How To Customize Cisco Ip 7960G/7940G Phone Rings - Cisco 7960G Administrator's Manual

Managing Cisco SIP IP Phones
This chapter provides information on the following:
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How to Customize Cisco IP 7960G/7940G Phone Rings

The Cisco IP 7960G/7940G phone ships with two ring types: Chirp1 and Chirp2. However, you can
create and add custom rings.
Procedure
Create a pulse-code-modulation (PCM) file for each desired ring type and store it in the root directory
Step 1
of your TFTP server.
PCM files must contain no header information and must comply with the following format guidelines:
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Using an ASCII text editor such as vi, open the RINGLIST.DAT file. For each ring type that you are
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adding, specify the name as you want it to appear on the Ring Type menu, press Tab, and then specify
the filename of the ring type. Your RINGLIST.DAT file should appear similar to the following:
Ring Type 1
Ring Type 2
Save and close the file.
Step 3
How to Customize Cisco IP 7960G/7940G Phone Rings, page 4-1
How to Access XML Cards, page 4-2
How to View Your Cisco SIP IP Phone Firmware Image Version, page 4-3
How to Upgrade Your Cisco SIP IP Phone Firmware Image, page 4-3
How to Upgrade Your Cisco SIP IP Phone Firmware Image and Reboot Remotely, page 4-6
Where to Go Next, page 4-7
8000-Hz sampling rate
8 bits per sample
mu-law compression
ringer1.pcm
ringer2.pcm
C H A P T E R
Cisco SIP IP Phone Administrator Guide, Release 6.x and 7.x
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