[sane-devel] Re: HP 7450C - Error trying to scan in powersave mode

Erik P. Olsen erik@epo.dk
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:25:11 +0200


Hi Ren=C3=A9,

Have you had a chance to take a look on this problem?

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Regards,
Erik P. Olsen

On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 17:56, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> Hi again,
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> On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 00:17, Ren=C3=A9 Rebe wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > Erik P. Olsen wrote:
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> > > OK, I'll do this additional test, but I fear wait_4_light() will wa=
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> > > forever. As I see it the scanner performs correctly after reboot, t=
hen
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> > It should not. It is executed before _every_ scan. So it works at lea=
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> > after the initial warmup after powering the scanner and booting the=20
> > workstation. When we have no other bug somewehere (my hope) it should=
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> > work just fine - just wait a bit longer. And since it worked for me h=
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> > with a HP 5370 and 7400 it should wait just a bit longer for your one=
 ...
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> I promised a debug listing of the situation with an extended timeout
> setting. However, in order to have a reference I wanted to perform a
> correct scan done after a reboot. You'll find this listing attached. Th=
e
> disturbing thing is that this time the error occurred at the very
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> I have come to the point now where I no longer see a trend in the error=
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> I'll have to take back what I thought was happening. What is left is
> that sometime when the scanner in not heated up it'l start the scan
> prematurely and something like 60-70% through the scan it will stop wit=
h
> an ear-splitting noise which makes me stop the scanner by pulling the
> plug.
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> I therefore see no need to extend the timeout value. The problem must b=
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> something else.
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> Please let me know if you need more documentation. Perhaps you'll still
> want the debug listing of the extended timeout period :-)
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> > > after the lamp has cooled off and no new reboot performed then the
> > > disaster happens. It's like a reset is missing. I'll test if this
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> > I have no documentation how to reset the scanner "officially" and=20
> > currently the backend has no code for this.
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> > > assumption is correct, but it takes some time because the lamp shou=
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> > > have ample time to cool off and unfortunately I have very little ti=
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> > > now. I'll see if I can squeeze in the time for the test though.
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> > Do not bother to hury, I have enough to do anyway ...
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> > Have fun,
> >    Ren=C3=A9