Telecommunications Services offers Distinctive Ringing by Directory Number (DRDN) on campus telephone sets. This feature will support up to four additional distinctive rings based on the telephone set being called and the directory numbers programmed on the set.

Applications and benefits

Available options

The total number of different ringing cadences is limited to five: the default plus four programmable options. If your workstation has a soundcard, you can click on the links listed below and get an idea of how the different rings would sound. The rings are:

Name

Ring description

Default

A repeating sequence of 2 second rings/warbles and 4 second pauses.

Ring option 1

A quick 'chirp' followed by a 2 second ring/warble. Except for the initial 'chirp' it is identical to the default, repeating every 6 seconds.

Ring option 2

A 'ring-ring' to emulate the sound of a British telephone. Two 'ring-ring's are separated by a brief pause and the whole sequence repeats in the standard 6 seconds.

Ring option 3

Three short rings, a short pause, two more short rings and a longer pause. This sequence repeats in a time of 6 seconds.

Ring option 4

A 1 second ring is followed by short pause and then a 2.5 second ring. The ring repeats in 8 seconds.