04eb:e004 — eHome Infrared Transceiver

This is the USB identifier for a eHome Infrared Transceiver manufactured by Northstar Systems, Inc.. The vendor ID 04eb is registered to Northstar Systems, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and e004 is the product ID that Northstar Systems, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04eb:e004 Northstar Systems, Inc. eHome Infrared Transceiver.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04eb:e004 Northstar Systems, Inc. eHome Infrared Transceiver

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04eb:e004, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04eb:e004. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04eb, idProduct=e004.

Windows

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

USB\VID_04EB&PID_E004
USB\VID_04EB&PID_E004&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04EB&PID_E004"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    eHome Infrared Transceiver:
      Product ID: 0xe004
      Vendor ID: 0x04eb  (Northstar Systems, 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:

04eb  Northstar Systems, Inc.
	e004  eHome Infrared Transceiver

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