Hi Patrick, Pixma and genesys have different USB protocols. The 8800f cannot work with the genesys backend.
The pushed button should be reported as target. Please try '$ scanimage -A' after pushing any button abd watch the line strting with--target. Hope this helps. Cheers, Rolf Am 25.04.19 um 09:38 schrieb Patrick Menschel: > Hi, > > I'm new to the mailing list and to SANE as well. > > I'd like to ask if there is documentation / guide how to add new devices > to the Genesys backend? > > I'm facing the problem to get a CanoScan 8800f working on a headless > Raspberry Pi while using Scanbuttond to start different scan mode scripts. > > As the CanoScan 8800f currently uses the PIXMA backend, it is limited to > 2 buttons and one is the on/off button, so no luck with that. > > On the other hand, I tested the setup with a Canon Lide 220 that already > uses the Genesys backend and it worked exceptionally well. > > For the Genesys backend, the CanoScan 8400f, the little brother of the > 8800f, is already included in backends/backend/genesyy_devices.c . > > So the most promising solution would be to add the 8800f to the Genesys > backend instead of PIXMA. > > Thanks and Best Regards, > Patrick Menschel > > -- sane-devel mailing list: [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to [email protected]
