050d:0257 — F5U257 Serial
Belkin Components
- Vendor ID
- 050d
- Product ID
- 0257
- Combined
- 050d:0257
- Decimal
- 1293:599
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a F5U257 Serial manufactured by Belkin Components. The vendor ID 050d is registered to Belkin Components with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0257 is the product ID that Belkin Components assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 050d:0257 Belkin Components F5U257 Serial.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 050d:0257 Belkin Components F5U257 Serial
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 050d:0257, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 050d:0257. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=050d, idProduct=0257.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_050D&PID_0257 USB\VID_050D&PID_0257&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_050D&PID_0257"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
F5U257 Serial:
Product ID: 0x0257
Vendor ID: 0x050d (Belkin Components)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:
050d Belkin Components 0257 F5U257 Serial