Hi, On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 07:01:09PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > I'm interested in writing a backend for my Visioneer 5800. I've > written some C code in my lifetime but that's about all the > prerequisites that I have to bring to the project.
That and a lot of patience is enough :-) Please show us the output of "cat /proc/bus/usb/devices" when the scanner is plugged in. > I've opened up the box but couldn't get to the chipset for fear of > damaging the wiring harness. Any suggestions about getting the > maximum info about the product. I'm told it's a LM9832 chipset. Can > anyone confirm or deny this? Just try it. There is a tool to find out about some known chipsets: http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/check-usb-scanner/ > Can anyone recommend an example of a working backend that would be > similar to what a Visioneer backend might look like? If it's really a LM9832, adding support to the plustek backend is the way to go. But i doubt that it's really that chipset. Our database says "E5" chipset, whatever that means. > I've studied a bunch of stuff and feel lost in an information > explosion. Any tips and shortcuts that are applicable would be > greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! There have been wuite some discussion about how to start writing a backend during the last week so reading the archive of sane-devel may help to get started. Bye, Henning
