08ff:5701 AES3500 TruePrint Sensor

AuthenTec, Inc.

Vendor ID
08ff
Product ID
5701
Combined
08ff:5701
Decimal
2303:22273

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a AES3500 TruePrint Sensor manufactured by AuthenTec, Inc.. The vendor ID 08ff is registered to AuthenTec, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 5701 is the product ID that AuthenTec, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 08ff:5701 AuthenTec, Inc. AES3500 TruePrint Sensor.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08ff:5701 AuthenTec, Inc. AES3500 TruePrint Sensor

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 08ff:5701, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 08ff:5701. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=08ff, idProduct=5701.

Windows

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

USB\VID_08FF&PID_5701
USB\VID_08FF&PID_5701&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_08FF&PID_5701"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    AES3500 TruePrint Sensor:
      Product ID: 0x5701
      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.
	5701  AES3500 TruePrint Sensor

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