[Wine] Use of Wine to access devices via Windows programs

[merkland]

Am attempting, so far without success, to access an Olympus Digital Recorder. It is connected to my PC by USB cable but is not recognised in Linux.
Olympus do not provide software for Linux use. 
Have installed Digital Wave Player, the windows program supplied by Olympus, in Wine and have had a USB drive installed in Wine Configuration but when I run Digital Wave Player there is no communication with the Recorder. If I run in Windows everything works perfectly.
Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong or am I expecting the impossible in trying to access external devices through Wine.