NAME

       sane-dc25 - SANE backend for Kodak DC20/DC25 Digital Cameras

DESCRIPTION

       The  sane-dc25  library implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that provides access to Kodak
       DC20 and DC25 cameras.  At present, only the DC25 has been tested, but since the code is based on a  DC20
       interface program, it is likely to work for that model also.

DEVICE NAMES

       The  current  version  of  the backend only allows one camera to be connected.  The device name is always
       "0".

CONFIGURATION

       The contents of the dc25.conf specify the serial port and baud rate to use.  The baud rate specifies  the
       maximum  rate to use while downloading pictures.  (The camera is always initialized using 9600 baud, then
       switches to the higher rate).  On my 90MHz Pentium, I usually have no problems downloading at 115200 baud
       as long as the system is not excessively busy and the "interrupt-unmask flag" is set in  the  IDE  driver
       (hdparm -u1).  Supported baud rates are: 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200.

       The  dumpinquiry  line  causes  some information about the camera to be printed to stderr during startup.
       Note:  This is not compatible with saned, so make sure you don't have any dumpinquiry lines  if  you  are
       using saned (i.e. scanning on a remote machine using a network).

       Empty  lines  and  lines starting with a hash mark (#) are ignored.  A sample configuration file is shown
       below:

              port=/dev/ttyS0
              # this is a comment
              baud=115200
              dumpinquiry

FILES

       @CONFIGDIR@/dc25.conf
              The backend configuration file (see also description of SANE_CONFIG_DIR below).

       @LIBDIR@/libsane-dc25.a
              The static library implementing this backend.

       @LIBDIR@/libsane-dc25.so
              The shared library implementing this backend (present on systems that support dynamic loading).

ENVIRONMENT

       SANE_CONFIG_DIR
              This environment variable specifies the list of directories that  may  contain  the  configuration
              file.   Under UNIX, the directories are separated by a colon (`:'), under OS/2, they are separated
              by a semi-colon (`;').  If this variable is not set, the configuration file  is  searched  in  two
              default  directories:  first, the current working directory (".") and then in @CONFIGDIR@.  If the
              value of the environment variable ends with the directory separator character,  then  the  default
              directories  are  searched  after  the  explicitly  specified  directories.   For example, setting
              SANE_CONFIG_DIR to "/tmp/config:" would result in directories "tmp/config", ".", and "@CONFIGDIR@"
              being searched (in this order).

       SANE_DEBUG_DC25
              If the library was compiled with debugging support enabled, this environment variable controls the
              debug level for this backend.  A value of 128 requests maximally  copious  debug  output;  smaller
              levels reduce verbosity.

SEE ALSO

       sane(7)

AUTHOR

       Peter Fales, dc25-devel@fales-lorenz.net

BUGS

       Known bugs/limitations are:

       I  haven't  figured  out how to trigger an option reload following a "scan."  This causes problems when a
       new picture is snapped for example, the slider that is used to select the picture from the camera may not
       be updated immediately.

       More general comments, suggestions, and  inquiries  about  frontends  or  SANE  should  go  to  the  SANE
       Developers  mailing  list  (see http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html for details).  You must be
       subscribed to the list, otherwise your mail won't be sent to the subscribers.

@PACKAGEVERSION@                                   11 Jul 2008                                      sane-dc25(5)