04e2:1401 — XR2280x UART Channel B
Exar Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 04e2
- Product ID
- 1401
- Combined
- 04e2:1401
- Decimal
- 1250:5121
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a XR2280x UART Channel B manufactured by Exar Corp.. The vendor ID 04e2 is registered to Exar Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1401 is the product ID that Exar Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04e2:1401 Exar Corp. XR2280x UART Channel B.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04e2:1401 Exar Corp. XR2280x UART Channel B
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04e2:1401, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04e2:1401. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04e2, idProduct=1401.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_04E2&PID_1401 USB\VID_04E2&PID_1401&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04E2&PID_1401"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
XR2280x UART Channel B:
Product ID: 0x1401
Vendor ID: 0x04e2 (Exar Corp.)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:
04e2 Exar Corp. 1401 XR2280x UART Channel B