0caf:2507 Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller

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Vendor ID
0caf
Product ID
2507
Combined
0caf:2507
Decimal
3247:9479

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller manufactured by Buslink. The vendor ID 0caf is registered to Buslink with the USB Implementers Forum, and 2507 is the product ID that Buslink assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0caf:2507 Buslink Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0caf:2507 Buslink Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0caf:2507, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0caf:2507. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0caf, idProduct=2507.

Windows

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

USB\VID_0CAF&PID_2507
USB\VID_0CAF&PID_2507&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0CAF&PID_2507"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller:
      Product ID: 0x2507
      Vendor ID: 0x0caf  (Buslink)

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:

0caf  Buslink
	2507  Hi-Speed USB-to-IDE Bridge Controller

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