08ff:1600 — AES1600
AuthenTec, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 08ff
- Product ID
- 1600
- Combined
- 08ff:1600
- Decimal
- 2303:5632
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a AES1600 manufactured by AuthenTec, Inc.. The vendor ID 08ff is registered to AuthenTec, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1600 is the product ID that AuthenTec, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08ff:1600 AuthenTec, Inc. AES1600.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08ff:1600 AuthenTec, Inc. AES1600
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08ff:1600, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08ff:1600. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08ff, idProduct=1600.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_08FF&PID_1600 USB\VID_08FF&PID_1600&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08FF&PID_1600"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
AES1600:
Product ID: 0x1600
Vendor ID: 0x08ff (AuthenTec, 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:
08ff AuthenTec, Inc. 1600 AES1600