085a:0003 Portstation Paraller Port

Xircom

Vendor ID
085a
Product ID
0003
Combined
085a:0003
Decimal
2138:3

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Portstation Paraller Port manufactured by Xircom. The vendor ID 085a is registered to Xircom with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0003 is the product ID that Xircom assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 085a:0003 Xircom Portstation Paraller Port.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 085a:0003 Xircom Portstation Paraller Port

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 085a:0003, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 085a:0003. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=085a, idProduct=0003.

Windows

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

USB\VID_085A&PID_0003
USB\VID_085A&PID_0003&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_085A&PID_0003"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Portstation Paraller Port:
      Product ID: 0x0003
      Vendor ID: 0x085a  (Xircom)

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:

085a  Xircom
	0003  Portstation Paraller Port

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