8.3 Making a Call
Once Linphone is configured appropriately, making a call is
straightforward. Depending on the type of call (see Section 8.1.2,
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 Section 8.5,
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.
