USB Serial Devices - Description and Information

Hello folks, I am trying to detect which kind of USB/Serial device is connected through Labview: through the VISA Find Resources i can list all the GPIB/ASRL devices connected and then through the Interfice Type i can detect the Serial/USB devices (interface number 4) and through the Interface Description I can get the name (COM7 for example).
Now my point is that if i look on the "Device Manager" in Windows i can see the "Manufacturer Name" and the "Device Description from BUS" of the Serial Device connected. Is there a way to get those information inside Labview?
Thanks in advance and best regards
Dario Cassaniti

Hello Dario,
the best option might be to use DevCon, a commandline based device manager from Microsoft.
Windows Device Console (Devcon.exe) (Windows Drivers)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff544707(v=vs.85).aspx
There are various threads and posts about this tool and how to use it.
Please refer to the search function in the forum.
Best regards,
Peter

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