No connection to device Trekstor eBook Reader 4ink

[Professor_Hora]

Hi - I just bought a new TrekStor eBook Reader 4ink and just wanted to start right away with setting up my eBook library with Calibre, whose advanced features I appreciate very much, on my iMac (OS X 10.6.8).

- The device appears as volume "eReader" on my desktop.

- Calibre (latest version 0.8.69) setup wizard offers no TrekStor device, so I've chosen Generic eInk Device

- No Device button appeared.

Before following Kovids Instructions, I checked the plugin list - there IS a green Trekstor E-book player device interface (1.0.0) by Kovid Goyal - but Calibre doesn't find my device nonetheless...

I went to Prefs / Miscellaneous and pressed Get information to setup the user defined device and followed the procedure, recieving output:

USB Vendor ID (in hex): 0x0x1e68L
USB Product ID (in hex): 0x0x5cL
USB Revision ID (in hex): 0x0x100L

Then I customized the User defined USB driver with the values and even remembered to enter a folder name on that deviced, applied and closed the prefs panel.

...to no avail.

I ran the debug device detection feature, but when after about half an hour it didn't produce any output, I canceled the process.

So far I can export eBooks to the Reader using the "save to disk" feature (which is really helpful), but I'd appreaciate the possibility to "device-connect" to my Reader.

Is it just, that it is a new device (Firmware displayed in the devices Prefs dialogue is EBR40-WB-1.0.42) or is there anything I could do better?

Thanx for any help in advance = Professor Hora

[kovidgoyal]

Go to preferences->miscellaneous->install command line tools.

Then in terminal.app run

calibre-debug -d

and post the output (once with your device connected, once without)

[Professor_Hora]

Hi Kovid & thanks for the quick reply.

Commandline Tools produced an output immediately - here's the one with device connected:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/user_defined/driver.py", line 105, in do_delayed_plugin_initialization
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 16: '0x0x1e68L'
Version: 0.8.69
USB devices on system:
[['0x5acL',
'0x8006L',
'0x200L',
u'Apple Inc.',
u'EHCI Root Hub Simulation',
u''],
['0x424L', '0x2514L', '0x3L', u'', u'', u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x850bL',
'0x755L',
u'Apple Inc.',
u'FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)',
u'CC2B35032HDGGFLP'],
['0xa5cL', '0x4500L', '0x100L', u'Apple Inc.', u'BRCM2046 Hub', u''],
['0x5e3L', '0x608L', '0x901L', u'', u'USB2.0 Hub', u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x8215L',
'0x191L',
u'Apple Inc.',
u'Bluetooth USB Host Controller',
u'442A60D048BA'],
['0x5e3L', '0x608L', '0x901L', u'', u'USB2.0 Hub', u''],
['0x67bL',
'0x2305L',
'0x202L',
u'Prolific Technology Inc.',
u'IEEE-1284 Controller',
u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x8006L',
'0x200L',
u'Apple Inc.',
u'EHCI Root Hub Simulation',
u''],
['0x424L', '0x2514L', '0x3L', u'', u'', u''],
['0x5acL', '0x8242L', '0x16L', u'Apple Computer, Inc.', u'IR Receiver', u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x8403L',
'0x9833L',
u'Apple',
u'Internal Memory Card Reader',
u'000000009833'],
['0x5e3L', '0x608L', '0x702L', u'', u'USB2.0 Hub', u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x1002L',
'0x122L',
u'Mitsumi Electric',
u'Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard',
u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x205L',
'0x122L',
u'Mitsumi Electric',
u'Apple Extended USB Keyboard',
u''],
['0x1532L', '0x7L', '0x100L', u'Razer', u'DeathAdder', u''],
['0x939L', '0xb16L', '0x10fL', u'Toshiba', u'StorE HDD', u'201005072437'],
['0x1e68L',
'0x5cL',
'0x100L',
u'eBook\u0310Re',
u'Reader',
u'000000000000000000000000000000']]
Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK
BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52
E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK EX124G
FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 INVESBOOK
IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK
JETBOOK_COLOR JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KINDLE_FIRE KOBO
LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR MOOVYBOOK N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK
NOOK_COLOR NUUT2 ODYSSEY ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL PDNOVEL_KOBO PI2 PICO
PLAYBOOK POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360 POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602
POCKETBOOK622 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 PRST1 README S60 SHINEBOOK
SMART_DEVICE_APP SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX
TECLAST_K3 THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED VELOCITYMICRO WEBOS WEXLER

Looking for devices...

Devices possibly connected: None

Dont forget to send the contents of /tmp/ioreg.txt
You can open it with the command: open /tmp/ioreg.txt

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Here's the output with device disconnected:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/user_defined/driver.py", line 105, in do_delayed_plugin_initialization
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 16: '0x0x1e68L'
Version: 0.8.69
USB devices on system:
[['0x5acL',
'0x8006L',
'0x200L',
u'Apple Inc.',
u'EHCI Root Hub Simulation',
u''],
['0x424L', '0x2514L', '0x3L', u'', u'', u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x850bL',
'0x755L',
u'Apple Inc.',
u'FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)',
u'CC2B35032HDGGFLP'],
['0xa5cL', '0x4500L', '0x100L', u'Apple Inc.', u'BRCM2046 Hub', u''],
['0x5e3L', '0x608L', '0x901L', u'', u'USB2.0 Hub', u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x8215L',
'0x191L',
u'Apple Inc.',
u'Bluetooth USB Host Controller',
u'442A60D048BA'],
['0x5e3L', '0x608L', '0x901L', u'', u'USB2.0 Hub', u''],
['0x67bL',
'0x2305L',
'0x202L',
u'Prolific Technology Inc.',
u'IEEE-1284 Controller',
u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x8006L',
'0x200L',
u'Apple Inc.',
u'EHCI Root Hub Simulation',
u''],
['0x424L', '0x2514L', '0x3L', u'', u'', u''],
['0x5acL', '0x8242L', '0x16L', u'Apple Computer, Inc.', u'IR Receiver', u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x8403L',
'0x9833L',
u'Apple',
u'Internal Memory Card Reader',
u'000000009833'],
['0x5e3L', '0x608L', '0x702L', u'', u'USB2.0 Hub', u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x1002L',
'0x122L',
u'Mitsumi Electric',
u'Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard',
u''],
['0x5acL',
'0x205L',
'0x122L',
u'Mitsumi Electric',
u'Apple Extended USB Keyboard',
u''],
['0x1532L', '0x7L', '0x100L', u'Razer', u'DeathAdder', u''],
['0x939L', '0xb16L', '0x10fL', u'Toshiba', u'StorE HDD', u'201005072437']]
Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK
BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52
E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK EX124G
FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 INVESBOOK
IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK
JETBOOK_COLOR JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KINDLE_FIRE KOBO
LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR MOOVYBOOK N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK
NOOK_COLOR NUUT2 ODYSSEY ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL PDNOVEL_KOBO PI2 PICO
PLAYBOOK POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360 POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602
POCKETBOOK622 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 PRST1 README S60 SHINEBOOK
SMART_DEVICE_APP SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX
TECLAST_K3 THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED VELOCITYMICRO WEBOS WEXLER

Looking for devices...

Devices possibly connected: None

Dont forget to send the contents of /tmp/ioreg.txt
You can open it with the command: open /tmp/ioreg.txt

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Oviously, the difference between two outputs is this entry:

['0x1e68L',
'0x5cL',
'0x100L',
u'eBook\u0310Re',
u'Reader',
u'000000000000000000000000000000']]

...I recognize some values as stated in my initial posting by the "Get information to setup the user defined device" function. ;-)

Kind regards - Professor Hora

[kovidgoyal]

OK, I'll add the USB ids to the trekstor driver for the next calibre release.

[Professor_Hora]

...sounds kewl!

Thank you very much = Professor Hora

[snorkelsmurf]

Hi
My new Trekstor eBook Reader4.0 which is the 2GB Version of the Pyrus crashes, when i load books via Calibre to it. It works splendid when I copy files or directorys manually or via the adobe tool.
When I copy the files with calibre it starts fine the first time, but when switched of an on again, it just shows weird signs and it is very hard to reset it.
Is this a problem with a configuration file transferred?
Is this a generall problem, or a problem with just this device.
The upgrad to .70 didn´t help
Thanks for any help

[Professor_Hora]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

OK, I'll add the USB ids to the trekstor driver for the next calibre release.

...works like a charm!