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vm

VM(1)								      mgetty								     VM(1)

NAME

       vm - VoiceModem is the program for handling the voice modem functionality from shell scripts

ACTIONS

       beep options [<frequency [<length in 0.001sec>]]>
       diagnostics options device name (e.g. ttyS2
       dial options phone number
       help
       play options [<file names]+>
       record options file name
       shell options [<shell script [shell options]]>
       wait  options [<time in seconds]>
       devicetest

OPTIONS

       -c n use compression type n
       -d n set i/o device
       -t, -m, -i, -e, -s, -H equals to -d <2,3,4,5,6,7>
       -l s set device string (e.g. -l ttyS2:ttyC0)
       -v verbose output
       -w use off / on hook signal from local handset to start and stop recording
       -x n set debug level
       -L n set maximum recording length in sec
       -P print first DTMF tone on stdout and exit
       -R read and print DTMF string on stdout and exit
       -S s set default shell for shell scripts (e.g. -S /bin/sh)
       -T n set silence timeout in 0.1sec
       -V n set silence threshold to <n> (0-100%%)

SEE ALSO

       vgetty(1)

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perl v5.10.1							    2010-04-04								     VM(1)

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