Recipe auto-send - limit the device sent to?

snarkophilus · 08-24-2019, 11:30 AM

Is there a way of limiting the device that a recipe is sent to with "Automatically send downloaded news to e-book reader" enabled.

I've got a Kobo for reading books and an Android tablet that I read news recipes on. The tablet connects automatically each morning with Calibre Companion a little while after the scheduled recipe runs. Occasionally CC doesn't connect on some days (usually flat battery on the tablet!) and then if I plug the Kobo in to load a new book on the same day it gets that last recipe. Which of course, I don't want on the Kobo. And then of course the recipe doesn't auto-load on to the tablet because Calibre, I assume, knows it's already been "sent" somewhere. (Out of curiosity, how is that "I've been sent" thing managed?)

The only tweak I've been able to find is send_news_to_device_location which only specifies the location on the device.

kovidgoyal · 08-24-2019, 01:05 PM

No there is no builtin way. The problem is the older devices have no way to uniquely identify them, so this is hard to build robustly. I think the reading list plugin might do the trick though.

snarkophilus · 08-24-2019, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I think the reading list plugin might do the trick though.

Bingo! That works perfectly. Thank you!

08-24-2019, 11:30 AM	#1
snarkophilus Wannabe Connoisseur Posts: 426 Karma: 2516674 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Geelong, Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura 2, Sony PRS-T1, Sony PRS-350, Palm TX	Recipe auto-send - limit the device sent to? Is there a way of limiting the device that a recipe is sent to with "Automatically send downloaded news to e-book reader" enabled. I've got a Kobo for reading books and an Android tablet that I read news recipes on. The tablet connects automatically each morning with Calibre Companion a little while after the scheduled recipe runs. Occasionally CC doesn't connect on some days (usually flat battery on the tablet!) and then if I plug the Kobo in to load a new book on the same day it gets that last recipe. Which of course, I don't want on the Kobo. And then of course the recipe doesn't auto-load on to the tablet because Calibre, I assume, knows it's already been "sent" somewhere. (Out of curiosity, how is that "I've been sent" thing managed?) The only tweak I've been able to find is send_news_to_device_location which only specifies the location on the device.

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08-24-2019, 01:05 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,311 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No there is no builtin way. The problem is the older devices have no way to uniquely identify them, so this is hard to build robustly. I think the reading list plugin might do the trick though.

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