04da:250c — Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode) (Panasonic (Matsushita))

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode) manufactured by Panasonic (Matsushita). The vendor ID 04da is registered to Panasonic (Matsushita) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 250c is the product ID that Panasonic (Matsushita) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04da:250c Panasonic (Matsushita) Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode).

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04da:250c Panasonic (Matsushita) Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04da:250c, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04da:250c. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04da, idProduct=250c.

Windows

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

USB\VID_04DA&PID_250C
USB\VID_04DA&PID_250C&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04DA&PID_250C"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode):
      Product ID: 0x250c
      Vendor ID: 0x04da  (Panasonic (Matsushita))

Driver help

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.

Raw usb.ids entry

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

04da  Panasonic (Matsushita)
	250c  Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)

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