04e6:0005 — eUSB SmartMedia/CompactFlash Card Reader
SCM Microsystems, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 04e6
- Product ID
- 0005
- Combined
- 04e6:0005
- Decimal
- 1254:5
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a eUSB SmartMedia/CompactFlash Card Reader manufactured by SCM Microsystems, Inc.. The vendor ID 04e6 is registered to SCM Microsystems, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0005 is the product ID that SCM Microsystems, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04e6:0005 SCM Microsystems, Inc. eUSB SmartMedia/CompactFlash Card Reader.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04e6:0005 SCM Microsystems, Inc. eUSB SmartMedia/CompactFlash Card Reader
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04e6:0005, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04e6:0005. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04e6, idProduct=0005.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_04E6&PID_0005 USB\VID_04E6&PID_0005&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04E6&PID_0005"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
eUSB SmartMedia/CompactFlash Card Reader:
Product ID: 0x0005
Vendor ID: 0x04e6 (SCM Microsystems, Inc.)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:
04e6 SCM Microsystems, Inc. 0005 eUSB SmartMedia/CompactFlash Card Reader