Polycom includes a REALLY LOUD ringer .WAV in their firmware zip file. The file is called LoudRing.wav Check the Polycom admin docs on how to add that ringer to your phone.
> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Justin Sherrill > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 4:40 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [asterisk-users] Really, really loud ringers > > Anyone have some recommended equipment for alerting people to > calls in a noisy environment? > > I have Polycom IP550 phones set up in some really noisy > environments - our mine hoists - and they tend to drown out > the ringers. I'm using Clarity WR100s now. They're analog > devices, attached to Linksys PAP2T ATAs as part of a call > group to get a loud (advertised as 95dB) ring out there, but > it still could be louder. Maybe a light-up option would be better. > > The old phone system here had some huge loudspeakers that > someone had wired right into the speakers of the old digital > phones. I haven't figured out yet if they need a different > voltage, or even if they still work; they were not responding > when I replaced the attached phones. > > Justin C. Sherrill - American Rock Salt > p: 585-991-6825 f: 585-991-6926 c: 585-298-6826 > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
