Re: hardware detection

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You can get that information. The same way you can get it from any network controller
card (I've fogotten, but the information *is* available). So you get the PnP notification
because you've registered it; then you issue the appropriate network APIs to get the
controller information. The question of how to get the MAC address has been answered here
in the past, but since I haven't done that, I've forgotten what the answers are.
joe

On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:56:42 -0800, "Z.K." <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Okay thanks. I thought that since Windows sees the Bluetooth Device and
if I click on the generic bluetooth radio and properties I get the MAC
address that I could somehow extract that information that windows is
displaying. Apparently I guess that is not possible if I understand
what you are saying. Thanks for the information anyway. I thought this
would be something simple since all I need to do is extract the MAC
Address and not communicate with another bluetooth device; Apparently,
that is not so, but thanks again for the info. I was wondering though
if you could suggest a good book for extracting hardware information
from windows. I know this encompasses a lot of different devices, but
since device manager seems to have the information that I need, surely
this must be possible even if I am unfamiliar with how to do this.

Z.K.

Joseph M. Newcomer wrote:
You can register to get device notifications. After that, you're on your own to deal with
the device. BlueTooth looks like a network, and uses sockets.

"Extracting hardware information" is a very broad question, and is a much more general
question than how to get a MAC address.

Look at WM_DEVICECHANGE to see about getting notifications, and follow the See Also to
Device Notification Overview, and click downward to the article on registering for device
notifications.
joe

On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:32:16 -0800, "Z.K." <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I need to write a program where I insert a bluetooth radio and get its
MAC Address. I was thinking I needed to use the bluetoothAPIs, but then
I began to wonder if it is just a hardware detection problem. Either
way I am kind of stuck. In order to use the bluetoothAPIs I have read
that I need to open a socket of some kind which I have never done and I
am not sure how to extract hardware information either. If anyone could
help or point me to a web site that would be great. I have tried
searching MSDN and the Internet for such information without much luck.

Z.K.

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