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CHAPTER
6
Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone
This chapter explains how you customize configuration files, phone ring sounds, background images,
and other phone features.
This chapter includes these topics:
• Customizing and Modifying Configuration Files, page 6-1
Creating Custom Phone Rings, page 6-2
Creating Custom Background Images, page 6-3
Configuring Wideband Codec, page 6-6
Configuring the Idle Display, page 6-7
Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Touchscree
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Creating Custom Phone Rings Creating Custom Phone Rings The Cisco Unified IP Phone ships with two default ring types that are implemented in hardware: Chirp1 and Chirp2. Cisco Unified Communications Manager also provides a default set of additional phone ring sounds that are implemented in software as pulse code modulation (PCM) files. The PCM files, along with an XML file (named Ringlist.xml) that describes the ring list options that ar
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Creating Custom Background Images 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: 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 cro
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Creating Custom Background Images The following sections describe how you can customize the background images that are available at your site by creating your own PNG files and editing the List.xml file: List.xml File Format Requirements, page 6-4. PNG File Requirements for Custom Background Images, page 6-4. Configuring a Custom Background Image, page 6-5 List.xml File Format Requirements The List.xml file defines an XML object that
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Creating Custom Background Images Tip Many graphics programs provide a feature that will resize a graphic. An easy way to create a thumbnail image is to first create and save the full size image, then use the sizing feature in the graphics program to create a version of that image that is 25% of the original size. Save the thumbnail version by using a different name. The PNG files for background images must meet the following requirement
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuring Wideband Codec Note Cisco recommends that you also store backup copies of custom image files in another location. You can use these backup copies if the customized files are overwritten when you upgrade Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Step 4 Use a text editor to edit the List.xml file. See the “List.xml File Format Requirements” section on page 6-4 for the location of this file, formatting requirements, and a sample fil
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuring the Idle Display Configuring the Idle Display You can specify an idle display that appears on the phone LCD 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
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Touchscreen If you press a button other than the Display button, the phone will take the action designated by that button in addition to turning on the display. Touch the touchscreen. Lift the handset. When you turn the display on, it remains on until the phone has remained idle for a designated length of time, then it turns off automatically. Note You can use the Display button to te
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Touchscreen Table 6-1 Display On and Off Configuration Fields (continued) Field Description Display Idle Timeout Length of time that the phone is idle before the display turns off. Applies only when the display was off as scheduled and was turned on by an end-user (by pressing a button on the phone, touching the touchscreen, or lifting the handset). Enter the value in this field in the f
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Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone Automatically Disabling the Cisco Unified IP Phone Touchscreen Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0 (SCCP and SIP) 6-10 OL-15790-01
