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.TH RINGSTAT 1 "Jan 4, 2007" "VPB driver package" "Voicetronix Telephony Tools"
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.SH NAME
ringstat \- Perform a simple test of FXS (station) port ring and audio paths.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ringstat
.RI [ options ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBringstat\fP utility performs a simple test of FXS port ring circuits.
It exercises the card base functions including the audio path, ring and
hook detection.  The ports will ring while on hook, play 10 seconds of dial
tone if taken off hook, then ring again when they go back on hook.
.PP
Press any key (on the keyboard) to end this test.

.SH OPTIONS
The following options are available:
.TP
.B \-\-help, \-?
Show summary of options.
.TP
.BR \-\-card " number"
Explicitly select the card to test.  Default is card 0.
.TP
.BR \-\-module " number"
Explicitly select the module of a card to test.  Default assumes 8 ports
on the card to test.  Valid values here are presently 0 or 1.  It also
assumes all modules have 4 ports.  This option may change in the future.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR vpbecho (1),
.BR measerl (1)
.SH AUTHOR
Ron Lee,
Peter Wintulich,
David Rowe,
Voicetronix <support@voicetronix.com.au>
.PP
This manual page was written by Ron <ron@debian.org>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).