Root Server Tutorial

The root session provides access to system telephony information, in particular the available phones and Telephony System Plug-ins (TSYs). The root session interface is provided by the RTelServer.

The developers must have knowledge of Symbian platform Client/Server framework.

The client application that use the telephony functionalities must create a connection to the telephony server using the RTelServer class.

  • Create a connection to the telephony server using RTelServer::Connect().
  • To get the information of a specific phone session, call the GetPhoneInfo() function.
  • To get the TSY name related to a phone, call the GetTsyName() function.
  • To load a TSY module, call the LoadPhoneModule() function. Note:The caller must know the name of the TSY which can be passed as an argument, hard coded or obtained from the communication database.
  • To unload a TSY module, call the UnloadPhoneModule() function.
  • To find out if a functionality is supported by the TSY, call the IsSupportedByModule() function. The functionality to be tested is passed as the parameter.
  • To find the version number of a TSY, call the GetTsyVersionNumber() function. Specify the TSY in the function parameter.
  • To specify the error granualarity, call the SetExtendedErrorGranualirity() function. The default level is set to receive server and system wide error codes. The extended error codes provide more device specific information. If the TSY cannot translate the extended error codes then the basic error code is returned.
  • To set a high priority to a client, call the SetPriorityClient() function.

To use the functions specific to phone, line or call use the sub-session classes RPhone, RLine and RCall sub-session classes.