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+title: "Install syncthing on PocketBook"
+slug: syncthing-on-pocketbook
+description: "Install syncthing on your PocketBook e-reader."
+date: 2020-11-17T22:57:28+01:00
+type: posts
+draft: false
+tags:
+- syncthing
+- pocketbook
+---
+
+:source-highlighter: pygments
+
+Installing syncthing on a PocketBook is fairly easy, but it requires a bit more
+setup than on PCs. I've tested this with a PB632 (PocketBook Touch HD 3), but it
+should work on any PocketBook device.
+
+Connect your PocketBook via USB in “PC link” mode. Create the directory
+`applications/syncthing` in your PocketBook's storage. Get the latest ARM 32 bit
+version of syncthing from <https://syncthing.net/downloads/> and extract the
+binary “syncthing” to the directory you just created. Now create the following
+files:
+
+.`applications/syncthing.app`
+[source,shell]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#!/bin/sh
+
+SYNCTHING_DIR="/mnt/ext1/applications/syncthing"
+${SYNCTHING_DIR}/syncthing -home="${SYNCTHING_DIR}"
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.`applications/syncthing/config.xml`
+[source,xml]
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+<configuration version="32">
+    <gui enabled="true" tls="false" debugging="false">
+        <address>0.0.0.0:8384</address>
+    </gui>
+    <options>
+        <startBrowser>false</startBrowser>
+    </options>
+</configuration>
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[NOTE]
+PocketBooks don't seem to have an address assigned to the loopback interface. If
+you try to listen on 127.0.0.1 syncthing will exit with an error message.
+
+Disconnect the e-reader, enable wireless LAN and start syncthing. It should show
+up in “Apps” as “@syncthing”. Open a browser on your PC and connect to the IP of
+your PocketBook (see <<How to find the IP address of your PocketBook,below>> if
+you don't know it) on port 8384. Now configure syncthing as normal. There is no
+window showing up if you start syncthing, the screen appears to freeze. You can
+get back to your start screen with the home key. syncthing will continue to run
+in the background. You can close syncthing with the “Task Manager”.
+
+[TIP]
+If you want to see the output of syncthing, download “pbterm.zip” from
+<http://users.physik.fu-berlin.de/~jtt/PB/>, install it and start
+`syncthing.app` from there.
+
+[CAUTION]
+We configured syncthing to accept connections from everywhere without a password
+and we disabled encryption. Make sure to disable the GUI or set a password and
+enable TLS if you want to use it in insecure networks.
+
+== How to find the IP address of your PocketBook
+
+Connect the e-reader to your wireless LAN. If you've installed pbterm, open it
+and type `ifconfig`. The IP address comes after “inet addr:” in the
+output. Alternatively, If you have a computer with Linux, BSD or a similar OS on
+your network, open a terminal on it and type `arp`. In the “HWaddress” column
+look for an address starting with
+pass:[<abbr title="Shenzhen YITOA Digital Appliance CO.">]
+*94:99:01*pass:[</abbr>]. The IP address is on the left.
+
+[NOTE]
+Different PocketBook models may use network chipsets from other vendors with
+different hardware addresses.
+
+
+
+//  LocalWords:  loopback syncthing PocketBooks PocketBook