Hardware & Devices

// get a list of existing serial ports
public static object[] GetSerialPorts() {
	ArrayList ports=new ArrayList();
	byte[] bytes=new byte[1024];
	for (int port=1; port<30; port++) {
		string portName="COM"+port;
		int size=1024;
		// getting default settings succeeds if device exists,
		// independent of port wnership
		bool exists=GetDefaultCommConfig(portName, bytes, ref size);
		if (exists) ports.Add(portName);
	}
	return ports.ToArray();
}
 
// get Windows port parameters (fails for non-existing ports)
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Ansi,
	 CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern bool GetDefaultCommConfig(string portName, byte[] buf,ref int bufSize);

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ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from WIN32_SerialPort");
foreach(ManagementObject Port in searcher.Get())
{
    // use the Port object to get the values you need...
    Console.Write(Port.GetPropertyValue("Name"));
}

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