[sane-devel] Is OpticBook 3600 still supported?

[HuBandiT@gmail.com]

Indicentally, I also have an OpticBook 3600.

After a very brief try I was unsuccessful using Sane properly, so 
instead of looking into C/C++ I started working on a generic USB scanner 
protocol analyzer and driver-generator in Ruby and GTK. This would 
enable even non-programmer users to capture USB traffic from official 
drivers, section out certain structures, analyze/decode image data, etc. 
Non-progrmmer users with an eye for repetitive patterns could do most of 
the protocol analysis and dissection, and then engineers/programmers who 
understand a bit of USB and the datasheets of the chips in the scanners 
could fill in the missing logic parts.

It would provide very advanced settings for power users to create 
scanning profiles, e.g. set your stepper motor speed and acceleration 
curves, CCD driving frequency, etc. to balance between speed, image 
quality, sound/noise of scanning, etc.

It is still in a very early phase though.

2021.01.21. 11:37 keltezéssel, Olaf Meeuwissen írta:
> Hi list,
>
> FYI, Héctor also submitted this as
>
>    https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/429
>
> Héctor Abreu writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to scan using xsane on a Linux machine (running Devuan Beowulf) using an old Plustek OpticBook 3600 scanner.
>>
>> nzetina at portatil:~$ lsusb
>> Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c01b Logitech, Inc. MX310 Optical Mouse
>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 007 Device 003: ID 17ef:4807 Lenovo UVC Camera
>> Bus 007 Device 006: ID 07b3:0900 Plustek, Inc. OpticBook 3600 Scanner
>> Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 08ff:2810 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2810
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>>
>> When I run xsane, the program will close and I get the message below:
>>
>> nzetina at portatil:~$ xsane
>> [genesys] WARNING: Your scanner is not fully supported or at least
>> [genesys]          had only limited testing. Please be careful and
>> [genesys]          report any failure/success to
>> [genesys]          sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org. Please provide as many
>> [genesys]          details as possible, e.g. the exact name of your
>> [genesys]          scanner and what does (not) work.
>> *** stack smashing detected ***: <unknown> terminated
>> Abortado
>>
>> Please let me know if it's still supported.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any hint or help.
>>
>> Regards,
>
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