0738:4556 — Lynx Wireless Controller
Mad Catz, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 0738
- Product ID
- 4556
- Combined
- 0738:4556
- Decimal
- 1848:17750
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Lynx Wireless Controller manufactured by Mad Catz, Inc.. The vendor ID 0738 is registered to Mad Catz, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4556 is the product ID that Mad Catz, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0738:4556 Mad Catz, Inc. Lynx Wireless Controller.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0738:4556 Mad Catz, Inc. Lynx Wireless Controller
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0738:4556, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0738:4556. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0738, idProduct=4556.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0738&PID_4556 USB\VID_0738&PID_4556&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0738&PID_4556"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Lynx Wireless Controller:
Product ID: 0x4556
Vendor ID: 0x0738 (Mad Catz, 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:
0738 Mad Catz, Inc. 4556 Lynx Wireless Controller