067b:aaa2 PL2303 Serial Adapter (IODATA USB-RSAQ3)

Prolific Technology, Inc.

Vendor ID
067b
Product ID
aaa2
Combined
067b:aaa2
Decimal
1659:43682

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a PL2303 Serial Adapter (IODATA USB-RSAQ3) manufactured by Prolific Technology, Inc.. The vendor ID 067b is registered to Prolific Technology, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and aaa2 is the product ID that Prolific Technology, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 067b:aaa2 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Adapter (IODATA USB-RSAQ3).

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 067b:aaa2 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Adapter (IODATA USB-RSAQ3)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 067b:aaa2, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 067b:aaa2. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=067b, idProduct=aaa2.

Windows

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

USB\VID_067B&PID_AAA2
USB\VID_067B&PID_AAA2&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_067B&PID_AAA2"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    PL2303 Serial Adapter (IODATA USB-RSAQ3):
      Product ID: 0xaaa2
      Vendor ID: 0x067b  (Prolific 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:

067b  Prolific Technology, Inc.
	aaa2  PL2303 Serial Adapter (IODATA USB-RSAQ3)

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