[sane-devel] Can sensors be set to a value?

Simon Matter simon.matter at invoca.ch
Fri Feb 28 14:00:50 UTC 2014


> The fujitsu sane backend does not support software changes to that
> setting, because it was effectively read-only in older scanners. I
> think the newer machines might support software control of that value.
> I will try to find some time to look at that this weekend.

Thank you Allan!
Regards,
Simon

>
> allan
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:35 AM, Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using sane-backends-1.0.24 to access a new Fujitsu fi-7160.
>>
>> The manpage shows this in the Sensor section:
>>
>>     --function <int> [0] [hardware]
>>         Function character on screen
>>
>> My question is, is there a way to set a sensor value by software, not
>> using the buttons on the device?
>>
>> The main question is because Fujitsu has changed the default function to
>> 0
>> in the newest device series while it was 1 in older devices like the
>> fi-6130.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Simon
>>
>>
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