Thread: Calibre will not connect to Kobo Touch
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Old 03-22-2015, 07:51 AM   #12
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Richard59 View Post
Both items disappear when the kobo is disconnected and re-appear when re-connected. The un-named eReader is described as Asus USB3 Boost Storage Driver
Provider is Asus Tek Computers Inc and it has an ennumerator VID-2237&PID_4163&ASUS
The device and product id for my Touch is "USB\VID_2237&PID_4163\KG319xxxxxxxxB" (the last bit is the serial number). That makes me think the ASUS driver is to blame in how it is presenting the device to the OS and apps.
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The Kobo has as I said before three things within the properties. I note it is identified as a KOBO 2.5.1 but the properties panel lists it as 3.11.0 which is the latest firmware version that has been loaded.
Looking at things on my PC, there is some record of the earlier firmware versions. It looks like one of the descriptions is set the first time the ereader is connected, but another is update each time the firmware has been updated.
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I did use the USBDeview utility as suggested and uninstalled the KOBO that way. Rebooted both the PC and KOBO and re-connected but got same result. I have had another look at the folders on the kobo and see that they do indeed have a "." at the beginning of the name. I will be able to set a new folder to hold the books and expect the KOBO appropriately process files put there using the Connect to Folder function within Calibre. While this workaround will be successful the original problem of failure to automatically connect remains. PS. there is no SD card in this reader[/QUOTE]

You were putting the books in a directory starting with a "."? Removing that, should at least get the books seen.
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