08c3:0101 — 100 MC FingerPrint and SmartCard Reader
Precise Biometrics
- Vendor ID
- 08c3
- Product ID
- 0101
- Combined
- 08c3:0101
- Decimal
- 2243:257
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a 100 MC FingerPrint and SmartCard Reader manufactured by Precise Biometrics. The vendor ID 08c3 is registered to Precise Biometrics with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0101 is the product ID that Precise Biometrics assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08c3:0101 Precise Biometrics 100 MC FingerPrint and SmartCard Reader.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08c3:0101 Precise Biometrics 100 MC FingerPrint and SmartCard Reader
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08c3:0101, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08c3:0101. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08c3, idProduct=0101.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_08C3&PID_0101 USB\VID_08C3&PID_0101&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08C3&PID_0101"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
100 MC FingerPrint and SmartCard Reader:
Product ID: 0x0101
Vendor ID: 0x08c3 (Precise Biometrics)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:
08c3 Precise Biometrics 0101 100 MC FingerPrint and SmartCard Reader