Friendly name and device name are different.

Hi all,

I enumerated the RAS capable devices using “RasEnumDevices” and I am getting the DeviceName as “Communications cable between two computers #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7” etc.,
And my friendly name of the device looks different as “USB Device (COM10)”.

Is this the normal behaviour? Because When I try to create a Rasphonebook, I cant Identify my connected device name. Is there a way to make both device name and friendly name same?

or any Apis available only to list the connected RAS devices?

This can easily happen. Can you get a pnp device instance path from these APIs?

d

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Sent: 7/2/2012 9:58 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.

Hi all,

I enumerated the RAS capable devices using “RasEnumDevices” and I am getting the DeviceName as “Communications cable between two computers #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7” etc.,
And my friendly name of the device looks different as “USB Device (COM10)”.

Is this the normal behaviour? Because When I try to create a Rasphonebook, I cant Identify my connected device name. Is there a way to make both device name and friendly name same?

or any Apis available only to list the connected RAS devices?


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Yes I can get Device Instance Id.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Doron Holan wrote:

> This can easily happen. Can you get a pnp device instance path from
> these APIs?
>
> d
>
> debt from my phone
> ------------------------------
> From: xxxxx@gmail.com
> Sent: 7/2/2012 9:58 PM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.
>
> Hi all,
>
> I enumerated the RAS capable devices using “RasEnumDevices” and I am
> getting the DeviceName as “Communications cable between two computers
> #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7” etc.,
> And my friendly name of the device looks different as “USB Device (COM10)”.
>
> Is this the normal behaviour? Because When I try to create a Rasphonebook,
> I cant Identify my connected device name. Is there a way to make both
> device name and friendly name same?
>
> or any Apis available only to list the connected RAS devices?
>
>
> —
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yes I can Get device Instance ID.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Doron Holan wrote:

> This can easily happen. Can you get a pnp device instance path from
> these APIs?
>
> d
>
> debt from my phone
> ------------------------------
> From: xxxxx@gmail.com
> Sent: 7/2/2012 9:58 PM
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.
>
> Hi all,
>
> I enumerated the RAS capable devices using “RasEnumDevices” and I am
> getting the DeviceName as “Communications cable between two computers
> #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7” etc.,
> And my friendly name of the device looks different as “USB Device (COM10)”.
>
> Is this the normal behaviour? Because When I try to create a Rasphonebook,
> I cant Identify my connected device name. Is there a way to make both
> device name and friendly name same?
>
> or any Apis available only to list the connected RAS devices?
>
>
> —
> NTDEV is sponsored by OSR
>
> For our schedule of WDF, WDM, debugging and other seminars visit:
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>
>
> —
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>
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Dear Doron,
“SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId” API will get me the device instance path.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Sethuraman R wrote:

> yes I can Get device Instance ID.
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Doron Holan wrote:
>
>> This can easily happen. Can you get a pnp device instance path from
>> these APIs?
>>
>> d
>>
>> debt from my phone
>> ------------------------------
>> From: xxxxx@gmail.com
>> Sent: 7/2/2012 9:58 PM
>> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
>> Subject: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I enumerated the RAS capable devices using “RasEnumDevices” and I am
>> getting the DeviceName as “Communications cable between two computers
>> #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7” etc.,
>> And my friendly name of the device looks different as “USB Device
>> (COM10)”.
>>
>> Is this the normal behaviour? Because When I try to create a
>> Rasphonebook, I cant Identify my connected device name. Is there a way to
>> make both device name and friendly name same?
>>
>> or any Apis available only to list the connected RAS devices?
>>
>>
>> —
>> NTDEV is sponsored by OSR
>>
>> For our schedule of WDF, WDM, debugging and other seminars visit:
>> http://www.osr.com/seminars
>>
>> To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
>> http://www.osronline.com/page.cfm?name=ListServer
>>
>>
>> —
>> NTDEV is sponsored by OSR
>>
>> For our schedule of WDF, WDM, debugging and other seminars visit:
>> http://www.osr.com/seminars
>>
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>> http://www.osronline.com/page.cfm?name=ListServer
>>
>
>

Doron any idea in this?

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Sethuraman R wrote:

> Dear Doron,
> “SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId” API will get me the device instance path.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Sethuraman R wrote:
>
>> yes I can Get device Instance ID.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Doron Holan wrote:
>>
>>> This can easily happen. Can you get a pnp device instance path from
>>> these APIs?
>>>
>>> d
>>>
>>> debt from my phone
>>> ------------------------------
>>> From: xxxxx@gmail.com
>>> Sent: 7/2/2012 9:58 PM
>>> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
>>> Subject: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I enumerated the RAS capable devices using “RasEnumDevices” and I am
>>> getting the DeviceName as “Communications cable between two computers
>>> #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7” etc.,
>>> And my friendly name of the device looks different as “USB Device
>>> (COM10)”.
>>>
>>> Is this the normal behaviour? Because When I try to create a
>>> Rasphonebook, I cant Identify my connected device name. Is there a way to
>>> make both device name and friendly name same?
>>>
>>> or any Apis available only to list the connected RAS devices?
>>>
>>>
>>> —
>>> NTDEV is sponsored by OSR
>>>
>>> For our schedule of WDF, WDM, debugging and other seminars visit:
>>> http://www.osr.com/seminars
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
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>>>
>>>
>>> —
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>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>

I do get to sleep now and again. Be patient. Off you can get the instance id, you can use to compare identity and not use the device description or friendly name for comparison. Under the devnode’s reg key ( there is a setup API call to open it) there will be a value named “PortName” which will have the com port string

d

debt from my phone


From: Sethuraman R
Sent: 7/3/2012 7:05 AM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: Re: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.

Doron any idea in this?

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Sethuraman R > wrote:
Dear Doron,
“SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId” API will get me the device instance path.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Sethuraman R > wrote:
yes I can Get device Instance ID.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Doron Holan > wrote:
This can easily happen. Can you get a pnp device instance path from these APIs?

d

debt from my phone
________________________________
From: xxxxx@gmail.commailto:xxxxx
Sent: 7/2/2012 9:58 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.

Hi all,

I enumerated the RAS capable devices using “RasEnumDevices” and I am getting the DeviceName as “Communications cable between two computers #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7” etc.,
And my friendly name of the device looks different as “USB Device (COM10)”.

Is this the normal behaviour? Because When I try to create a Rasphonebook, I cant Identify my connected device name. Is there a way to make both device name and friendly name same?

or any Apis available only to list the connected RAS devices?


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First I apologies for too many replies, and this wont happen again.

I want to enumerate the Ras capable devices here and the only API available
is “RasEnumDevices” which enumerates all the RAS capable devices. And its
return value is Ras* device name* which am getting as “Communications cable
between two computers #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7
etc., This API does not return any HID or Instance Id. It returns only
“Device Name” and “Device Type”.

I want to select my device from the list of devices names returned by
RasEnumDevices. Thats the reason I tried to compare with device name. But I
cant find the device name of this kind “Communication cable between two
computers #8” anywhere. I can find only friendly name.

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Doron Holan wrote:

> I do get to sleep now and again. Be patient. Off you can get the
> instance id, you can use to compare identity and not use the device
> description or friendly name for comparison. Under the devnode’s reg key (
> there is a setup API call to open it) there will be a value named
> “PortName” which will have the com port string
>
> d
>
> debt from my phone
> ------------------------------
> From: Sethuraman R
> Sent: 7/3/2012 7:05 AM
>
> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
> Subject: Re: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.
>
>
> Doron any idea in this?
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Sethuraman R wrote:
>
>> Dear Doron,
>> “SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId” API will get me the device instance path.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Sethuraman R wrote:
>>
>>> yes I can Get device Instance ID.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Doron Holan >>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> This can easily happen. Can you get a pnp device instance path from
>>>> these APIs?
>>>>
>>>> d
>>>>
>>>> debt from my phone
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> From: xxxxx@gmail.com
>>>> Sent: 7/2/2012 9:58 PM
>>>> To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
>>>> Subject: [ntdev] Friendly name and device name are different.
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I enumerated the RAS capable devices using “RasEnumDevices” and I am
>>>> getting the DeviceName as “Communications cable between two computers
>>>> #8”,“Communications cable between two computers #7” etc.,
>>>> And my friendly name of the device looks different as “USB Device
>>>> (COM10)”.
>>>>
>>>> Is this the normal behaviour? Because When I try to create a
>>>> Rasphonebook, I cant Identify my connected device name. Is there a way to
>>>> make both device name and friendly name same?
>>>>
>>>> or any Apis available only to list the connected RAS devices?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> —
>>>> NTDEV is sponsored by OSR
>>>>
>>>> For our schedule of WDF, WDM, debugging and other seminars visit:
>>>> http://www.osr.com/seminars
>>>>
>>>> To unsubscribe, visit the List Server section of OSR Online at
>>>> http://www.osronline.com/page.cfm?name=ListServer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> —
>>>> NTDEV is sponsored by OSR
>>>>
>>>> For our schedule of WDF, WDM, debugging and other seminars visit:
>>>> http://www.osr.com/seminars
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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