0c98:1140 USB PC Watchdog

Berkshire Products, Inc.

Vendor ID
0c98
Product ID
1140
Combined
0c98:1140
Decimal
3224:4416

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a USB PC Watchdog manufactured by Berkshire Products, Inc.. The vendor ID 0c98 is registered to Berkshire Products, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1140 is the product ID that Berkshire Products, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0c98:1140 Berkshire Products, Inc. USB PC Watchdog.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c98:1140 Berkshire Products, Inc. USB PC Watchdog

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0c98:1140, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0c98:1140. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0c98, idProduct=1140.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0C98&PID_1140
USB\VID_0C98&PID_1140&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0C98&PID_1140"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    USB PC Watchdog:
      Product ID: 0x1140
      Vendor ID: 0x0c98  (Berkshire Products, 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:

0c98  Berkshire Products, Inc.
	1140  USB PC Watchdog

More from Berkshire Products, Inc.