Get the name of the com port and the devices connected to it

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Hi Friends,

I'm trying to get the list of com port name and the device's name connected to it(eg. COM3- Hauewei Modem 3G). I tried the following where I get only the list of com ports.
string [] ports = SerialPort.GetPortNames();
But I need get both the port name along with the device name.
Help me out friends!!

Thanks in advance for your valuable help.

Regards,
Srividhya

Vulpes · Answer

I haven't tried it but I suspect Javeed's code will just return a list of COM ports rather than the devices connected to them. To get a USB device, such as the modem you mentioned, you'll have to use Win32_USBHub for which there's a code example here ( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3331043/get-list-of-connected-usb-devices ) but I don't know how you're then going to link the devices to their ports. I did find this thread ( http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/How-to-find-COM-port-for-a-specific-USB-device/td-p/1029382 ) which suggests that it can be done using WMI but doesn't provide any code:( However, it does link to a Microsoft WMI tool which may help you to figure it out.

Javeed M Shaikh · Answer

Hi Srividhya, Please try the following: ManagementObjectCollection mReturn; ManagementObjectSearcher mSearch; mSearch = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from Win32_SerialPort"); mReturn = mSearch.Get(); foreach (ManagementObject mObj in mReturn) { Console.WriteLine(mObj["Name"].ToString()); } Please do not forget to mark "Accepted Answer".

Javeed M Shaikh · Answer

no problem Srividhya, glad everything is working now.

Srividhya Parthasarathy · Answer

Hi Javeed, Thanks for your answer.. and I'm sorry for late response.. I collated tips from your code and finally succeeded in what I searchd for.. Thanks again for your valuable code.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

When I first read this question I got the impression that the ports are serial communication ports, not over a USB. If that is incorrect then the question is not clear. There is not a standard way for serial devices to identify themselves to Windows. Windows traditionally does not know what is connected to a COM or LPT port. I am not aware of a Windows device driver for a modem; usually Windows just has a device driver that sends and recieves data but I am not aware of a Windows driver for a serial port sending commands to a modem such as the AT commands. USB device drivers are totally different; they do not have the traditional COMn name and the API for opening a USB device is different. So if the device driver is for a COMn type of device it is unlikely Windows can tell you what the device is; perhaps WMI can but I doubt it.

Get the name of the com port and the devices connected to it

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