Towitoko Chipdrive USB init failed

Plugging the Towitoko CHIPDRIVE micro 130 v4.30A USB SmartCard reader results in:

04789060 hotplug_libhal.c:307:get_driver() Looking a driver for VID: 0x067B, PID: 0x2303
00000032 hotplug_libhal.c:342:HPAddDevice() Adding USB device: usb_device_67b_2303_noserial_if0
01001277 readerfactory.c:1024:RFInitializeReader() Attempting startup of Towitoko Chipdrive USB 00 00 using /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/towitoko.bundle/Contents/Linux/libtowitoko.so.2.0.0
00000240 readerfactory.c:846:RFBindFunctions() Loading IFD Handler 2.0
01480284 readerfactory.c:1050:RFInitializeReader() Open Port 200000 Failed (usb:067b/2303:libhal:/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_67b_2303_noserial_if0)
00000034 readerfactory.c:914:RFUnloadReader() Unloading reader driver.
00000072 readerfactory.c:233:RFAddReader() Towitoko Chipdrive USB init failed.
00000016 hotplug_libhal.c:397:HPAddDevice() Failed adding USB device: usb_device_67b_2303_noserial_if0

The device was tested on Windows XP and works properly.

Another device (iMono Mobile Express CP611) works (using monosim 1.5.2) with my present configuration (Ubuntu 9.10).

pcsc-lite package version : "Version: 1.5.3-1ubuntu1"

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 23 15:45:02 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: pcscd 1.5.3-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: pcsc-lite
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1851): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1851): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:1948): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1972): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (firefox:2093): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times