Windows PowerShell command on Get-command Get-PnpDevice

NAME

Get-PnpDevice

SYNOPSIS

Returns information about PnP devices.

SYNTAX

Get-PnpDevice [[-InstanceId] ] [-CimSession ] [-Class ] [-InformationAction

{SilentlyContinue | Stop | Continue | Inquire | Ignore | Suspend}] [-InformationVariable ]

[-PresentOnly] [-Status {OK | ERROR | DEGRADED | UNKNOWN}] [-ThrottleLimit ] []

Get-PnpDevice [-CimSession ] [-Class ] [-FriendlyName ] [-InformationAction

{SilentlyContinue | Stop | Continue | Inquire | Ignore | Suspend}] [-InformationVariable ]

[-PresentOnly] [-Status {OK | ERROR | DEGRADED | UNKNOWN}] [-ThrottleLimit ] []

Get-PnpDevice [-CimSession ] [-Class ] [-InformationAction {SilentlyContinue | Stop |

Continue | Inquire | Ignore | Suspend}] [-InformationVariable ] [-PresentOnly] [-Status {OK |

ERROR | DEGRADED | UNKNOWN}] [-ThrottleLimit ] []

Get-PnpDevice [-CimSession ] [-Class ] [-InformationAction {SilentlyContinue | Stop |

Continue | Inquire | Ignore | Suspend}] [-InformationVariable ] [-PresentOnly] [-ThrottleLimit

] []

Get-PnpDevice [-CimSession ] [-InformationAction {SilentlyContinue | Stop | Continue | Inquire |

Ignore | Suspend}] [-InformationVariable ] [-Status {OK | ERROR | DEGRADED | UNKNOWN}]

[-ThrottleLimit ] []

DESCRIPTION

The Get-PnpDevice cmdlet returns basic information about Plug and Play (PnP) devices. The values returned are

common to all devices.

PARAMETERS

-CimSession []

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such

as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local

computer. Required? false Position? named Default value none Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false

-Class []

Specifies an array of PnP classes for devices. Some example values for this parameter are Monitor, DiskDrive, and Processor. Required? false Position? named Default value none Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false

-FriendlyName []

Specifies an array of friendly names for devices. Required? false Position? named Default value none

Accept pipeline input? true(ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false

-InformationAction []

Specifies how this cmdlet responds to an information event. The acceptable values for this parameter are:�

-- SilentlyContinue

-- Stop

-- Continue

-- Inquire

-- Ignore

-- Suspend

Required? false Position? named Default value none Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false

-InformationVariable []

Specifies a variable in which to store an information event message. Required? false Position? named Default value none Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false

-InstanceId []

Specifies an array of unique instance ID of devices. Required? false Position? 1 Default value none

Accept pipeline input? true(ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false

-PresentOnly []

Indicates that this cmdlet gets only those devices that are present when you issue the command. Present devices are physically in the system or attached to it. Required? false Position? named Default value none Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false

-Status []

Specifies an array of current status values of devices. The acceptable values for this parameter are:�

-- OK

-- ERROR

-- UNKNOWN

-- DEGRADED

Required? false Position? named Default value none Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false

-ThrottleLimit []

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShellr calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer. Required? false Position? named Default value none Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/Cimv2/Win32_PnPEntity[] The Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance object is a wrapper class that displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. The path after the pound sign (#) provides the namespace and class name for the underlying WMI object.

Example 1: Get all PnP devices

PS C:\>Get-PnpDevice

Status Class FriendlyName

InstanceId

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

----------

OK System High precision event timer ACPI\PNP0103... OK AudioEndpoint Remote Audio SWD\MMDEVAPI... OK System System board ACPI\PNP0C01\1 OK System System board ACPI\PNP0C01\A OK System Motherboard resources ACPI\PNP0C02\4 Unknown MEDIA Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy SW\{96E080C7... OK System UMBus Enumerator UMB\UMB\1&84...

OK Printer \\prn-corp3\stug-2633-clr

SWD\PRINTENU...

OK PrintQueue stug-2633-clr on prn-tsqa.contoso.com (redirected 1) SWD\PRINTENU...

This command gets all devices known to PnP, whether they are present or not.

Example 2: Get PnP devices by name

PS C:\>Get-PnpDevice -FriendlyName 'Generic USB Hub'

Status Class FriendlyName

InstanceId

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

----------

OK USB Generic USB Hub USB\VID_0557... OK USB Generic USB Hub USB\VID_0409... OK USB Generic USB Hub USB\VID_8087... OK USB Generic USB Hub USB\VID_8087... OK USB Generic USB Hub USB\VID_0424... OK USB Generic USB Hub USB\VID_0424... This command gets all the devices named Generic USB Hub.

Example 3: Get PnP devices by ID

PS C:\>Get-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'USB\VID_8087&PID_0024\5&3541780&0&1'

Status Class FriendlyName

InstanceId

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

----------

OK USB Generic USB Hub USB\VID_8087... This command gets the device that has the specified instance ID.

Example 4: Get present PnP devices in specified states

PS C:\>Get-PnpDevice -PresentOnly -Status ERROR,DEGRADED,UNKNOWN

Status Class FriendlyName

InstanceId

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

----------

Error PCI Serial Port PCI\VEN_8086... Error Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse ACPI\PNP0F03... Error PCI Simple Communications Controller PCI\VEN_8086... Error SAS Controller PCI\VEN_8086... Error Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard ACPI\PNP0303... This command gets all present devices that report a status of error, degraded, or unknown.

Example 5: Get PnP devices of a class

PS C:\>Get-PnpDevice -Class 'Mouse'

Status Class FriendlyName

InstanceId

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

----------

OK Mouse HID-compliant mouse

HID\VID_0557... Error Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse ACPI\PNP0F03... OK Mouse Remote Desktop Mouse Device TERMINPUT_BU...

OK Mouse HID-compliant mouse

HID\VID_045E... This command gets all the devices that belong to the specified PnP class.