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

[David Simmons]

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)