[Asterisk-Users] RE: Problem with setting ringtones on Cisco 7960 phone.

[Rich Adamson]

Well, if I look at my tftp directory where the phone downloads its 
config files, etc, on v7.1 I see a RINGLIST.DAT that contains the names 
of the ring files to be downloaded. On my system that includes 
ringer1.pcm and ringer2.pcm.  I recall someone posting something about 
how to generate the content of the ringer1.pcm file, so my guess is that 
you can encode various sounds into such a file and call it via the 
_ALERT_INFO stuff shown.

Some time ago, the following were valid ringtone names:
; Bellcore-BusyVerify
; Bellcore-Stutter
; Bellcore-MsgWaiting
; Bellcore-dr1
; Bellcore-dr2
; Bellcore-dr3
; Bellcore-dr4
; Bellcore-dr5

I don't have a clue if those names remain the same from one sip version 
to another; best guess is they do.


Paul A. Pringle wrote:
> Is there an easy way to find out what ringtones a Cisco 79XX has
> installed?  I've tried going through the Telnet interface, but can't
> find any lists of ringtones.  Trying the code below produces a different
> kind of ring, but not two short rings as indicated.  I've also seen the
> ringtone listed as Bellcore-dr3.  Is it case sensitive?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>>> I am having this exact same problem. I have tried 7.5, 7.4, and 8.2.
> I have 
>>> tried setting ALERT_INFO and _ALERT_INFO and have tried several
> ringtones 
>>> without any luck.
>> Using the current svn trunk, here is what works:
>> exten => 3010,1,Set(_ALERT_INFO=bellcore-r3) ; selects Ringer
>> exten => 3010,2,Dial(SIP/3010,15)
>>
>> The above causes a 7960 to ring with two short rings.
>>
>> As I recall from playing with the 7960 a long time ago, the phone only
> has 
>> limited number of ring tones installed. E.g., what works for a Sipura
> (as one 
>> example) will be different for the 7960.
>>