plustek: Genius Colorpage Vivid III
Subject:
Re: Genius Colorpage Vivid III
From:
Gerhard Jaeger ####@####.####
Date:
30 Nov 2005 20:32:42 +0000
Message-Id: <200511302131.57964.gerhard@gjaeger.de>
On Wednesday 30 November 2005 19:17, Trev Jackson wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 Nov 2005 14:00, Gerhard Jaeger wrote:
> > On Wednesday 30 November 2005 13:17, Trev Jackson wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 30 Nov 2005 07:26, Gerhard Jaeger wrote:
> > > > On Monday 28 November 2005 06:50, Maria Del Monte wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a parport Genius Colorpage Vivid III and I tried the plustek
> > > > > backend with it, but it doesn't work. The resulting images are
> > > > > terrible. Searching the list I found a mail [1] from 2 years ago
> > > > > describing the same problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to know the status of this project, if it's still
> > > > > under active development. I can provide some samples and debugging
> > > > > information and some help in solving this issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > the project is still maintained, but as I don't have a Genius Vivid
> > > > III available here on my desk, I could not improve the driver -
> > > > sorry. I tried to get one of those devices via eBay, but had no
> > > > success so far
> > > >
> > > > :(
> > > >
> > > > I guess the calibration stuff need to be setup correctly.
> > > >
> > > > Gerhard
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I also have one of these and tried to get it working under linux
> > > sometime ago, I tried to capture the data sent to the scanner in
> > > windows, but the capture program could not manage it.
> > >
> > > I would be interested in getting it working, I have done some
> > > programming and used an i2c capture device with my Adaptec AVC-2410
> > > video capture card and have now added support for the card to the ivtv
> > > project, with some programming assistance from someone with a different
> > > Adaptec card.
> > >
> > > Is there a similar method of capturing data (using a separate computer
> > > to capture the data) for the parallel port so I could get the data that
> > > way?
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > > Trev
> >
> > Hmmm,
> >
> > I'm not sure if either WINE or VMWare might be an option to do this
> > tracking here. Probably VMWARE + a tweaked Linux parport driver might do
> > the trick...
> >
> > My 2 cents
> > Gerhard
>
> Hi Gerhard
>
> When I did the i2c monitoring I used the parallel port on a second computer
> to monitor a two wire bus on my video capture card. I thought I would
> modify the same software (lmilk-0.20 which is released under GNU GPL 2.0)
> to allow me to capture the parallel port data.
>
> I thought I would make up a special cable to connect the computer to the
> scanner with a buffer chip interfacing to the parallel port on a second
> computer to allow me to capture the data.
>
> I have not read through the plustek_pp code yet and so would be gratful if
> you would let me know which pins on the parallel port I need to monitor so
> I can sort out lmilk first and worry about doing something with the data
> later.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Trev
Hi Trev,
in the end the whole port is used! Data is written always as
8bit to the device. The other direction depends on the mode,
the port is set to. In EPP, also the data port is used, while SPP
uses 4 status lines.
HTH,
Gerhard
