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                                   THC-SCAN
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                                 THC-FAQ.DOC



                         PROBLEMS - ANSWERS - SOLUTIONS





           PROBLEM - QUESTION                   SOLUTION - ANSWER

 I run THC-SCAN and I get the error     This happens with old/bad seriell
 message "couldn't initialize port!"    control chips. Set the baud speed in
                                        TS-CFG/Modem_Config to 9600 and it
                                        should work.

 My modem doesn't hang up correctly     Try the SECURE setting in TS-CFG /
                                        Modem Config / Modem Controlling

 I use some weird setting of the .CFG   Try the DUMB and/or WAIT setting in
 because I do something very unusual    TS-CFG / Modem Config /
 and the modem doesn't hangup/issue     Modem Controlling
 modem commands, etc. etc. etc.        

 Everytime I scan I get the modem       Set the modem S7 Register higher, 
 response NO CARRIER after xx seconds   for example add  S7=75  to your
 and THC-SCAN detects this as CARRIER!  modem init string.

 THC-SCAN does only dial every second   Set Wait_Between_Calls in TS-CFG
 number. It's always one number falsely /Modem_Config higher.
 ID'ed as Carrier before really dialing 
 and the other one dialed normally.     

 Sometimes characters seems to be lost. You have a slow modem. Set Char_Delay
                                        higher in TS-CFG/Modem_Config.

 The 2nd modem init strings seems not   Set Wait_Between_Commands higher
 to be sent to the modem. Also          in TS-CFG/Modem_Config.
 sometimes commands seems not to be     
 executed.                              

 When I execute a program from THC-SCAN This happens only if no Fossil Driver
 the computer freezes sometimes.        is loaded and the modem returns a
                                        response while executing.
                                        Loading the fossil driver prevents 
                                        this. (You don't need to turn
                                        Use_Fossil on!)
                                        NOTE : This is of course a bug.
                                        I'll try to fix that.

 I want to run multitaskers.            Just run them. If you run Windows/OS2
 What to do?                            you must use the command line option.
                                        /W:<number> where you should try 5-15
                                        as number.

 I've got 2 modems on my PC (and/or)    Read Section "Using 2+ modems for
 I've got a network with 5 nodes with   scanning" in THC-SCAN.DOC, Sec. I.
 modems. How can I use this?            

 My line(s) went busy some time after   Your phone company seems to recognized
 I started scanning!                    your scanning. Read Section 
                                        "How to prevent scan detection"
                                        in THC-SCAN.DOC, Sec. I
                                        BUT this might also be a crash from
                                        your local phone company! Try your
                                        other lines. If they are busy too
                                        it was just a crash ... otherwise ...

 I want to scan via blueboxing (and/or) Read Section "Using an external
 I want to scan via my magic/blackbox   dialer" in THC-SCAN.DOC, Sec. I.
 device! How?                          

 My modem does a voice recognition      Put a "," into DIAL SUFFIX in the
 response without even finished         MODEM CONFIG Menu in TS-CFG.
 dialing.                              

 My modem does a tone recognition       Put a "," into DIAL SUFFIX in the
 response without even finished         MODEM CONFIG Menu in TS-CFG.
 dialing.                              

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