Am 09.11.2010 15:02, schrieb m. allan noah: > Wilhelm- This looks very promising!
Thank you! Well, I posted it 2 years ago with minimal feedback - sadly. But we use it with our customers very frequently. > > 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 >> > > > -- Wilhelm
