

There is no current application to configure the DW Pro 2 - the package that was available, HeadSet, was to for older OCS/Skype integration and is no longer relevant with the latest version of Skype and Lync clients.

I want the headset to connect to the base only, then I will select the app which I want to take the call on. Lync jumps right in and tries to start an voice call complete with dial tone even though our Lync back-end (Office 365) is not configured for PSTN/PBXĬalling. Skype and Bria properly ignore the message from the headset when I connect the headset to the base. Skype-to-Landline Voice) and Bria (SIP Voice) on my desktop.

I use Lync for internal IM and Lync-to-Lync calls along with Skype (IM, Skype-to-Skype Voice/Video, The only way to stop it is kill the Lync desktop client process. I get a dial tone followed by a off the hook tone. The Lync 2013 desktop client is picking up when I connect Then open your Skype application side-by-side with it, click on the Options menu and go to the Sound Devices tab.I picked up a Sennheiser DW Pro 2 wireless headset which has been great audio quality wise (note this is NOT the DW Pro 2 ML which is advertised as "optimized for Microsoft Lync"). If PulseAudio fails to show it, anything you configure in the Skype application itself will likely fail. Otherwise, the device won’t be visible in these tabs, although you’ll see it in the others.īefore making a test call, go through these tabs and confirm that your device is recognized. The trick to getting Skype to use the right device is to enable it in the Playback and Recording tabs while you are playing a test sound or making a test call from Skype. When you launch pavucontrol, it offers you five tabs: Playback, Recording, Output Device, Input Device, Configuration. If your Ubuntu/Debian system doesn’t have it, you can install it with: sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

Although different from the basic mixer (“Volume Control”) GUI, it’s a lot less confusing once you get used to it. Now that Skype has stopped supporting the ALSA sound system, the best way to get sound working is to use the Pulse Audio volume control (pavucontrol). Correcting audio involves making a Skype test call Installation
