primax: Thread: Getting docs from Primax

Hi all,
	I have seen on freshmeat today an announcement from another group
developing a driver for the Artec AS6E parallel port. However something
quite interesting is the docs which were provided to them ( check tham
out
at : http://as6edriver.sourceforge.net/hacking.html ).

Why will primax not make docs like this available ? 
Surely they should understand that if their competitors scanners are 
supported better under linux than the primax scanners then they will
loose
customers. Or if they are going to move completely to USB interfaces
then the release of the docs for the parallel interface should not be
a problem.

On a slightly different note : does anyone know how to catch the fact
that
the scanner button has been pressed ?

CP

On 14-Feb-00 C Hennessy wrote:
> Hi all,
>       I have seen on freshmeat today an announcement from another group
> developing a driver for the Artec AS6E parallel port. However something
> quite interesting is the docs which were provided to them ( check tham
> out
> at : http://as6edriver.sourceforge.net/hacking.html ).
> 
> Why will primax not make docs like this available ? 
> Surely they should understand that if their competitors scanners are 
> supported better under linux than the primax scanners then they will
> loose
> customers.
Well, don't know if they'll really LOOSE custumers, but they keep potential customers
from buying one of their scanners.

> Or if they are going to move completely to USB interfaces
> then the release of the docs for the parallel interface should not be
> a problem.
Well... perhaps' these aren't their plans...
 
> On a slightly different note : does anyone know how to catch the fact
> that
> the scanner button has been pressed ?
There is a flag (Bit in a register) in the ASIC registers, which is set, 
when the button has been pressed.
Thomas told me to know more about which register this was...

in the E1/E3 ASIC this is Bit 1 in Register 12... (but the ASIC of the D300 isn't compatible
with the E1/E3 ASIC...)

cu.

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Christian Ordig wrote:

> > On a slightly different note : does anyone know how to catch the fact
> > that
> > the scanner button has been pressed ?
> There is a flag (Bit in a register) in the ASIC registers, which is set,
> when the button has been pressed.
> Thomas told me to know more about which register this was...

To detect that the button was pressed once is easy, but to reset this flag isn't that easy. ->
I'm searching for the appropriate sequence.

>
>
> in the E1/E3 ASIC this is Bit 1 in Register 12... (but the ASIC of the D300 isn't compatible
> with the E1/E3 ASIC...)
>
> cu.
>
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Christian Ordig wrote:

> > On a slightly different note : does anyone know how to catch the fact
> > that
> > the scanner button has been pressed ?
> There is a flag (Bit in a register) in the ASIC registers, which is set,
> when the button has been pressed.
> Thomas told me to know more about which register this was...

To detect that the button was pressed once is easy, but to reset this flag isn't that easy. ->
I'm searching for the appropriate sequence.

>
>
> in the E1/E3 ASIC this is Bit 1 in Register 12... (but the ASIC of the D300 isn't compatible
> with the E1/E3 ASIC...)
>
> cu.
>
> ---
> Christian Ordig             | The Primax Scanner Driver Project for Linux/UN*X |
> Germany                     |   http://thor.prohosting.com/~chrordig/Primax/   |
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>  / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /   | bugs can be fixed in source opposed to waiting   |
> /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\   | for a stable WinTendo from Micro$oft.            |
>
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Christian Ordig wrote:

> > On a slightly different note : does anyone know how to catch the fact
> > that
> > the scanner button has been pressed ?
> There is a flag (Bit in a register) in the ASIC registers, which is set,
> when the button has been pressed.
> Thomas told me to know more about which register this was...

To detect that the button was pressed once is easy, but to reset this
flag isn't that easy. ->
I'm searching for the appropriate sequence.

>
>
> in the E1/E3 ASIC this is Bit 1 in Register 12... (but the ASIC of the D300 isn't compatible
> with the E1/E3 ASIC...)
>
> cu.
>
> ---
> Christian Ordig             | The Primax Scanner Driver Project for Linux/UN*X |
> Germany                     |   http://thor.prohosting.com/~chrordig/Primax/   |
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>   / /  (_)__  __ ____  __   | Why Linux? Because it is free, stable, and       |
>  / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ /   | bugs can be fixed in source opposed to waiting   |
> /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\   | for a stable WinTendo from Micro$oft.            |
>
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