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)

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