Does libprs500 support the Sony Reader dock?

griffbrad · 09-06-2007, 05:12 PM

I think it would be nice to be able to just drop it on there at night have the New York Times waiting in the morning. Along those lines, is there any way to schedule libprs500's new fetching? I'd gladly pay $100 to have the feature added, if not.

kovidgoyal · 09-06-2007, 05:46 PM

I assume you're using windows?

beartard · 09-06-2007, 07:31 PM

Seems like something that could easily be done with whatever the Windows equivalents are for bash scripts and crontabs....but I've been proven to ruin things with Windows before ;-)

kovidgoyal · 09-06-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by beartard

Seems like something that could easily be done with whatever the Windows equivalents are for bash scripts and crontabs....but I've been proven to ruin things with Windows before ;-)

Thing is I have no idea what those equivalents might be.

NatCh · 09-06-2007, 09:24 PM

The Cradle, if that's what you mean by "dock" is just a port replicator, essentially. it connects to the PC via USB and to AC power via wall-wart -- I don't think that electrically, it's any different from using the USB and AC cables, so it should work with libPRS500 just fine, and I wouldn't think that it would matter what OS you were using either. It's not like it does anything itself, it's just a quicker/easier connection method than the individual cables.

Hadrien · 09-06-2007, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Thing is I have no idea what those equivalents might be.

.bat files and the Windows scheduling service (translated the name of the service from french, might be named in a different way).

RalphTrickey · 09-06-2007, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Thing is I have no idea what those equivalents might be.

There's windows scheduler under the Program Menu/Accessories tab, and batch files for simple stuff (and complex.)

If you want to get crazy, I think that there is at least one tool from MS, and maybe others that will let you run bash, ls, etc.

kovidgoyal · 09-07-2007, 08:20 AM

Hmm well a simple script to do this is

Code:

web2lrf nytimes --username abcd --password dcba -o nytimes.lrf
prs500 cp -f nytimes.lrf prs500:/Data/media/books

Just have that run with windows scheduler/cron and you should be good to go provided you remember to drop the reader on its cradle.

09-06-2007, 05:12 PM	#1
griffbrad Member Posts: 21 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2006	Does libprs500 support the Sony Reader dock? I think it would be nice to be able to just drop it on there at night have the New York Times waiting in the morning. Along those lines, is there any way to schedule libprs500's new fetching? I'd gladly pay $100 to have the feature added, if not.

09-07-2007, 08:20 AM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Hmm well a simple script to do this is Code: web2lrf nytimes --username abcd --password dcba -o nytimes.lrf prs500 cp -f nytimes.lrf prs500:/Data/media/books Just have that run with windows scheduler/cron and you should be good to go provided you remember to drop the reader on its cradle.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,839 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I assume you're using windows?

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beartard Minister of Linux Posts: 196 Karma: 73235 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Winter Haven, Florida, USA Device: nook, T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide	Seems like something that could easily be done with whatever the Windows equivalents are for bash scripts and crontabs....but I've been proven to ruin things with Windows before ;-)

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NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	The Cradle, if that's what you mean by "dock" is just a port replicator, essentially. it connects to the PC via USB and to AC power via wall-wart -- I don't think that electrically, it's any different from using the USB and AC cables, so it should work with libPRS500 just fine, and I wouldn't think that it would matter what OS you were using either. It's not like it does anything itself, it's just a quicker/easier connection method than the individual cables.

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