Skype Phone With Lcd User Manual _hid_en

LCD USB PHONE

User Manual

Version 1.1.0

AppoTech Limited

Unit 110-111, 1/F, IC Development Centre,

No.6 Science Park West Ave.,

Hong Kong Science Park,

Shatin, N.T.

Hong Kong

Tel: +852 2607 4090

Fax: +852 2607 4096

www.appotech.com

LCD USB PHONE User Guide Version 1.1.0 Jul., 2006

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Table of Contents

A. Product Description......................................................................... 3 1. Appearance .............................................................................. 3 2. Features .................................................................................. 3 3. Platform................................................................................... 4 4. Requirement............................................................................. 4

B. Installation .................................................................................... 4 1. Installing SKYPE........................................................................ 4 2. Installing AppoMiddleWare.......................................................... 4 3. Connecting LCD USB PHONE ....................................................... 7 4. Using LCD USB PHONE............................................................... 7

C. Operational Description ................................................................... 9 1. Key Description......................................................................... 9 2. LCD Description .......................................................................10 3. Phone Setting ..........................................................................10 4. Phone Book .............................................................................11 5. Place A Call .............................................................................12 6. Call On-Hold............................................................................13 7. Three-Party Conference Call.......................................................13 8. Incoming Call ..........................................................................15 9. End Call or Reject Call...............................................................15 10. Delete...................................................................................15 11. Adjust LCD Contrast................................................................15 12. Speed Dial.............................................................................16 13. Missed Call ............................................................................16 14. Accepted Call .........................................................................17 15. Call History............................................................................17

D. AppoMiddleWare Description ...........................................................17 1. Multi-Language Selection...........................................................18 2. Audio Settings .........................................................................18 3. Phone Settings.........................................................................19 5. Ringing Settings.......................................................................20 6. Information .............................................................................21

E. FAQ .............................................................................................22


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A. Product Description

This chapter describes LCD USB PHONE features and application areas.

1. Appearance

Figure 1

2. Features

1． The solution can be applied to different products, including USB

headset and USB phone, together with telephony software that can call

traditional landlines (such as Skype or VVCall) or IM (instant messaging)

software (such as QQ, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger).

2． The product is a single-chip solution. The main chip in the solution is

AppoTech’s SK5001, which is a high-performance, high-reliability

controller.

3． The solution produces high-quality audio output.

4． The solution includes a 128X64 dot-matrix LCD, which enhances the


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ease of use with IM software.

3. Platform

The solution can be running on Windows 2000 or Windows XP with IM (instant messaging) software, such as Skype, QQ, MSN Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger). In particular, this solution provides a seamless operation with Skype.

4. Requirement

Here is the minimum PC requirement for the Skype phone solution:

Intel Pentium or compatible PC

64MB memory

100MB of available hard disk space

CD-ROM drive and Internet connection

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000,

or Windows XP

One available USB port

B. Installation

This chapter describes the installation process of AppoMiddleWare and how to connect the LCD USB PHONE.

1. Installing SKYPE

The LCD USB PHONE is based on Skype platform. Before using LCD USB PHONE, user must install Skype. For downloading Skype and more details, visit Skype’s official website at http://www.skype.com.

2. Installing AppoMiddleWare

Note: Do NOT connect LCD USB PHONE to the PC before installing AppoMiddleWare.

a. Run setup.exe. When the window (as in Figure 2) appears, press “NEXT” button.


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Figure 2

b. Select the folder to be installed, as illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 3

c. Select the Start Menu folder, as shown in Figure 4.


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Figure 4

d. To begin the installation process (as in Figure 5), press “Install” button.

Figure 5

e. When installation is complete, the window (as in Figure 6) will appear.


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Figure 6

f. Press “Finish” button to complete installation.

3. Connecting LCD USB PHONE

a. LCD USB PHONE is a plug-and-play USB Human Interface Device (HID).

When LCD USB PHONE is connected to PC, PC will be able to detect a new

device and install required drivers automatically.

4. Using LCD USB PHONE

a. With Skype online and running, double-click on “AppoMiddleWare.exe” or

AppoMiddleWare shortcut on desktop. A window as shown in Figure 7

will appear. Select “Allow this program to use Skype”, and then click on

“OK” button.


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Figure 7

b. If the system tray at the bottom right corner shows the icon , it means

that the LCD USB PHONE is operational. If the icon appears, it

means that the LCD USB PHONE is not connected properly. If Skype

software is not running properly, the system tray will show the icon .

User should check and make sure Skype software is running properly.

c. After running AppoMiddleWare.exe, the LCD will show the screen as in

Figure 8 (if startup logo screen is selected, the LCD will show the startup

logo screen as in Figure 9). Buzzer will be turned on momentarily to

indicate that the LCD USB PHONE is connected to the PC successfully.

From this point, the LCD USB PHONE is fully operational.

Figure 8 Figure 9


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C. Operational Description

This chapter describes the operation of LCD USB PHONE, as illustrated in Figure 10.

1. Key Description

Figure 10

1. Press to enter Missed call list

2. Press and hold to enter

Accepted call list

3. Terminate call during

conference call

1. Enter Phone Book

2. Make selection during conference call

3. Press and hold to enter phone setting

menu

1. Increase volume during

conversation

1. Place call

2. Accept incoming call

3. Enter dialled call list

1. Terminate call

2. Return to main menu 1. Press and hold to turn off

microphone during conversation

1. Press and hold to output “+”


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2. LCD Description

Table 1

3. Phone Setting

User can press and hold “PB” key to enter phone setting menu, turn “UP” or

“DOWN” key to select and then Press “YES” to place a setting.

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Menu A: search a contact person；

Menu B: View dialled calls

System Icon Status

Phone Book menu

Dial menu

Conference call

Muted

Call in progress

Idle

Volume level display

Phone Book Icon

Online

Offline

Away

Not available

Do not disturb

Skype me

Invisible

Unauthorized contact

Call Record Icon

Outgoing call

Accepted call

Missed call

Dial

Call on hold


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Menu C: View missed calls

Menu D: View received calls

Menu E: Phone Setting

There are 6 menus, including:

+Volume

+Contrast

+Keypad tones

+Ringing

+MIC Mute

+Language

Menu F: Voice mail

4. Phone Book

a. In Main menu, press “PB” key to enter Phone Book menu, Select a contact

person and then Press “YES” to place a call.

b. The alphabet selection for each corresponding key is listed in Table 2. User

can use the alphabet selection to perform quick search of contact person in

Phone Book menu. For example, if user wants to search a contact person

called Jacky, press “5” once and LCD screen will show the first contact person

which starts with letter J. If there are more than 1 contact person that

starts with J, just “UP” or “DOWN” key to select, as shown in Figure 11.


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Figure 11

Key Alphabet Selection

1 1

2 2 A B C

3 3 D E F

4 4 G H I

5 5 J K L

6 6 M N O

7 7 P Q R S

8 8 T U V

9 9 W X Y Z

0 0

Table 2

5. Place A Call

a. Place Skype Network Call (PC-to-PC):

User may press “PB” key to enter Phone Book menu, and then press

“UP” or “DOWN” key to select a person to place a call. To perform a

quick search, press any numerical key (refer to Key Description section

for more details). Press “YES” to place a call to the selected person.

Figure 12 shows the LCD when placing a call.

Figure 12

b. Place A PSTN Call (PC-to-Phone), or SkypeOut:


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User may dial a PSTN (public switched telephone network) call directly.

The telephone number is consisted of country code + area code + local

number. For example, to place a call to a local number 12345678 in

Zhuhai (0756), China (+86), press 00 to enter “+” and then press

numerical keys directly on the LCD USB PHONE as +860756123456578.

Press “YES” to confirm to dial out as shown in Figure 13. User may press

any number directly to dial extension number. (Before placing a

SkypeOut call, user should make sure that the SkypeOut account has

sufficient funds. Otherwise, user will fail to place a call. For more details

and charges regarding SkypeOut service, please visit Skype’s official web

site at http://www.skype.com)

If user enters an invalid number such as 12345, LCD USB PHONE will

return an error message as shown in Figure 14.

Figure 13 Figure14

6. Call On-Hold

During conversation, user may press “YES” to place the call on-hold

(Figure 15). Press “YES” again to continue the conversation.

Figure 15

7. Three-Party Conference Call

To start a conference call, user may establish conversation with the first


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caller. Then, press “PB” key and the LCD will show as Figure 16.(Note :When using SKYPE version 2.5, you should select the second caller to start a conference call after holding the call with the first caller.)

Figure 16

User may search for the second caller. Once the second caller is selected,

press “YES” to establish a conference call, as shown in Figure 17:

Figure 17

If the second caller accepts the call, LCD will show as Figure 18. If the call

is rejected, the LCD will show as Figure 19.

Figure 18

Figure 19

After the second caller accepts the call, press and hold “YES” again to start

three-way conference call, as illustrated in Figure 20

Figure 20

To end the call with one of the parties, press “PB” key. Select the party and

press “DEL” key to end call with the selected party. Press “DEL” key once

more to end the conference call with both parties.

Note: Press “NO” key will end the conference call with both parties


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immediately.

8. Incoming Call

When there is an incoming call, LCD USB PHONE will alert the user. As

shown in Figure 21, “GOODFRIEND” is the incoming caller.

Figure 21

User may press “YES” to accept the call. When the call is established, the

LCD screen will show as Figure 22.

Figure 22

9. End Call or Reject Call

a. To end the current conversation, press “NO” key.

b. If user does not want to answer the incoming call, press “NO” key to

reject the call.

10. Delete

When using keypad to enter characters:

a. Press “DEL” key to delete the previous character.

b. Press “NO” key to delete all characters and return to Main menu.

11. Adjust LCD Contrast

In the main menu, press and hold “PB” key to enter setting menu to adjust

LCD contrast. On the other hand, double-click AppoMiddleWare console and

then select phone setting to adjust LCD contrast. When adjusting LCD contrast,


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LCD screen will show as Figure 23:

Figure 23

12. Speed Dial

User can set speed dial number for each contact person in Skype. As illustrated

in Figure 24, when speed dial number is set up, user can enter the speed dial

number to call the contact person. For example, if the contact person “GOOD

FRIEND” has a speed dial number 12, user can enter 12 on LCD USB PHONE

keypad and then press “YES” key to call GOOD FRIEND. Each Skype user

account may set up to 99 speed dial numbers. If SkypeOut is enabled, PSTN

numbers can also be set up with speed dial numbers.

Figure 24

13. Missed Call

Main menu will show a message if there are missed calls, as shown in Figure

25. User may press “DEL” key to show missed call records. Press “UP” and


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“DOWN” key to scroll through the records. There are a maximum of 20

missed call records.

Figure 25

14. Accepted Call

To review the accepted call records, user may press and hold “PB” key enter

to View received calls n Main menu (Figure 26).

Figure 26

15. Call History

In the Main menu, user may press “YES” key to review the call history.

Press “UP” and “DOWN” key to scroll through the records. Call history will

hold the last 99 records, as illustrated in Figure 27.

Figure 27

D. AppoMiddleWare Description

AppoMiddleWare is the software that is specifically used with AppoTech’s LCD

USB PHONE. It provides fast and effective communication and control

between PC and LCD USB PHONE.


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1. Multi-Language Selection

AppoMiddleWare supports multiple language display. In the system tray,

double-click on icon and then select Language. User can choose different

languages. The LCD screen will display according to the language selection,

as shown in Figure 28.

Figure 28

2. Audio Settings

To bring up the AppoMiddleWare setup window, right click on icon in the

system tray and then select Settings, as shown in Figure 29. In the Audio

Setting tab, user can adjust audio in and out volume settings.


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Figure 29

3. Phone Settings

In the Phone Settings tab, user may click on the Ringer selection button to

select an audio file and its path (Figure 30). Audio files must be in WAV

format and the file size must be less than 1 MB. The audio file selection will

become effective when AppoMiddleWare setup window is closed. When

there is an incoming call, LCD USB PHONE will play the selected WAV file as

ring tone alert.

Logo files must be in BMP format. The size of the BMP must be in 128x64

dots. The logo file selection will become effective when AppoMiddleWare

setup window is closed. When the LCD USB PHONE is plugged into the USB

port with AppoMiddleWare running, the LCD screen will show the new

startup logo screen.


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Figure 30

5. Ringing Settings

The Ringing Setting tab allows users to define the audio output for incoming

call ring tone and key tone (Figure 31). There are 8 kinds of ringer to

selected.


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Figure 31

6. Information

This form describes SKYPE PHONE version number.

If user wants to use LCD USB PHONE keypad to control the Skype software

on the PC directly, user can enable the synchronous mode in Phone Settings

tab. Synchronous mode will become effective when AppoMiddleWare setup

window is closed. The key functions and LCD screen will be synchronous with

the Skype software.


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Figure 32

E. FAQ

1. How to change the installed driver program from WinDriver to HID (Human Interface Devices)? Solution： LCD USB Phone is configured as HID (human interface devices). If

it shows “SKYPE PHONE Interface” in human interface devices in device manager, it means that the driver program of WinDriver is installed on PC (Figure 33). User must change the device driver to HID. To remove the driver program of WinDriver: a. Delete .inf files. If the system is set up on C drive, then user must delete

c:\windows\inf\skypedrv.inf and skypedrv.PNF. b. Delete .SYS file. Delete c:\windows\system32\drivers\windrvr6.sys. *NOTE: Show the hidden folders before deleting these files. If the operating system is Windows 2000, the Windows file path is

C:\winnt\.


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Figure 33

To add HID driver program: a. Right click on SKYPE PHONE Interface properties, and choose update driver program. In the list of device driver program, choose USB human interface devices. b. System will find USB human interface devices after refresh.

2．User can hear contact person’s voice, but user’s voice cannot be

heard by others.

Solution: 1. Check if the microphone is working properly 2. Check if the microphone has been muted. 3. Check if Skype’s sound device setup is correct.

If user has any questions regarding this manual or the use of LCD USB

PHONE, please contact +86-756-3882190 Ext. 811 or send e-mail to

[email protected] for further inquires.


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