0f44:ef12 — Patriot
Polhemus
- Vendor ID
- 0f44
- Product ID
- ef12
- Combined
- 0f44:ef12
- Decimal
- 3908:61202
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Patriot manufactured by Polhemus. The vendor ID 0f44 is registered to Polhemus with the USB Implementers Forum, and ef12 is the product ID that Polhemus assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0f44:ef12 Polhemus Patriot.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0f44:ef12 Polhemus Patriot
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0f44:ef12, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0f44:ef12. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0f44, idProduct=ef12.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0F44&PID_EF12 USB\VID_0F44&PID_EF12&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0F44&PID_EF12"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Patriot:
Product ID: 0xef12
Vendor ID: 0x0f44 (Polhemus)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:
0f44 Polhemus ef12 Patriot