Cisco Ip Phone 8800 Series Administration Guide For Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Cisco 8800 Series Administration Manual

Custom Phone Rings
Set Up Custom Phone Rings
Procedure
Step 1
Create a PCM file for each custom ring (one ring per file). Ensure the PCM files comply with the format
guidelines that are listed in
Step 2 Upload the new PCM files that you created to the Cisco TFTP server for each Cisco Unified Communications
Manager in your cluster. For more information, see the documentation for your particular Cisco Unified
Communications Manager release.
Step 3 Use a text editor to edit the Ringlist.xml file. See
about how to format this file and for a sample Ringlist.xml file.
Step 4 Save your modifications and close the file.
Step 5 To cache the new file, stop and start the TFTP service by using Cisco Unified Serviceability or disable and
reenable the "Enable Caching of Constant and Bin Files at Startup" TFTP service parameter, located in the
Advanced Service Parameters area.
Related Topics
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Documentation, on page xvii
Custom Ring File Formats
The Ringlist.xml file defines an XML object that contains a list of phone ring types. This file includes up to
50 ring types. Each ring type contains a pointer to the PCM file that is used for that ring type and the text that
appears on the Ring Type menu on a phone for that ring. The Cisco TFTP server for each Cisco Unified
Communications Manager contains this file.
The CiscoIPPhoneRinglist XML object uses the following simple tag set to describe the information:
<CiscoIPPhoneRingList>
<Ring>
<DisplayName/>
<FileName/>
</Ring>
</CiscoIPPhoneRingList>
The following characteristics apply to the definition names. You must include the required DisplayName and
FileName for each phone ring type.
• DisplayName specifies the name of the custom ring for the associated PCM file that displays on the
Ring Type menu of the phone.
• FileName specifies the name of the PCM file for the custom ring to associate with DisplayName.
The DisplayName and FileName fields must not exceed 25 characters in length.
Note
This example shows a Ringlist.xml file that defines two phone ring types:
<CiscoIPPhoneRingList>
<Ring>

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