[Asterisk-Users] Use of Alert_Info with C7960?

[Christopher Lee]

Yes, I know it will definitely play custom ringtones, I was even using the
24ctu.raw ring tone for a while (I've gone back to Chirp 1 for now). But all
incoming calls get the currently selected ring tone.

I should have clarified on an earlier statement I made:-

"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)"

This was in reference to playing a custom ring tone with Alert_Info (ie:
Distinctive Ring).

If you know how to make the 7960 play a different ring tone by setting the
Alert_Info variable, please tell! 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul Mahler
> Sent: Sunday, 21 March 2004 1:17 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Use of Alert_Info with C7960?
> 
> The 7960 will absolutely play custom ringtones.
> 
> 
> 
> Paul Mahler
> pmahler at signate.com
> 
> 
> -----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 5:50 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> 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/ipp
> 79
> 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.