[asterisk-users] Really, really loud ringers

[Eric Wieling]

Polycom includes a REALLY LOUD ringer .WAV in their firmware zip file.  The file is called
LoudRing.wav  Check the Polycom admin docs on how to add that ringer to your phone.

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> Justin Sherrill
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 4:40 PM
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> Subject: [asterisk-users] Really, really loud ringers
>
> Anyone have some recommended equipment for alerting people to
> calls in a noisy environment?
>
> I have Polycom IP550 phones set up in some really noisy
> environments - our mine hoists - and they tend to drown out
> the ringers.  I'm using Clarity WR100s now.  They're analog
> devices, attached to Linksys PAP2T ATAs as part of a call
> group to get a loud (advertised as 95dB) ring out there, but
> it still could be louder.  Maybe a light-up option would be better.
>
> The old phone system here had some huge loudspeakers that
> someone had wired right into the speakers of the old digital
> phones.  I haven't figured out yet if they need a different
> voltage, or even if they still work; they were not responding
> when I replaced the attached phones.
>
> Justin C. Sherrill - American Rock Salt
> p: 585-991-6825 f: 585-991-6926 c: 585-298-6826
>
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