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4.3 Setting Scheduled Start and Stop times ........................................................................55
4.3.1 Schedule Sweep Start Time.................................................................................55
4.3.2 Schedule Sweep Stop Time.................................................................................55
4.3.3 Canceling Scheduled Starts and Stops ................................................................55
4.4 Setting Time Options....................................................................................................56
4.4.1 24-hour format.....................................................................................................57
4.4.2 Redefining time periods ......................................................................................57
4.4.3 Redefining weekdays and weekends...................................................................57
4.4.4 Blackout periods..................................................................................................57
4.4.5 Setting time periods for imported phone numbers ..............................................58
4.4.6 Setting how long PhoneSweep will wait for a remote response .........................58
4.5 Setting up your Modems...............................................................................................59
4.5.1 Windows and your modem .................................................................................60
4.5.2 Configuring the Modems sub-tab........................................................................60
4.6 Setting Level of Effort ..................................................................................................62
4.6.1 What does PhoneSweep do at each level of effort? ............................................63
4.6.2 Username/password recycling.............................................................................64
4.6.3 Using multiple profiles to optimize large scans ..................................................64
4.6.4 Find Modems First ..............................................................................................65
4.6.5 Limiting numbers of calls and brute-force attempts ...........................................65
4.6.6 The bruteforce.txt file..........................................................................................65
4.6.7 Using brutecreate.exe to customize bruteforce.txt..............................................67
4.7 Setting Dialing Options ................................................................................................69
4.7.1 Setting dialing prefix and suffix..........................................................................70
4.7.2 Sequential scanning.............................................................................................70
4.7.3 Setting PPP mode................................................................................................70
4.7.4 Emergency Number (911) screening...................................................................71
4.7.5 Redialing busy numbers......................................................................................71
4.7.6 Setting modem baud rate.....................................................................................71
4.7.7 Setting Single Call Detect (SCD) mode..............................................................71
4.7.8 Setting single call voice timeout .........................................................................72
5 Sweeping...............................................................................................................................73
5.1 Setting Up A Test Sweep..............................................................................................73
5.2 Before You Start Your Sweep ......................................................................................73
5.3 Starting Your Sweep.....................................................................................................74
5.4 Starting and Ending a Sweep Automatically ................................................................74
5.5 Sweeping for ISDN devices..........................................................................................75
5.6 Monitoring Your Sweep in Real Time .........................................................................75
5.6.1 Estimated Progress ..............................................................................................76
5.6.2 Actual Progress ...................................................................................................77
5.6.3 Modem Status......................................................................................................77
5.6.4 Why might a modem become “disabled”?..........................................................77
5.7 Monitoring Recent Events: The History Tab................................................................77
5.8 Viewing Your Results...................................................................................................79
5.8.1 Timestamps .........................................................................................................79
5.8.2 Categories of results ............................................................................................80