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Kapanga

The Media over IP Softphone

Quick Start Manual
April 2005

























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Quick Start Manual

This manual briefly describes the interface, menus and settings available to a Kapanga user. While this
document assumes a certain level of familiarity with Voice over IP networks and systems, we encourage you
to visit our Support Forum for further How-Tos, information, and tips. The forum is located at
http://www.kapanga.net/ip/community/index.php

Kapanga is a softphone capable of voice, fax and video telephony over an IP network. Its simple yet powerful
interface allows users to customize various settings for each communication mode. Most of the settings in
Kapanga have been already created for you, so unless you are an expert in IP telephony please be careful
when changing a variable.

This manual has the following information:

- Description and uses
- User interface components
- Placing and receiving calls; other functions
- Tool Menu
- General settings
- Call control settings
- Codec settings
- Fax settings

We thank you for your interest and hope that, with Kapanga, you can make your dreams of IP telephony
come true!

Sincerely,

The Kapanga Team




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What is Kapanga?
Kapanga is a powerful and unique Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) software phone capable of voice, fax and
video over IP communications. As a SIP phone, Kapanga can be used on Voice over IP networks to interact
with traditional Public Switching Telecommunication Networks (PSTNs) and future IP-based
telecommunication devices. In addition, Kapanga offers several unmatched features such Voice and video
over IP recording, fax auto-answering, real-time Quality of Service monitoring (MOS) and much more.

So what can I do with Kapanga?
Call and receive Voice and Video over IP calls. Make Kapanga-to-
Kapanga or Kapanga-to-phone calls*. Kapanga can be great
resource for any organization with IP-based PBX voice and
videoconferencing.
Send and receive faxes, right from your laptop or PC. In addition
to placing calls or establishing videoconferencing, Kapanga enables
you to send and receive faxes. When in auto-answer mode,
Kapanga can also receive faxes automatically in the same way a
standard fax machine does.
Record calls in MP3 and video conferences in MPEG format.
Keep track of important calls or videoconferences without the need
of expensive equipment that is difficult to install.
Measure VoIP Quality of Service in real-time. Kapanga calculates
the Mean Opinion Score (MOS) parameter in real-time. MOS is a
very useful measure of quality of service that goes beyond having
just hearing "noise" or "chopping". Service providers find MOS field
measurements of great value to enhance customer service and
increase network reliability.
* Subscription to an VoIP telephony provider required









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User Interface Components







The Line Buttons show the following states during a communication

Idle

Ringing

Disconnect

On-hold






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Call Interaction

To place a call

Type or select the SIP server URL or phone number on the interface's Edit Box. Press the Line Button
corresponding to the Idle line you want to use to place the call. The current active call will become an
on-hold call at that time.


To answer a call

On an incoming call, the Line Button receiving the call will change to the following state: . Pressing that
key will be answer the call and it will change its state to (disconnect).


To disconnect a call

To disconnect a call, press the disconnect button . After a few seconds, the Line Button will transition to
Idle again .


Putting a call on-hold

To put a call on-hold, press its corresponding on-hold button. The on-hold and active calls will transition
to active and on-hold respectively.


Profiles

Kapanga can be configured using profiles that are available through the File menu. These profiles have "cfg"
extension and define all the parameters needed to properly interact with an IP telephony system, ranging
from registration usernames to media codecs settings. The default profile is called default.cfg. Profiles can
be loaded, changed, modified, created and saved.





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Menus

Menus can be accessed through the Kapanga Key on the phone's user interface. The following is a list and
description of all functions available through the Kapanga Key, which is the red logo button located on the
lower right of the interface.

File
- New
- Open
- Save
- Save as
- Exit

Tool
- General settings
- Call control settings
- Codec settings
- Fax settings
- Reset Media Phone
- Starts when rebooting PC
- History

Help
- License upgrade
- Current license
- About Kapanga






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Menu Descriptions

Menu Function Description
New

Creates a new profile with the default configuration
Open

Opens a new profile
Save

Saves the current profile
Save as

Saves the current profile with a different name
File
Exit

Terminates Kapanga

Menu Function Description
Debugging and
QoS
Enables debug logging and specifies the
path/filename of the debug file. Enables MOS (Mean
Opinion Score) estimation and RTP information
Media Capture Disables full duplex capability for audio or/and video.
It also configures the video output, the audio volume
and the location of the video capture screen on the
general received video screen
Media Recording Enables automatic audio/video recording, selects
duplex and audio (mp3, wav, raw) / video (mpeg,
mov, avi) formats. It also specifies whether to store
the media file automatically or to be prompted to
save it. For faster conversion time real-time
resampling to 44.1Khz can be enabled
History Used to clear debug log, call history log and edit box
sequence
Ringing on
incoming Call
Used to change the default incoming call ringing
tone file. Select any standard MIDI file to play during
a incoming call
Tool/General Settings

Configures logging, automatic
audio/video recording, ringing
tones, media capture devices
and quality analysis

(see screenshot in
Screenshots section)
Ethernet Interface On PCs with more than one Ethernet interface this
setting can be used to select a different one from the
default





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Tool/General Settings Screenshot





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Menu Descriptions: Tool/Call Control Settings

Menu Function Description
SIP Port Default SIP port, normally 5060. Only change this
parameter if you are familiar with it
Session-Expires Max session time until a new INVITE. Only change
this parameter if you are familiar with it
Mimic SDP On incoming calls, the OK SDP will look like the
INVITE SDP. Only change this parameter if you are
familiar with it
100 Rel Support Support for SIP 100 Reliability. Only change this
parameter if you are familiar with it.
Direct IP to IP To place a call to another SIP device without using a
SIP proxy or registration server
Reject unknown
users
Rejects calls that are not for the user defined by this
settings
Auto Answer

Answers calls automatically
Do not disturb

Rejects all incoming calls
Display Name

Your identification name
Username

Your username
SIP Url

Default home SIP url
SIP Proxy

SIP proxy address
SIP Outbound
Proxy
SIP outbound proxy address. If not defined it should
be identical to the SIP proxy address
Register

Enables SIP registration
Authorization
Username
Username for SIP registration. Normally it is the
same as the SIP username

Password

Password for SIP registration
DTMF Defines whether RFC2833 or inband DTMF is used.
Under RFC2833 it defines the payload type. It also
configures the DTMF length
Ignore Fax
reINVITEs
Disables the fax transmission
Receive Fax Automatically sends a fax tone when answering a
call
Tool/Call Control Settings

Configures all SIP related
parameters

(see screenshot in
Screenshots section)
Offered Codecs List of codecs offered by Kapanga when placing a
call






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Tool/Call Control Settings Screenshot

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Menu Descriptions: Tool/Codec Settings

Configures RTP payload type for the different audio and video codecs. It also defines the default rate for
G.726, AMR and G.723 and the default resolution for H.263. Only change these parameters if you are
familiar with them.






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Menu Descriptions: Fax Settings

Menu Function Description
UDPTL Redundancy

Maximum UDPTL redundancy.
ECM

Enables Error Correction Mode
Preferred Resolution

Selects the fax preferred resolution
Preferred Data Rate

Selects the fax preferred data rate
Incoming Fax Selects the fax name for automatic fax storage.
It also enables Kapanga to prompt the user to
store the fax
Tool/Fax Settings

Configures the T.38 fax
parameters related to storage
of faxes (only change this
parameter if you are familiar
with it)
Outgoing Fax Selects the fax name for automatic fax
transmission. It also enables Kapanga to prompt
the user to send the fax









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Menu Descriptions: Help

Menu Function Description
License Upgrade Upgrades the current license by entering a new
registration key

Current License Displays the current licensing information and due
dates

Manuals & Support Link to Kapanga's support forum

Help
About Kapanga Shows version number



If you have any questions, please visit our support forum at:


http://www.kapanga.net/ip/community/index.php