0433:abab — Keyboard

This is the USB identifier for a Keyboard manufactured by Alps Electric, Inc.. The vendor ID 0433 is registered to Alps Electric, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and abab is the product ID that Alps Electric, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0433:abab Alps Electric, Inc. Keyboard.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0433:abab Alps Electric, Inc. Keyboard

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0433:abab, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0433:abab. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0433, idProduct=abab.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_0433&PID_ABAB
USB\VID_0433&PID_ABAB&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0433&PID_ABAB"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Keyboard:
      Product ID: 0xabab
      Vendor ID: 0x0433  (Alps Electric, Inc.)

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

0433  Alps Electric, Inc.
	abab  Keyboard

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