What is the license? allan
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Wilhelm <wilhelm.meier at fh-kl.de> wrote: > 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 > > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
