Jabra PC Suite manual The Jabra Skype Interface, Running and Using the Skype Interface

Chapter 7: The Jabra Skype Interface

Running and Using the Skype Interface

7. The Jabra Skype Interface

Running and Using the Skype Interface

Purpose of the Skype Interface

The Jabra Skype Interface is a simple program that runs in the background and manages communication between the Jabra Device Service and the Skype softphone application. It enables you to control many advanced Skype features using the controls of your Jabra headset solution.

See also “Using Skype” on page 8 for more information about the Jabra Skype Interface and the features supported by this solution. See “System Requirements” on page 4 for version requirements.

Running the Skype Interface

When you install the Jabra PC Suite, you are presented with the option of running the Device Service and/or Skype Interface automatically each time you start Windows. If you selected one or both of these options, then the installer created shortcuts to these programs in your Windows Startup folder. In this case, you will never need to think about starting these programs—they will always be available. However, if you only occasionally use your headset with your computer, or only occasionally use Skype, then you might choose to keep one or both of these turned off by default and start them manually only when you need them.

•To run the Skype Interface Manually, simply click on the Windows Start menu

and select All Programs > Jabra > Jabra PC Suite > Jabra Skype Interface. This

will launch the program and display its user interface.

•To run the Skype Interface automatically on startup, or to stop doing so, add or remove a shortcut for it in your Windows Startup folder. One way to get to this folder is to right-click on the Start menu and choose Open All Users from the context menu. This opens a standard Windows Explorer window. Navigate from there down to Programs\Startup sub-folder (the full path is something like: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup). Add or remove shortcuts here as needed. Note that you will probably prefer to run the Skype Interface in the background, with its interface window hidden; to do this, edit the Properties of the Skype Interface shortcut in the Startup folder and add the “/nogui” switch to the

Target field (for example, “"C:\Program Files\Jabra\Jabra PC

Suite\SkypeInterface.exe" /nogui”). See also a Windows reference for more information about how to work with shortcuts and the Startup folder.

•To quit the Skype Interface, use menu command of the Skype Interface window (see below).

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