Report PnP Devices
The Report PnP Devices plug-in generates a report displaying the USB, FireWire and PCMCIA devices currently connected to computers on the network and those that were connected.
Note: •In order to retrieve PnP devices from computers running Windows 8/10 or Windows Server 2012/2016/2019, you should install DeviceLock Service on those computers. •In order to retrieve PnP devices from computers running Windows Vista/7 or Windows Server 2008, you should allow remote access to the PnP interface on those computers. You can do it by modifying the policy as described in our article at
www.devicelock.com/support/kb_view.html?ID=14800 (see the title “Enable Remote Access to the Plug and Play (PNP) Interface” there). |
The columns are defined as follows:
•Description - The device description provided by the device’s vendor.
•Device Information - Additional information about the device provided by its vendor.
•Connected to - The interface where the device is connected (USB, FireWire or PCMCIA).
•Class - The class of the device provided by Windows.
•Class description - A description of the device’s class provided by Windows.
•Present - Indicates whether the device is currently connected or not (Yes or No).
•DeviceID - The unique identification string of the device provided by its vendor.
•Driver - The Name of the driver that is controlling this device.
You can add reported USB devices to the
USB Devices Database using the shortcut menu available via a right mouse click.
Before you can use this plug-in, you should select the information you want to include in reports, by clicking the
Settings button below the plug-ins list in the
Scan Network dialog box (see
Selecting Plug-ins).
•Report Connected Devices Only - Select this check box to report only those devices that are currently connected to the computer. Otherwise, you will see all devices that were ever connected to the computer.
•Report FireWire Devices - Select this check box to report devices that are plugging into the FireWire port.
•Report PCMCIA Devices - Select this check box to report devices that are plugging into the PCMCIA slot.
•Report USB Devices - Select this check box to report devices that are plugging into the USB port.
