Check the Embedded Controller (EC) Firmware Version in Powershell

Here is a snippet for checking the EC version.  It tosses a dialog with it’s result.

Pre-reqs:

1\This snippet uses Powershell App Deploy Toolkit functions.

https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/

2\You’ll need to place the .mof and .dll files from our WMI BIOS util in the files folder.

ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/computer/software/WMI_Release_V1.00L31.zip

## <Perform Installation tasks here>
Show-InstallationProgress -StatusMessage "Copying DLL and MOF files"
Copy-File -Path "$dirFiles\SetBIOS4Conf.dll" -Destination "$envSystem32Directory\SetBIOS4Conf.dll"
Copy-File -Path "$dirFiles\PNSNProv.dll" -Destination "$envSystem32Directory\PNSNProv.dll"
Copy-File -Path "$dirFiles\SetBIOS4Conf.mof" -Destination "$envSystem32Directory\SetBIOS4Conf.mof"
Copy-File -Path "$dirFiles\PNSNProv.mof" -Destination "$envSystem32Directory\PNSNProv.mof"
                             
Show-InstallationProgress -StatusMessage "Importing MOF files"
Execute-Process -Path "mofcomp.exe" -Parameters "$envSystem32Directory\PNSNProv.mof"
Execute-Process -Path "mofcomp.exe" -Parameters "$envSystem32Directory\SetBIOS4Conf.mof"
                             
Show-InstallationProgress -StatusMessage "Importing DLL files"
Execute-Process -Path "regsvr32.exe" -Parameters ('/s "{0}\PNSNProv.mof"' -f $envSystem32Directory) -IgnoreExitCodes 3
        
$EcVersion = (gwmi -Namespace "root\PanasonicPC" -Query "SELECT * FROM SetBIOS4Conf").ECVersion
if ($EcVersion -eq "V3.00L12") {
    Show-DialogBox -Title 'EC Version Check' -Text ('Your EC version({0}) is correct.' -f $EcVersion) -Icon 'Information'
} else {
    Show-DialogBox -Title 'EC Version Check' -Text ('Your EC version({0}) is incorrect.' -f $EcVersion) -Icon 'Exclamation'
}

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