Is there a page turn command?

[j.p.s]

Assuming that the kindle already has a book open and is displaying some page, is there some command that can be issued from ssh or a shell script to turn the page?

(Jailbroken Voyage running 5.8.11) (See post # 11 in this thread for KOA2)

ETA:

I found information to make what I needed, detailed in the references in post #8 of this thread.

Create a binary file to use in a command to display the next page in a document:
[root@kindle root]#

cat /dev/input/event2 > nextpage.dat

then press next page key, then Ctrl-C

Create a binary file to use in a command to display the previous page in a document:
[root@kindle root]#

cat /dev/input/event2 > prevpage.dat

then press previous page key, then Ctrl-C

The commands to actually turn the page are:

cat /mnt/us/nextpage.dat > /dev/input/event2
cat /mnt/us/prevpage.dat > /dev/input/event2

The data files are 64 bytes long and the contents I got are:

od -t x1 nextpage.dat 
0000000 fe 67 62 5a 0d 90 09 00 01 00 6d 00 01 00 00 00
0000020 fe 67 62 5a 14 90 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000040 fe 67 62 5a d1 b8 0b 00 01 00 6d 00 00 00 00 00
0000060 fe 67 62 5a d3 b8 0b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

 od -t x1 prevpage.dat 
0000000 25 68 62 5a 86 a0 00 00 01 00 68 00 01 00 00 00
0000020 25 68 62 5a 8d a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000040 25 68 62 5a 73 0f 03 00 01 00 68 00 00 00 00 00
0000060 25 68 62 5a 76 0f 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

There is probably a much better way to do this.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Assuming that the kindle already has a book open and is displaying some page, is there some command that can be issued from ssh or a shell script to turn the page?

(Jailbroken Voyage running 5.8.11)

You really shouldn't nickname yourself "Wizard" if you don't know enough Linux to be able to answer that one for yourself.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by knc1

You really shouldn't nickname yourself "Wizard" if you don't know enough Linux to be able to answer that one for yourself.

I have not nicknamed myself anything, but I did search many threads and some wiki pages before I asked my question, which I still have.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

I have not nicknamed myself anything, but I did search many threads and some wiki pages before I asked my question, which I still have.

Look to the left side bar, directly under your j.p.s, what do you read?
That is something that you set in your CP.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by knc1

Look to the left side bar, directly under your j.p.s, what do you read?
That is something that you set in your CP.

I absolutely, positively did not.

Your lack of attention to what happens automatically with post count in the absence of user intervention shows that you are not quite the forum s/w expert you make yourself out to be. (I am not really making that claim, I am just mimicing your jumping to conclusions.)

[encol]

Anyway, search for kindlelazy in this forum

[Cinisajoy]

Ok kiddos,
Play nice. Don't make me take your Geritol away from you.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by encol

Anyway, search for kindlelazy in this forum

Thanks, but I am not set up for cross compiling or native compiling for kindles.

After considerably more searching around, I found post #4 in this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=267995

which pointed to this post in the kobo forum:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=237682
which gives the general principle to find what I needed to know and which worked for me. It is subject to change by model and OS version, but it works for my immediate purpose.

I suspect that there is some lipc command that would do the job, but I am not able to find one.

[theol0403]

You could also emulate a tap to the x-server, with a tool found in this forum. I forget what it's called, maybe one of the tools on the kterm website? Also, How does kindlelazy do it?
Good luck.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by theol0403

You could also emulate a tap to the x-server, with a tool found in this forum. I forget what it's called, maybe one of the tools on the kterm website? Also, How does kindlelazy do it?
Good luck.

It emulates taps to the x-server.

[j.p.s]

The KOA2 page turn command data are completely different from the Voyage, as is the event number. See post #1 in this thread for more elaborate description.

To capture the data:

cat /dev/input/event5 > nextpage.dat
^C

cat /dev/input/event5 > prevpage.dat
^C

To turn to the next page:

cat nextpage.dat > /dev/input/event5

Data files contents:

 od -t x1 nextpage.dat 
0000000 75 e7 89 5a 16 43 02 00 01 00 6d 00 01 00 00 00
0000020 75 e7 89 5a 16 43 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000040 75 e7 89 5a b9 f8 04 00 01 00 6d 00 00 00 00 00
0000060 75 e7 89 5a b9 f8 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

od -t x1 prevpage.dat 
0000000 97 e7 89 5a 5f db 04 00 01 00 68 00 01 00 00 00
0000020 97 e7 89 5a 5f db 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000040 97 e7 89 5a db de 07 00 01 00 68 00 00 00 00 00
0000060 97 e7 89 5a db de 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00