# generate tones

**URL:** <https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870>\
**Category:** Legacy HL Series\
**Created:** [November 21, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870 "2013-11-21T13:31:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![labouillemarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@labouillemarc](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/labouillemarc)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870/1 "2013-11-21T13:31:15Z")

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Hi,  
I would like just generate little BIP for :  
radio path acknowledge, congestion, modem ok, general bip… like command AT+STTONE on other modem but i don’t find it on manual did i need KPLAYSOUND or KPLAYAMR?

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**Author:** ![Rex\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@Rex\_alex](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/Rex_alex)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870/2 "2013-12-04T11:06:08Z")

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Hi,

Either command can do the job.  
The difference is that the audio file to be played is in different format.  
KPLAYSND plays a file in .snd format (please see appendix 14 of the AT manual for more details).  
KPLAYAMR plays a file in .amr format

Thanks

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**Author:** ![labouillemarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@labouillemarc](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/labouillemarc)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870/3 "2013-12-04T14:04:02Z")

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HI,  
Where i can find the files to download?

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**Author:** ![xgon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc348/32.png) [@xgon](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/xgon)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870/4 "2013-12-06T13:39:25Z")

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AFAIK, you have to create them!  
Good luck.

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**Author:** ![davidc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@davidc](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/davidc)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870/5 "2013-12-06T22:20:30Z")

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Hiya,

Have a look at using [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) to convert your favorite .wav files as appropriate.

Just remember copyright if you didn’t make the source sound file yourself (i.e. you can’t just grab the windows sounds, convert them and put them in a commercial project!).

ciao, Dave

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**Author:** ![awneil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@awneil](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/awneil)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870/6 "2013-12-07T07:17:01Z")

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For a simple sine/square/triangle or similar wave, you could use a spreadsheet (eg, Excel) to generate the data…

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**Author:** ![labouillemarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@labouillemarc](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/labouillemarc)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/generate-tones/6870/7 "2013-12-19T09:34:46Z")

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OK thanks