08e6:34ec Compact Smart Card Reader Writer

Gemalto (was Gemplus)

Vendor ID
08e6
Product ID
34ec
Combined
08e6:34ec
Decimal
2278:13548

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Compact Smart Card Reader Writer manufactured by Gemalto (was Gemplus). The vendor ID 08e6 is registered to Gemalto (was Gemplus) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 34ec is the product ID that Gemalto (was Gemplus) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08e6:34ec Gemalto (was Gemplus) Compact Smart Card Reader Writer.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08e6:34ec Gemalto (was Gemplus) Compact Smart Card Reader Writer

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08e6:34ec, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08e6:34ec. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08e6, idProduct=34ec.

Windows

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

USB\VID_08E6&PID_34EC
USB\VID_08E6&PID_34EC&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08E6&PID_34EC"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Compact Smart Card Reader Writer:
      Product ID: 0x34ec
      Vendor ID: 0x08e6  (Gemalto (was Gemplus))

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:

08e6  Gemalto (was Gemplus)
	34ec  Compact Smart Card Reader Writer

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