VPBECHO(1)

📦 version 4.2.61, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 VPBECHO(1) — the Voicetronix Telephony Tools era 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to do a whole vibe check on your phone hardware and honestly? it's giving science. this one lives in section 1 of the manual, so it's a user command, and yes you can absolutely just run it and see what happens 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

vpbecho — run an echo test on your Voicetronix telephony hardware 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vpbecho [options]

that's it. that's the whole thing. no arguments, no drama, just vibes and flags 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so vpbecho is a little utility that does a simple test of Voicetronix hardware, and when I say simple I mean it goes straight for the cardio. it exercises the card base functions, which includes the audio path, ring detection, and hook detection. like, the whole ensemble. the full look. 🔥

here's how it goes down depending on what kind of port you've got:

  • FXS (station) ports — the moment the handset is lifted, it records 4 seconds of audio, and then it plays back exactly what it recorded. you hear yourself. iconic behaviour honestly 🙈
  • FXO (trunk) ports — this one answers after the second ring, then it records 4 seconds of audio and plays back what was recorded. patient. polite. slayed. ✨

🫶 OPTIONS 🫶

the following options are available, and there are exactly two of them, so no excuses:

  • --help, -? — show a summary of options. your girl when you're lost. the map. the light. 🗺️
  • --verbose, -v — show a lot of extra detail about the hardware initialisation. not me wanting to see every single line of init output 😭 this is the one for the girlies who need the full commentary track.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

measerl(1), ringstat(1)

go read those too, they're part of the same friend group 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Ron Lee, Peter Wintulich, David Rowe, Voicetronix <support@voicetronix.com.au>

and this manual page was written by Ron <ron@debian.org>, for the Debian project — but lowkey it may be used by others too, so go off 🎀

ngl bestie, the ring and hook detection stuff is the real main character energy here. also just a gentle reminder: this is a test utility, so it's gonna grab audio and play it right back at you. that's the whole point. periodt. 💅

and that's the whole page, fr fr — it's from the VPB driver package, dated Jan 4, 2007, and honestly it still ate. no cap. bye bestie, go echo something 🌸💜🦋

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