## DeviceCollection

Object Hierarchy

### Inheritance

SIObject

ProjectItem

DeviceCollection

### Description

The collection of Device Drivers gives access to the different device drivers in Softimage. This is the scripting equivalent of the Device Manager, in which you can activate or deactivate a device, add or remove devices, etc.

### Methods

AddCustomOp | AddDevice | AddICEAttribute | AddScriptedOp
AddScriptedOpFromFile | AnimatedParameters2 | BelongsTo | EvaluateAt
GetICEAttributeFromName | IsA | IsAnimated2 | IsClassOf
IsEqualTo | IsKindOf | IsLocked | IsSelected
LockOwners | RemoveDevice | RemoveICEAttribute | SetAsSelected
SetCapabilityFlag | SetLock | TaggedParameters | UnSetLock

### Properties

Application | BranchFlag | Capabilities | Categories
Count | Enable | EvaluationID | Families
FullName | Help | HierarchicalEvaluationID | ICEAttributes
Item | LockLevel | LockMasters | LockType
Model | Name | NestedObjects | ObjectID
Origin | OriginPath | Owners | PPGLayout
Parameters | Parent | Parent3DObject | Selected
Type |  |  |

### Examples

#### VBScript Example

    '
    ' This example demonstrates how to work with devices through scripting.
    '
    NewScene , false
    ' First make sure the device manager is active (we can't add devices if it isn't)
    if Not(Application.Devices.Enable) then
            Application.Devices.Enable = true
    end if
    ' Get the DeviceManager (DeviceCollection)
    set oDevices = Application.Devices
    ' Get a pointer to the PC1600 Device, if it exists
    set oDevice = oDevices.Item("PC1600")
    ' If it doesn't exist, then create it
    if TypeName(oDevice) = "Nothing" then
            set oDevice = oDevices.AddDevice( "PC1600" )
    end if
    LogMessage "The device name is " & oDevice
    'INFO : The device name is DeviceManager.PC1600

### See Also

XSIApplication.Devices Device Channel