3.3 Example PnP ID Responses

The following are example responses that a Plug and Play compatible COM device might generate. All ID entries are fictitious, unless otherwise noted.

Table 3 - Example PnP ID response, Mouse, without optional fields, 6-bit characters

Field Data (hex)	Field Name	Description
4D	Other ID	Identifies a mouse for old drivers
08	Begin PnP	"(" indicates PnP IDs will follow
00,01	PnP Rev	identifies PnP version 0.01
21,2D,23	EISA ID	"AMC" (A Mouse Company)
11,12,13,14	Product ID	"1234" (a random example)
09	End PnP	")" indicates PnP IDs are complete

Table 4 - Example PnP ID response, Modem, with optional fields, 7-bit characters

Field Data (hex)	Field Name		Description
-		Other ID	-omitted, not a mouse-
28		Begin PnP	"(" indicates PnP IDs will follow
01,24		PnP Rev	identifies PnP version 1.0
4D,44,43		EISA ID	"MDC" (Modem Design Company)
30,32,38,38		Product ID	"0288" (random example)
5C,30,30,33,31,34,31,35,39		Serial #	"\00314159" (random example)
5C,4D,4F,44,45,4D		Class Name	"\MODEM" (a real Class name)
5C,4D,44,43,30,31,34,34, 2C,41,54,4D,30,30,39,36		Device ID	"\MDC0144" (e.g. previous product) ",ATM0096" (e.g. generic AT modem )
5C,5A,49,50,20,32,38,38		User Name	"\ZIP 288" (random model name)
43,34		Checksum	"C4" mod-256 2 byte hex checksum
29		End PnP	")" indicates PnP IDs complete