Re: USB, Umax USB 1220-U Scanner, SCSI over USB

Oliver Rauch (oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE)
Fri, 21 May 1999 23:07:01 +0200

Fred Willingham wrote:

> >From the kernel update blurbs I see that the USB hub code in the newest
> kernels is working. I see that mouse and keyboard support is in there. Disk
> support is being worked on. I don't see anything about scanner support, yet.
>
> Would a SCSI over USB software bridge make it easy to create a back end for
> the Umax 1220-U? If so, what form would that software take: Linux Device
> Driver or included in the SANE Back End for the scanner, or what?
>
> Would the command set be the same for the USB version of the scanner as the
> command set for the SCSI version of the scanner?
>

No, that does not work.
The Umax Astra 1220 U is based on the Astra 1220P and we don`t get the protocol
for them, it is different to the Astra 1220S protocoll.

Bye
Oliver

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