Finding attached device requires restarting Calibre

[fartang]

Hi All,

I am using Calibre 8.12. When I connect my Ipad to the PC (MS WIndows 7) the device is not detected unless I restart Calibre, after restarting there is no problem with detecting the device but sopme of the plugins do not show up in the tool bar. Is this normal?

Th output of Pref>Misc>debug dev. detection is given below.

Version: 0.8.12
USB devices on system:
[u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid3a37&rev0000',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid3a34&rev0000',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid3a38&rev0000',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid3a36&rev0000',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid3a39&rev0000',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid3a35&rev0000',
u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3a3a&rev0000',
u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3a3c&rev0000',
u'usb\\vid_0461&pid_4d7a&rev_0002',
u'usb\\vid_0461&pid_4d7a&rev_0002&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_0461&pid_4d7a&rev_0002&mi_01',
u'usb\\vid_04a9&pid_221e&rev_0400',
u'usb\\vid_058f&pid_6362&rev_0100',
u'usb\\vid_05ac&pid_129f&rev_0001',
u'usb\\vid_05ac&pid_129f&rev_0001&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_0a5c&pid_21b1&rev_0513',
u'usb\\vid_1058&pid_1010&rev_0175',
u'usb\\vid_1058&pid_1010&rev_0175']
Drives detected:
Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK
BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52
E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK
FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK
IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK
JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KOBO LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR
MIBUK MOOVYBOOK N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2
ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL PDNOVEL_KOBO PICO POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360
POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 README S60 SHINEBOOK
SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3 THEBOOK
TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED VELOCITYMICRO WEXLER

Looking for devices...
u'usb\\vid_05ac&pid_129f&rev_0001'
u'usb\\vid_05ac&pid_129f&rev_0001&mi_00'

Devices possibly connected: None

Thanks for the help

[PeterT]

There are multiple menus; adding the Plugin to the standard Library menu does NOT change the menu displayed when you have a device attached.

Go to Preferences | Toolbar. At the top you will see Main Toolbar. Click on that and you can select alternate toolbars to customize.

[fartang]

Thanks PereT; that solved half of my problem. The other question is that when Caliber is running and you attach iPad, is it normal that you need to restart Calibre to be able to see the device in the menu bar and be able to transfer books to it? That is what happens in my case. When I connect the ipad it is not detected right away and restart of Calibre is necessary.

Thanks

[PeterT]

Sorry... Not an Apple user.. Have you read through Calibre + Apple iDevices: Start here

[theducks]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Sorry... Not an Apple user.. Have you read through Calibre + Apple iDevices: Start here

Do you have some OTHER "i" device attached (like just charging?).

[fartang]

No, iPad is the only one that is attached to the PC. I used to use a kindle before, but it is a while that I do not use it.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by fartang

when Caliber is running and you attach iPad, is it normal that you need to restart Calibre to be able to see the device in the menu bar and be able to transfer books to it?

I don't have an iPad so I may be off base, but since the recommended (read supported) method of transferring your books to the iPad is via iTunes it doesn't really matter if your iPad is detected or not. You shouldn't be attemping to transfer books directly to your iPad.

Do as PeterT suggested and read the Calibre + Apple iDevices: Start here sticky post for details.

[itimpi]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

I don't have an iPad so I may be off base, but since the recommended (read supported) method of transferring your books to the iPad is via iTunes it doesn't really matter if your iPad is detected or not. You shouldn't be attemping to transfer books directly to your iPad.

In fact if you use the recommended method of transfering via Connect to iTunes, then you should have the Apple device driver disabled in Calibre so that it never get picked up directly.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by itimpi

In fact if you use the recommended method of transfering via Connect to iTunes, then you should have the Apple device driver disabled in Calibre so that it never get picked up directly.

True enough, here is step three from the Start here guide.

Launch calibre, set Preferences:

• Preferences|Behavior|Preferred output format to EPUB
• Preferences|Conversion|common options|page setup|Output profile to iPad
• Preferences|Plugins|Device Interface plugins|Apple device interface - click Enable/Disable plugin so that driver is disabled (grayed out). This makes it possible to use the 'Connect to iTunes' method described below. It is still possible to customize the plugin, as these settings are shared among the various Apple device drivers.