Reading from USB 2432

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 07:56:49 +0200, Hx staggered into the Black Sun and said:

Hm. The max length of USB cables isn't insanely long. "What kind of weather are we having 10 feet away from the computer?"

Probably. You'll almost certainly have to figure out the protocol that the device is using first, since the manufacturer probably considers it a Super Secret(tm). I hear there's a "USB sniffer" available for 'Doze that'll capture all the packets being sent over USB, so you can fine out how the 'Doze program talks to the device. Google:--"usbsnoopy" for a place to start looking.

Wrong keywords. "libusb" is a C library that allows you to read and write data to arbitrary USB devices. The SANE backends all use libusb for USB scanners. And you don't read and write to *ports*, per se, but poke through the "documentation" pages.

Sure, you just have to figure out the protocol being used. HTH,

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