Handling Scanner Button Actions

I want to be able to respond programatically to the button on my Canon DR-M160 scanner. Here is the results of the initial research conducted.

• http://scanbuttond.sourceforge.net/
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/scanbuttond/files/ - Downloads appear broken

A Linux daemon to poll for USB events from a scanner.

This search turned up a couple of others - both on SourceForge. Pity the download seems broken at the moment!

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/scanbd/
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/sbd-scripts/

Attempted to download these examples today (2015-07-25) but SourceForge downloads are broken. the published CVS urls aso do not respond and SVN is down...

Articles

• http://archive09.linux.com/feature/59138

Other Links

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Scanner_Button_Daemon (scanbd)
• http://eduardoluis.com/raspberry-pi-and-usb-network-scanner/ - Using RaspberryPi to setup a network scanner

Here's One

• http://superuser.com/questions/139259/assign-default-program-to-scanner-button

Finally found the solution:

Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Devices and Printers\Epsone Perfection V500

 Right click => Scan Properties

Tab Events

'Prompt which program to run' is selected

 Select 'Start with this program' => done.

The issue was not too localized as it applies to many devices with events. It is not a Epson problem to my opinion, but a general customization in Windows, which I failed to discover up until now.

• http://support-au.canon.com.au/contents/AU/EN/8100097300.html