05c6:9000 — SIMCom SIM5218 modem
Qualcomm, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 05c6
- Product ID
- 9000
- Combined
- 05c6:9000
- Decimal
- 1478:36864
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a SIMCom SIM5218 modem manufactured by Qualcomm, Inc.. The vendor ID 05c6 is registered to Qualcomm, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 9000 is the product ID that Qualcomm, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 05c6:9000 Qualcomm, Inc. SIMCom SIM5218 modem.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:9000 Qualcomm, Inc. SIMCom SIM5218 modem
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 05c6:9000, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 05c6:9000. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=05c6, idProduct=9000.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_05C6&PID_9000 USB\VID_05C6&PID_9000&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_05C6&PID_9000"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
SIMCom SIM5218 modem:
Product ID: 0x9000
Vendor ID: 0x05c6 (Qualcomm, 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:
05c6 Qualcomm, Inc. 9000 SIMCom SIM5218 modem