0596:0002 Touch Screen Controller

MicroTouch Systems, Inc.

Vendor ID
0596
Product ID
0002
Combined
0596:0002
Decimal
1430:2

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Touch Screen Controller manufactured by MicroTouch Systems, Inc.. The vendor ID 0596 is registered to MicroTouch Systems, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0002 is the product ID that MicroTouch Systems, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0596:0002 MicroTouch Systems, Inc. Touch Screen Controller.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0596:0002 MicroTouch Systems, Inc. Touch Screen Controller

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0596:0002, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0596:0002. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0596, idProduct=0002.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0596&PID_0002
USB\VID_0596&PID_0002&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0596&PID_0002"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Touch Screen Controller:
      Product ID: 0x0002
      Vendor ID: 0x0596  (MicroTouch Systems, 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:

0596  MicroTouch Systems, Inc.
	0002  Touch Screen Controller

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