PDA PocketPC MAC Address?

[LabViewGuruWannabe]

Howdy,

Is there a way to read the MAC Address from a PocketPC device that has an ethernet port built-in? (Using LabVIEW for PDA PocketPC of course). I can't seem to find any info on this in this forum, in the LAVA forums, or in any of the help and support docs.

Thanks!

- Greg

[Megan B.]

Hi Greg,

The only way I can see that this would be possible is by making a call to the WinCE API.  LabVIEW PDA doesn't have any VIs which will return the MAC address.  I've searched google quite a bit but unfortunately I haven't been able to find anything more helpful.  It make take some serious sifting through MSDN.

Sorry I can't be more help!!
Megan B.
National Instruments

[LabViewGuruWannabe]

Thanks for looking, Megan.

I've been trying for months to figure out a way to read it with LabVIEW without any success. I know some programs can do it, like CECP, but I don't know how. Is it possible to read the registry on a CE/Pocket PC device like you can with Windows?

- Greg

[Megan B.]

Hi Greg,

Direct registry access was not implemented with LabVIEW PDA, but it looks like you could write a wrapper DLL to do so.  Check out this discussion forum post.

Hope this helps!
Megan B.
National Instruments