How to Capture available ports in my local maching

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Can anybody tell me how to capture the available port in my local machine, which should match with my device manager.

Posted 23-Feb-11 15:56pm

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Yusuf · Answer 1 · 2011-02-23T16:03:00

Solution 2

You can use SerialPort.GetPortNames[^] which returns array of serial port names for the current computer.

Posted 23-Feb-11 16:03pm

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Espen Harlinn 24-Feb-11 4:04am

Nice and simple - my 5

Nish Nishant · Answer 2 · 2011-02-23T15:58:00

Solution 1

Do you mean scan for open ports? If so you'd have to try connecting to each port one by one.

I am not sure what you mean by "match with device manager".

Posted 23-Feb-11 15:58pm

Nish Nishant