Customizing Rings and Message Indicators

You can customize the way Cisco IP Communicator indicates the presence of an incoming call or a new voice mail message for each of your lines. Customized ring sounds and other indicators can help you quickly differentiate between multiple lines. For example, you can choose a chirping sound to indicate an incoming call on Line 1 and a drumbeat to indicate an incoming call on Line 2

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Change the ring sound

Choose > User Preferences > Rings and select a phone line or the default ring setting. Choose a ring type to play a sample of it. When you have selected the ring you want, click Select and Save. Press Default to reset the ring sound back to the original default setting.

Change the ring pattern (flash-only, ring once, beep-only, etc.)

Log in to your User Options web pages, select your device, then choose Change the Ring Settings for your phone from the main menu. See the Accessing Your User Options Web Pages topic .

Change the way that the voice message indicator behaves

Log in to your User Options web pages, select your device, then choose Change the Message Waiting Lamp policy... from the main menu. Typically, the default policy tells the indicator to "always light" when you receive a new voice message.

Note the location of the message waiting indicator:

  • If you are using the default skin (right-click > Skins > Default.xml), the indicator is the light strip on the left side of the interface.

  • If you are using the optional skin (right-click > Skins > Mercurio.xml), the indicator is the Cisco IP Communicator icon in the left corner of the interface.

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