[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-10 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Nov 9 18:39 Wilhelm wrote (shortened): Am 09.11.2010 17:47, schrieb Johannes Meixner: If it really needs HAL, it is probably not very promising because HAL is meanwhile deprecated. yes, I know that! But its not scanbd's fault Of course it is not scanbd's fault! Bottom line:

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-10 Thread Wilhelm
Hello, Am 10.11.2010 10:02, schrieb Johannes Meixner: Hello, On Nov 9 18:39 Wilhelm wrote (shortened): Am 09.11.2010 17:47, schrieb Johannes Meixner: If it really needs HAL, it is probably not very promising because HAL is meanwhile deprecated. yes, I know that! But its not scanbd's

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-09 Thread m. allan noah
Wilhelm- This looks very promising! 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

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-09 Thread Wilhelm
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:

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-09 Thread m. allan noah
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

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-09 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Nov 9 09:02 m. allan noah wrote: Wilhelm- This looks very promising! 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 ... If it really needs HAL, it is

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-09 Thread m. allan noah
Yes- Wilhelm and I have been discussing this off list. It appears that we can get scanbd to be very useful, even without desktop integration via hal. allan On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Wilhelm wilhelm.meier at fh-kl.de wrote: Hello, Am 09.11.2010 17:47, schrieb Johannes Meixner: Hello,

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-06 Thread Wilhelm
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

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-05 Thread 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

[sane-devel] Detect scan button on ScanSnap S1500 (sane-fujitsu backend)

2010-11-05 Thread m. allan noah
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Mikael Nordenberg mikael at ikanos.se wrote: Is this model not supported when detecting buttons, or am I doing something completely wrong? Fortunately, it's the latter. Scanimage is not smart enough to monitor the buttons exposed by the driver and perform an