automatic download of service manuals FSM

[Beowulf]

$10 for a "day." (See above.)
-B-

 

[computerbookstore]

To quickly merge all downloaded pdf into one searchable file you may use either of two tools: gs or mbtPdfAsm. I used both on Linux and they work. There are windoz versions of both so you should be able to do the same.

gs command (actually two commands):

find techinfo.toyota.com -name "*.pdf" > pdfs.txt
gs -q -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=bigfsm.pdf @pdfs.txt

mbtPdfAsm command:

mbtPdfAsm -m.*\.pdf -dbigfsm.pdf -a -oO -r

Unfortunately in both cases you loose bookmarks. This may be addressed while using Adobe Acrobat (full version not Reader) but this is an expensive Windows software and probably very few people have it.

 

[computerbookstore]

If anybody is thinking about printing out the content of the whole merged pdf, think twice. It is going to be a print job of your life - over four thousands pages.

 

[terry.mc]

Terry,
If you built the URLS.TXT file for a '95 LC then please post it or send it to me. One less that I'll have to do whenever I get around to it.
-B-

I might work on it today. Last night I just grabbed the 1996 LX450 stuff, but I'm home with sick kids today so I might be able to knock it out. I'll let you know if I get the 1995 structure.

 

[terry.mc]

I've got the file list for the 95 Landcruiser. PM me with an email address and I'll send it your way.

 

[SeaTown Adam]

Real Time Help

So I've got my TIS account, installed WGET, built the urls.txt, and the cookies.txt. I have tried to execture the copy several times and get the same error message: (for example)

--14:54:30-- http://techinfo.toyota.com/ileaf/01toybrm/01toypdf/brmsourc/97land
cr/bodydime/bodyo1.pdf
=> `techinfo.toyota.com/ileaf/01toybrm/01toypdf/brmsourc/97landcr/bod
ydime/bodyo1.pdf'
Connecting to techinfo.toyota.com|63.87.74.102|:80... failed: Connection refused
.

Anyone who has successfully attempted this have any thoughts? I'm behind a firewall and use a proxy server to get out to the internet... could that be a problem?

 

[terry.mc]

So I've got my TIS account, installed WGET, built the urls.txt, and the cookies.txt. I have tried to execture the copy several times and get the same error message: (for example)

--14:54:30-- http://techinfo.toyota.com/ileaf/01toybrm/01toypdf/brmsourc/97land
cr/bodydime/bodyo1.pdf
=> `techinfo.toyota.com/ileaf/01toybrm/01toypdf/brmsourc/97landcr/bod
ydime/bodyo1.pdf'
Connecting to techinfo.toyota.com|63.87.74.102|:80... failed: Connection refused
.

Anyone who has successfully attempted this have any thoughts? I'm behind a firewall and use a proxy server to get out to the internet... could that be a problem?

Something is wrong with your cookie. (uhuhhuhuh, he said cookie..)

"connection refused" is your hint. What browser are you using? Can you post your cookies.txt file (Mine was formatted wrong )

 

[SeaTown Adam]

sent you an email with the file...

 

[SeaTown Adam]

using firefox...

 

[terry.mc]

Not seen it yet. mccormackterry ---A--T--- yahoo.com?

 

[computerbookstore]

SeaTown Adam
The problem is that you use proxy. You need to do some extra setup of wget to work with proxy.

Some info from http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/

To make wget use a proxy, you must set up an environment variable before using wget. Type this at the command prompt:

set http_proxy=http://proxy.myprovider.net:8080

...where you use the correct proxy hostname and port for your ISP or network. You can use ftp_proxy to proxy ftp requests.

--proxy=on
--proxy=off
Turn proxy usage on/off once variable is set.

And if you use username and password to access your proxy you also need to use
--proxy-username=USER --proxy-passwd=PASS options for wget, ex:

wget --proxy-username=john --proxy-passwd=milk123

 

[PabloVTA]

has anyone done the 94 LC yet?
{bribe}

 

[aamiggia]

Can someone with a working "cookies.txt" file please email it to me miggs_76@hotmail.com

To change the download to a 1997 is it as simple as replacing all instances of 1996 to 1997?

Thanks,
Alex

 

[rolliges]

Anyone done the 97 yet?

 

[SeaTown Adam]

I used a list that terry.mc provided for a'95. It is not as simple as copy paste to get it to work for a '97. I wimped out of building the URL list for a 97 and figured for a seconday reference the 95 manual would be good enough. However, when you get this tool to work, it is very slick indeed.

 

[Lochsa]

I am trying to verify how this works, as I bought a subscription to TIS in hopes of downloading all this info today.

I paid for a subscription, logged in, and found a .pdf document. I opened it up and downloaded it to my machine. I cannot, however, find a SMSESSION cookie anywhere. I am using IE 6. Could someone who has successfully done this tell me where I might find it? I assumed in the cookies folder, but no go. There is a myname@www.toyota.txt cookie, but nothing else. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Lochsa]

ok, I found the cookie using firefox and copied the info to my cookies.txt file. I run wget and I'm getting the following error:

Certificate verification error for techinfo.toyota.com: unable to get local issuer certificate

Any ideas?

 

[Lochsa]

nevermind, I figured it out. very important to TAB between arguments in the cookies file. if I would have read the directions more carefully, I'd have noticed this. Thanks CBS!

 

[Beowulf]

Lochsa,
Post your URLS.TXT file for the 96 LC if you don't mind. I am hoping we can build a library for all the models so people can skip that step.
-B-

 

[Lochsa]

B-
I cheated and used CBS's 96 Lexus info. I will try to spend some time tomorrow using his process to get the 96 LC url's going and will send them to you if I get it done.