7.3 Making a Call
Once Linphone is configured appropriately, making a call is
straightforward. Depending on the type of call (see Determining the
Connection Type for
reference), the calling procedures differ slightly.
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Start Linphone
using the menu or a command line.
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Enter the SIP
address of the other party at the prompt.
The address should look like 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.
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If using a SIP
service provider or a proxy, select the appropriate proxy or provider
from and provide the authentication
data requested by this proxy.
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Click and wait for the other party to pick up the
phone.
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Once you are
done or wish to end the call, click and
leave Linphone.
If you need to tweak the sound parameters during a call, click to show four tabs holding more options. The first
one holds the options for and . Use the sliders
to adjust both volumes to fit your needs.
The 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 . If you are
just busy, but want the calling party to retry, check and specify how long you will
not be reachable. Once you are reachable again, set the status back
to the default (). Whether another party
can check your online status is determined by the set in the address book, as described in Using the Address Book.
If any party listed in your address book published their online
status, you can monitor it using the tab.
The 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 tab
to enter the voice mail code. Finally, click as
if you were making an ordinary call.
