[sane-devel] Xerox Phaser 6180MFP / Which Protocol is used ? See USBSnoop.log

[m. allan noah]

Well, it's not a SCSI-based protocol. Looks more like lots of small
register reads/writes, like a lower-level chipset. Perhaps someone
else will recognize the more specific protocol.

allan

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Dipl.Geogr.G.Birkenfeld
<gerobirkenfeld at web.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  as m.allan noah recommended in his last post (see below) I used USBSnoop
> to generate a log (find it enclosed).
> Is anybody recognizing the Protocol used, or is anybody able and willing to
> writer/modify a driver ?
>
> Thanks for your help..
>
> G.Birkenfeld
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: m. allan noah [mailto:kitno455 at gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 15. Januar 2010 23:46
> An: birkenfeld at geobiz.de
> Cc: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: [sane-devel] What device does Xerox Phaser 6180MFP use ? See
> output here..
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Dipl.Geogr.G.Birkenfeld
> <gerobirkenfeld at web.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>  I am absolutely new to Linux, but anyway I have been in contact with
>> the mantainer of xerox_mfp backend. He suggested to ask on this
>> mailing list, if somebody knows a compatible driver, or can do something
> about my problem:
>>
>> I bought a Xerox Phaser 6180MFP lately, but I cannot use the scanner
>> under Linux because it is not listed and stated as compatible on
> sane-project.org.
>> But I tried to
>>
>> 1. run "sane-find-scanner" which gave me the USB ID...
>> 2. found USB ID's (vendor and manufacturer) and added them in HEX to
>> xerox_mfp.conf 3. tried SANE_DEBUG_XEROX_MFP=9 scanimage -L which did
>> not
>> work:
>
> [snip]
>
>> If there is no driver available, what informations are needed to
>> develop one, and, if it is possible is there anybody to out there to take
> tasks ?
>
> The usb interface looks simple enough, very few endpoints. Can you get a
> trace of the windows driver making a small black and white scan using this
> tool: http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/ Then zip the log, and send
> it to the list. Perhaps someone will recognize the protocol.
>
> There are individuals on this list who will write and/or modify drivers.
> Some do this for free or for hardware donation, others do it for payment.
>
> allan
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