The 505 in libprs500

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2007, 01:16 PM

Just committed initial support for the 505 (command line only, linux only) to svn. I'd appreciate a little testing from those of you that have the 505 and use linux.

The command line interface is the same as that for the 500 (i.e. the command prs500)

You may need to install dbus-python (also called python-dbus)

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2007, 04:59 PM

Incidentally does anyone know how I can find programatically where a given USB removable drive (identified by product and vendor ids) is mounted on windows?

Hadrien · 10-18-2007, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Incidentally does anyone know how I can find programatically where a given USB removable drive (identified by product and vendor ids) is mounted on windows?

Working on auto-sync features ? ;-)

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2007, 05:02 PM

No need that to support the 505 in libprs500.

JSWolf · 10-18-2007, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No need that to support the 505 in libprs500.

Do you think it's possible to enable libprs505 to be able to use and create collections on the 505? That way people not on Windows can setup collections as they want. Even with the new menus, I still use the collections.

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2007, 05:39 PM

Yeah it already supports collections on the 500 supporting the on the 505 will be not much extra work.

JSWolf · 10-18-2007, 05:46 PM

So is this easier then you expected it to be to get it working with the 505?

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2007, 05:51 PM

I expected it to be easy and it is. The only hard part is the operating system integration for 3 different OSes. I expect windows and OSX to give me much more trouble, but atleast users of the 505 wont have driver conflicts with the connect software.

mrkai · 10-18-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I expect windows and OSX to give me much more trouble, but atleast users of the 505 wont have driver conflicts with the connect software.

...do you believe will be problematic? Determining if a volume is a removable (for example) is rather trivial, for example...

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2007, 06:20 PM

An hour of googling and the best way i can come up with in windows to find where a particular USB drive is mounted is a commandline program, which would impose a lot of unecessary overhead when polling.

I haven't looked at OSX but from my past experiences I'm dreading it. Both OSes because they have a strict policy of "users" first seems to have a dearth of good development tools that are also free. Of course I may not be the best judge of things, since I am mostly a linux guy.

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2007, 10:13 PM

No one knows how to do this?

mrkai · 10-19-2007, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Both OSes because they have a strict policy of "users" first seems to have a dearth of good development tools that are also free.

...for mac os x is in fact free, ships with every mac, and is included with every commercially sold copy of mac os x; it is also available in its entirety as a free download from apple.

anyway, os x has a mechanism that is the inverse of polling (very inefficient) where you simple tell the os to tell you when a removable is mounted, what it was, and then your code decides what to do with it.

I'm not a python guy, but i know that pyobjc bridges the cocoa apis direct to python...and that this bridge actually will be shipping by default on the system with 10.5. right now, you bundle it if you wish to use it.

JSWolf · 10-19-2007, 05:56 AM

mrkai, but what about system running a prior OS X such as 10.4 or maybe 10.3?

shondark · 10-19-2007, 09:03 AM

Hi! I've been reading this forums for a lot of time and now that I'm almost in possesion of my PRS-505 y want to try to participate a little more..

I don't know but maybe this could help you Kovid.

http://www.ureader.com/message/1018345.aspx

If not, if you could explain what do you want this function to do we could try to help you.

And sorry for my english... :P

sputnik_1 · 10-19-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No one knows how to do this?

I think what you're looking for is this key in the registry :

HKEY_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\Current Control Set\Enum\USB\Vid_054c&Pid_031e

As far as I know, those Pid's are unique per device -- so you should only see those if you have a PRS-505 that's been attached. Doing a search for this key may be the easiest way, I'll dig and see if there's another easier identifier.

10-18-2007, 01:16 PM	#1
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The 505 in libprs500 Just committed initial support for the 505 (command line only, linux only) to svn. I'd appreciate a little testing from those of you that have the 505 and use linux. The command line interface is the same as that for the 500 (i.e. the command prs500) You may need to install dbus-python (also called python-dbus)

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10-18-2007, 04:59 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Incidentally does anyone know how I can find programatically where a given USB removable drive (identified by product and vendor ids) is mounted on windows?

10-18-2007, 05:02 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No need that to support the 505 in libprs500.

10-18-2007, 05:39 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah it already supports collections on the 500 supporting the on the 505 will be not much extra work.

10-18-2007, 05:46 PM	#7
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,945 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	So is this easier then you expected it to be to get it working with the 505?

10-18-2007, 05:51 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I expected it to be easy and it is. The only hard part is the operating system integration for 3 different OSes. I expect windows and OSX to give me much more trouble, but atleast users of the 505 wont have driver conflicts with the connect software.

10-18-2007, 06:20 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	An hour of googling and the best way i can come up with in windows to find where a particular USB drive is mounted is a commandline program, which would impose a lot of unecessary overhead when polling. I haven't looked at OSX but from my past experiences I'm dreading it. Both OSes because they have a strict policy of "users" first seems to have a dearth of good development tools that are also free. Of course I may not be the best judge of things, since I am mostly a linux guy.

10-18-2007, 10:13 PM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No one knows how to do this?

10-19-2007, 05:56 AM	#13
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,945 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	mrkai, but what about system running a prior OS X such as 10.4 or maybe 10.3?

10-19-2007, 09:03 AM	#14
shondark Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 22 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: PRS-505	Hi! I've been reading this forums for a lot of time and now that I'm almost in possesion of my PRS-505 y want to try to participate a little more.. I don't know but maybe this could help you Kovid. http://www.ureader.com/message/1018345.aspx If not, if you could explain what do you want this function to do we could try to help you. And sorry for my english... :P

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