DevicesManager.ReportDevice Method (String, Guid, String, DeviceIdentityStatus, String)

2016-09-23

Reports when a new device is added; or when a name, or identity status of a device is updated.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.Devices
Assembly: DevicesOM (in DevicesOM.dll)

Syntax

public void ReportDevice(
    string deviceId,
    Guid deviceType,
    string deviceName,
    DeviceIdentityStatus status,
    string additionalIdInfo
)

public:
void ReportDevice(
    String^ deviceId,
    Guid deviceType,
    String^ deviceName,
    DeviceIdentityStatus status,
    String^ additionalIdInfo
)

Public Sub ReportDevice (
    deviceId As String,
    deviceType As Guid,
    deviceName As String,
    status As DeviceIdentityStatus,
    additionalIdInfo As String
)

Parameters

deviceId
Type: System.String

The identifier of the device to be reported.

deviceType
Type: System.Guid

The type of the device to be reported.

deviceName
Type: System.String

The name of the device to be reported.

status
Type: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Common.Devices.DeviceIdentityStatus

The identity status of the device.

additionalIdInfo
Type: System.String

The additional identity information, which is the certificate serial number.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The argument is null or empty.
ArgumentException	The deviceType is Guid.Empty.
DevicesProviderAccessDeniedException	The caller is not a local administrator.
DevicesProviderNotAvailableException	The object model is not connected to the devices provider.
DeviceTypeMismatchedException	The deviceType does not match the existing device.
DevicesProviderException	The reason the device could not be removed.

Remarks

Administrator rights are required to perform this operation.

Only devices with a device type from DeviceTypes are listed in the Dashboard.

Examples

The following code example shows how to report a device.

using (DevicesManager dm = new DevicesManager())
{
  string deviceId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
  Guid deviceType = Constant.MyDeviceType;
  dm.ReportDevice(deviceId,
                  deviceType,
                  "SDK Device",
                  DeviceIdentityStatus.Active,
                  null);
}

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