0502:15b1 PDA n311

Acer, Inc.

Vendor ID
0502
Product ID
15b1
Combined
0502:15b1
Decimal
1282:5553

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a PDA n311 manufactured by Acer, Inc.. The vendor ID 0502 is registered to Acer, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 15b1 is the product ID that Acer, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0502:15b1 Acer, Inc. PDA n311.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0502:15b1 Acer, Inc. PDA n311

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0502:15b1, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0502:15b1. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0502, idProduct=15b1.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0502&PID_15B1
USB\VID_0502&PID_15B1&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0502&PID_15B1"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    PDA n311:
      Product ID: 0x15b1
      Vendor ID: 0x0502  (Acer, 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:

0502  Acer, Inc.
	15b1  PDA n311

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