04e6:0500 Veridicom 5thSense Fingerprint Sensor and eUSB SmartCard

SCM Microsystems, Inc.

Vendor ID
04e6
Product ID
0500
Combined
04e6:0500
Decimal
1254:1280

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Veridicom 5thSense Fingerprint Sensor and eUSB SmartCard manufactured by SCM Microsystems, Inc.. The vendor ID 04e6 is registered to SCM Microsystems, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0500 is the product ID that SCM Microsystems, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04e6:0500 SCM Microsystems, Inc. Veridicom 5thSense Fingerprint Sensor and eUSB SmartCard.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04e6:0500 SCM Microsystems, Inc. Veridicom 5thSense Fingerprint Sensor and eUSB SmartCard

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04e6:0500, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04e6:0500. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04e6, idProduct=0500.

Windows

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

USB\VID_04E6&PID_0500
USB\VID_04E6&PID_0500&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04E6&PID_0500"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Veridicom 5thSense Fingerprint Sensor and eUSB SmartCard:
      Product ID: 0x0500
      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.
	0500  Veridicom 5thSense Fingerprint Sensor and eUSB SmartCard

More from SCM Microsystems, Inc.