{"id":8481,"date":"2007-02-24T18:26:03","date_gmt":"2007-02-24T18:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2007\/02\/24\/displaying-usb-devices-using-wmi\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:20:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:20:43","slug":"displaying-usb-devices-using-wmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/displaying-usb-devices-using-wmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Displaying USB Devices using WMI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over on MyItForum.com<\/a>, I came upon a VBScript in a forum to find all the PNP entities associated with a USBController. I rewrote it in PowerShell and was pretty happy with the results so I thought I would share them. The first thing you need to understand is that the WMI class WIN32_USBControllerDevice describes the connection between USB controllers (The Antecedent) and their logical devices [CIM_LOGICALDEVICE] (the Dependent). Let me illustrate:\n<\/p>\n

PS> gwmi Win32_USBControllerDevice |fl Antecedent,Dependent<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_2658&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&E8″
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”USB\\\\ROOT_HUB
\\\\4&2F35A3CB&0″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_2658&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&E8″
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”USB\\\\VID_04FC
&PID_0003\\\\5&2604C4EE&0&1″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_2658&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&E8″
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”HID\\\\VID_04FC
&PID_0003\\\\6&185E20EC&0&0000″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_2659&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&E9″
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”USB\\\\ROOT_HUB
\\\\4&88AB5AD&0″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_2659&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&E9″
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”USB\\\\VID_413C
&PID_8103\\\\5&111B5EE1&0&1″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_2659&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&E9″
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”BTH\\\\MS_RFCOM
M\\\\6&3250FFA7&0&0″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_2659&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&E9″
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”BTH\\\\MS_BTHBR
B\\\\6&3250FFA7&0&1″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_2659&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&E9″
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”BTH\\\\MS_BTHPA
N\\\\6&3250FFA7&0&2″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_265A&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&EA”
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”USB\\\\ROOT_HUB
\\\\4&8904A15&0″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_265B&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&EB”
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”USB\\\\ROOT_HUB
\\\\4&2F300F63&0″<\/p>\n

Antecedent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_USBController.DeviceID=”PCI\\\\VEN_
8086&DEV_265C&SUBSYS_01891028&REV_03\\\\3&2B8E0B4B&0&EF”
Dependent : \\\\JPSVISTA1\\root\\cimv2:Win32_PnPEntity.DeviceID=”USB\\\\ROOT_HUB
20\\\\4&16530ED8&0″
\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

Clear as mud right? These are WMI Path names and are not so readable. That’s ok for now; the point is that this class points to 2 other WMI entities.\n<\/p>\n

Below is the VBScript that I got from here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

strComputer = “.” <\/p>\n

Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\\\” & strComputer & “\\root\\cimv2”)
Set colDevices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> (“Select * From Win32_USBControllerDevice”) <\/p>\n

For Each objDevice in colDevices
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> strDeviceName = objDevice.Dependent
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> strQuotes = Chr(34)
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> strDeviceName = Replace(strDeviceName, strQuotes, “”)
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> arrDeviceNames = Split(strDeviceName, “=”)
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> strDeviceName = arrDeviceNames(1)
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Set colUSBDevices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> (“Select * From Win32_PnPEntity Where DeviceID = ‘” & strDeviceName & “‘”)
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> For Each objUSBDevice in colUSBDevices
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Wscript.Echo objUSBDevice.Description
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> WScript.Echo objUSBDevice.PnPDeviceID ‘ Changed from Description to PnPDeviceID
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> ‘as this script can be altered to return any property
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> ‘of the Win32_USBControllerDevice collection.
<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Next<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t
Next<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This script does a query to get all instances of WIN32_USBControllerDevice, then for each one it takes the DEPENDENT property and converts it to a query, it then executes that query (which gets the PNPEntities) and formats the description and deviceID.\n<\/p>\n

We don’t have to do that in PowerShell. If you have a WMIPath, you can get the object it points to just by casting it with [WMI]. So that means that you can replace this script with the following one-liner (Note: I decided to sort and things to make it prettier [and to show off J<\/span>] )\n<\/p>\n

\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

PS> gwmi Win32_USBControllerDevice |%{[wmi]($_.Dependent)} |
>> Sort Description,DeviceID | ft Description,DeviceID -auto
>><\/p>\n

Description DeviceID
———– ——–
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) BTH\\MS_BTHPAN\\6&3250FFA7&0&2
Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) BTH\\MS_RFCOMM\\6&3250FFA7&0&0
Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Module USB\\VID_413C&PID_8103\\5&111B5EE…
Disk drive USBSTOR\\DISK&VEN_COWON&PROD_IAU…
HID-compliant consumer control device HID\\VID_045E&PID_00B9&COL01\\6&2…
HID-compliant mouse HID\\VID_045E&PID_00B9&COL02\\6&2…
HID-compliant mouse HID\\VID_04FC&PID_0003\\6&185E20E…
Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator BTH\\MS_BTHBRB\\6&3250FFA7&0&1
USB Human Interface Device USB\\VID_045E&PID_00B9\\5&2616CD8…
USB Human Interface Device USB\\VID_04FC&PID_0003\\5&2604C4E…
USB Mass Storage Device USB\\VID_0E21&PID_0600\\0002F685D…
USB Root Hub USB\\ROOT_HUB\\4&2F300F63&0
USB Root Hub USB\\ROOT_HUB\\4&2F35A3CB&0
USB Root Hub USB\\ROOT_HUB\\4&88AB5AD&0
USB Root Hub USB\\ROOT_HUB\\4&8904A15&0
USB Root Hub USB\\ROOT_HUB20\\4&16530ED8&0\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Not one to leave well enough alone, let’s guild this lilly:\n<\/p>\n

PS> gwmi Win32_USBControllerDevice |%{[wmi]($_.Dependent)} |
>> Sort Manufacturer,Description,DeviceID |
>> Ft -GroupBy Manufacturer Description,Service,DeviceID
>><\/p>\n

Manufacturer: (Standard disk drives)<\/p>\n

Description Service DeviceID
———– ——- ——–
Disk drive disk USBSTOR\\DISK&VEN_COWO…<\/p>\n

Manufacturer: (Standard system devices)<\/p>\n

Description Service DeviceID
———– ——- ——–
USB Human Interface De… HidUsb USB\\VID_045E&PID_00B9…
USB Human Interface De… HidUsb USB\\VID_04FC&PID_0003…<\/p>\n

Manufacturer: (Standard USB Host Controller)<\/p>\n

Description Service DeviceID
———– ——- ——–
USB Root Hub usbhub USB\\ROOT_HUB\\4&2F300F…
USB Root Hub usbhub USB\\ROOT_HUB\\4&2F35A3…
USB Root Hub usbhub USB\\ROOT_HUB\\4&88AB5AD&0
USB Root Hub usbhub USB\\ROOT_HUB\\4&8904A15&0
USB Root Hub usbhub USB\\ROOT_HUB20\\4&1653…<\/p>\n

Manufacturer: Compatible USB storage device<\/p>\n

Description Service DeviceID
———– ——- ——–
USB Mass Storage Device USBSTOR USB\\VID_0E21&PID_0600…<\/p>\n

Manufacturer: Dell<\/p>\n

Description Service DeviceID
———– ——- ——–
Dell Wireless 350 Blue… BTHUSB USB\\VID_413C&PID_8103…<\/p>\n

Manufacturer: Microsoft<\/p>\n

Description Service DeviceID
———– ——- ——–
Bluetooth Device (Pers… BthPan BTH\\MS_BTHPAN\\6&3250F…
Bluetooth Device (RFCO… RFCOMM BTH\\MS_RFCOMM\\6&3250F…
HID-compliant consumer… HID\\VID_045E&PID_00B9…
HID-compliant mouse mouhid HID\\VID_045E&PID_00B9…
HID-compliant mouse mouhid HID\\VID_04FC&PID_0003…
Microsoft Bluetooth En… BthEnum BTH\\MS_BTHBRB\\6&3250F…
\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past, people have thrown rocks at WMI for being difficult and obtuse. There is a ton of great information in WMI and now with PowerShell, you have a tool that makes it easy to find and manipulate. If you’ve looked at WMI in the past and given up, I encourage you to get some PowerShell skills under your belt and go at it again.\n<\/p>\n

Enjoy!\n<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell\/MMC Architect
Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/PowerShell<\/a>
Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/technet\/scriptcenter\/hubs\/msh.mspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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