By this point, I will assume you have someone also running Intercom who you would like to call. All you need is the remote party's host name or IP address. Once you have this information, try the following command at the Intercom: prompt.
call remote_hostname
![]() | REplace remote_hostname with the actual host name or IP address of the remote party. |
If all goes well, Intercom should display a placing call message and return you to a command-prompt. At this point, Intercom is waiting for the called party to either answer or reject the call. To see how to do this, read the following section of this chapter. If you receive no response from the remote side, either positive or negative, go ahead and type hangup to close the call.
If your call is accepted, you will receive a message to that effect and the audio path will immediately be established for two way communication. You should be able to both hear the remote party and he should in-turn hear you. Intercom is a full-duplex application so there is no push to talk mode available.
If the voice data is not getting through at all, the reason is probably an improperly configured audio system. Be sure that your audio capture source is set to Mic and that your capture volume is high enough.