Updated Calibre wireless connection (markdown)

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Martín Fernández 7 months ago
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With Calibre plugin you can send documents from your Calibre Library directly to your KOReader devices via Wifi connection.
The calibre plugin supports sending documents from your calibre library using a wireless connection. It also supports searching across the calibre metadata available on the device.
## 1. Metadata search
**TODO**
## 2. Wireless client
To use this plugin you need to keep your PC that runs Calibre and your KOReader device in one local network usually in one router. Then start your Calibre wireless device connection as the following screenshot shows:
[![Start calibre wireless connection](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/screenshots/calibre_companion_start.png)](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/screenshots/calibre_companion_start.png)
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# Faster sync
### 2.1 Faster sync
If you're trying to copy many files wirelessly onto your device and the process seems to be taking a long time, try navigating one directory "up" in KOReader (if you're viewing the directory into which the files are being imported). Sync will continue, but will now be significantly faster since KOReader will no longer be trying to update your list of files with every new book that's received.
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# Changing filename template
### 2.2 Changing filename template
The usual way of changing filename templates doesn't work with the SmartDevice driver used for calibre wireless connection. Instead you need to customize the SmartDevice App Interface plugin directly by following these instructions.
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![calibre1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/108584186/177076490-2ec66908-9eda-486c-91f1-a856c7672550.png)
Select Customize Plugin, here you can change your filename template and click ok to save your template.
![calibre1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/108584186/177076719-c6d7f5d7-0dd2-4a3d-8be0-c63383d14554.png)
To understand how calibre's template language works see the instructions in the calibre manual: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html
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