Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2000, Glenn Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I have a MicroTek Scanmaker 3600 that I would like to get going
> > under Linux but there is a problem with the number of endpoints.
> > I know next to nothing about how USB works but I'm willing to
> > write and test code if that is what needs to be done. Do I need to
> > get familiar with the USB spec or is there a easier/quicker way to
> > get whatever info I'll need?
I've read the 1.1 spec now, it wasn't as painful as I expected
;-).
> There is no scanner class specification, so usb/scanner.c is written for
> a couple of scanners which happen to work similarly.
>
> In this case, I don't think using usb/scanner.c will work for you :)
>
> I bet you all of the commands are sent via the control pipe, and then
> you just read from the bulk pipe for the data.
I had a play with the scanner.c code and did some probing and it
would appear that this is correct as the bulk pipe is an IN pipe.
>
> The tricky part will be finding out the format of commands to send it.
I'm hoping that Microtek will come to the party. A lot of their
other scanners are supported by SANE and the driver authors must
have got the details from somewhere. I have emailed Microtek
Asia/Pacific asking for this information.
g
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Glenn Ramsey
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