08ff:55ff AES4000 TruePrint Sensor.

AuthenTec, Inc.

Vendor ID
08ff
Product ID
55ff
Combined
08ff:55ff
Decimal
2303:22015

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a AES4000 TruePrint Sensor. manufactured by AuthenTec, Inc.. The vendor ID 08ff is registered to AuthenTec, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 55ff is the product ID that AuthenTec, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08ff:55ff AuthenTec, Inc. AES4000 TruePrint Sensor..

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08ff:55ff AuthenTec, Inc. AES4000 TruePrint Sensor.

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08ff:55ff, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08ff:55ff. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08ff, idProduct=55ff.

Windows

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

USB\VID_08FF&PID_55FF
USB\VID_08FF&PID_55FF&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08FF&PID_55FF"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    AES4000 TruePrint Sensor.:
      Product ID: 0x55ff
      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.
	55ff  AES4000 TruePrint Sensor.

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