[Asterisk-Users] Use of Alert_Info with C7960?

Sat Mar 20 19:23:47 MST 2004

That's right, you can still select a different ring tone for ALL lines.
Ok. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Christopher Lee
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 9:04 PM
> To: Asterisk Users
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Use of Alert_Info with C7960?
> 
> The custom ring tones are selectable through the Ring Type 
> option in the Settings menu. When the phone rings, it will 
> play that custom ring tone.
> 
> Perhaps it's a memory limitation or an issue with the way 
> Cisco are implementing the SIP firmware as to why you can't 
> select a custom ring tone, you'd be better asking a Cisco 
> engineer (open a TAC case)
> 
> The phone will only download the currently selected custom 
> ring tone (defined in RINGLIST.DAT) from the TFTP server each 
> time it boots, or when you select another custom ring tone 
> from the Ring Type option.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- 
> > admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Marlowe
> > Sent: Sunday, 21 March 2004 11:53 AM
> > To: Asterisk Users
> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Use of Alert_Info with C7960?
> > 
> > Then what's the point of being able to upload custom ring tones?
> > 
> > (as shown in
> > http://www.loligo.com/asterisk/Cisco/79xx/current/RINGLIST.DAT )
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> > > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> > > Christopher Lee
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:50 PM
> > > To: Asterisk Users
> > > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Use of Alert_Info with C7960?
> > >
> > > Unfortunately even though it would seem the phone should 
> support the 
> > > ability to play custom ring tones, at present it only 
> supports the 
> > > internal tones which are:-
> > >
> > > Bellcore-BusyVerify
> > > Bellcore-Stutter
> > > Bellcore-MsgWaiting
> > > Bellcore-dr1
> > > Bellcore-dr2
> > > Bellcore-dr3
> > > Bellcore-dr4
> > > Bellcore-dr5
> > >
> > > --- Extract from the SIP 6.0 Firmware Release Notes --- 
> > > http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/voice/c_ipphon
> > > /english/ipp79
> > > 60/addprot/sip/relnote/phnrn60s.htm
> > >
> > > In RFC-3261, the Alert-Info header is specified as a URL.
> > > When the Alert-Info header is received, the phone 
> downloads the file 
> > > from the URL and plays it as the alternate ring tone. 
> This release 
> > > does not support any external ringers.
> > > Only the tones and ring patterns that are already internal to the 
> > > phone can be selected and played as an alternate ring tone.
> > >
> > > In this release, the Alert-Info header consists of a name of an 
> > > internal tone or ringing pattern that can be played, as 
> shown in the 
> > > following
> > > example:
> > >
> > > Alert-Info: <Bellcore-Busy>
> > >
> > > There is no need to add a file extension (.au, .wav) to 
> these names 
> > > because the names are internal to the phone. When an Alert-Info 
> > > header is received, the software scans the list of known 
> tones and 
> > > ringing patterns to find a match. If the software finds a 
> match, the 
> > > phone plays that tone or ringing pattern. If the software 
> does not 
> > > find a match, the phone plays the alert ringing pattern 
> as it does 
> > > today.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com 
> > > > [mailto:asterisk-users- admin at lists.digium.com] On 
> Behalf Of Rich 
> > > > Adamson
> > > > Sent: Sunday, 21 March 2004 9:28 AM
> > > > To: Asterisk-a-users-list
> > > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Use of Alert_Info with C7960?
> > > >
> > > > Using Asterisk CVS-03/20/04-11:54:56 with 7960 v6.2 and
> > > playing around
> > > > with distinctive ringing, trying to make it work. 
> Extensions.conf 
> > > > looks
> > > > like:
> > > >
> > > > exten => 3010,1,SetVar(ALERT_INFO=3) ; selects Ringer exten =>
> > > > 3010,2,Dial(SIP/3010,15) exten => 
> 3010,3,Voicemail2(u3010) exten 
> > > > =>
> > > > 3010,102,Voicemail2(b3010) exten => 3010,103,Hangup
> > > >
> > > > Calling that extension, the CLI indicates:
> > > >     -- Executing SetVar("SIP/3002-39d1", "ALERT_INFO=3") in
> > > new stack
> > > >     -- Executing Dial("SIP/3002-39d1", "SIP/3010|15") 
> in new stack
> > > >     -- Called 3010
> > > >     -- SIP/3010-f848 is ringing
> > > >
> > > > On the phone, Settings/Ring Type indicates: Chirp 1, 
> Chirp 2, Old 
> > > > Style and Synth Low. The first three choices produce
> > > different ringing
> > > > sounds when selected from the display.
> > > >
> > > > I expected Alert_Info=3 to cause the C7960 to ring with the
> > > Old Style
> > > > ringer, but it doesn't and setting it to 2 or 3 doesn't 
> make any 
> > > > difference.
> > > >
> > > > Am I doing something wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Rich
> > > >
> > > >
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