0baf:00ec — 56K Faxmodem
U.S. Robotics
- Vendor ID
- 0baf
- Product ID
- 00ec
- Combined
- 0baf:00ec
- Decimal
- 2991:236
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a 56K Faxmodem manufactured by U.S. Robotics. The vendor ID 0baf is registered to U.S. Robotics with the USB Implementers Forum, and 00ec is the product ID that U.S. Robotics assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0baf:00ec U.S. Robotics 56K Faxmodem.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0baf:00ec U.S. Robotics 56K Faxmodem
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0baf:00ec, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0baf:00ec. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0baf, idProduct=00ec.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0BAF&PID_00EC USB\VID_0BAF&PID_00EC&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0BAF&PID_00EC"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
56K Faxmodem:
Product ID: 0x00ec
Vendor ID: 0x0baf (U.S. Robotics)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:
0baf U.S. Robotics 00ec 56K Faxmodem