# How to Switch Courtesy Tones

**URL:** <https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-switch-courtesy-tones/18469>\
**Category:** AllStarLink\
**Created:** [April 2, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-switch-courtesy-tones/18469 "2021-04-02T03:50:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![K5DVT](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/k5dvt/32/1070_2.png) [@K5DVT](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/K5DVT)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/how-to-switch-courtesy-tones/18469/1 "2021-04-02T03:50:03Z")

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Hey all,

I’ve been working on a method for switching or changing courtesy tones remotely. Surprised to see there isn’t a method or way of doing this on the internet, so here is my submission.

The idea is you enter DTMF or otherwise call a shell script and it swaps out a new file called “tones.conf” then restarts asterisk so the tones take affect.

Thanks all, any input is welcomed.  
Jon - K5DVT

[Switching Courtesy Tones via DTMF in ASL.pdf](https://community.allstarlink.org/uploads/short-url/fmWcpm0l5IV26ELxlSDk2ku6l5q.pdf) (137.7 KB)