0ac8:c42d Lenovo IdeaCentre Web Camera

Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.

Vendor ID
0ac8
Product ID
c42d
Combined
0ac8:c42d
Decimal
2760:50221

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Lenovo IdeaCentre Web Camera manufactured by Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.. The vendor ID 0ac8 is registered to Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and c42d is the product ID that Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0ac8:c42d Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Lenovo IdeaCentre Web Camera.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0ac8:c42d Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Lenovo IdeaCentre Web Camera

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0ac8:c42d, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0ac8:c42d. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0ac8, idProduct=c42d.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0AC8&PID_C42D
USB\VID_0AC8&PID_C42D&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0AC8&PID_C42D"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Lenovo IdeaCentre Web Camera:
      Product ID: 0xc42d
      Vendor ID: 0x0ac8  (Z-Star Microelectronics 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:

0ac8  Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
	c42d  Lenovo IdeaCentre Web Camera

More from Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.