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

[m. allan noah]

I tried to update the function code as per the documentation, but the
scanner gives an error. I have sent email to Fujitsu asking for
advice.

allan

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:06 AM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The protocol document says that the initial value can be changed, but
> then goes on to say that no scanners support this command. That type
> of thing is sometimes an error in the documentation. I will have to
> try it myself to see if it works.
>
> allan
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> wrote:
>> Hi Allan,
>>
>> Did you already find the time to look at this?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Simon
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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>>
>>
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