0c26:0018 — USB-Serial Controller [Icom Inc. OPC-478UC]

Prolific Technology Inc.

Vendor ID: 0c26
Product ID: 0018
Combined: 0c26:0018
Decimal: 3110:24

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a USB-Serial Controller [Icom Inc. OPC-478UC] manufactured by Prolific Technology Inc.. The vendor ID 0c26 is registered to Prolific Technology Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0018 is the product ID that Prolific Technology Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0c26:0018 Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller [Icom Inc. OPC-478UC].

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c26:0018 Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller [Icom Inc. OPC-478UC]

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0c26:0018, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0c26:0018. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0c26, idProduct=0018.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0C26&PID_0018
USB\VID_0C26&PID_0018&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0C26&PID_0018"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    USB-Serial Controller [Icom Inc. OPC-478UC]:
      Product ID: 0x0018
      Vendor ID: 0x0c26  (Prolific Technology 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:

0c26  Prolific Technology Inc.
	0018  USB-Serial Controller [Icom Inc. OPC-478UC]