Thread: trigger device connection manually
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Old 02-27-2016, 10:26 PM   #5
davidfor
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
By time the OP clicks the button the already in-progress non calibre copy job would have failed
On my laptop, I have four or five seconds between calibre starting and the device jobs starting. I have used that in the past do do things before the calibre connects to the device. But, for this, it doesn't work.

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If I get my brain into gear and fathom how calibre-customize works maybe it can be used, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1550791

My thinking is that the OP would start calibre via a script/batch file that disables their device before starting calibre - yes he/she will have to enable via preferences when they wanted calibre to see it, but they wont ever lose 20 minutes of copying the remastered Gone with the Wind again
The simplest solution is to turn Unpluggable on before closing calibre. That way calibre won't attempt to connect to the device when started. Of course, I'd never remember to do that. Maybe the plugin author could add an option to do this. That has a big advantage over disabling the driver as you don't need to restart calibre to re-enable it.
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