0b8c:0001 — Interactive Whiteboard Controller (SB6) (HID)
SMART Technologies Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 0b8c
- Product ID
- 0001
- Combined
- 0b8c:0001
- Decimal
- 2956:1
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Interactive Whiteboard Controller (SB6) (HID) manufactured by SMART Technologies Inc.. The vendor ID 0b8c is registered to SMART Technologies Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0001 is the product ID that SMART Technologies Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0b8c:0001 SMART Technologies Inc. Interactive Whiteboard Controller (SB6) (HID).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0b8c:0001 SMART Technologies Inc. Interactive Whiteboard Controller (SB6) (HID)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0b8c:0001, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0b8c:0001. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0b8c, idProduct=0001.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0B8C&PID_0001 USB\VID_0B8C&PID_0001&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0B8C&PID_0001"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Interactive Whiteboard Controller (SB6) (HID):
Product ID: 0x0001
Vendor ID: 0x0b8c (SMART Technologies 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:
0b8c SMART Technologies Inc. 0001 Interactive Whiteboard Controller (SB6) (HID)