[fprint] 1307:1171 Transcend Fingerprint Reader

[Benjamin Lim]

Hi,

I dont mind working on the driver as long as i have someone to guide me 
through the process.

I have looked through the git repo for libfprint. However, I am not very 
clear as to which parts have to be written to support a new device.

 From what I understand, i need to sniff the usb packets to determine 
what data is sent during startup,idle and while reading the prints. Then 
i need to write C source with functions to detect the state of the 
reader and read in the data and transmit it over the internal API for 
processing?

The enrollment, storage and verification process are all being performed 
by a standard library?

Thanks
Ben


On 11/27/2012 11:11 PM, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Benjamin Lim <mail at limbenjamin.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
> Hi Benjamin,
>
>> Recently, i have been trying to get my Transcend Fingerprint reader working
>> on Linux and realised that fprint currently does not support it.
>>
>> The device info is ID 1307:1171 Transcend Information, Inc. Fingerprint
>> Reader
>>
>> Attempts have been made in the past to support the device at the thread here
>> but it seems incomplete.
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/fprint@reactivated.net/msg00254.html
>>
>> Is it possible to support this device? If you need any logs or data, do let
>> me know.
> It's unlikely until someone from devs get his hands on the device,
> it's close to impossible
> to develop driver for remote device, sorry.
>
> However I can help with analyzing logs.
>
> Regards
> Vasily