       -a servername
19               This option specifies the audio server to which auphone  should
20               connect.
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22       -v volume
23               This  is  the  volume, in percent, for the incoming ring sound.
24               The default is 15 percent.
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26       -l latency
27               This is the latency, in seconds, of the auphone connection.   A
28               lower  value  will result in better real-time communications at
29               the  expense  of  possibly  overloading  the  server   (causing
30               dropouts)  and  a  greater  network duty cycle.  A higher value
31               will lessen the load on the server  and  decrease  the  network
32               duty  cycle  but  will  increase the communications delay.  The
33               default value is .25 seconds.
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35       -r filename
36               You can personalize your incoming ringing sound  using  the  -r
37               option.   Simply  specify  the filename of an audio file to use
38               for the incoming ring sound.  Note  that  this  sound  will  be
39               looped.
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USAGE

42       To place a call, enter the address of the audio server that you wish to
43       connect with in the Who text field.  Then hit RETURN or  click  on  the
44       Call button.  If the callee is accepting calls, you should hear a ring‐
45       ing sound.  If the callee answers, the username and server  address  of
46       the  callee will be displayed.  To disconnect, click on the Hangup but‐
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49       To receive incoming calls, you must already  be  running  auphone.   To
50       answer  an  incoming  call,  click  on the Answer button.  You may also
51       determine who's calling before you answer by clicking on the Caller  ID
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54       Once  you're  connected,  the  Volume slider controls the volume of the
55       speaker output and the Input Gain slider and Input Mode toggle  control
56       the gain and mode of the microphone or line input.
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AUPHONE AND THE ATHENA WIDGET SET

59       auphone  uses  the X Toolkit Intrinsics and the Athena Widget Set.  For
60       more information, see the Athena Widget Set documentation.
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ENVIRONMENT

63       In addition to the standard toolkit environment variables, the  follow‐
64       ing environment variables are used by auphone:
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66       AUDIOSERVER
67               This  variable specifies the default audio server to contact if
68               -a is not specified on the command line.  If this  variable  is
69               not  set  and  the  -a  is  not  specified on the command line,
70               auphone will attempt to connect to the audio server running  on
71               the X Window System display.
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SEE ALSO

74       nas(1), X(1)
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77       Copyright 1993 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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AUTHOR

80       Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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