i pad or android

[Ballaterboy]

Hi
I'm on the move a lot and not always within WiFi range or able to connect to my PC at home. Calibre is set up on my PC Win 7 at home.

I use Calibre to keep track of books i have and have already read. This info I don't have with me when away from my PC

Is there anyway I can utilise when I am away the info I have on Calibre using either my i pad or my Android Smartphone?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Ballaterboy

Hi
I'm on the move a lot and not always within WiFi range or able to connect to my PC at home. Calibre is set up on my PC Win 7 at home.

I use Calibre to keep track of books i have and have already read. This info I don't have with me when away from my PC

Is there anyway I can utilise when I am away the info I have on Calibre using either my i pad or my Android Smartphone?

Use the Calibre Content server with anything that has a web browser.

You will need to open up a port forward on your router to your Calibre host AND solve how you deal with a dynamic IP on your broadband connection.

[Ballaterboy]

Thanks but that means nothing to me. Not a techie. I have a BT Home Hub so I don't think that let's me make any changes even of I wanted to.

Thanks anyway

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Ballaterboy

Thanks but that means nothing to me. Not a techie. I have a BT Home Hub so I don't think that let's me make any changes even of I wanted to.

Thanks anyway

Who is BT?
Almost every (decent ) system has some settings. Finding them is the challenge.

[Ballaterboy]

BT is British Telecoms. I'm in the UK not US

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Ballaterboy

BT is British Telecoms. I'm in the UK not US

That make some more sense. (the name Bell Telephone is long gone here )

I am sure someone from the UK will chime in and help with the setting if possible.

[Ballaterboy]

Thanks got into the settings for the Home Hub (router). Even tried advanced. Got Port forwarding but the list of games and applications didn't sow Calibre. Loathe to do any more as I don't want to mess up my settings if I don't know hat iam doing.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Ballaterboy

Thanks got into the settings for the Home Hub (router). Even tried advanced. Got Port forwarding but the list of games and applications didn't sow Calibre. Loathe to do any more as I don't want to mess up my settings if I don't know hat iam doing.

You should be able to define your own: 'Calibre port 8080 (or whatever the setting in calibre. ) then forward that to your machine (set it for reserved for MAC <address> :in another section of the config or use a static IP)

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Ballaterboy

Hi
I'm on the move a lot and not always within WiFi range or able to connect to my PC at home. Calibre is set up on my PC Win 7 at home.

I use Calibre to keep track of books i have and have already read. This info I don't have with me when away from my PC

Is there anyway I can utilise when I am away the info I have on Calibre using either my i pad or my Android Smartphone?

@Ballaterboy one simple way is to Create a Catalogue (its in the conversion drop down) and put the resulting 'book' on your devices before you leave home.

@theducks - the OP said he's not always within range of Wifi

BR

[theducks]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@theducks - the OP said he's not always within range of Wifi

BR

Details, Details

Of coarse you caught the detail I missed

With no Internet, who cares what the home router does

Sorry Ballaterboy, for sending you down the wrong path

[Ballaterboy]

What do you kow about Calibre Companion. Is it a safe app? More importantly does it work or just a waste of time?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by theducks

Details, Details

Of coarse you caught the detail I missed

I swear I don't do it deliberately

BTW Bell Telecom exists in Canada and the Philippines - and in Elmhurst, a 'burb in the NYC 'boro of Queens

BR

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Ballaterboy

What do you kow about Calibre Companion. Is it a safe app? More importantly does it work or just a waste of time?

@Ballaterboy - I don't use it myself, however I have the utmost respect for the developer - Charles Haley** I have no doubt that it works, and that's its not a waste of time - assuming it does what you want. I think it works on Android - but not on IOS.

BR

** I've spent over 4 decades in IT&T development, so I think I'm qualified to make such a call.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Ballaterboy - I don't use it myself, however I have the utmost respect for the developer - Charles Haley** I have no doubt that it works, and that's its not a waste of time - assuming it does what you want. I think it works on Android - but not on IOS.

BR

** I've spent over 4 decades in IT&T development, so I think I'm qualified to make such a call.

It works very nice on my 7" TAB,
I don't know how it would do on smaller (phone) screens.

It has 2 modes:
1 uses the Content server (in a nice alternate to the WEB interface)
The other connects as a (Wireless) Device (looks like a wired reader to Calibre). You use Calibre to push books at the device, just like you would for a USB connected.
The BIG feature is the ON DEVICE catalog of what has been sent to the device

[Sabardeyn]

As another point in Charles Haley's (mobileread username:chaley) favor... he's one of the regular contributors to calibre's source code. While I'm not sure exactly how much of his code has been approved for inclusion, I would assume it's quite high.