Configuring A Custom Phone Ring - Cisco 7961G - IP Phone VoIP Administration Manual

Creating Custom Phone Rings

Configuring a Custom Phone Ring

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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager
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uLaw compression
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Maximum ring size—16080 samples
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Minimum ring size—240 samples
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Number of samples in the ring is evenly divisible by 240.
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Ring starts and ends at the zero crossing.
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To create PCM files for custom phone rings, you can use any standard audio
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editing packages that support these file format requirements.
To create custom phone rings for the Cisco Unified IP Phone, follow these steps:
Procedure
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 the
for Custom Ring Types" section on page
Upload the new PCM files that you created to the Cisco TFTP server for each
Cisco Unified CallManager in your cluster. For more information, see the
"Software Upgrades" chapter in Cisco IP Telephony Platform Administration
Guide.
Use an text editor to edit the Ringlist.xml file. See the
Requirements" section on page 6-2
and for a sample Ringlist.xml file.
Save your modifications and close the Ringlist.xml file.
To cache the new Ringlist.xml file, stop and start the TFTP service by using
Cisco Unified CallManager Serviceability or disable and re-enable the "Enable
Caching of Constant and Bin Files at Startup" TFTP service parameter (located in
the Advanced Service Parameters).
Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone
"PCM File Requirements
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"Ringlist.xml File Format
for information about how to format this file
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