Device Manager provides you with a graphical view of the hardware that is installed on your Pocket PC,
this can be built-in devices, PC/CF Cards and external modems.
Using Device Manager, you can:
Device Manager display devices by the type of device installed, such as infrared or modem.
Select a device and tap the properties button to display more information.
Press the refresh button to reload devices information,
this is needed to update the display when you removed or inserted a device.
Windows CE assign a name to most devices, like DSK1: for the first disk device,
see the devices names page for a complete description.
SIP | Soft Input Panel This is the IME software providing the on-screen keyboard, character recognizer, or another installed input method. |
COM | Communication (Serial) device Can be a serial port, an infrared adapter, a modem, or a serial interface to another device. |
WAV | Waveform audio device This is a digital audio sound device. |
WAM | Wave API Manager This is a driver that allow applications to generate waveform sounds. |
ACM | Audio Compression Manager A codec device that simplify audio compression/decompression. |
DSK | Disk device The main filesystem, called the Object Store, is in RAM. Disk devices are aditionnal storage devices, a CompactFlash memory card for example. |
NDS | NDIS device A network interface adapter, allow you to connect to a network. |
Type | Describe the function of the device. | Registry | Driver definition location in the system registry. |
Driver files | Device Driver : The driver file used for this device. TSP driver : Transport Service Provider for this device. File System : File System driver for this device. |
Resources | Device ID : Windows CE ID for this device. Socket : PCMCIA Socket used by this device. |
Plug and Play ID | Plug and Play identification string, built-in devices usually does not provide this. |