I have the following code working in Windows 7:
MbnInterfaceManager mbnInfMgr = new MbnInterfaceManager();
IMbnInterfaceManager mbnInfMgrInterface = mbnInfMgr as IMbnInterfaceManager;
if (mbnInfMgrInterface != null)
{
IMbnInterface[] mobileInterfaces = mbnInfMgrInterface.GetInterfaces() as IMbnInterface[];
}
No problems when the MBN device exists but when an MBN device doesn't exist I get the following exception in the call to GetInterfaces():
{System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80070490): Element not found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070490)
at MbnApi.IMbnInterfaceManager.GetInterfaces()
at foo.Program.configureConnection() in foo}
Question
Is there something that should be done to check for a MBN interface before calling GetInterfaces? I can simply catch this exception but I can't find any documentation that says this exception is the same as having no interfaces.
The closest thing I have found on statckoverflow is this
struggling with mobile broadband api windows 7 and windows 8 with C#, not sure what to install
which implies that maybe windows 7 behaves differently than windows 8.1.
I got the same Element not found exception trying to use GetSignalStrength() and MbnInterfaceManager I instead found you can obtain a lot of useful info using WMI. Please see the answer here using SELECT * FROM Win32_PerfRawData_Tcpip_NetworkInterface:
struggling with mobile broadband api windows 7 and windows 8 with C#, not sure what to install
UPDATE:
Please note that I found you cannot get the network info in Windows 8.1 in the same way as you do in Windows 7. See How can I install an application that requires WMI capabilities on Windows 8.1 to determine available bandwidth? and https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/network-information-sample-63aaa201
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I am using the native Wifi Api to fetch the ssid on windows 8 machine but the "WlanOpenHandle" call always fails with the error code 1062. Any help?
Note: there is no wzc service on windows 8.
As confirmed by the OP, the proximate cause of the error was that the service "WLAN AutoConfig" was not running. This requirement does not seem to be documented; I've added a note in the community contributions section.
I'm trying to create a simple application in UWP for a Zebra device (Model TC700J) running Windows 8, in which I make use of the built in barcode scanner.
From what I've found, there's plenty of Zebra tutorials for accessing the scanner when programming on Android, but none for Windows due to the fact that Microsoft provide their own generic barcode scanner API found in the Windows.Devices.PointOfService namespace.
The code I currently have looks something like this:
BarcodeScanner scanner;
ClaimedBarcodeScanner claimedScanner;
scanner = await BarcodeScanner.GetDefaultAsync();
if (scanner != null)
{
claimedScanner = await scanner.ClaimScannerAsync();
}
The problem is that the if statement never evaluates to true as the GetDefaultAsync method always returns null.
Over here there was an answer that seemed to work, stating that it depends where the GetDefaultAsync method is placed. I've tried to put it in all of the suggested places though and to no avail.
There is another method, BarcodeScanner.FromIdAsync() which returns a barcode based on the string representation of that barcode scanner's id sent as a parameter, but I'm not sure that'd be valid here as the barcode scanner is built into the device.
Looking at Zebra's site, TC700J seems to be model number of Windows 10 Mobile IoT Enterprize OS.
And the platform is ARM(Qualcomm snapdragon), not Intel x86/x64.
TC70 / TC75 Touch Computer Series
https://www.zebra.com/us/en/products/mobile-computers/handheld/tc7x-touch-computer-series.html
TC70x Operating System (TC700J) Windows 10 Mobile IoT Enterprise v1.13.02 Release Notes
https://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/software/release-notes/operating-system/tc70x-operating-system-v1-13-02--release-notes.html
For example, if your Zebra device is old hardware and Windows Phone 8/8.1 is running, Windows Phone does not seem to support Windows.Devices.PointOfService namespace.
It is described in the comment of the following article.
Windows Phone 8.1: Scan Barcodes using Camera
If your Zebra device can update to Windows 10 Mobile IoT Enterprise, please check it after doing it.
If you can update it, you can use the barcode scanner sample for Windows 10.
https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/tree/master/Samples/BarcodeScanner
If your device is running on Windows 8 for x86, since Windows.Devices.PointOfService namespace is supported from Windows 8.1, you need to change the OS to Windows 8.1/10 if possible.
In that case you can use following, or above(for Windows10) sample.
Barcode scanner sample for Windows 8.1
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Barcode-scanner-sample-f39aa411
If you can not update it, please get the software and documentation for using BarcodeScanner from the vendor on Windows (Phone?) 8.
Seems the usage of Async method wasn't quite right.
Try below code:
BarcodeScanner scanner;
ClaimedBarcodeScanner claimedScanner;
scanner = await BarcodeScanner.GetDefaultAsync();
if (scanner != null)
{
claimedScanner = await scanner.ClaimScannerAsync();
}
More details:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/async
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj991977.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
I'm playing around with remote UWP AppServices in C# and I run into a very early roadblock: Getting a RemoteSystem instance.
I followed the tutorial on https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/communicate-with-a-remote-app-service with my own code and I tried out the RemoteSystems sample as part of https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples
Unfortunately, the result is always the same.
First I request access to remote systems:
RemoteSystemAccessStatus status = await RemoteSystem.RequestAccessAsync();
This is successful: status has the value RemoteSystemAccessStatus.Allowed.
Next, I create a HostName instance:
var deviceHost = new HostName("computer2");
Then I want to get a RemoteSystem instance:
RemoteSystem remoteSystem = await RemoteSystem.FindByHostNameAsync(deviceHost);
This throws an exception:
Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED))
What I tried
Searching the web doesn't bring up much at this time (remote UWP AppServices are too new)
The event log doesn't have anything interesting in it
The Windows firewall seems to be configured correctly (this seems to be done automatically by Visual Studio)
What I'm looking for
One of my computer was upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, the other from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. So there is a chance my computers are "misconfigured" in some way (I remember the unnecessary task scheduler entries for Windows Media Center...)
My question: What are recommended practices to troubleshoot these kinds of problems? Are there tools that can help me? Right now I'm now even sure where to start looking...
I'll try to keep it short. I've been running in Windows 10 (10130) Microsoft's WiFi Direct Services example available on GitHub , the C# one in Visual Studio 2015 RC. Now, in their Build conference they said you can run in CMD a command to know if your WiFi adapter is compatible with WiFi Direct
netsh wlan show wirelesscap
Which gives me a big YES, your wireless adapter is compatible.
Wi-Fi Direct Device : Supported
Wi-Fi Direct GO : Supported
Wi-Fi Direct Client : Supported
But when I run the mentioned sample, everything goes OK until the WiFiDirectServiceWrapper.OnAdvertisementStatusChanged(. . .) is triggered, almost inmediatly after creating the advertiser. While running the sample with the profiler attached I get this:
private void OnAdvertisementStatusChanged(WiFiDrectServiceAdvertiser sender, object args)
--
sender | {Windows.Devices.WiFiDirect.Services.WiFiDirectServiceAdvertiser}
AdvertisementStatus: Aborted
AutoAcceptSession: true
CustomServiceStatusCode: 0
DeferredSessionInfo: null
PreferGroupOwnerMode: true
PreferredConfigurationMethods : _native, can't see_
ServiceError: UnsupportedHardware
ServiceInfo: null
ServiceName: "myservice"
ServiceNamePrefixes: {System.__comObject}
ServiceStatus: Available
I really don't know how I'm supposed to depurate this, as I can't find where this Event is raised (the only references to that method are
this.advertiser.AdversitementStatusChanged += OnAdvertisementStatusChanged
this.advertiser.AdversitementStatusChanged -= OnAdvertisementStatusChanged
^ those), and I can't see the WifiDirectServiceAdvertiser implementation.
My WiFi Card is a Qualcomm Atheros AR9485, and I'm using the latest drivers available through Windows Update. In the device manager I get two Wi-Fi Direct Virtual adapters:
Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
The second one is disabled sometimes (the UnsupportedHardware event is the same, enabled or disabled). For all of them I've disabled the "Allow the PC to shut down this device to save energy" option.
I've tried to compile the code to x86 and x64, but I get the same result at the same point. I've tried another two generic wireless thumbs (those USB WiFi adapters) which Windows says yes, they're compatible too with no luck.
I know Windows 10 is not final, but any help is appreciated.
It seems that the WiFiDirect capabilities are not the only ones you need to look at if the thing you want to do is advertise a service (which is actually the "new in Windows 10 thing" concerning Direct).
The command you must execute is exactly the same as before:
netsh wlan show wirelesscap
but if you want to advertise a service, the relevant capabilities are the following:
P2P Device Discovery : Supported
P2P Service Name Discovery : Supported
P2P Service Info Discovery : Supported
P2P Background Discovery : Supported
What WiFiDirect does in Windows since 8 and 8.1 is advertising the whole computer, but since 10, WiFiDirectServices advertises one or more services running simultaneously in your machine.
Lets say you are the developer of com.boardgames. If you want to host a board games competition somewhere without a WiFi hard AP, that could be the prefix of the name of all your services, so each client connects only to the one they want: for example, com.boardgames.solitaire or com.boardgames.chess instead of connecting to your machine.
Sadly, none of the computers nor WiFi antennas I've tried are compatible with P2P discoveries.
I'm experiencing problems with Windows 8: the following code has always worked with previous versions of Windows.
BluetoothSecurity.PairRequest(_myAddress,PIN);
_BTClient.Connect(_myAddress,InTheHand.Net.Bluetooth.BluetoothService.SerialPort);
return _BTClient.GetStream();
The "Connect" method always throw an Exception
System.Net.Sockets.SocketsException: {"An invalid argument was supplied *_myAddress*:0000110100001000800000805f9b34fb"}."
The Discovery is working fine so I suppose the BT Radio is working.
The hardware is a "Dell Wireless 380 Bluetooth 4.0 Module".
I'm connecting to a a Parani Module ESD100V2
Thanks for any solution/advice/hint you may give.
Does the PairRequest you do return true or false?
Anyway, Parani devices I've worked with in the past have a bug for connect when not paired. So, to check that, pair manually through the Windows UI and see if the connect works then.