Motorola Serial Number Check

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How to obtain a Motorola (Symbol) Mobile Device Serial Number?

I'm programming the Motorola ES400 which comes with 'Symbol' libraries.

There seems to be ways of getting the serial numbers of the various scanners, but not of the actual device itself!

Anyone got any ideas?

Whats the difference between 'serial number' (as shown on the device) and 'electronic serial number' returned by TerminalInfo?

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I just dealt with this on the MC9090 device, which also uses the Symbol libraries (not sure if they are the same, but this is worth a shot). I used reflection because I have devices from different manufacturers and want the same code to run. You could access this field directly from the property or use reflection:

Here is where the property is:

Here is my method using reflection:

Hope this helps!

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Thats fantatic, thanks. The Symbol SDK help didn't find this when searching!

Just used:

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Here's the quick and easy VB.Net solution:

Motorola Serial Number Check

Add a reference to Symbol.ResourceCoordination.dll (I found mine here: C:Program FilesMotorola EMDK for .NETv2.8SDKSmart DevicesSymbol.ResourceCoordination.dll).

Then use the following code to access the ESN (Electronic Serial Number) value.

Worked great on our MC3190S scanners! :)

Motorola Serial Number Search

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Motorola Serial Number Track

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