08c3:0401 — 150 MC
Precise Biometrics
- Vendor ID
- 08c3
- Product ID
- 0401
- Combined
- 08c3:0401
- Decimal
- 2243:1025
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a 150 MC manufactured by Precise Biometrics. The vendor ID 08c3 is registered to Precise Biometrics with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0401 is the product ID that Precise Biometrics assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08c3:0401 Precise Biometrics 150 MC.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08c3:0401 Precise Biometrics 150 MC
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08c3:0401, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08c3:0401. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08c3, idProduct=0401.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_08C3&PID_0401 USB\VID_08C3&PID_0401&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08C3&PID_0401"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
150 MC:
Product ID: 0x0401
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 0401 150 MC