0a17:0043 *ist DL

Pentax Corp.

Vendor ID
0a17
Product ID
0043
Combined
0a17:0043
Decimal
2583:67

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a *ist DL manufactured by Pentax Corp.. The vendor ID 0a17 is registered to Pentax Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0043 is the product ID that Pentax Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0a17:0043 Pentax Corp. *ist DL.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a17:0043 Pentax Corp. *ist DL

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0a17:0043, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0a17:0043. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0a17, idProduct=0043.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0A17&PID_0043
USB\VID_0A17&PID_0043&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0A17&PID_0043"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    *ist DL:
      Product ID: 0x0043
      Vendor ID: 0x0a17  (Pentax Corp.)

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:

0a17  Pentax Corp.
	0043  *ist DL

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