Hello. I tried to create an account on the fprint main page, but only saw a login...no way to create an account. Anyway, below is some info sent to me by a UPEK rep concerning the embedded fingerprint reader on my MSI-1221 laptop. Bottom line is that the BSAPI may be ready by May for testing on Linux. Well, I'll keep in touch with them.
If you like, I'll send the UPEK point of contact info to you. Sincerely, Gene ----- Forwarded Message ---- To: Robert Hoffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:50:21 AM Subject: RE: UPEK Support Request / AMERICAS / United States of America / Private use / Sonly on LINUX Dear Robert! Sorry, but I gave you wrong information. Currently there is only alpha version, not the beta as I mentioned in previous email. Alpha version is internal-only and I cannot provide you with download link right now. Please try to contact me at beginning of April... Best Regards, UPEK ========================================================================================= Dear Gene! As per VID and PID you stated in your hardware specification (147e:2016), your fingerprint reader is only USB scanner with no coprocessor, while TFM/ESS modules are using biometric coprocessor - companion chip. On TFM/ESS matching and all other things are done inside device. Our BioAPI BSP for Linux supports only the coprocessor based modules, as for Sonly (Sensor-Only) modules, you need also the matching algorithm as a part of the library. Currently, the only possibility to control Sonly devices on Linux is our brand new BSAPI. It is not based on BioAPI framework, so you do not have to install BioAPI. Please note following limitations: - It is a beta version - Only 32bit library is available - Sonly without EEPROM are not supported - It was tested only on Mandriva (but it should work fine on Ubuntu, as the kernel is same) Please let me know if you are interested in getting this beta version of SDK and what are your plans... Full version of BSAPI for Linux, which will also support other UPEK devices, is scheduled on 05/2008. Best Regards, UPEK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:03 AM To: Martin Konecny; Vito Fabbrizio; Steve Hahm; Ivo Zatloukal; Marco Mancini; Karl Audaert; Terrance Peiris; Matt Verrinder; Craig Domeny; Alex Tan; Miroslav Buran; Ariel Milallos; Hongjun Chen; Stephen Alich Subject: FW: UPEK Support Request / AMERICAS / United States of America / Private use / ------------------------------------------- From: Gene Hoffler[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:02:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UPEK Support Request / AMERICAS / United States of America / Private use / Auto forwarded by a Rule Name: Gene Hoffler Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Country: United States of America Region: AMERICAS International Phone: 81-611-746-6556 Product use: private use Product: Notebook with UPEK sensor Fingerprint software: bioapi for linux SW version number: NA SW build number: NA Notebook/reader: MSI-1221; "lsusb" output: ID 147e:2016 Operating system: Ubuntu Linux Problem description: >From your Linux download page, you reference success with using the embedded UPEK fingerprint scanner on Ubuntu Linux. In particular, I would like to get your fingerprint reader working on the next version of Ubuntu to be released in April (Hardy Heron 8.04). Do you have any info regarding who had previous success with the reader on Ubuntu? Were .deb packages created...32-bit or 64-bit? Please assist the Linux community if possible. Thanks. _______________________________________________ fprint mailing list [email protected] http://lists.reactivated.net/mailman/listinfo/fprint
