WPDDeviceInspector Automation Profiles
The WPDDeviceInspector tool is a console application. It generates a comprehensive HTML report that describes the capabilities and content of a device. This application is available in the Windows Driver Kit for Windows 7.
The WPDDeviceInspector for Windows 7 supports an Automation mode that generates a report of the device capabilities in terms of JScript properties, methods, and events. This report provides a basic guide to the device properties, services, formats, and storages.
The following steps show how to use the WPDDeviceInspector.
- Connect a device.
- From a Command Prompt, type the following:
WpdDeviceInspector.exe /Automation - Enter the selection for the device.
- The report is generated as DeviceAutomationInfo.html in the DeviceProfiles folder.
The following is a snapshot of the Device Object capabilities for a sample device:
Device Capabilities
Supported Properties
| JScript | Datatype | Access |
|---|---|---|
| ObjectId | String | Read |
| ObjectContainerFunctionalObjectId | String | Read |
| ObjectPersistentUniqueId | String | Read |
| ObjectParentId | String | Read |
| ObjectFormat | String | Read |
| ObjectContentType | String | Read |
| FunctionalObjectCategory | String | Read |
| DevicePowerSource | Number | Read |
| ObjectCanDelete | Boolean | Read |
| DeviceType | Number | Read |
| DeviceTransport | Number | Read |
| DeviceFirmwareVersion | String | Read |
| DeviceProtocol | String | Read |
| DeviceManufacturer | String | Read |
| DeviceModel | String | Read |
| ObjectName | String | Read |
| DeviceSerialNumber | String | Read |
| DeviceModelUniqueId | Array | Read |
| DeviceFunctionalUniqueId | Array | Read |
| DevicePowerLevel | Number | Read |
| DeviceSyncPartner | String | Read/Write |
| DeviceFriendlyName | String | Read/Write |
Methods
| JScript | Description |
|---|---|
var Collection = deviceObject.storages |
Returns a collection of legacy storages on the device. |
var Collection = deviceObject.services |
Returns a collection of services on the device. |
var Collection = deviceObject.getServicesByType("{GUID}") |
Returns a collection of services for a given type. |
Event Handlers
- onDeviceReset()
- onDeviceUpdated()
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