1199:0218 MC5720 Wireless Modem

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

Vendor ID
1199
Product ID
0218
Combined
1199:0218
Decimal
4505:536

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a MC5720 Wireless Modem manufactured by Sierra Wireless, Inc.. The vendor ID 1199 is registered to Sierra Wireless, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0218 is the product ID that Sierra Wireless, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1199:0218 Sierra Wireless, Inc. MC5720 Wireless Modem.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1199:0218 Sierra Wireless, Inc. MC5720 Wireless Modem

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1199:0218, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1199:0218. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1199, idProduct=0218.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1199&PID_0218
USB\VID_1199&PID_0218&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1199&PID_0218"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    MC5720 Wireless Modem:
      Product ID: 0x0218
      Vendor ID: 0x1199  (Sierra Wireless, 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:

1199  Sierra Wireless, Inc.
	0218  MC5720 Wireless Modem

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