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ormus23 · 07-27-2021, 11:27 AM

Greetings.

I tried to pay someone with vastly superior techy skills to mine to connect the Pocketbook to a Raspberry Pi for use as a screen (with a wired and NOT wifi connection), but sadly as yet without success. Below is their report. Would be immensely grateful for advice as to where to go from here.

Theoretical goal: connect an Inkpad 3 (further refered to as "Pad") as an external desktop for a Raspberry Pi 2 (further refered to as "Pi") with no wireless connections.

Things tried:

1) Connecting to the Pi with the Pad using the same Wi-Fi network, so the router itself assigns the required IP & port combination to the Pi to be put into the RemoteInk interface.
●ISSUE: Wi-Fi and the fact that it works so other options not working being more aggravating than they have to be.

2) Streaming the screen from the Pi to the Pad using VNCViewer.
●ISSUE: VNCViewer is not supported by the Pad natively from Google Appstore, crashed on boot when installed from a file.

3) Connecting to the Pad via Secure Shell (SSH) using a non-USBNet cable and then using RemoteInk to connect the 2 devices.
●ISSUE: I am clueless what IP & port the Pi assigns itself while in a SSH connection to intput into the RemoteInk interface. This miiiiight be a lead.

4) Connecting the Pi & Pad together into a network via an Ethernet (female) to MicroUSB (male) adapter for a wired connection.
●ISSUE: Pi does not see the Pad on the other side of the connection, so does not provide an IP & port combination for connecting to the Pi from the RemoteInk interface.

5) Connecting the Pi & Pad together into a network via a USBNet (USB2) cable and a USB2 (female) to MicroUSB (male) adapter and then either getting the described special UI window or inputting the USB_0 network info into the RemoteInk interface. With and without SSH.
●ISSUE: I assume the Pad does not recogize the connection as SSH connection fails and RemoteInk does not offer the expected UI window for an9 USBNet connection, I don't know if its due to a lack of g_ether module on the Pad or if the 3 adapters I tested were all not the right kind. Inputting the IP & port combination forces required Wi-Fi to even attempt the connection. Maybe I have been putting in the wrong port but then I don't know what the right one is.

07-27-2021, 11:27 AM	#130
ormus23 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	Greetings. I tried to pay someone with vastly superior techy skills to mine to connect the Pocketbook to a Raspberry Pi for use as a screen (with a wired and NOT wifi connection), but sadly as yet without success. Below is their report. Would be immensely grateful for advice as to where to go from here. Theoretical goal: connect an Inkpad 3 (further refered to as "Pad") as an external desktop for a Raspberry Pi 2 (further refered to as "Pi") with no wireless connections. Things tried: 1) Connecting to the Pi with the Pad using the same Wi-Fi network, so the router itself assigns the required IP & port combination to the Pi to be put into the RemoteInk interface. ●ISSUE: Wi-Fi and the fact that it works so other options not working being more aggravating than they have to be. 2) Streaming the screen from the Pi to the Pad using VNCViewer. ●ISSUE: VNCViewer is not supported by the Pad natively from Google Appstore, crashed on boot when installed from a file. 3) Connecting to the Pad via Secure Shell (SSH) using a non-USBNet cable and then using RemoteInk to connect the 2 devices. ●ISSUE: I am clueless what IP & port the Pi assigns itself while in a SSH connection to intput into the RemoteInk interface. This miiiiight be a lead. 4) Connecting the Pi & Pad together into a network via an Ethernet (female) to MicroUSB (male) adapter for a wired connection. ●ISSUE: Pi does not see the Pad on the other side of the connection, so does not provide an IP & port combination for connecting to the Pi from the RemoteInk interface. 5) Connecting the Pi & Pad together into a network via a USBNet (USB2) cable and a USB2 (female) to MicroUSB (male) adapter and then either getting the described special UI window or inputting the USB_0 network info into the RemoteInk interface. With and without SSH. ●ISSUE: I assume the Pad does not recogize the connection as SSH connection fails and RemoteInk does not offer the expected UI window for an9 USBNet connection, I don't know if its due to a lack of g_ether module on the Pad or if the 3 adapters I tested were all not the right kind. Inputting the IP & port combination forces required Wi-Fi to even attempt the connection. Maybe I have been putting in the wrong port but then I don't know what the right one is.