05a9:a511 — OV511+ Webcam
OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 05a9
- Product ID
- a511
- Combined
- 05a9:a511
- Decimal
- 1449:42257
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a OV511+ Webcam manufactured by OmniVision Technologies, Inc.. The vendor ID 05a9 is registered to OmniVision Technologies, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and a511 is the product ID that OmniVision Technologies, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 05a9:a511 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV511+ Webcam.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05a9:a511 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV511+ Webcam
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 05a9:a511, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 05a9:a511. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=05a9, idProduct=a511.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_05A9&PID_A511 USB\VID_05A9&PID_A511&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_05A9&PID_A511"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
OV511+ Webcam:
Product ID: 0xa511
Vendor ID: 0x05a9 (OmniVision Technologies, 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:
05a9 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. a511 OV511+ Webcam