> The company being acquired is correct. The license stuff is a different > story. The license check might entirely happen in their > commercial software. In other words talking to the device might be possible > without any license check. If one knows how to talk to the device. > > This theory would have to be checked with a 3rd party software that > officially supports the device - if such a thing exists.
I thought so, too, but mayuresh quite convincingly argues that it likely happens inside the TWAIN driver code somewhere because: a) yes, there is 3rd party software supporting the sensor b) but, only via the sensor's TWAIN driver c) and, there is documentation on the web that the TWAIN driver must be "set up" by CareStream representatives However, I would test the latter assumption/attestation by downloading the driver, install it, and see what happens :-) Mayuresh (Ganesha? ;-) did, however, point out a good way forward: Test his code with another RGV5200 sensor. I would try to find dental office IT user groups and ask if anyone owns that sensor and would be willing to test ... Karsten
