Device not recognized: Aluratek Libre Touch (Android-based)

[dhighway]

Hi! As noted in the subject, this device is not recognized by Calibre.

FYI, it is advertised to support these formats:
epub, pdf, txt fb2, mobi, prc, rtf

Copied below, is the "debug device detection" output produced by my Win7 platform (from Preferences | Advanced | Miscellaneous).

Thanks for any help!
DH

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Version: 0.8.1
USB devices on system:
[u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2937&rev0002',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2939&rev0002',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2934&rev0002',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2938&rev0002',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2936&rev0002',
u'usb\\root_hub&vid8086&pid2935&rev0002',
u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid293a&rev0002',
u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid293c&rev0002',
u'usb\\vid_0409&pid_005a&rev_0100',
u'usb\\vid_04a9&pid_221b&rev_0200',
u'usb\\vid_04f2&pid_0841&rev_0100',
u'usb\\vid_04f2&pid_0841&rev_0100&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_04f2&pid_0841&rev_0100&mi_01',
u'usb\\vid_051d&pid_0002&rev_0106',
u'usb\\vid_058f&pid_6362&rev_0100',
u'usb\\vid_05e3&pid_0605&rev_060;',
u'usb\\vid_05e3&pid_0726&rev_021:',
u'usb\\vid_093a&pid_2510&rev_0100']
Drives detected:
(1) L:\ ~ \\?\STORAGE#VOLUME#_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_BK7005&PRO D_PLAYER&REV_0000#11223344&1#{53F56307-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}
Available plugins: ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK BLACKBERRY
BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52 E71X EB511
EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK
FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK
IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK
JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KOBO LUMIREAD MENTOR MIBUK N516
N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2 ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL
PDNOVEL_KOBO PICO POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360 POCKETBOOK602
POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 README S60 SHINEBOOK SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH
SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3 THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED
VELOCITYMICRO WEXLER

Looking for devices...
u'usb\\vid_05e3&pid_0726&rev_021:'
No match found in: \\?\STORAGE#VOLUME#_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_BK7005&PRO D_PLAYER&REV_0000#11223344&1#{53F56307-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}

Devices possibly connected: None

[kovidgoyal]

that device has the same ids and the nextbook, I'll add support for it in the next release.

[dhighway]

Thanks for your lightning response!!

I also have a HipStreet HS-700M reader that's detected as "Aluratek Color". In an attempt to have it recognized as its own device, I customized the "User Defined .." plugin with the information from "Get information to setup ..." (again, produced from Preferences | Advanced | Miscellaneous).

(BTW, my wife actually has an Aluratek Color.)

However, it didn't seem to have any impact. Have I done something wrong or misunderstood what this is for?

Thanks again!
DH
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USB Vendor ID (in hex): 0x1f3a
USB Product ID (in hex): 0x1000
USB Revision ID (in hex): 0x0002
Windows main memory ID string: USB_2.0 <-- I assumed this is really the "vendor" str
Windows main memory ID string: USB_FLASH_DRIVER


Copy these values to the clipboard, paste them into an editor, then enter them into the USER_DEVICE by customizing the device plugin in Preferences->Plugins. Remember to also enter the folders where you want the books to be put. You must restart calibre for your changes to take effect.

[kovidgoyal]

You'd have to disable the Aluratek Color plugin first.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by dhighway

Windows main memory ID string: USB_2.0 <-- I assumed this is really the "vendor" str

Yes, it is. I will fix the message. Thanks for pointing it out.

[dhighway]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You'd have to disable the Aluratek Color plugin first.

Hmm - I see. Since we also use an Aluratek Color, is there any way they can both coexist? If so, can a separate plugin for the HipStreet be built "easily" by cloning the one for Aluratek Color and modifying it ... can I do this or is this something the dev team has to do?

Cheers,
DH

[kovidgoyal]

There can be only one active driver per set of USB ids. You have to choose which one you want.

[dhighway]

I see. I'm guessing these customizations reside on the local Calibre installation not with the library itself? I ask because if it's not bound to the main ebook storage, I can set up one host installation to recognize the Aluratek Color Libre and the other, the HipStreet.

Cheers,
DH

[kovidgoyal]

They are in the calibre config directory accessible via Preferences->misc