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WMI monitor looking at USB hardware and reporting back status and what usb device name

I need advice on building a WMI monitor script to monitor the status of USB ports and if there is something attached and report back on it.

so confused !

  • Wmi and usb are pretty ugly to query, its not like a switch where you can just say, list off all my ports and tell me if something is plugged into it.  Your machine will typically have a couple usb controllers, some internal, some external, and since USB allows daisy chained devices there isn't exactly a 1 to 1 relationship between physical slots on your workstation and usb devices that come back as connected.

    I found this powershell that queries wmi and generates a report of connected devices, but it would need a LOT of cleanup to be able to be used as a component in SAM.

    gwmi Win32_USBControllerDevice |%{[wmi]($_.Dependent)} | Sort Manufacturer,Description,DeviceID | Ft -GroupBy Manufacturer Description,Service,DeviceID

    This is the kind of output it gives back:

    Manufacturer: (Standard keyboards)

    Description         Service DeviceID                                    

    -----------         ------- --------                                    

    HID Keyboard Device kbdhid  HID\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_00\7&1218A125&0&0000

       Manufacturer: (Standard system devices)

    Description                         Service DeviceID                                          

    -----------                         ------- --------                                          

    HID-compliant system controller             HID\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_01&COL03\7&1177B19&0&0002

    HID-compliant vendor-defined device         HID\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_01&COL04\7&1177B19&0&0003

    HID-compliant vendor-defined device         HID\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_02&COL01\7&14479757&0&0000

    HID-compliant vendor-defined device         HID\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_02&COL02\7&14479757&0&0001

    HID-compliant vendor-defined device         HID\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_02&COL03\7&14479757&0&0002

    USB Input Device                    HidUsb  USB\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_01\6&95DED89&0&0001      

    USB Input Device                    HidUsb  USB\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_02\6&95DED89&0&0002      

       Manufacturer: (Standard USB Host Controller)

    Description                                           Service DeviceID                          

    -----------                                           ------- --------                          

    Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)         USB\VID_0000&PID_0002\5&7C6516D&0&2

    USB Composite Device                                  usbccgp USB\VID_046D&PID_C52B\5&7C6516D&0&4

    USB Composite Device                                  usbccgp USB\VID_174F&PID_2409\5&7C6516D&0&5

       Manufacturer: (Standard USB HUBs)

    Description         Service DeviceID                    

    -----------         ------- --------                    

    USB Root Hub (xHCI) USBHUB3 USB\ROOT_HUB30\4&1FC3C7B2&0&0

       Manufacturer: DMAX-AVC

    Description Service    DeviceID                                   

    ----------- -------    --------                                   

    EasyCamera  SNP2UVCW10 USB\VID_174F&PID_2409&MI_00\6&F78FF57&0&0000

       Manufacturer: Logitech (x64)

    Description               Service DeviceID                                   

    -----------               ------- --------                                   

    Logitech USB Input Device HidUsb  USB\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_00\6&95DED89&0&0000

       Manufacturer: Microsoft

    Description                                                Service    DeviceID                                                                                               

    -----------                                                -------    --------                                                                                               

    AV Remote Target Service                                              BTHENUM\{0000110C-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB}_VID&00010039_PID&1582\7&35E9B622&0&001167BDAB1C_C00000000

    Bluetooth Audio/Video Remote Control HID                   BthAvrcpTg BTHENUM\{0000110E-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB}_VID&00010039_PID&1582\7&35E9B622&0&001167BDAB1C_C00000000

    Bluetooth Device                                                      BTHENUM\DEV_001167BDAB1C\7&35E9B622&0&BLUETOOTHDEVICE_001167BDAB1C                                     

    Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)                   BthPan     BTH\MS_BTHPAN\6&158B9721&0&2                                                                           

    Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI)                     RFCOMM     BTH\MS_RFCOMM\6&158B9721&0&0                                                                           

    Bluetooth Hands-Free                                       BthHFAud   BTHHFENUM\BTHHFPAUDIO\8&305BF65B&0&97                                                                  

    Bluetooth Hands-Free Audio and Call Control HID Enumerator BthHFEnum  BTHENUM\{0000111E-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB}_VID&00010039_PID&1582\7&35E9B622&0&001167BDAB1C_C00000000

    Bluetooth Hands-Free Call Control HID                      bthhfhid   BTHHFENUM\BTHHFPHID\8&305BF65B&0&104                                                                   

    Bluetooth Stereo                                           BthA2DP    BTHENUM\{0000110B-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB}_VID&00010039_PID&1582\7&35E9B622&0&001167BDAB1C_C00000000

    HID-compliant consumer control device                                 HID\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_01&COL02\7&1177B19&0&0001                                                     

    HID-compliant mouse                                        mouhid     HID\VID_046D&PID_C52B&MI_01&COL01\7&1177B19&0&0000                                                     

    Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator                             BthEnum    BTH\MS_BTHBRB\6&158B9721&0&1                                                                           

    Microsoft Bluetooth LE Enumerator                          BthLEEnum  BTH\MS_BTHLE\6&158B9721&0&0                                                                            

       Manufacturer: Qualcomm Atheros Communications

    Description                            Service DeviceID                          

    -----------                            ------- --------                          

    Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.1 BTHUSB  USB\VID_0CF3&PID_E300\5&7C6516D&0&7

       Manufacturer: Synaptics Incorporated

    Description    Service DeviceID                         

    -----------    ------- --------                         

    Synaptics WBDI WUDFRd  USB\VID_138A&PID_0094\6EFE8CB954D2