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Chapter5 Parameters and Defaults
Tone Configuration Parameters
Recommended Values
The following settings are recommended for the US:
•DialTone = "2,31538,30831,1380,1740,1,0,0,1000" (app r o x i m a t e l y - 1 7 d B m )
•BusyTone = "2,30467,28959,1191,1513,0,4000,4000,0" (approximately -21 dBm)
•ReorderTone = "2,30467,28959,1191,1513,0,2000,2000,0" (approximately -21 dBm)
•RingBackTone = "2,30831,30467,1943,2111,0,16000,32000,0" (approximately -16 dBm)
•CallWaitTone = "1,30831,0,5493,0,0,2400,2400,4800" (approximately -10 dBm)
•AlertTone = “1,30467,0,5970,0,0,480,480,1920”
Note For detailed recommendations of tone-parameter values by country, see AppendixE, “Recommended
Cisco ATATone Parameter Values by Country.”
Specific Tone Parameter Information
Brief descriptions, and lists of default values and the voice configuration menu code for each CiscoATA
tone parameter, appear in the following sections:
•DialTone, page 5-48
•BusyTone, page 5-49
•ReorderTone, page 5-49
•RingbackTone, page 5-50
•CallWaitTone, page 5-50
•AlertTone, page 5-51

DialTone

Description
The Cisco ATA plays the dial tone when it is ready to accept the first digit of a remote address to make
an outgoing call.
Default values (using the Basic format)
•NumOfFreqs—2
NumOfRepeats 5 First on-off pair of the cadence plays six times
(plays once and then repeats five times), then
the second on-off pair plays
TotalToneTime 0 Tone plays continuously (set of two on-off
pairs of the cadence repeat continuously) until
another call event stops the tone
Table5-8 Reorder Tone Parameter Example 2 Explanation (continued)
Component Setting Explanation