Windows 10: seeking conceptual understanding of data flow app to external device

whburling · Jan 14, 2021

hi
i am seeking a conceptual understanding of how data flows from an application to an external device. Please be patient.
I am 75.

as a skeleton for that above understanding, i am thinking of an application (Toyota Techstream) that can query a scanner (VX Diag vcxnano) connected to a car's obdii Data Link connector to obtain car component states to eventually present to the application user. I am doing this because i am driven by a desire to understand. no other reason. i could have picked any other example as long as it included an application and an external device channeling information through either usb or wifi.

so if i make an attempt to describe what happens it is as follows (please correct)
* before the user opens the application, the user attaches a "scanner" (device that reads data on the car network and while preserving the data, converts the signal to that used to transmit the data to the computer (USB or WiFi).
* the o/s detects a device attached to the usb port or detects the radio and presents it as an option for the user to connect to.
* the o/s looks for a driver that knows how to talk to the usb port or wifi radio (not a driver that knows how to talk to the "scanner"). The driver somehow knows where it will find data to be sent out the communication port and the driver somehow knows where to find data that was received from the communication port.
* the Appliocation is started. it somehow makes a call to the o/s to send out data. the o/s somehow then connects to the driver for the communication port (usb or wifi). how would the o/s know which comm port to go to?
*How would the Application ever know to check with the o/s to know when data was received?

a guess is that if the application contained an object with properties for data to be sent to teh scanner and properties for data to received from the scanner, then the object would know enought co make o/s calls to send data out. when the 0/s received data from the communciation port via the driver, the driver would know enough to write
data to that object within the application. )because when the driver was written, it knew the name and property of the applkication object?

please help. i realize i am not rational in my explanation. but please be patient. I am interested because i want to know
(drive by curiosity).

Thank you for at least considering helping me understand.

:)

PeterND · Jan 14, 2021

wifi connected but no data flows

Got an 830 and on Rogers cellular in Canada.

Just back from a trip across Russia.

Found wifi connected in some hotels but did not in others (very frustrating)

Got back to Europe where we have a temporary home and wifi service and still no connection at home.

Rebooted + have now have connection.....but no data is flowing

Router offers both 2.4G and 5G streams. Tried both. Tried rebooting a couple of times. Switched off the battery saver etc.

Phone (news, weather, gmail etc) all not updated for 3 days yet wifi shows connected (and connects automatically now).

Don't want to switch on the mobile data.

Any suggestions on how to get the wifi data flowing.

Brink · Jan 14, 2021

Microsoft Flow and the Microsoft Common Data Model

Today we are excited to announce the public preview of the Microsoft Common Data Model integrated in Microsoft Flow. Your flows can already connect to over 40 different services, but sometimes you want to capture new data that you're not already storing somewhere, or, you have a process that needs to store some information independent of the data sources it is using.

The Microsoft Common Data Model is an out-of-box business database for storing and managing business entities. The preview is available today as a first class business database for your flows, with more features rolled out incrementally. Today it provides not only standard entities, but also allows you to build custom entities either extending standard entities or adding new entities that can relate to standard entities. With the Common Data Model, enterprises can improve operational efficiency with a unified view of business data. For example, the Common Data Model is also integrated directly into Microsoft PowerApps, and PowerApps makes it easy to build views and applications on top of the data that you put in with Microsoft Flow.

You can learn more about the Common Data Model here. To get an idea of how to start with the Common Data Model, you can see the list of templates that we have out of box here. Below are two ways you can use the Common Data Model. In addition to these, you can build your own flow from scratch that leverages the Common Data Model.

Use the Common Data Model to collect data

If you want to collect data about your company, such as social media posts, the Common Data Model is a resilient place to store it. For example, you can store everything from Tweets to RSS news items.

Some of the templates can be used to import and export data from other common services. For example, you can import data from:

Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Salesforce.com

Microsoft Excel files stored in any cloud file provider

A Microsoft SQL database, both in the cloud and on-premises

A custom API that you define to connect to your own systems

This can be very useful if you are building PowerApps on top the Common Data Model and need a way to get data in. See this article to learn more about importing and exporting data.

Use the Common Data Model to build approvals

Approvals need a place to store the history and status of the pending approvals. You can use the Common Data Model to store this type of information. Although flow has built-in Send Approval Email actions, and, SharePoint has native approvals, if you are not currently a customer of Office 365 you'll need somewhere else to store that information. A simple approval process over new files added to your OneDrive or Dropbox works like this:

Create the Approval entity in the Common Data Model

Create a flow that, when a file is added (or any other event that you want), creates an object in the approval entity, and waits until that object no longer has a Pending status

Create a PowerApp that the approver can use to update the status of the entity to be approved or rejected

Check out this article for a full walkthough of building an approval process on top of the Common Data Model.
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Source: Microsoft Flow and the Microsoft Common Data Model | Flow Blog

Cluster Head · Jan 14, 2021

Configure Windows 10 devices to stop data flow to Microsoft

Configure Windows 10 devices to stop data flow to Microsoft

Applies to
•Windows 10

If you're looking for content on what each telemetry level means and how to configure it in your organization, see Configure Windows telemetry in your organization.

Learn about the network connections that Windows components make to Microsoft and also the privacy settings that affect data that is shared with either Microsoft or apps and how they can be managed by an IT Pro.

If you want to minimize connections from Windows to Microsoft services, or configure particular privacy settings, this article covers the settings that you could consider. You can configure telemetry at the lowest level for your edition of Windows, and also evaluate which other connections Windows makes to Microsoft services you want to turn off in your environment from the list in this article.

Some of the network connections discussed in this article can be managed in Windows 10 Mobile, Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise, and the July release of Windows 10. However, you must use Windows 10 Enterprise, version 1511 or Windows 10 Education, version 1511 to manage them all.

In Windows 10 Enterprise, version 1511 or Windows 10 Education, version 1511, you can configure telemetry at the Security level, turn off Windows Defender telemetry and MSRT reporting, and turn off all other connections to Microsoft services as described in this article to prevent Windows from sending any data to Microsoft. We strongly recommend against this, as this data helps us deliver a secure, reliable, and more delightful personalized experience.

We are always working on improving Windows 10 for our customers. We invite IT pros to join the Windows Insider Program to give us feedback on what we can do to make Windows 10 work better for your organization.
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More and Source: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...w-to-microsoft

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