CE Device Manager
Submitted by Bert Michaud, updated on 29 Oct 2009
The CE Device Manager provides support for Consumer Electronics device detection and interaction controls specific to that device. The CE Device Manager consists of:
- a daemon
- a client interface library
- a set of plug-ins
The CE Device Manager daemon provides support for the device detection using an HAL daemon. The Client library gives a simplified API for interfacing C code with the CE Device Manager daemon. It interacts with the daemon via D-Bus, so client applications don't need to use directly D-Bus. The Device Manager passes these calls through the appropriate plug-in for the device under control. The functionality provided includes:
- Device presence notifications – Notification of device/media insertion and removal events.
- File transfer – File transfer between the UMD and CE device in both directions .
- CE device control – The remote control of a number of devices for multimedia file playback.
- Media presentation – Presents the multimedia files on a CE device to higher-level components.
The CE Device Manager provides a number of plug-ins to support the following device types:
- MSDs (Mass Storage Devices)
- MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) devices
- PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) devices
- RAPI (Remote API) devices (Windows CE, Windows Mobile)
- Bluetooth-equipped devices
Each plug-in implements multimedia playback controls and the mounting functionality for a specific device.
This component provides the tools for the application to use, it does not contain any decision-making functionality. It is left to the application to implement the business logic of how and when to use the functionality provided by this component.
