06cb:00fc Prometheus Fingerprint Reader

Synaptics, Inc.

Vendor ID
06cb
Product ID
00fc
Combined
06cb:00fc
Decimal
1739:252

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Prometheus Fingerprint Reader manufactured by Synaptics, Inc.. The vendor ID 06cb is registered to Synaptics, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 00fc is the product ID that Synaptics, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 06cb:00fc Synaptics, Inc. Prometheus Fingerprint Reader.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 06cb:00fc Synaptics, Inc. Prometheus Fingerprint Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 06cb:00fc, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 06cb:00fc. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=06cb, idProduct=00fc.

Windows

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

USB\VID_06CB&PID_00FC
USB\VID_06CB&PID_00FC&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_06CB&PID_00FC"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Prometheus Fingerprint Reader:
      Product ID: 0x00fc
      Vendor ID: 0x06cb  (Synaptics, 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:

06cb  Synaptics, Inc.
	00fc  Prometheus Fingerprint Reader

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