[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux driver for Olympus VN-240PC Digital Voice Recorder USB

[Kenneth Loafman]

If by VMware working with digital cameras, I've got a Canon G2 that
works quite well in a VMware guest WinXP session under Ubuntu Linux.

I've even had Skype working with a USB webcam in the same lashup.

. Daniel wrote:
> I have run into that problem before with a couple of different devices.  
> Both were tiny digital cameras.... one of the two are those "James Bond 
> 007" looks like a zippo lighter cameras.  Works under MacOS and Windows but 
> Linux won't have anything to do with it.  I wonder if Wine would enable the 
> device.  Not sure wine works that way though.  If I had one of those 
> olympus devices available to me I'd be interested to play with it.
> 
> Oh yeah, what about vmware?  Anyone think that may help?
> 
>> Guys,
>>
>> I'm googled/RTFM-out....am trying to set-up so that my SuSE10.1 system can
>> access the above listed device.
>>
>> Here's a product page (doesn't seem to be any US pages!?):
>>
>> http://www.olympusvoice.com.au/products/digital/notetakers/vn240pc_specifications.html
> 
>> found a discussion awhile back where they were trying to get it running on
>> SuSE 9.3.....BUT NO CONCLUSION was reached?
>>
>> Any information would be helpful!! - Thanks!  Also, on a side note, I
>> tried to operate through VMWare...but 'VM --> Removable Devices --> USB
>> Devices' shows 'empty'.....hmmm
>>
>> Here's a tail of dmesg:
>>
>> usb 2-10: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5
>> usb 2-10: config index 0 descriptor too short (expected 39, got 24)
>> usb 2-10: config 1 has an invalid descriptor of length 7, skipping
>> remainder of the config
>> usb 2-10: config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0 has 0 endpoint descriptors,
>> different from the interface descriptor's value: 3
>> usb 2-10: new device found, idVendor=07b4, idProduct=020d
>> usb 2-10: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
>> usb 2-10: Product: DIGITAL VOICE RECOR
>> usb 2-10: Manufacturer: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD.
>> usb 2-10: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>>
>> and here is:
>>
>> linux-8eax:~ # lsusb -vv
>>
>> Bus 002 Device 007: ID 07b4:020d Olympus Optical Co., Ltd Digital Voice
>> Recorder VN-240PC
>> Device Descriptor:
>>   bLength                18
>>   bDescriptorType         1
>>   bcdUSB               1.10
>>   bDeviceClass          255 Vendor Specific Class
>>   bDeviceSubClass       255 Vendor Specific Subclass
>>   bDeviceProtocol       255 Vendor Specific Protocol
>>   bMaxPacketSize0         8
>>   idVendor           0x07b4 Olympus Optical Co., Ltd
>>   idProduct          0x020d Digital Voice Recorder VN-240PC
>>   bcdDevice            1.00
>>   iManufacturer           1
>>   iProduct                2
>>   iSerial                 0
>>   bNumConfigurations      1
>>   Configuration Descriptor:
>>     bLength                 9
>>     bDescriptorType         2
>>     wTotalLength           39
>>     bNumInterfaces          1
>>     bConfigurationValue     1
>>     iConfiguration          0
>>     bmAttributes         0x80
>>       (Bus Powered)
>>     MaxPower              100mA
>>     Interface Descriptor:
>>       bLength                 9
>>       bDescriptorType         4
>>       bInterfaceNumber        0
>>       bAlternateSetting       0
>>       bNumEndpoints           3
>>       bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
>>       bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
>>       bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
>>       iInterface              0
>>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>>         bLength                 7
>>         bDescriptorType         5
>>         bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
>>         bmAttributes            2
>>           Transfer Type            Bulk
>>           Synch Type               None
>>           Usage Type               Data
>>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
>>         bInterval               0
>>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>>         bLength                 7
>>         bDescriptorType         5
>>         bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
>>         bmAttributes            2
>>           Transfer Type            Bulk
>>           Synch Type               None
>>           Usage Type               Data
>>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
>>         bInterval               0
>>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>>         bLength                 7
>>         bDescriptorType         5
>>         bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
>>         bmAttributes            3
>>           Transfer Type            Interrupt
>>           Synch Type               None
>>           Usage Type               Data
>>         wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
>>         bInterval              50
>> Device Status:     0x0000
>>   (Bus Powered)
>>
>>
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