optiPoint MoH Converting

This How To article describes the procedure of preparation and handling of personal audio files to be used as MoH in optiPoint IP telephones. optiPoint IP phones are shipped with a build-in Music on Hold sample. If you want to use your own music instead, please follow the hints below.

Source File Preconditions

 * Format: WAV
 * Size: ? KB
 * Duration: ? seconds

Operation
Providing a customized MoH requires 4 steps:

The MoH file generator tool does the following: - Performing a command line call to the SOX tool for transforming the audio data. - Adding some information elements specific to the optiPoint phones. - Merging this data into a result file.
 * 1) Select a source file with the desired music/voice.
 * 2) Download the  tool and install it on your Windows PC.
 * 3) Download the SOX tool from http://sourceforge.net and install it on your Windows PC.
 * 4) Because the file format for MoH is proprietary to the optiPoint IP phones, the file has to be created by running the MoH file generator tool.
 * 1) Transfer the converted file to the phone, as described in the.