Customizing The Cisco Mgcp Ip Phone Ring Types; Viewing The Firmware Version - Cisco MGCP IP Phone Administrator's Manual

Customizing the Cisco MGCP IP Phone Ring Types

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Your call agent or service provider might offer additional phone features and capabilities not described
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in this chapter. Refer to the documentation from your call agent or service provider for instructions on
using those features.
Customizing the Cisco MGCP IP Phone Ring Types
The Cisco MGCP IP phone ships with two ring types: Chirp1 and Chirp2. By default, your ring type
options will be those two choices. However, using the RINGLIST.DAT file, you can customize the ring
types that are available to the Cisco MGCP IP phone users.
Create a pulse code modulation (PCM) file of the desired ring types and store the PCM files in the root
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directory 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 editor, open the RINGLIST.DAT file and for each of the ring types you are adding,
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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. For example, the format of a pointer in your RINGLIST.DAT file should appear
similar to the following:
Ring Type 1ringer1.pcm
After defining pointers for each of the ring types you are adding, save your modifications and close the
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RINGLIST.DAT file.

Viewing the Firmware Version

To view the firmware version, complete the following steps:
Press the Settings key. The Settings menu appears.
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Highlight Status.
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Press the Select soft key. The Setting Status menu appears.
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Highlight Firmware Versions.
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Cisco MGCP IP Phone Administrator Guide, Release 5.0 and Release 5.1
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CA IP address
Phone input port
Phone output port
8000 Hz sampling rate
8 bits per sample
u-law compression
Chapter 3 Configuring the Cisco MGCP IP Phone