0aa7:0402 — Programmable Magnetic Swipe Card Reader, MSRP-USB
Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
- Vendor ID
- 0aa7
- Product ID
- 0402
- Combined
- 0aa7:0402
- Decimal
- 2727:1026
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Programmable Magnetic Swipe Card Reader, MSRP-USB manufactured by Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH. The vendor ID 0aa7 is registered to Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0402 is the product ID that Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0aa7:0402 Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH Programmable Magnetic Swipe Card Reader, MSRP-USB.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0aa7:0402 Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH Programmable Magnetic Swipe Card Reader, MSRP-USB
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0aa7:0402, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0aa7:0402. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0aa7, idProduct=0402.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0AA7&PID_0402 USB\VID_0AA7&PID_0402&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0AA7&PID_0402"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Programmable Magnetic Swipe Card Reader, MSRP-USB:
Product ID: 0x0402
Vendor ID: 0x0aa7 (Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH)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:
0aa7 Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH 0402 Programmable Magnetic Swipe Card Reader, MSRP-USB