PRS-500 reverse engineering the Reader USB protocol - Page 13

kovidgoyal · 05-28-2007, 06:25 PM

Good, thanks.

Hadrien · 05-28-2007, 06:29 PM

Hum... Something not-related to the driver issue: with the prs500 GUI, you only display books that are in the .xml listing the books for the reader right ? Some way to browse the other files might be useful too.

kovidgoyal · 05-28-2007, 06:42 PM

I'm afraid that's not going to happen as the GUI is focused on ebook management and will support future devices (as I get my hands on them ;-)

Making a simple file browser GUI around libprs500 specifically for the sony reader should be a day's work, unfortunately, its not on my TODO list as I don't need it.

Hadrien · 05-28-2007, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I'm afraid that's not going to happen as the GUI is focused on ebook management and will support future devices (as I get my hands on them ;-)

Making a simple file browser GUI around libprs500 specifically for the sony reader should be a day's work, unfortunately, its not on my TODO list as I don't need it.

OK I see your point. I'll work on future devices too for the "News Stand" feature of Feedbooks. You'll help everyone managing their e-books, while we deliver them news ;-)

petersktang · 05-31-2007, 08:17 PM

I tried this release and got the following message under Fedora Core 6 linux-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6.
$ prs500 info
"Unable to find SONY Reader. Is it connected?"

After I login as root, it reports the device and version correctly.

Thanks

Hadrien · 05-31-2007, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petersktang

I tried this release and got the following message under Fedora Core 6 linux-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6.
$ prs500 info
"Unable to find SONY Reader. Is it connected?"

After I login as root, it reports the device and version correctly.

Thanks

You don't necessarily have the rights to access USB using a linux account. Might be why you had this problem, and everything worked fine once logged as root (use sudo next time).

kovidgoyal · 05-31-2007, 11:55 PM

Look at the post-install setup section of the libprs500 wiki

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2007, 04:11 PM

Released v0.3.45:
1) Support for editing RTF metadata via rtf-meta. The GUI will have support in 0.4.0
2) Bug fixes

kenbaldwin · 06-21-2007, 11:17 AM

Does the CLI support wild cards? I'm having trouble on XP. For example:

Quote:

C:\>prs500 ls b:/"Sony Reader"/database
cache.xml

C:\>prs500 ls b:/"Sony Reader"/database/cache.*
b:/Sony Reader/database/cache.* has an unknown error. Code: 0xffffd8f1L

Thanks,
Ken

kovidgoyal · 06-21-2007, 11:24 AM

No it doesn't support wildcards. On linux it support TAB completion but not in Windows.

kenbaldwin · 06-28-2007, 10:52 PM

The libprs500 CLI has been working great for me on Windows. I just purchased one of the new Dells with Ubuntu preinstalled, and followed the Feisty install procedure on the wiki. When I connect my reader and call "prs500 info", I get this error:

Quote:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/prs500", line 8, in <module>
load_entry_point('libprs500==0.3.56', 'console_scripts', 'prs500')()
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/libprs500/devices/prs500/cli/main.py", line 246, in main
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/libprs500/devices/prs500/cli/main.py", line 111, in info
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/libprs500/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 162, in run_session
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/libprs500/devices/prs500/driver.py", line 260, in open
libprs500.devices.errors.DeviceBusy: Device is in use by another application:
Underlying error:Failed to set device configuration to: 2. Error code: -1

There are no apps open, other than the terminal. What do I need to do? Thanks

Ken

kovidgoyal · 06-28-2007, 11:25 PM

Ah a bug crept into the installer script for linux. If you run it as root it should work. I'll fix the bug in the next release.

kenbaldwin · 06-28-2007, 11:27 PM

Yes, that works. Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 06-29-2007, 03:28 AM

Version 0.3.60 should fix this. Note that the installation instructions have changed slightly. Make sure you follow the updated version on the wiki.

kenbaldwin · 06-29-2007, 08:57 AM

Yes, thanks. FWIW, I actually got version 0.3.61, if 'libprs500 --version' is correct.

TTFQuery? FontTools? What do you have in store for us, Kovid?

05-31-2007, 08:17 PM	#185
petersktang Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007	libprs500-0.3.43 root authority I tried this release and got the following message under Fedora Core 6 linux-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6. $ prs500 info "Unable to find SONY Reader. Is it connected?" After I login as root, it reports the device and version correctly. Thanks

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05-28-2007, 06:25 PM	#181
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Good, thanks.

05-28-2007, 06:29 PM	#182
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Hum... Something not-related to the driver issue: with the prs500 GUI, you only display books that are in the .xml listing the books for the reader right ? Some way to browse the other files might be useful too.

05-28-2007, 06:42 PM	#183
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm afraid that's not going to happen as the GUI is focused on ebook management and will support future devices (as I get my hands on them ;-) Making a simple file browser GUI around libprs500 specifically for the sony reader should be a day's work, unfortunately, its not on my TODO list as I don't need it.

05-31-2007, 11:55 PM	#187
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Look at the post-install setup section of the libprs500 wiki

06-02-2007, 04:11 PM	#188
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Released v0.3.45: 1) Support for editing RTF metadata via rtf-meta. The GUI will have support in 0.4.0 2) Bug fixes

06-21-2007, 11:24 AM	#190
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No it doesn't support wildcards. On linux it support TAB completion but not in Windows.

06-28-2007, 11:25 PM	#192
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Ah a bug crept into the installer script for linux. If you run it as root it should work. I'll fix the bug in the next release.

06-28-2007, 11:27 PM	#193
kenbaldwin Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony PRS-500	Yes, that works. Thanks!

06-29-2007, 03:28 AM	#194
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Version 0.3.60 should fix this. Note that the installation instructions have changed slightly. Make sure you follow the updated version on the wiki.

06-29-2007, 08:57 AM	#195
kenbaldwin Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony PRS-500	Yes, thanks. FWIW, I actually got version 0.3.61, if 'libprs500 --version' is correct. TTFQuery? FontTools? What do you have in store for us, Kovid?