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KPhoneIS User Manual:  How to Call

Dial

To start a session (as to call someone) you may proceed as follows:


You have three main choices:
  1. First select the URI, then press the session icon of your session type (audio, video, ...)
  2. Press the session icon of your session type (audio, video, ...) directly
  3. Click a contact, using the right mouse button and select a session type

In all cases the call widget pops up, in the cases one and three the URI is still filled in.

The selection of teh URI may be achieved by:

  1. Using the phone book to select one; the dial field will be filled automatically
  2. entering one into the dial field directly

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After pressing the session icon, the partner is invited

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if she accepts (presses the Accept button) the call is switched through.

The CallWidgets are hidden afterwards. The may be got back by double clicking the appropriate line in the active call list.

Exceptions:

If you do not select a URI in the main widget, you may also enter it in the call widget:


Afterwards press the dial button. On the callee's side the call widget appears (possibly accompanied by the dial tone)

If the callee presses the Accept Button the call is established.

The CallWidgets are hidden afterwards. The may be got back by double clicking the appropriate line in the active call list.


Ways to enter the SIP-URI

We have the following possibilities:

  1. userid

  2. userid@host

  3. userid@host:port

  4. tel: phone number

  5. userid,DTMF-string

  6. userid@host,DTMF-string

(1) is completed to userid@proxy automatically; (5) to userid@proxy,DTMF-string.

The DTMF-String is sent in digital form, as soon a the call is active.

(4) can be used to address a telephone gateway, if the proxy supports this.


Password Entry

The password is asked, if the proxy agent is requesting for one. Then a window pops up:
password

The first four lines contain information about your connection:

The entry fields:

You may solicit your entries by pressing OK, or cancel them, by pressing Cancel


Remote Start

Start a „Remote-Application“

To do this, Remote Start must be activated at both ends.  If this is done, the Call Widget always appears , so
the caller may use the “Remote Start“ button, to start the session. Then, at the terminating end, the session
is started without user intervention. The feature can be used for “Generalized Sessions“ only!

AutoAnswer

If the terminating side has AutoAnswer active, any call will be accepted after the AA-Timer runs out.

The AA-timer may compete with the CFnA timer.

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