0a12:ffff USB Bluetooth Device in DFU State

Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd

Vendor ID
0a12
Product ID
ffff
Combined
0a12:ffff
Decimal
2578:65535

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a USB Bluetooth Device in DFU State manufactured by Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd. The vendor ID 0a12 is registered to Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd with the USB Implementers Forum, and ffff is the product ID that Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0a12:ffff Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd USB Bluetooth Device in DFU State.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a12:ffff Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd USB Bluetooth Device in DFU State

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0a12:ffff, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0a12:ffff. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0a12, idProduct=ffff.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0A12&PID_FFFF
USB\VID_0A12&PID_FFFF&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0A12&PID_FFFF"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    USB Bluetooth Device in DFU State:
      Product ID: 0xffff
      Vendor ID: 0x0a12  (Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd)

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:

0a12  Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd
	ffff  USB Bluetooth Device in DFU State

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