08a9:0005 USBee ZX

CWAV Inc.

Vendor ID
08a9
Product ID
0005
Combined
08a9:0005
Decimal
2217:5

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a USBee ZX manufactured by CWAV Inc.. The vendor ID 08a9 is registered to CWAV Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0005 is the product ID that CWAV Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08a9:0005 CWAV Inc. USBee ZX.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08a9:0005 CWAV Inc. USBee ZX

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08a9:0005, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08a9:0005. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08a9, idProduct=0005.

Windows

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

USB\VID_08A9&PID_0005
USB\VID_08A9&PID_0005&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08A9&PID_0005"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    USBee ZX:
      Product ID: 0x0005
      Vendor ID: 0x08a9  (CWAV 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:

08a9  CWAV Inc.
	0005  USBee ZX

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