Thread: Calibre will not connect to Kobo Touch
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Old 03-21-2015, 09:26 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Richard59 View Post
Thanks for responding. I have tries the KOBO in both USB2 and USB3 ports on the "Front" connectors and also on the ports integrated in the motherboard with the same lack of result.
I agree with Peter T regarding the device not showing in the list of USB devices even when connected. This is odd given that it shows up in windows explorer and is assigned a drive letter. I am certainly able to use the "Connect and Share" control in Calibre to link to folders in the Kobo but I re-iterate any books transferred into such folders fail to be processed by the Kobo when it is disconnected. For some reason the Touch only seems to process side-loaded books from it's root directory.
The Kobo firmware will definitely process books from sub directories unless the name starts with a dot. Or the names used are otherwise invalid or the extensions are not recognised ebook formats. When you look at the connected device, do you see the ".kobo" directory with database, config files and the kepub directory? Can you change anything in this directory?

After you use calibre to send the book to the connected directory, can you see them through explorer? When you disconnect and reconnect the device, are the books still there? Does it change if the device is restarted when disconnected?
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BetterRed may be onto something regarding the absence of Media Transport Protocol. It may be worth my while addressing this question to ASUS. I did load the motherboard drivers after installing windows and did load the specific USB3 driver as well. I don't know about Fast Charge. Thanks again. I'll get back if I find a solution and will of course welcome any other suggestions.
The presence or lack of MTP on the PC should have no connection this. The Kobo e-ink ereaders are connected as mass storage devices, not via MTP.

The things I can think of to check are:

- What does "Devices and Printers" or the Device manager say about the device when it is connected?
- Have you installed the Kobo desktop application and does it see the device? The desktop application isn't really needed, but it should be able to see the connected device.
- Do you still have the XP PC or another you can check with?
- Does the PC work with other USB memory sticks? Does calibre list them in the device detection?
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