OT: hardware problems

[Ric Moore]

Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 13:50 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
>   
>> In this case it was just the lid that you normally open, hinged on the
>> long side, like a xerox machine. The scanner part is atop the printer.
>> When I opened it and moved the document a tad, it fired right up. I
>> had the document in place already when I fired up openoffice writer so
>> I thought it would scan. 
>>
>> Oh Heck no, it expects the sequence: 
>>
>> -start Open Office writer
>> -open the lid and place document
>> -close lid 
>> -mouseclick on "insert - picture - scan - select source" 
>> ... then it's happy. Who would ever guess? I remain amazed at it all. 
>>     
>
> I wonder if it's one of those devices that goes to sleep to save power,
> by itself (i.e. doesn't need the PC to put it to sleep), and it gets
> woken up by the lid switch.
>   
No idea Tim. It was like it needed a RTS/CTS signal for the scan to 
happen, which it got by opening the lid. Like the guy with the 
soundcard, I was getting desperate and turning the air blue around me. 
When I happened to open and close the lid, it worked. Go figure. Ric