07c4:a006 SmartMedia Card Reader

Datafab Systems, Inc.

Vendor ID
07c4
Product ID
a006
Combined
07c4:a006
Decimal
1988:40966

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a SmartMedia Card Reader manufactured by Datafab Systems, Inc.. The vendor ID 07c4 is registered to Datafab Systems, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and a006 is the product ID that Datafab Systems, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 07c4:a006 Datafab Systems, Inc. SmartMedia Card Reader.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 07c4:a006 Datafab Systems, Inc. SmartMedia Card Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 07c4:a006, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 07c4:a006. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=07c4, idProduct=a006.

Windows

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

USB\VID_07C4&PID_A006
USB\VID_07C4&PID_A006&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_07C4&PID_A006"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    SmartMedia Card Reader:
      Product ID: 0xa006
      Vendor ID: 0x07c4  (Datafab Systems, 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:

07c4  Datafab Systems, Inc.
	a006  SmartMedia Card Reader

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