054c:004e DSC-xxx (ptp)

Sony Corp.

Vendor ID
054c
Product ID
004e
Combined
054c:004e
Decimal
1356:78

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a DSC-xxx (ptp) manufactured by Sony Corp.. The vendor ID 054c is registered to Sony Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 004e is the product ID that Sony Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 054c:004e Sony Corp. DSC-xxx (ptp).

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 054c:004e Sony Corp. DSC-xxx (ptp)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 054c:004e, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 054c:004e. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=054c, idProduct=004e.

Windows

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

USB\VID_054C&PID_004E
USB\VID_054C&PID_004E&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_054C&PID_004E"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    DSC-xxx (ptp):
      Product ID: 0x004e
      Vendor ID: 0x054c  (Sony Corp.)

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:

054c  Sony Corp.
	004e  DSC-xxx (ptp)

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