08ff:3406 AES3400 TruePrint Sensor

AuthenTec, Inc.

Vendor ID
08ff
Product ID
3406
Combined
08ff:3406
Decimal
2303:13318

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a AES3400 TruePrint Sensor manufactured by AuthenTec, Inc.. The vendor ID 08ff is registered to AuthenTec, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 3406 is the product ID that AuthenTec, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08ff:3406 AuthenTec, Inc. AES3400 TruePrint Sensor.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08ff:3406 AuthenTec, Inc. AES3400 TruePrint Sensor

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08ff:3406, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08ff:3406. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08ff, idProduct=3406.

Windows

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

USB\VID_08FF&PID_3406
USB\VID_08FF&PID_3406&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08FF&PID_3406"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    AES3400 TruePrint Sensor:
      Product ID: 0x3406
      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.
	3406  AES3400 TruePrint Sensor

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