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║ SysOp Doc For ║██
║ Prescan Door 1.1 ║██
║ by: Graveyard Software ║██
║ BBS (402) 339-9474 Voice (402) 339-9471 ║██
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┌───────────────────┐
│ About the Program │█
└───────────────────┘█
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After spending much time and money looking for a prescan door,
we decided to write our own. It was written for Wildcats.
Prescan requires the use of brun45.exe, it is included in the
archive, if you already have it in a pathed directory just delete
the one in your pscan directory..
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║ Disclaimer ║█
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THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS
IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE
INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE
FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY
USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
┌────────────────┐
│ Installation │█
└────────────────┘█
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Installation is quite simple and straight-forward. Follow these
steps and example and you should be up and running in a matter of
minutes. Although Prescan door is an easy program to install on most
any BBS, there may be some Sysop who has trouble. Support is
available in those situations.
1) Create a directory to hold all prescan files.
This directory must be named PSCAN and must be off of your
root directory and on the same drive as your bbs home directory.
2) Unzip prescn?. zip into the above directory.
3) Run PreSetup.exe . It will aid you in making the
config files that you need.
4) Create a door batch file or use the sample enclosed.
Or run this off a dos hook of the message menu.
5) Modify your particular BBS System Menus to add the
door. The BBS setup various depending on the type BBS
software you are running. We assumed you are familiar
with the general DOOR setup on your system. Therefore our
description includes only examples of the prescan specific
configuration file and door batch file. Refer to your
BBS documentation for door installation on your
particular software.
┌───────────────────┐
│ BBS User Files │█
└───────────────────┘█
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The BBS user file provides information to prescan!!!, such as COM
port, user name, time allowed in the door, etc. This file is
necessary for prescan to function. The complete path\filename of
the BBS user file must be passed to prescn11.EXE as the 1st
parameter in the command line. The user file is created by
your BBS EACH time a user runs a door....The BBS USER file has
a different name on each type of BBS. When you create your
precan configuration file, you must tell it the name for your
particular BBS system.
The following is a list of the user files used by the
BBS types we support (we included a typical path).
drive\dir\filename
C:\WILDCAT\CALLINFO.BBS ──┐ <- For Wildcat!
C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1\USERINFO.DAT │ <- For Wildcat! 3.x
C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1\DOOR.SYS │ <- For Wildcat! 3.x using
│ Door.sys
┌───────────────────┐
│ Files │█
└───────────────────┘█
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The archive includes the following .exe files:
Premaint.exe -- The maintance file that gets run every night or day.
Prescn11.exe -- The main exe that the prescan uses.
PreSetup.exe -- Run this to help with the Setup of your Prescan Door.
Brun45.exe -- Prescan needs this to run....
┌───────────────────┐
│ COMM PORTS IRQs │█
└───────────────────┘█
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Prescan door is written using DoorFrame. DoorFrame supports COM 1-4 on
the standard IRQ's - COM1 or COM3 as a standard uses IRQ4 while COM2
and COM4 use IRQ3. If your system uses a non-standard IRQ, add the
IRQ number after the configuration filename. Let's assume your
Door is called FOOBAR and you want to use COM1 but non-standard
IRQ5. The command line passed to your Door would be:
prescan prescan.cfg /5
prescan prescan.cfg *5
The /5 tells DoorFrame to use IRQ5 rather than the standard
IRQ4 normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the
standard IRQ's.
┌───────────────────┐
│ Fossil Drivers │█
└───────────────────┘█
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Multi Trivia supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell your Door to use
the Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just put /FD on the
command line when running the door. For example:
MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG /FD
MYDOOR MYDOOR.CFG *FD
indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
driver is detected, prescan will print a message to that effect and exit
the door gracefully.
┌───────────────────┐
│ Tips And Traps │█
└───────────────────┘█
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Be sure to read all the READ.ME, README.1ST AND UPGRADE.DOC
files if they are included in the package. They sometimes contain
some very useful information. <G>
Of course you can do like me, just set the darn thing up without
the docs then fuss at the door author for not making it simple
enough to work the first time.
IF You get an error...check every path to make sure you typed
it correctly. Check the file name...does it match exactly? Does
the configuration filename match? Did you leave off the
configuration file extension? Do you have the correct BRUN module
in a directory on your path? If all those seem correct and the
door still won't work...call me......preferably not in the middle
of the night...no door is that important.
When the door is in use...you can use the sysop options
listed at the bottom of your screen to chat, increase or decrease
the users time or log the user off.
┌───────────────────┐
│ Distribution │█
└───────────────────┘█
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You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS
or you may upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you
do not make any changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file).
The archive and its individual contents may not be used by any
service that charges any money whatsoever, without the written
permission of the author.
┌───────────────────┐
│ prescan.cfg │█
└───────────────────┘█
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C:\WC30\WCWORK\NODE%WCNODEID%\DOOR.SYS -------> path to user drop file
The Graveyard BBS -----------------------------> BBS Name
Chuck & Gigi ---------------------------------> SysOp's First Name
Wingel ---------------------------------------> SysOp's Last Name
┌───────────────────┐
│ Support │█
└───────────────────┘█
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We offer voice support if you have any questions feel free to
call us between the hours of 11:00 am and 10:00 pm central time.
Someone there should be able to help you with any problems that you
may have.
┌───────────────────┐
│ Registration │█
└───────────────────┘█
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With registration, the Tomcat feature is enabled. You will also
receive future upgrades free. There are 2 ways to register, fill
out the enclosed registration form and send it in, or call our bbs
and register with a credit card.... We accept American Express, Visa
and MasterCard. When you register, you will get a new Pscan.exe file.
This .exe will show the program registered to you and your bbs, this
will be encoded into the .exe and will not run if your .cfg files have
something different for name of BBS and name of Sysop in them..
This is to help keep some sysops who are out there from giving the
registered version out to other sysops....
┌───────────────────┐
│ Thank You │█
└───────────────────┘█
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I dedicate this door to my family for putting up with me for the last few
hours while I finished this program....
Thanks alot Guy's