ReorderTone Parameter Example1

Chapter 5 Parameters and Defaults

Tone Configuration Parameters

•TotalToneTime is the total length of time that the tone plays. If this value is 0, the tone will play until another call event stops the tone.

This value is in 10 ms units (100 ms = 1 second).

Two examples of Extended Format B, both using the Reorder tone, follow.

Assume that you want a reorder tone in which:

•The frequencies 900 Hz, 1400 Hz, and 1800 Hz play sequentially.

•Each frequency plays once for 0.33 seconds.

•There is no silence after the first and the second frequencies.

•There is 1 second of silence after the third frequency (before the first frequency starts again)

•The volume of each frequency is –19 dBm.

•The tone plays until another call event stops the tone.

For this reorder tone, make the following setting. See Table 5-5for a detailed explanation.

ReorderTone:101,3,24917,3405,14876,4671,5126,5178,3,2640,0,2640,0,

2640,8000,0,0

Table 5-5 Reorder Tone Parameter Example 1 Explanation

Component	Setting	Explanation

Sequential	101	Frequencies play sequentially

NumOfFreqs	3	Three frequencies in the tone

TFreq1	24917	First frequency is 900 Hz

TAmpl1	3405	First frequency volume is –19 dBm

TFreq2	14876	Second frequency is 1400 Hz

TAmp2	4671	Second frequency volume is –19 dBm

TFreq3	5126	Third frequency is 1800 Hz

TAmp3	5178	Third frequency volume is –19 dBm

NumOfOnOffPairs	3	Three on-off pairs in the cadence of the tone

OnTime1	2640	Sound in first on-off pair plays for 0.33
		seconds

OffTime	0	No silence after the first sound (the second
		sound plays immediately)

OnTime2	2640	Sound in second on-off pair plays for 0.33
		seconds

OffTime2	0	No silence after the second sound (the third
		sound plays immediately)

OnTime3	2640	Sound in third on-off pair plays for 0.33
		seconds

OffTime3	8000	1 second of silence after the sound in the third
		on-off pair (before the pattern repeats,
		beginning with the first on-off pair)

Cisco ATA 186 and Cisco ATA 188 Analog Telephone Adaptor Administrator’s Guide for MGCP (version 3.0)

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ATA 188, ATA 186 specifications

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ReorderTone Parameter Example1

Component

Setting

Explanation

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