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+========================================================================
+UHD - Device Identification Notes
+========================================================================
+
+.. contents:: Table of Contents
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Identifying USRPs
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Devices are addressed through key/value string pairs.
+These string pairs can be used to narrow down the search for a specific device or group of devices.
+Most UHD utility applications and examples have an **--args** parameter that takes a device address, which is expressed as a delimited string.
+
+See the documentation in **types/device_addr.hpp** for reference.
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Common device identifiers
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Every device has several ways of identifying it on the host system:
+
++------------+------------+--------------------------------------------+
+| Identifier | Key        | Notes                                      |
++============+============+============================================+
+| Serial     | serial     | globally unique identifier                 |
++------------+------------+--------------------------------------------+
+| Address    | addr       | unique identifier on a network             |
++------------+------------+--------------------------------------------+
+| Name       | name       | optional user-set identifier               |
++------------+------------+--------------------------------------------+
+| Type       | type       | hardware series identifier                 |
++------------+------------+--------------------------------------------+
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Device discovery via command line
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Devices attached to your system can be discovered using the **uhd_find_devices** program.
+This program scans your system for supported devices and prints
+out an enumerated list of discovered devices and their addresses.
+The list of discovered devices can be narrowed down by specifying device address args.
+
+::
+
+    uhd_find_devices
+
+Device address arguments can be supplied to narrow the scope of the search.
+
+::
+
+    uhd_find_devices --args="type=usrp1"
+
+    -- OR --
+
+    uhd_find_devices --args="serial=12345678"
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Device discovery through the API
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The **device::find()** API call searches for devices and returns a list of discovered devices.
+
+::
+
+    uhd::device_addr_t hint; //an empty hint discovers all devices
+    uhd::device_addrs_t dev_addrs = uhd::device::find(hint);
+
+The **hint** argument can be populated to narrow the scope of the search.
+
+::
+
+    uhd::device_addr_t hint;
+    hint["type"] = "usrp1";
+    uhd::device_addrs_t dev_addrs = uhd::device::find(hint);
+
+    -- OR --
+
+    uhd::device_addr_t hint;
+    hint["serial"] = "12345678";
+    uhd::device_addrs_t dev_addrs = uhd::device::find(hint);
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Device properties
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Properties of devices attached to your system can be probed with the **uhd_usrp_probe** program.
+This program constructs an instance of the device and prints out its properties,
+such as detected daughterboards, frequency range, gain ranges, etc...
+
+**Usage:**
+::
+
+    uhd_usrp_probe --args <device-specific-address-args>
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Naming a USRP
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+For convenience purposes, users may assign a custom name to their USRPs.
+The USRP can then be identified via name, rather than a difficult to remember serial or address.
+
+A name has the following properties:
+
+* is composed of ASCII characters
+* is 0-20 characters
+* is not required to be unique
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Set a custom name
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Run the following commands:
+::
+
+    cd <install-path>/share/uhd/utils
+    ./usrp_burn_mb_eeprom --args=<optional device args> --key=name --val=lab1_xcvr
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Discovery via name
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The keyword **name** can be used to narrow the scope of the search.
+Example with the find devices utility:
+::
+
+    uhd_find_devices --args="name=lab1_xcvr"
+
+    -- OR --
+
+    uhd_find_devices --args="type=usrp1, name=lab1_xcvr"