[cisco-voip] Ringtones

[Wes Sisk]

Yes, it is possible but not very robust. You can use the SDK to push 
keypresses to the phone.  You could push the exact sequence of 
keypresses to set the background.  The challenge is the phones do not 
provide any confirmation of current state.  For example you can send 
'Init:settings' to the phone to activate the settings pane.  however a 
call may immediately ring to that phone clearing the settings pane.  
When you then send '1' for User Preferences you send the digit '1' as 
dtmf to the active call rather than selecting settings menu item 1.

You can send it a couple times and the law of averages will be in your 
favor.  However, it's still not reliable and provides no feedback.

/Wes

On Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:26:47 PM , Joe Halenkamp - JHH 
<JHH at djj.com> wrote:
>      Unless I am mistaken, there is nothing in Call Manager to change 
> a ringtone for 50 telephones in a specific group.  You will need to 
> touch each phone.  However, I worked with a developer recently 
> concerning our Disaster preparedness with Cisco VoIP.  What he was 
> able to do was pull IP addresses from the call manager and push a 
> specific Ring tone to a selected group of phones by using the device 
> pool, along with a image that displays on the phone, alerting anyone 
> of an emergency. This helps in case of Lockdown-fire or a tornado to 
> alert local and remote staff of imending emergencies.   So it is 
> doable, but you would need a developer. 
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> *From:* Chris Ward (chrward) [mailto:chrward at cisco.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:16 PM
> *To:* Voice Noob; Joe Halenkamp - JHH; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* RE: [cisco-voip] Ringtones
>
> I gave the IP Phone SDK a glance and didn't see anything relevant to 
> setting ringtones. Also, I don't believe the ringtone settings are 
> done in the TFTP cnf file, I believe they are stored locally on the phone.
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> -Chris
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> *From:* cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf Of *Voice Noob
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:28 AM
> *To:* 'Joe Halenkamp - JHH'; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] Ringtones
>
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> No I am not wanting to add a ringtone. I want to set a ringtone on the 
> second line for about 50 phones. I don't want to go to the phones and 
> set it manually.
>
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> *From:* Joe Halenkamp - JHH [mailto:JHH at DJJ.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:24 AM
> *To:* Voice Noob; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* RE: [cisco-voip] Ringtones
>
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> Are regarding where to add the Ringtones in the TFTP service?
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> If that is the case you would configure the secondary extensions in 
> the:  DistinctiveRingList.xml and upload it to the CCM, that is 
> depending on what version CallManager you have. 
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> Hope this helps.
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>
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> *From:* cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf Of *Voice Noob
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:04 AM
> *To:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] Ringtones
>
> Does anyone know of a utility to set the ring tone for the second line 
> of each phone by the administrator? I can't use phone designer for 
> this it only sets the default.
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