08ca:2042 — Pocket DV5100M Composite Device
Aiptek International, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 08ca
- Product ID
- 2042
- Combined
- 08ca:2042
- Decimal
- 2250:8258
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Pocket DV5100M Composite Device manufactured by Aiptek International, Inc.. The vendor ID 08ca is registered to Aiptek International, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2042 is the product ID that Aiptek International, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08ca:2042 Aiptek International, Inc. Pocket DV5100M Composite Device.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08ca:2042 Aiptek International, Inc. Pocket DV5100M Composite Device
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08ca:2042, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08ca:2042. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08ca, idProduct=2042.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_08CA&PID_2042 USB\VID_08CA&PID_2042&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08CA&PID_2042"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Pocket DV5100M Composite Device:
Product ID: 0x2042
Vendor ID: 0x08ca (Aiptek International, 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:
08ca Aiptek International, Inc. 2042 Pocket DV5100M Composite Device