06a3:0501 — R100 Sports Wheel
Saitek PLC
- Vendor ID
- 06a3
- Product ID
- 0501
- Combined
- 06a3:0501
- Decimal
- 1699:1281
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a R100 Sports Wheel manufactured by Saitek PLC. The vendor ID 06a3 is registered to Saitek PLC with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0501 is the product ID that Saitek PLC assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 06a3:0501 Saitek PLC R100 Sports Wheel.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 06a3:0501 Saitek PLC R100 Sports Wheel
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 06a3:0501, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 06a3:0501. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=06a3, idProduct=0501.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_06A3&PID_0501 USB\VID_06A3&PID_0501&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_06A3&PID_0501"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
R100 Sports Wheel:
Product ID: 0x0501
Vendor ID: 0x06a3 (Saitek PLC)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:
06a3 Saitek PLC 0501 R100 Sports Wheel