1199:683c — Mobile Broadband 3G/UMTS (MC8790 Device)
Sierra Wireless, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 1199
- Product ID
- 683c
- Combined
- 1199:683c
- Decimal
- 4505:26684
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Mobile Broadband 3G/UMTS (MC8790 Device) manufactured by Sierra Wireless, Inc.. The vendor ID 1199 is registered to Sierra Wireless, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 683c is the product ID that Sierra Wireless, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1199:683c Sierra Wireless, Inc. Mobile Broadband 3G/UMTS (MC8790 Device).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1199:683c Sierra Wireless, Inc. Mobile Broadband 3G/UMTS (MC8790 Device)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1199:683c, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1199:683c. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1199, idProduct=683c.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1199&PID_683C USB\VID_1199&PID_683C&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1199&PID_683C"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Mobile Broadband 3G/UMTS (MC8790 Device):
Product ID: 0x683c
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. 683c Mobile Broadband 3G/UMTS (MC8790 Device)