Question

I’m trying to determine if my Kinect is plugged into the PC using the ManagementObjectSearcher. I’m not sure what to query because it is NOT listed as a USB Device. Instead it is listed as a “Microsoft Kinect” hardware device.

Below is what I’m going fussing with:

using (ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(@"Select * from Win32_SOMETYPE"))
{
    foreach (ManagementObject managementObject in searcher.Get())
    {
        foreach (PropertyData propertyData in managementObject.Properties)
        {
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

If you are using the latest Windows SDK, here is some example code to get available Kinect connections:

     switch (Runtime.Kinects.Count)
    {
        case 0:
            //Do something if none.
            break;
        default:
            //Do something if present.
            break;
    }

Good Luck!

Matt