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Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« on: March 10, 2016, 04:37:06 pm »
Hi,

I have found several threads in forum.lazarus about subject. Unfortunately, none of them worked for me.

Is there any one which already could get this piece of information?

Thanks.

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2016, 02:59:29 am »
hello,
you can try using tprocess and  tregexpr  with the command ipconfig /all.

something like that ( description and mac address of each network adapter)  :

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  1. // uses process,regexpr;
  2. procedure TForm1.ReadAdapterInfos();
  3.       const READ_BYTES = 2048;
  4.       var
  5.       i : integer;
  6.       Re1,Re2: TRegExpr;
  7.       aProcess: TProcess; //TProcess is crossplatform is best way
  8.       MemStream: TMemoryStream;
  9.       NumBytes: LongInt;
  10.       BytesRead: LongInt;
  11.       Lines: TStringList;
  12.     begin
  13.      // A temp Memorystream is used to buffer the output
  14.      MemStream := TMemoryStream.Create;
  15.      Lines :=TStringList.Create;
  16.      BytesRead := 0;
  17.       try
  18.        re1 := TRegExpr.Create;
  19.        // regex for description of network adapter
  20.        re1.Expression := '.*Description.*:(.+)';
  21.        re2 :=  TRegExpr.Create;
  22.        // regex for mac address
  23.        re2.Expression := '.*Adresse physique.*:(.+)';
  24.        aProcess := TProcess.Create(nil);
  25.        aProcess.Executable := 'ipconfig.exe';
  26.        aProcess.Parameters.Add('/all');
  27.        aprocess.ShowWindow := swoHIDE;
  28.        AProcess.Options := AProcess.Options + [poUsePipes,poStderrToOutPut];
  29.        Memo1.Lines.Clear;
  30.        aProcess.Execute;
  31.        while aProcess.Running do
  32.        begin
  33.          // make sure we have room
  34.          MemStream.SetSize(BytesRead + READ_BYTES);
  35.          // try reading it
  36.          NumBytes := aProcess.Output.Read((MemStream.Memory + BytesRead)^, READ_BYTES);
  37.          if NumBytes > 0 // All read() calls will block, except the final one.
  38.             then Inc(BytesRead, NumBytes)
  39.          else
  40.             BREAK // Program has finished execution.
  41.        end;
  42.        MemStream.SetSize(BytesRead);
  43.        Lines.LoadFromStream(MemStream);
  44.        for i := 0 to Lines.Count-1 do
  45.        begin
  46.        if re1.Exec(Lines[i]) then  Memo1.lines.Add(Trim(Re1.Match[1]));
  47.        if re2.Exec(Lines[i]) then  Memo1.lines.Add(Trim(Re2.Match[1]));
  48.        end;
  49.        finally
  50.        re1.Free;
  51.        re2.Free;
  52.        aProcess.Free;
  53.        Lines.Free;
  54.        MemStream.Free;
  55.        end;
  56.     end;        

1 - The expressions for the regexp are trivial -> can be optimized
2 - The expression of re2 for mac address must be changed depending of the country. In the example it is for french Ipconfig.

Friendly J.P
« Last Edit: March 11, 2016, 03:09:58 am by Jurassic Pork »
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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2016, 04:29:45 pm »
Hi,

Thanks for the sample code. I tried to use it. However, my WinCE device insists not to run ipconfig.exe

First, I get "Cannot execute empty command-line" error message. Then I also assign "ipconfig.exe" to aProcess.CommandLine (which supposed to be depreciated).
Second, I started to get "Failed to execute ipconfig.exe : 87" which I have no idea what it means.

I tested and confirm that my device has ipconfig.exe and it executes as expected from command shell.

Are you able to support on above problems?

Thanks.

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2016, 05:44:19 pm »
 hello,
try to call the command-line interpreter before the command : 
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  1.  AProcess.Executable := 'cmd.exe'; // or with the whole path
  2.     AProcess.Parameters.Add('/c');
  3.     AProcess.Parameters.Add('ipconfig.exe');
  4.     AProcess.Parameters.Add('/all');
  5.  

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« Last Edit: April 08, 2016, 05:52:14 pm by Jurassic Pork »
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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2016, 11:18:55 pm »
Hi,

I didn't mention earlier. I am using Lazaus 1.6.0. Cross compiler for ARM is installed.

Still receiving error saying "Cannot execute empty command-line" again. I suppose I need to put something in aProcess.CommandLine parameter. This parameter is depreciated as it is indicated though. Current code is as follows:
I have some type casting to prevent compiler warnings.

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  1. // uses process,regexpr;
  2. function TDM.ReadAdapterInfos:String;
  3. const READ_BYTES = 2048;
  4. var
  5. i : integer;
  6. Re1,Re2: TRegExpr;
  7. aProcess: TProcess; //TProcess is crossplatform is best way
  8. MemStream: TMemoryStream;
  9. NumBytes: LongInt;
  10. BytesRead: LongInt;
  11. Lines: TStringList;
  12. begin
  13.   Result := EmptyStr;
  14.   // A temp Memorystream is used to buffer the output
  15.   MemStream := TMemoryStream.Create;
  16.   Lines :=TStringList.Create;
  17.   BytesRead := 0;
  18.   try
  19.     re1 := TRegExpr.Create;
  20.     // regex for description of network adapter
  21.     re1.Expression := '.*Description.*:(.+)';
  22.     re2 :=  TRegExpr.Create;
  23.     // regex for mac address
  24.     re2.Expression := '.*Adresse physique.*:(.+)';
  25.     aProcess := TProcess.Create(nil);
  26.     AProcess.Executable := 'cmd.exe'; // or with the whole path
  27.     AProcess.Parameters.Add('/c');
  28.     AProcess.Parameters.Add('ipconfig.exe');
  29.     AProcess.Parameters.Add('/all');
  30.     AProcess.ShowWindow := swoHIDE;
  31.     AProcess.Options := AProcess.Options + [poUsePipes,poStderrToOutPut];
  32.     aProcess.Execute;
  33.     while aProcess.Running do begin
  34.       // make sure we have room
  35.       MemStream.SetSize(BytesRead + READ_BYTES);
  36.       // try reading it
  37.       NumBytes := aProcess.Output.Read((MemStream.Memory + BytesRead)^, READ_BYTES);
  38.       if NumBytes > 0 // All read() calls will block, except the final one.
  39.         then Inc(BytesRead, NumBytes)
  40.       else
  41.         BREAK // Program has finished execution.
  42.     end;
  43.     MemStream.SetSize(BytesRead);
  44.     Lines.LoadFromStream(MemStream);
  45.     for i := 0 to Lines.Count-1 do begin
  46.       if re1.Exec(WideString(Lines[i])) then  Result := Result + #13 + Trim(string(Re1.Match[1]));
  47.       if re2.Exec(WideString(Lines[i])) then  Result := Result + #13 + Trim(string(Re2.Match[1]));
  48.     end;
  49.   finally
  50.     re1.Free;
  51.     re2.Free;
  52.     aProcess.Free;
  53.     Lines.Free;
  54.     MemStream.Free;
  55.   end;
  56. end;
  57.  

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2016, 12:22:58 am »
hello,
it seems that  executable + parameters are not used for wince version of Tprocess    :o

windows
1 - lazarus_1_6_0\fpc\3.0.0\source\packages\fcl-process\src\win\process.inc
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  1.  if (FApplicationName<>'') then
  2.     begin
  3.     PName:=Pchar(FApplicationName);
  4.     PCommandLine:=Pchar(FCommandLine);
  5.     end
  6.   else If (FCommandLine<>'') then
  7.     PCommandLine:=Pchar(FCommandLine)
  8.   else if (Fexecutable<>'') then
  9.     begin
  10.     Cmd:=MaybeQuoteIfNotQuoted(Executable);
  11.     For I:=0 to Parameters.Count-1 do
  12.       Cmd:=Cmd+' '+MaybeQuoteIfNotQuoted(Parameters[i]);
  13.  
  14.     PCommandLine:=PChar(Cmd);

Wince
2 - F:\lazarus_1_6_0\fpc\3.0.0\source\packages\fcl-process\src\wince\process.inc
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  1.  if (FApplicationName='') then
  2.     begin
  3.       If (FCommandLine='') then
  4.         Raise EProcess.Create(SNoCommandline);
  5.       PCommandLine:=PWidechar(FCommandLine)
  6.     end
  7.   else
  8.     begin
  9.       PName:=PWidechar(FApplicationName);
  10.       If (FCommandLine='') then
  11.         PCommandLine:=PWidechar(FApplicationName)
  12.       else
  13.         PCommandLine:=PWidechar(FCommandLine)
  14.     end;

then try this :
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  1. AProcess.CommandLine := 'cmd.exe  /c Ipconfig.exe /all';

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2016, 12:44:50 am »
Now we are back to that mysterious "error 87" My debug log contains below lines:

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  1. TApplication.HandleException Failed to execute cmd.exe  /c Ipconfig.exe /all : 87
  2. TApplication.HandleException Failed to execute ipconfig.exe /all : 87
  3. TApplication.HandleException Failed to execute \windows\ipconfig.exe /all : 87
  4.  

I, myself, out of ideas here.

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2016, 01:06:07 am »
error code 87 for wince :

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87    The parameter is incorrect.
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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2016, 01:09:23 am »
Sure, meaning of error 87 is known. Reason is not. Everything seems in order for our command line. I have found below link related with my problem. They were not able to use TProcess in the end, too.

http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=3683.0

So, I'm stuck.

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2016, 12:56:53 pm »
Finally, I could read ethernet MAC address (not bluetooth though).

My source link: http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=10465.0

I needed to modify some parts of the code to be able to compile it for WinCE. Below is my complete unit code:

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  1. unit Unit1;
  2.  
  3. {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
  4.  
  5. interface
  6.  
  7. uses
  8.   Classes, SysUtils, FileUtil, Forms, Controls, Graphics, Dialogs, Menus,
  9.   StdCtrls;
  10.  
  11. type
  12.  
  13.   { TForm1 }
  14.  
  15.   TForm1 = class(TForm)
  16.     Button2: TButton;
  17.     Memo1: TMemo;
  18.     procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  19.     procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
  20.     procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
  21.   private
  22.     { private declarations }
  23.     function GetWinMacAddress: String;
  24.   public
  25.     { public declarations }
  26.   end;
  27.  
  28.   function GetIfTable( pIfTable : Pointer;
  29.                    VAR pdwSize  : LongInt;
  30.                        bOrder   : LongInt ): LongInt; stdcall;
  31. var
  32.   Form1: TForm1;
  33.  
  34. implementation
  35.  
  36. {$R *.lfm}
  37.  
  38. function GetIfTable( pIfTable : Pointer;
  39.                  VAR pdwSize  : LongInt;
  40.                      bOrder   : LongInt ): LongInt; stdcall; external 'IPHLPAPI.DLL';
  41.  
  42. { TForm1 }
  43.  
  44. procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
  45. begin
  46.   // Below is necessary to be able to see form on the mini device screen
  47.   Left := 0;
  48.   Top  := 25;
  49. end;
  50.  
  51. procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
  52. begin
  53.   Memo1.Lines.Add(EmptyStr);
  54.   Memo1.Lines.Add(GetWinMacAddress);
  55. end;
  56.  
  57. function TForm1.GetWinMacAddress: String;
  58. const
  59.   MAX_INTERFACE_NAME_LEN             = $100;
  60.   ERROR_SUCCESS                      = 0;
  61.   MAXLEN_IFDESCR                     = $100;
  62.   MAXLEN_PHYSADDR                    = 8;
  63.  
  64.   MIB_IF_TYPE_ETHERNET               = 6;
  65.  
  66.   _MAX_ROWS_ = 20;
  67.  
  68. type
  69.  
  70.    MIB_IFROW            = Record
  71.      wszName : Array[0 .. (MAX_INTERFACE_NAME_LEN * 2 - 1)] of char;
  72.      dwIndex              : LongInt;
  73.      dwType               : LongInt;
  74.      dwMtu                : LongInt;
  75.      dwSpeed              : LongInt;
  76.      dwPhysAddrLen        : LongInt;
  77.      bPhysAddr : Array[0 .. (MAXLEN_PHYSADDR-1)] of Byte;
  78.      dwAdminStatus        : LongInt;
  79.      dwOperStatus         : LongInt;
  80.      dwLastChange         : LongInt;
  81.      dwInOctets           : LongInt;
  82.      dwInUcastPkts        : LongInt;
  83.      dwInNUcastPkts       : LongInt;
  84.      dwInDiscards         : LongInt;
  85.      dwInErrors           : LongInt;
  86.      dwInUnknownProtos    : LongInt;
  87.      dwOutOctets          : LongInt;
  88.      dwOutUcastPkts       : LongInt;
  89.      dwOutNUcastPkts      : LongInt;
  90.      dwOutDiscards        : LongInt;
  91.      dwOutErrors          : LongInt;
  92.      dwOutQLen            : LongInt;
  93.      dwDescrLen           : LongInt;
  94.      bDescr     : Array[0 .. (MAXLEN_IFDESCR - 1)] of Char;
  95.      end;
  96.  
  97.    _IfTable = Record
  98.                  nRows : LongInt;
  99.                  ifRow : Array[1.._MAX_ROWS_] of MIB_IFROW;
  100.               end;
  101.  
  102. var
  103.    pIfTable  : ^_IfTable;
  104.    TableSize : LongInt;
  105.    tmp       : String;
  106.    i,j       : Integer;
  107.    ErrCode   : LongInt;
  108. begin
  109.    pIfTable := nil;
  110.    //------------------------------------------------------------
  111.    Result := '';
  112.    try
  113.       //-------------------------------------------------------
  114.       // First: just get the buffer size.
  115.       // TableSize returns the size needed.
  116.       TableSize := 0; // Set to zero so the GetIfTabel function
  117.                     // won't try to fill the buffer yet,
  118.                     // but only return the actual size it needs.
  119.       GetIfTable(pIfTable, TableSize, 1);
  120.       if (TableSize < SizeOf(MIB_IFROW) + Sizeof(LongInt)) then
  121.       begin
  122.          Exit; // less than 1 table entry?!
  123.       end; // if-end.
  124.  
  125.       // Second:
  126.       // allocate memory for the buffer and retrieve the
  127.       // entire table.
  128.       GetMem(pIfTable, TableSize);
  129.       ErrCode := GetIfTable(pIfTable, TableSize, 1);
  130.       if (ErrCode <> ERROR_SUCCESS) then
  131.       begin
  132.          Exit; // OK, that did not work.
  133.                // Not enough memory i guess.
  134.       end; // if-end.
  135.  
  136.       // Read the ETHERNET addresses.
  137.       for i := 1 to pIfTable^.nRows do
  138.       try
  139.          if (pIfTable^.ifRow[i].dwType=MIB_IF_TYPE_ETHERNET) and
  140.              (pIfTable^.ifRow[i].dwOutOctets <> 0) then
  141.          begin
  142.             tmp := '';
  143.             for j:=0 to pIfTable^.ifRow[i].dwPhysAddrLen-1 do
  144.             begin
  145.                tmp := tmp + format('%.2x:',
  146.                       [ pIfTable^.ifRow[i].bPhysAddr[j] ] );
  147.             end; // for-end.
  148.             //-------------------------------------
  149.             if Length(tmp)>0 then
  150.             begin
  151.               Result := Copy(tmp, 1, Length(tmp) - 1);
  152.               Exit;
  153.             end;
  154.          end; // if-end.
  155.       except
  156.          Exit;
  157.       end; // if-try-except-end.
  158.    finally
  159.       if Assigned(pIfTable) then FreeMem(pIfTable, TableSize);
  160.    end; // if-try-finally-end.
  161. end;
  162.  
  163. end.
  164.  

Solution is not what we were trying to achieve, but it's same result, different path.

Thanks for all the support.

Regards,
Ertan Küçükoğlu


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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2016, 01:37:58 pm »
hello,
you can try also to use the iphlpapi   unit like that :


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  1. // uses iphlpapi
  2.  
  3. procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  4. var pAdapterInfo:PIP_ADAPTER_INFO;
  5.    BufLen,Status:cardinal; i:Integer;
  6.    tmp : string;
  7. begin
  8.   BufLen:= sizeof(IP_ADAPTER_INFO);
  9.   GetAdaptersInfo(nil, BufLen);
  10.   pAdapterInfo:= AllocMem(BufLen);
  11.   try
  12.     Status:= GetAdaptersInfo(pAdapterInfo,BufLen);
  13.     if (Status = 0 ) then
  14.     begin
  15.       while (pAdapterInfo<>nil) do
  16.     begin
  17.     tmp := '';
  18.     if pAdapterInfo^.AddressLength>0 then
  19.     for i := 0 to pAdapterInfo^.AddressLength - 1 do
  20.       tmp :=  tmp + IntToHex(pAdapterInfo^.Address[I], 2) + ' ';
  21.      memo1.Append(tmp);
  22.      pAdapterInfo:=pAdapterInfo^.next;
  23.     end;
  24.     end;
  25.   finally
  26.     Freemem(pAdapterInfo);
  27.   end;
  28. end;      

it's OK for me on my old PDA   Fuji Loox 420    PXA255   with      wince (pocket pc)  4.2   
need to activate WLAN to see the MAC address of the Wifi adapter.

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2016, 02:24:55 pm »
That seems to be another solution. Shorter, easier to read.

Are you sure that you need to activate WiFi in order to read MAC address? I tested my code when WiFi is closed and it run OK.

Thanks.

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2016, 02:30:53 pm »
on my device (fuji Loox 420) when i disable WLAN, i can't see the Wifi adapter infos from my program. What is your device ?
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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2016, 02:36:44 pm »
Producer is Korean. Web address: http://www.dsic.co.kr/ You can find it under Mobile Solutions. Model is DS5

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Re: Reading MAC address of ethernet (wifi) from WinCE device
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2016, 02:43:35 pm »
your PDA is  relatively recent , mine is jurassic ( 2004)   ;D
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