Wilhelm- This looks very promising! allan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Wilhelm <wilhelm.meier at fh-kl.de> wrote: > FYI: > > scanbd (scanner button daemon) can be used in such a case: > > 1) scanbd uses hal dbus-interface to detect new scanners or scanners > that vanished (usb plugoff) > > 2) scanbd uses dbus to sendout signals if it performs an action (scans > and emails an image e.g). This can be used by desktop-applications. > > 3) scanbd uses a dbus-interface to expose methods to perform actions > (this too can be used by desktop applications) > > 4) scanbd interacts nicely with saned: it stops polling the scanner > buttons if the scanner-device must be used by saned. > > 5) scanbd can poll arbitrary number of scanner > > 6) flexible configuration > > This is a very early release of the piece of software - be warned. > > You can get it from: > > http://scanbd.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scanbd/ > > Comments are very welcome! > > > Am 05.11.2010 21:52, schrieb Mikael Nordenberg: >> Hi list. >> >> I've tried really hard to find information about how to detect if the >> button on my scanner is pressed. >> I've got a ScanSnap S1500, which is supported by the fujitsu backend, >> and works as expected using for example scanimage. >> >> The scanner itself only has one backlit button titled "scan". If I >> press it, it starts to blink for a couple of seconds and then goes >> back to normal (which is constant lit). >> >> If I type "scanimage --help" I'm presented with numerous sensor >> options, including the following: >> ? ? --scan[=(yes|no)] [no] [hardware] >> ? ? ? ? Scan button >> >> Typing "scanimage --scan" results in: >> scanimage: unrecognized option '--scan' >> >> (None of the other sensor options is recognised either.) >> >> I've tried to access the scanner via saned using the network protocol, >> but the scan-option (#83) always responds false, even if I press and >> hold the scan button. >> >> Is this model not supported when detecting buttons, or am I doing >> something completely wrong? >> >> Best regards, >> Mikael >> >> >> -- >> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >> ? ? ? ? ? ? ?to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > > > -- > Wilhelm > > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
