0acd:0401 Spectrum III Hybrid Smartcard Reader

ID Tech

Vendor ID
0acd
Product ID
0401
Combined
0acd:0401
Decimal
2765:1025

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Spectrum III Hybrid Smartcard Reader manufactured by ID Tech. The vendor ID 0acd is registered to ID Tech with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0401 is the product ID that ID Tech assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0acd:0401 ID Tech Spectrum III Hybrid Smartcard Reader.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0acd:0401 ID Tech Spectrum III Hybrid Smartcard Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0acd:0401, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0acd:0401. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0acd, idProduct=0401.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0ACD&PID_0401
USB\VID_0ACD&PID_0401&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0ACD&PID_0401"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Spectrum III Hybrid Smartcard Reader:
      Product ID: 0x0401
      Vendor ID: 0x0acd  (ID Tech)

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:

0acd  ID Tech
	0401  Spectrum III Hybrid Smartcard Reader

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