[iyonix-support] Re: USB device list

  • From: Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:28:05 +0300

Chris Evans wrote:

> On Mon 07 Aug, Michael Ben-Gershon wrote:
>   
>> Can the list of USB devices be added to, or are the
>> devices 'hard wired' into the module with no possiblility
>> of extension? I want to add my new Epson Perfection 4990
>> Scanner (vendor 4b8 device 12a).
>>     
>
> Very unlikely to work.
>
> >From the information we have from David Pilling all? the models his TWAIN
> driver supports (Epson Perfection 1640, 1650, 1660, 2400 & 4870 USB) used
> the same API and for them adding support for the appropriate deviceID's into
> the software was what was required.
> When Epson launched the 1670, it and all? subsequent models used a totally
> new undocumented API:-(
>
> n.b. The GT15000 A3 scanner for which we recently announced RISC OS TWAIN
> support fortunatly uses the older API:-)
>   

I can confirm that the 4990 works fine with David Pilling's drivers. I just
wondered if it could be added to the USBDevs file in Resources:

Michael Ben-Gershon
mybg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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