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Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone
This chapter explains how you customize configuration files, phone ring sounds, background images,
and idle display at your site. Ring sounds play when the phone receives a call. Background images
appear on the phone screen. The idle display appears on the screen when the phone has not been used
for a designated period.
This chapter includes these topics:
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Customizing and Modifying Configuration Files
You can modify configuration files (for example, edit the xml files) and add customized files (for
example, custom ring tones, call back tones, phone backgrounds) to the TFTP directory. You can modify
files and add customized files to the TFTP directory in Cisco Unified Communications Operating
System Administration, from the TFTP Server File Upload window. Refer to Cisco IP Telephony
Platform Administration Guide for information about how to upload files to the TFTP folder on a
Cisco Unified Communications Manager server.
You can obtain a copy of the Ringlist.xml and List.xml files from the system using the following admin
command-line interface (CLI) “file” commands:
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admin:file
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file list*
file view*
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file dump*
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Configuring Wideband Codec
PCM File Requirements for Custom Ring Types
The PCM files for the rings must meet the following requirements for proper playback on
Cisco Unified IP Phones:
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Raw PCM (no header)
8000 samples per second
8 bits per sample
uLaw compression
Maximum ring size—16080 samples
Minimum ring size—240 samples
Number of samples in the ring is evenly divisible by 240.
Ring starts and ends at the zero crossing.
To create PCM files for custom phone rings, you can use any standard audio editing packages that
support these file format requirements.
Configuring a Custom Phone Ring
To create custom phone rings for the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
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Create a PCM file for each custom ring (one ring per file). Ensure the PCM files comply with the format
guidelines that are listed in the “PCM File Requirements for Custom Ring Types” section on page 6-3.
Upload the new PCM files that you created to the Cisco TFTP server for each
Cisco Unified Communications Manager in your cluster. For more information, see the “Software
Upgrades” chapter in Cisco Unified Communications Operating System Administration Guide.
Step 3
Use an text editor to edit the Ringlist.xml file. See the “Ringlist.xml File Format Requirements” section
on page 6-2 for information about how to format this file and for a sample Ringlist.xml file.
Step 4
Step 5
Save your modifications and close the Ringlist.xml file.
To cache the new Ringlist.xml file, stop and start the TFTP service by using Cisco Unified Serviceability
or disable and re-enable the Enable Caching of Constant and Bin Files at Startup TFTP service parameter
(located in the Advanced Service Parameters).
Configuring Wideband Codec
If Cisco Unified Communications Manager has been configured to use G.722 (G.722 is enabled by
default for the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G) and if the far endpoint supports G.722, the call connects
using the G.722 codec in place of G.711. In this case, the user may notice greater audio sensitivity during
the call. Greater sensitivity means improved audio clarity but also means that more background noise
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Configuring the Idle Display
can be heard by the far endpoint—noise such as rustling papers or nearby conversations. Even without
a wideband headset, some users may prefer the additional sensitivity of G.722. Other users may be
distracted by the additional sensitivity of G.722.
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The phone does not support wideband handset.
The following parameters in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration affect whether
wideband is supported for this Cisco Unified Communications Manager server and a specific phone:
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Advertise G.722 Codec—From Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose
System > Enterprise Parameters. The default value of this enterprise parameter is True, which
means that all Cisco Unified IP Phone Models 7931G, 7941G, 7941G-GE, 7961G, 7961G-GE,
7970G, and 7971G-GE that are registered to this Cisco Unified Communications Manager will
advertise G.722 to Cisco Unified Communications Manager. If each endpoint in the attempted call
supports G.722 in its capabilities set, Cisco Unified Communications Manager chooses that codec for
the call.
Advertise G.722 Codec—From Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration, choose
Device > Phone. The default value of this product-specific parameter is to use the value specified
in the enterprise parameter. If you want to override this on a per-phone basis, choose Enabled or
Disabled in the Advertise G.722 Codec parameter on the Product Specific Configuration area of the
Phone Configuration window.
Configuring the Idle Display
You can specify an idle display that appears on the phone screen. The idle display is an XML service
that the phone invokes when the phone has been idle (not in use) for a designated period and no feature
menu is open.
XML services that can be used as idle displays include company logos, product pictures, and stock
quotes.
Configuring the idle display consists of these general steps.
1. Formatting an image for display on the phone.
2. Configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager to display the image on the phone.
For detailed instructions about creating and displaying the idle display, refer to Creating Idle URL
Graphics on Cisco Unified IP Phone at this URL:
In addition, you can refer to Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide or to Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Bulk Administration Guide for the following information:
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Specifying the URL of the idle display XML service:
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For a single phone—Idle field on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Phone
Configuration window
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For multiple phones simultaneously—URL Idle field on the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Enterprise Parameters Configuration page, or the Idle field in the Bulk Administration
Tool (BAT)
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Specifying the length of time that the phone is not used before the idle display XML service is
invoked:
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Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Backlight
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For a single phone—Idle Timer field on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Phone
Configuration window
For multiple phones simultaneously—URL Idle Time field on the
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Enterprise Parameters Configuration page, or the Idle
Timer field in the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT)
From a phone, you can see settings for the idle display XML service URL and the length of time that the
phone is not used before this service is invoked. To see these settings, if the phone is registered with
Cisco Unified Communications Manager, press the Application Menu button, then choose Settings >
User Preferences > Audio Preferences and scroll to the Idle URL and the Idle URL Time parameters.
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Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Backlight
To conserve power and ensure the longevity of the phone screen backlight, you can set the backlight to
turn off when it is not needed.
You can configure settings in Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration to turn off the
backlight at a designated time on some days and all day on other days. For example, you may choose to
turn off the backlight after business hours on weekdays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays.
You can take any of these actions to turn on the backlight any time it is off:
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Press any button on the phone.
The phone will take the action designated by that button in addition to turning on the backlight.
Lift the handset.
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When you turn the backlight on, it remains on until the phone has remained idle for a designated length
of time, then it turns off automatically.
Table 6-1 explains the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration fields that control when
the backlight turns on and off. You configure these fields in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration in the Product Specific Configuration page. (You access this page by choosing Device >
Phone from Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration.)
You can view the backlight settings for a phone from the Power Save Configuration menu on the phone.
For more information, see the “Power Save Configuration Menu” section on page 4-21.
Table 6-1
Backlight On and Off Configuration Fields
Field
Description
Days Backlight
Not Active
Days that the Backlight does not turn on automatically at the time specified in
the Backlight On Time field.
Choose the day or days from the drop-down list. To choose more than one day,
Ctrl-click each day that you want.
Backlight On Time Time each day that the backlight turns on automatically (except on the days
specified in the Days Backlight Not Active field).
Enter the time in this field in 24 hour format, where 0:00 is midnight.
For example, to automatically turn the backlight on at 7:00 a.m., (0700), enter
7:00. To turn the backlight on at 2:00 p.m. (1400), enter 14:00.
If this field is blank, the backlight automatically turns on at 0:00.
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Table 6-1
Backlight On and Off Configuration Fields (continued)
Description
Field
Backlight On
Duration
Length of time that the backlight remains on after turning on at the time specified
in the Backlight On Time field.
Enter the value in this field in the format hours:minutes.
For example, to keep the backlight on for 4 hours and 30 minutes after it turns on
automatically, enter 4:30.
If this field is blank, the backlight turns off at the end of the day (0:00).
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If Backlight On Time is 0:00 and the backlight on duration is blank (or
24:00), the backlight remains on continuously.
Backlight Idle
Timeout
Length of time that the phone is idle before the backlight turns off. Applies only
when the backlight was off as scheduled and was turned on by an end-user (by
pressing a button on the phone or lifting the handset).
Enter the value in this field in the format hours:minutes.
For example, to turn the backlight off when the phone is idle for 1 hour and 30
minutes after an end-user turns the backlight on, enter 1:30.
The default value is 0:30.
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