Devices and Connections

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A device stores information associated with establishing an application-level connection between the development workstation and a target device. A device consists of a transport, a startup server, and the necessary configuration properties. The IPMRemoteDevice interface exposes the functionality of a device. For more information about devices, transports, and startup servers, see Application Connectivity.

A named connection, also known as a bootable device, stores information associated with establishing a kernel-level connection between the development workstation and a target device. A bootable device consists of a download service, a kernel transport, and the necessary configuration properties. The IPMBootableDevice interface exposes the functionality of a named connection. For more information about named connections, download services, and kernel transports, see Kernel Connectivity.

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Platform Manager | Platform Manager API

 Last updated on Friday, October 08, 2004

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