diff --git a/SimplySerial/SimplySerial.cs b/SimplySerial/SimplySerial.cs
index 3ae231c..ec5c43b 100644
--- a/SimplySerial/SimplySerial.cs
+++ b/SimplySerial/SimplySerial.cs
@@ -361,20 +361,23 @@ namespace SimplySerial
/// Modified from the example written by Kamil Górski (freakone) available at
/// http://blog.gorski.pm/serial-port-details-in-c-sharp
/// https://github.com/freakone/serial-reader
+ /// Some modifications were based on this stackoverflow thread:
+ /// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11458835/finding-information-about-all-serial-devices-connected-through-usb-in-c-sharp
///
/// List of available serial ports
private static List GetSerialPorts()
{
const string vidPattern = @"VID_([0-9A-F]{4})";
const string pidPattern = @"PID_([0-9A-F]{4})";
-
- using (var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM WIN32_SerialPort"))
+ const string namePattern = @"(?<=\()COM[0-9]{1,3}(?=\)$)";
+
+ using (var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("root\\CIMV2", "SELECT * FROM Win32_PnPEntity WHERE ClassGuid=\"{4d36e978-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\""))
{
var ports = searcher.Get().Cast().ToList();
return ports.Select(p =>
{
ComPort c = new ComPort();
- c.name = p.GetPropertyValue("DeviceID").ToString();
+ c.name = p.GetPropertyValue("Name").ToString();
c.vid = p.GetPropertyValue("PNPDeviceID").ToString();
c.description = p.GetPropertyValue("Caption").ToString();
@@ -386,6 +389,12 @@ namespace SimplySerial
if (mPID.Success)
c.pid = mPID.Groups[1].Value;
+ Match mName = Regex.Match(c.name, namePattern);
+ if (mName.Success)
+ c.name = mName.Value;
+ else
+ c.name = "COM??";
+
return c;
}).ToList();