Avaya 16-300043 Ringing Incoming Tones Meaning, Half Ring ring-ping, Call Waiting Ringback Tone

Telephone Management and Troubleshooting

Ringing Tones accompany an incoming call. Feedback Tones are those which you hear through the Handset (receiver) or the Speaker.

Ringing (Incoming) Tones	Meaning
1 Ring --------	Call from another extension.
2 Rings ------- -------	Call from outside or the System Administrator.
3 Rings ------ ------ ------	Priority call from another extension, or from an
	Automatic Callback call you placed.
Half Ring (ring-ping) ---	A call is being redirected from your phone to
	another because the Send All Calls or Call
	Forwarding All Calls feature is active.

Feedback (Handset) Tones	Meaning
Busy --- --- ---	Low-pitched, rapid tone (repeated 60 times per
	minute), signifying the number dialed is in use.
Call Waiting Ringback Tone ---_	A ringback tone with lower-pitched signal at the
	end; indicates the extension called is busy and
	the called party has been given a call waiting
	tone.
Confirmation ------	Three short tone bursts; indicates a feature
	activation or cancellation has been accepted.
Coverage -	One short tone burst; indicates your call will be
	sent to another extension to be answered by a
	covering user.
Dial ---------	Continuous tone indicating dialing can begin.
Intercept/Time-out -_-_-_-	Alternating high and low tone indicating either a
	dialing error, denial of a requested service or
	failure to dial within a preset interval (usually 10
	seconds) after lifting the handset or dialing the
	previous digit.
Recall Dial - - - -----------	Three shorts tone bursts followed by a steady dial
	tone to indicate a feature request has been
	accepted and dialing can start.
Reorder -- -- -- -- -- --	Fast busy tone repeated every half-second to
	indicate all phone trunk lines are busy.
Ringback ---- ---- ---- ----	Low-pitched tone repeated 15 times a minute to
	indicate the number dialed is ringing.

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