0870:0001 — Ricochet GS
Metricom
- Vendor ID
- 0870
- Product ID
- 0001
- Combined
- 0870:0001
- Decimal
- 2160:1
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Ricochet GS manufactured by Metricom. The vendor ID 0870 is registered to Metricom with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0001 is the product ID that Metricom assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0870:0001 Metricom Ricochet GS.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0870:0001 Metricom Ricochet GS
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0870:0001, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0870:0001. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0870, idProduct=0001.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0870&PID_0001 USB\VID_0870&PID_0001&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0870&PID_0001"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Ricochet GS:
Product ID: 0x0001
Vendor ID: 0x0870 (Metricom)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:
0870 Metricom 0001 Ricochet GS