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Calab · 12-28-2013, 01:39 AM

Hello!

I've had Calibre-Server.exe running as a service on my Windows 7 machine for a while. It provided my opds server needs, but several apps are not compatible with it.

Now I am trying to connect to the "Wireless Device Connection" that Calibre provides, but I don't see any method to enable it from "Calibre-Server.exe". If I can get the Wireless Device Connection working, I can use one of the excellent library browsing apps to download my books to my device and choose any reader I like.

If I start the Calibre app, I can start the Wireless Device Connection and everything on my Android tablet works as I expect, but when I start the calibre-server.exe service, only the opds connections are there. I am using the Android "Calibre Sync" app on my tablet to test the Wireless Device Connection feature of Calibre.

Can the wireless device connection be run WITHOUT having the Calibre app open?

The list of Android apps that I have tried to connect to the working Calibre-Server service are:
"FBReader" - Works with my current setup, and is my current choice of e-reader apps. I'd like to try more, but so far this is the only one that works.

"Aldiko" - Crashes when I try to access my Calibre server opds connection.

"MoonReader" - Seem to work with opds connection, but this reader is not optimized for a large tablet. Book shelf is kind of ugly.

Asus "My Bookshelf" - Doesn't support network libraries at all.

"Ultimate Reader" - Doesn't support opds libraries.

"EBook Reader" - Appears to only do a couple of formats, of which 95% of my books don't match.

12-28-2013, 01:39 AM	#1
Calab Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: Asus MeMOPad FDH 10	Run as Service - Wireless device connection Hello! I've had Calibre-Server.exe running as a service on my Windows 7 machine for a while. It provided my opds server needs, but several apps are not compatible with it. Now I am trying to connect to the "Wireless Device Connection" that Calibre provides, but I don't see any method to enable it from "Calibre-Server.exe". If I can get the Wireless Device Connection working, I can use one of the excellent library browsing apps to download my books to my device and choose any reader I like. If I start the Calibre app, I can start the Wireless Device Connection and everything on my Android tablet works as I expect, but when I start the calibre-server.exe service, only the opds connections are there. I am using the Android "Calibre Sync" app on my tablet to test the Wireless Device Connection feature of Calibre. Can the wireless device connection be run WITHOUT having the Calibre app open? The list of Android apps that I have tried to connect to the working Calibre-Server service are: "FBReader" - Works with my current setup, and is my current choice of e-reader apps. I'd like to try more, but so far this is the only one that works. "Aldiko" - Crashes when I try to access my Calibre server opds connection. "MoonReader" - Seem to work with opds connection, but this reader is not optimized for a large tablet. Book shelf is kind of ugly. Asus "My Bookshelf" - Doesn't support network libraries at all. "Ultimate Reader" - Doesn't support opds libraries. "EBook Reader" - Appears to only do a couple of formats, of which 95% of my books don't match.