[sane-devel] Neat NM-1000

[Stef]

On 11/01/2014 04:23, Kentrell Johnson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Neat NM-1000 scanner that I would like to try to get working
> with SANE.  Someone previously tried to get it working, but ultimately
> could not determine which chipset it uses:
>
>    http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2011-June/028637.html
>
> The chipset is still not detected with the latest SANE backends
> (1.0.24).  'sane-find-scanner -v -v' reports:
>
>    <Couldn't determine the type of the USB chip (result from
> sane-backends 1.0.24)>
>
> The e-mail linked above suggested using usbsnoop on Windows to capture a
> log, from which it might be possible to determine the chipset.  I
> installed usbsnoop from http://sourceforge.net/projects/usbsnoop/, but
> it does not seem to be functional in Windows 7.  Is there another USB
> sniffer that might capture the relevant information?
>
> Would it be possible to determine the chipset from taking it apart and
> examining the internals?  There seem to be no accessible screws on the
> device, so I am not sure I can open it without breaking it (but am
> willing to do that as a last resort).
>
> Is reverse engineering the Windows or Mac drivers a possibility for
> determining the chipset?  Maybe running them through 'strings' would be
> revealing?
>
> Thanks,
> Kentrell
>
     Hello,

     this scanner has been identified as a gl846 based scanner. See 
https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&group_id=30186&aid=312366&atid=410369 
.

Regards,
     Stef