Otalky & Linphone App


In order to use all of Otalky's premium features, you must use a softphone app like Linphone instead of directly dialing in through our regular phone number.


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How To Setup and Use Linphone

GENERAL INFORMATION
Linphone is an open source VoIP softphone that is available for most of the major desktop operating systems and mobile platforms. The Linphone softphone is feature rich, simple to use, and easy to configure.

This guide is based on version 3.2.3 for the Android platform but can also be used for the iPhone version.


RESOURCES
Websites:
Linphone Homepage
Google Playstore Download
Apple Appstore Download

Help / Support:
Linphone User Guide


CONFIGURING LINPHONE
IMPORTANT NOTE: If used over 3G/4G/EDGE, depending on your carrier and service plan, you may be billed for your data usage.

We recommend that you read each step through in its entirety before performing the action(s) indicated in the step.
Step 1 Launching Linphone
After installing Linphone, please launch the softphone from your applications menu.



If this is your first time launching Linphone, please view the welcome message and then select the Use SIP Account option.



If this is not your first time running Linphone, please bring up the menu (represented as 4 horizontal bars near the top left corner of the application) and select Assistant.

Step 2 Configuring Your Otalky Account
We will now create a profile and enter the required credentials; such as your Member ID, password, and SIP server:

UsernameThis is your Member ID.
PasswordEnter your Otalky Password here.
Domainsip.otalky.com
TransportUDP


Once completed, the configuration screen should look similar to the one shown in the picture below:



Step 3 Configuring Extra Settings
DO NOT follow this step if you are not experiencing any problems.

There are extra settings which may be edited by the user for various purposes. For basic, trouble-free operation of the Linphone Softphone we recommend the following options; however you are free to change these settings as/if needed. With that said, please keep in mind that these settings may affect your stable use of the Linphone Softphone with your Otalky account.



From here, disable all audio codecs except for the codec PCMU/8000 Hz, as detailed in the screenshot below:



Step 4 That's it! You can now make a phone call.


You can call other users by dialing their Member ID. To log into the Otalky Chat Line simply dial 11.