05a4:9881 IR receiver [VRC-1100 Vista MCE Remote Control]

Ortek Technology, Inc.

Vendor ID
05a4
Product ID
9881
Combined
05a4:9881
Decimal
1444:39041

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a IR receiver [VRC-1100 Vista MCE Remote Control] manufactured by Ortek Technology, Inc.. The vendor ID 05a4 is registered to Ortek Technology, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 9881 is the product ID that Ortek Technology, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 05a4:9881 Ortek Technology, Inc. IR receiver [VRC-1100 Vista MCE Remote Control].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05a4:9881 Ortek Technology, Inc. IR receiver [VRC-1100 Vista MCE Remote Control]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 05a4:9881, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 05a4:9881. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=05a4, idProduct=9881.

Windows

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

USB\VID_05A4&PID_9881
USB\VID_05A4&PID_9881&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_05A4&PID_9881"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    IR receiver [VRC-1100 Vista MCE Remote Control]:
      Product ID: 0x9881
      Vendor ID: 0x05a4  (Ortek Technology, 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:

05a4  Ortek Technology, Inc.
	9881  IR receiver [VRC-1100 Vista MCE Remote Control]

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