0b05:0301 — MyPal A696 GPS PDA
ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 0b05
- Product ID
- 0301
- Combined
- 0b05:0301
- Decimal
- 2821:769
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a MyPal A696 GPS PDA manufactured by ASUSTek Computer, Inc.. The vendor ID 0b05 is registered to ASUSTek Computer, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0301 is the product ID that ASUSTek Computer, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0b05:0301 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. MyPal A696 GPS PDA.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b05:0301 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. MyPal A696 GPS PDA
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0b05:0301, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0b05:0301. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0b05, idProduct=0301.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0B05&PID_0301 USB\VID_0B05&PID_0301&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0B05&PID_0301"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
MyPal A696 GPS PDA:
Product ID: 0x0301
Vendor ID: 0x0b05 (ASUSTek Computer, Inc.)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:
0b05 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 0301 MyPal A696 GPS PDA