Using IRIS Phone Classic Interface

If you have chosen the "Windows classic" interface in the IRIS Phone Configuration window, Interface tab, the IRIS Phone main window will look like this:

You can obtain help about any part by clicking on it.

The Call button opens the Call dialog that allows you to place a call or dials the person you have selected in a Phone Book list or in the Log.

The Voice Mail button opens the Send Voice Mail dialog where you can prepare your voice and video mail.

The Search / Stop button initiates / stops the White Pages search of the criterion you have specified in the Search box.

The Search By combo box allows you to select the information field where IRIS Phone should search for your criterion. By default, the Topic field is selected.

The Search box is where you should choose or enter your search criterion before you press the Search button. You can make multiple selections / deselections by pressing and holding the Ctrl key. IRIS Phone stores a history of your last searches and displays them on the top of any list above the horizontal line. The Name / e-mail history can display up to 15 entries and the history of the other fields - up to 5 entries. Also, you can edit the criteria you have selected by adding or deleting letters. To search for all entries in a list, enter *.

In the IRIS Phone Tree View, you can see the contents of your Phone Book lists, your conversation Log, your Voice Mail Inbox, and the White Pages users who match your last search. At IRIS Phone startup, the White Pages contain the currently on-line users. By default, the Phone Book lists are the Black List (all calls from users you include in this list will be automatically rejected), Private, Business, To Call (add here users that are currently unavailable and IRIS Phone will call them as soon as they become available), IRIS, and Buddy List (IRIS Phone will notify you each time a user from this list becomes on-line and will automatically pick up incoming calls from him / her). When you position your mouse over a user, information about him / her is displayed in the Information Window. Double-click on a user to call him/her. You can create more lists by yourself as well as delete the Private, Business and IRIS lists. Still, the Black List, Buddy List and To Call lists are system lists and cannot be removed.

The Information Window displays different infomation depending on the currently selected item in the IRIS Phone Tree View.

The Serv indicator informs whether your IRIS Phone is connected to the White Pages. If there is a connection with the White Pages, it looks like , and if there isn't.

The Network Activity Indicators inform you whether you are sending and receiving data.

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The Phone menu contains the following commands:

• Call - Opens the Call window where you can specify the name or e-mail address of the person you wish to call or dials the person you have selected in a Phone Book list or in the Log. 
• Direct Call - Opens the Call window where you can specify the name or e-mail address of the person you wish to call.
• Send Voice Mail - Opens the Send Voice Mail window where you can prepare your voice and video mail, and send it by pressing the Send button.
• New Phonebook - Creates a new Phone Book list.
• White Pages Search - Positions the cursor in the Search box where you can enter your criterion for White Pages search among all on-line users. Press the Search button to initiate the search.
• Global Search - Opens the Global User Search dialog where you can enter any string that IRIS Phone should search for in the name and e-mail address of all IRIS Phone users, no matter whether they are currently on-line or off-line. If the users who match your search criterion are too many to be retrieved, IRIS Phone will display "Too many users match your criterion." message. In this case, enter a more specific criterion and try again.
• Shut Down - Closes the IRIS Phone program.

The Edit menu contains the following commands:

• Cut, Copy, Paste - the conventional Windows interface commands
• Listen to Recorded Conversation - Opens the Recorded Conversation window where you can listen to the recorded part of the conversation currently selected in your Log.
• View Text Chat Log - Opens the stored text chat of the conversation currently selected in your Log.
• Clear Log - Deletes the contents of your Log.
• Refresh - Refreshes the contents of the IRIS Phone Tree View.
• Options - Envokes the IRIS Phone Configuration window where you can define your IRIS Phone configuration settings.

The Help button envokes the help menu from where you can open this Help, order an Activation Key, send your feedback, report a bug or recommend IRIS Phone to your friends by completing and submitting the built-in forms. You can also view some system information.

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You may find someone to talk to in the IRIS Phone White Pages. Enter * in any Search field and press the Search button to make IRIS Phone retrieve the users who are currently on-line. If you want to search for a specific user, enter some criterion in the Search field and press the Search button. IRIS Phone will find and list all on-line users whose information contains the specified string. To add a user to your Phone Book, select his / her name in the White Pages directory, right-click, position your mouse over Add to a Phone Book List and choose the desired list. Mind that all incoming calls from users you add to your Black List will be automatically rejected.

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You may place a call by either double-clicking on a username you have found in the White Pages, or by double-clicking on a username in your Phone Book or Log, or by pressing the Call button and then entering the desired name or e-mail address (or part of) in the Call window and pressing the Search or Resolve buttons. The IRIS Phone Call Center window opens. It allows you to navigate your conversation. IRIS Phone will search for the user and, if he / she is currently on-line and accepts your call, a real-time connection will be established. Whether the person you dial does not pick up or is unreachable, or if you want to cancel the dialing, IRIS Phone will suggest that you leave a message or add this person to your To Call list. IRIS Phone informs you as soon as a user included in this list becomes on-line. If the user you try to call has protected himself by an Access Code, IRIS Phone will not call him / her unless you specify the correct Access Code.

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If someone calls you, your IRIS Phone will process the call in a way depending on whether or not the calling person is included in any of your Phone Book lists. If you have added this person to any Phone Book list, IRIS Phone will apply the call processing that you have specified for this list - Auto Answer, Auto Reject or Ring. If this user is not included in any of your Phone Book lists, IRIS Phone will apply the default call processing. You can specify your default call processing in the General tab of the IRIS Phone Configuration window. If the call processing is set to Ring, you will hear a ringing sound and can accept the call by pressing the Answer button in the Call Center window which pops up as soon as someone calls you. To reject it, press the Hang Up button. IRIS Phone gives you three alternatives when rejecting or hanging up a connection - hang up, hang up and call this person later (adds the person to your To Call list), or hang up and add the person to your Black List (automatically rejects any incoming calls from this user). If you have added a user in both your Black List and another list, IRIS Phone will automatically reject any calls from this user.

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You can navigate your conversation by using the indicators and controls in the IRIS Phone Call Center :

• The Hang Up button terminates the currently selected connection. Press and hold the button to view more options.
• Press the Answer button to accept new incoming calls.
• The Store button adds the selected person in your Phone Book.
• Press the Talk button and hold it as long as you want to interrupt the remote party during half duplex conversation when he / she has been constantly talking.
• The Conference button sets up a conference between all your current conversations.
• Press and hold the Collaborate button to choose between:
  Whiteboard - use it to share and edit photos and pictures with the remote party, and
  File transfer - use it to browse, select and send a file to the remote party.
• The voice transfer indicators represent incoming and outgoing audio over the network.
• Use the Microphone Sensitivity control to set the lowest voice level which IRIS Phone should perceive. To make IRIS Phone automatically adjust this setting for you, click the bulb symbol.
• To Mute the current conversation (i.e. disable voice transmission), click on the microphone icon. Click again to restore normal voice transmission.
• Use the Speaker Volume control to adjust the playback volume of your speakers.
• The Remote View window displays the video that the remote party is transmitting or his/her photo if no video is being received.
• Use the controls on the right of the Remote View to:
  - toggle video transmission,
  - toggle video receipt,
  - toggle conversation recording,
  - recognize when the remote party has holded the conversation,
  - and to see whether there is sound stored for playing over the line.
• The Local View window displays the video you are transmitting (if your system supports video transmission and you have enabled the Send Video Over This Line option).
• Use the controls on the right of the Local View to:
  - toggle Local View display (this will not control whether you will or will not transmit video).
  - open the Video Source Options dialog where you can specify video driver-specific options.
  - open the Video Display dialog where you can specify video driver-specific options (if supported by your video card).
• The Text Chat area displays the text exchanged between you and the remote parties.

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To enable video transmission:

• Make sure your system meets the system requirements needed for voice transmission.
• Click Enable Video Transmission in the Video tab, IRIS Phone Configuration window.
• Click the Send Video Over This Line control () in the IRIS Phone Call Center.

To enable video receipt:

• Click Enable Video Receipt in the Video tab, IRIS Phone Configuration window.
• Click the Receive Video Over This Line control () in the IRIS Phone Call Center.

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To start recording the currently selected conversation, press the () button on the right of the remote view or choose the Record Conversation command from the Phone menu. To stop recording, press the same button again. To listen to the recorded conversation, select the connection in your Log and choose Listen to Recorded Conversation from the Edit menu.

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To send a voice (and video) message to a selected party, press the Mail button in the IRIS Phone main window and the Send Voice Mail dialog appears. Here you can prepare your voice and video message, and send it by pressing the Send button.

To listen to the voice (and video) mail you have received, open the Voice Mail Inbox from the IRIS Phone Tree View and select the desired user to view the mails you have received from him / her. Double-click to listen to a message.

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• You can add a user to a Phone Book list by dragging and dropping him / her from the White Pages to the desired Phone Book list.
• Right click over a username in a Phone Book list or within the Remote View window during conversation and a menu with the most common commands will appear.
• You can encrypt your conversation (voice and video but not text chat) by choosing the Encrypt Conversation command from the menu driven by right-click over the Video window. This will allow you to hold secure conversations. For the conversation to proceed normally, both parties should specify one and the same encryption key. To cancel conversation encryption, both sides must choose Encrypt Conversation again and press OK without specifying any key.
• You can transfer a call to another IRIS Phone user by choosing the Transfer To command from the right-click driven menu. Yet, you can transfer a call only to user with whom you have a connection, i.e. you are holding a conversation, you are in Call or Ring state.
• The icon in front of a username within a Phone Book list or the White Pages means that this user is currently on-line.