0b81:0001 Biothentic II smartcard reader with fingerprint sensor

id3 Technologies

Vendor ID
0b81
Product ID
0001
Combined
0b81:0001
Decimal
2945:1

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Biothentic II smartcard reader with fingerprint sensor manufactured by id3 Technologies. The vendor ID 0b81 is registered to id3 Technologies with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0001 is the product ID that id3 Technologies assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0b81:0001 id3 Technologies Biothentic II smartcard reader with fingerprint sensor.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b81:0001 id3 Technologies Biothentic II smartcard reader with fingerprint sensor

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0b81:0001, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0b81:0001. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0b81, idProduct=0001.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0B81&PID_0001
USB\VID_0B81&PID_0001&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0B81&PID_0001"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Biothentic II smartcard reader with fingerprint sensor:
      Product ID: 0x0001
      Vendor ID: 0x0b81  (id3 Technologies)

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:

0b81  id3 Technologies
	0001  Biothentic II smartcard reader with fingerprint sensor

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