05a6:0a01 Virtual Keyboard/Mouse

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Vendor ID
05a6
Product ID
0a01
Combined
05a6:0a01
Decimal
1446:2561

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Virtual Keyboard/Mouse manufactured by Cisco Systems, Inc.. The vendor ID 05a6 is registered to Cisco Systems, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0a01 is the product ID that Cisco Systems, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 05a6:0a01 Cisco Systems, Inc. Virtual Keyboard/Mouse.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05a6:0a01 Cisco Systems, Inc. Virtual Keyboard/Mouse

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 05a6:0a01, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 05a6:0a01. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=05a6, idProduct=0a01.

Windows

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

USB\VID_05A6&PID_0A01
USB\VID_05A6&PID_0A01&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_05A6&PID_0A01"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Virtual Keyboard/Mouse:
      Product ID: 0x0a01
      Vendor ID: 0x05a6  (Cisco 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:

05a6  Cisco Systems, Inc.
	0a01  Virtual Keyboard/Mouse

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