Libra 2 Deepl Translate with KoboStuff not working

[Eason314]

Hi Everyone,
I just joined MobileRead- very glad to be here!
I recently attempted to implement Deepl Translation with NickelMenu, as talked about in this reddit thread and GitHub thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/commen...g_nickel_menu/
https://github.com/pgaskin/NickelMen...ent-1547035975
Unfortunately, the translation seems to work for a while, probably 5-10 translations, but then breaks down. It returns the following:
"wget: bad address "api-free.deepl.com""
I can fix it temporarily by powering off and on the device, but it seems like a very inefficient method.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in advance! Glad to be here

[shawnshact]

Hello,

I noticed that I could fix the issue by manually reconnecting to wifi. Apparently Kobo disconnects you from the wifi while reading after a certain time period. I managed to fix this problem always forcing the wifi to be on. I followed the guidance here and added the following lines to the bottom of my Kobo eReader.conf.

[DeveloperSettings]
ForceWifiOn=true

Hope that helps. Can also maybe play around with the MaxWifiTimeout setting but not sure if that is working.

Source: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...perSettings.5D

[Tommalka]

If you are already using NickleMenu, you can just add:

menu_item :main :Force Wi-Fi On (toggle) :nickel_setting :toggle:force_wifi

[DNSB]

Just remember that having WiFi continuously on will increase battery use.

[elinkser]

Originally Posted by shawnshact

Hello,

I noticed that I could fix the issue by manually reconnecting to wifi. Apparently Kobo disconnects you from the wifi while reading after a certain time period. I managed to fix this problem always forcing the wifi to be on. I followed the guidance here

Source: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...perSettings.5D

Ahhh...so EnableDebugServices = DEVMODEON

Thanks for cluing me in!


EnableDebugServices
Enables a GUI for changing many of the developer settings, which can be found under the "Device Information" section of Settings. This can also be activated by typing 'devmodeon' in the settings. In addition, this enables a telnet server and writes logs to the ".kobo" directory.

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...ration_Options

[shawnshact]

Originally Posted by elinkser

Ahhh...so EnableDebugServices = DEVMODEON

Thanks for cluing me in!


EnableDebugServices
Enables a GUI for changing many of the developer settings, which can be found under the "Device Information" section of Settings. This can also be activated by typing 'devmodeon' in the settings. In addition, this enables a telnet server and writes logs to the ".kobo" directory.

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...ration_Options

Oh I like this much better as it allows you to easily enable/disable in the UI. This can help mitigate the battery issue without needing to plug the device into a computer and modify a config file. For me doing

[DeveloperSettings]
EnableDebugServices=true

also works. Thanks for showing a better option!