Detecting presence of a 634?

[erikm]

Is there any way to ping a CFA-364 device to see if it's present on a port? I've looked through the documentation of the device and don't see anything that looks like a query command.

We're using the device through a USB port so alternatively is there any way to check the port to see if it's an emulation by the Crystalfontz driver?

Thanks in advance.

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[CF Support2]

The CFA634 is "mute" -- it listens very well, but it does not talk back. So, there is no query command.

Since you are using the USB interface, at a system level you can check to see if the device is there, or the port exists. It will show up as a "CFA634".

 

[CF Mark]

Some example code for enumerating COM ports:

# ifndef GUID_CLASS_COMPORT
   DEFINE_GUID(GUID_CLASS_COMPORT, 0x86e0d1e0L, 0x8089, 0x11d0, 0x9c, 0xe4, 0x08, 0x00, 0x3e, 0x30, 0x1f, 0x73);
# endif

void getPorts(YourPortStorageStruct *ports)
{
    // WINDOWS SERIAL ENUM
    GUID								*guidDev;
    HDEVINFO							devInfo;
    bool								bok;
    SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DATA			ifcData;
    DWORD								detDataSize;
    SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DETAIL_DATA		*detData;
    DWORD								ii;
    SP_DEVINFO_DATA						devData;
    char								tempName[1024];
    char								tempDesc[1024];
    COMHANDLE							comHandle;

    //setup
    guidDev = (GUID*)&GUID_CLASS_COMPORT;
    devInfo = SetupDiGetClassDevs(guidDev, NULL, NULL, DIGCF_PRESENT | DIGCF_DEVICEINTERFACE);
    if(devInfo == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
        return ports;

    // enumerate the serial ports
    detDataSize = sizeof(SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DETAIL_DATA) + 256;
    detData = (SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DETAIL_DATA*)malloc(detDataSize);
    ifcData.cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DATA);
    detData->cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVICE_INTERFACE_DETAIL_DATA);

    bok = true;
    ii = 0;
    do
    {
        bok = SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces(devInfo, NULL, guidDev, ii, &ifcData);
        if (bok)
        {
            //Got a device. Get the details.
            devData.cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA);
            bok = SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetailW(devInfo, &ifcData, detData, detDataSize, NULL, &devData);
            if (bok)
            {
                //take note of detData->DevicePath here 
                ports[ii].availiable = false;
                ports[ii].path = detData->DevicePath;

                if (SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW(devInfo, &devData, SPDRP_FRIENDLYNAME, NULL, (PBYTE)tempName, 512, NULL))
                    ports[i]].friendlyName = (ushort*)tempName;

                if (SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW(devInfo, &devData, SPDRP_DEVICEDESC, NULL, (PBYTE)tempDesc, 512, NULL))
                    ports[ii].description = tempDesc;

                //test for port already used or usage error
                comHandle = CreateFile(detData->DevicePath, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
                if (comHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
                {
                    //port good, close it
                    ports[ii].availiable = true;
                    CloseHandle(comHandle);
                }
            }
        }
        ii++;
    } while(bok);

    if (detData != NULL)
        free(detData);

    if (devInfo != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
        SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(devInfo);

    return ports;
}