Hi Ren=C3=A9, Have you had a chance to take a look on this problem?
--=20 Regards, Erik P. Olsen On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 17:56, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > Hi again, >=20 > On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 00:17, Ren=C3=A9 Rebe wrote: > > Hi, > >=20 > > Erik P. Olsen wrote: > >=20 > > > OK, I'll do this additional test, but I fear wait_4_light() will wa= it > > > forever. As I see it the scanner performs correctly after reboot, t= hen > >=20 > > It should not. It is executed before _every_ scan. So it works at lea= st=20 > > after the initial warmup after powering the scanner and booting the=20 > > workstation. When we have no other bug somewehere (my hope) it should= =20 > > work just fine - just wait a bit longer. And since it worked for me h= ere=20 > > with a HP 5370 and 7400 it should wait just a bit longer for your one= ... >=20 > I promised a debug listing of the situation with an extended timeout > setting. However, in order to have a reference I wanted to perform a > correct scan done after a reboot. You'll find this listing attached. Th= e > disturbing thing is that this time the error occurred at the very > beginning.=20 >=20 > I have come to the point now where I no longer see a trend in the error= . > I'll have to take back what I thought was happening. What is left is > that sometime when the scanner in not heated up it'l start the scan > prematurely and something like 60-70% through the scan it will stop wit= h > an ear-splitting noise which makes me stop the scanner by pulling the > plug. >=20 > I therefore see no need to extend the timeout value. The problem must b= e > something else. >=20 > Please let me know if you need more documentation. Perhaps you'll still > want the debug listing of the extended timeout period :-) >=20 > >=20 > > > after the lamp has cooled off and no new reboot performed then the > > > disaster happens. It's like a reset is missing. I'll test if this > >=20 > > I have no documentation how to reset the scanner "officially" and=20 > > currently the backend has no code for this. > >=20 > > > assumption is correct, but it takes some time because the lamp shou= ld > > > have ample time to cool off and unfortunately I have very little ti= me > > > now. I'll see if I can squeeze in the time for the test though. > >=20 > > Do not bother to hury, I have enough to do anyway ... > >=20 > > Have fun, > > Ren=C3=A9
