1209:8b00 — ReSwitched Libtransistor Serial Console

Generic

Vendor ID: 1209
Product ID: 8b00
Combined: 1209:8b00
Decimal: 4617:35584

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a ReSwitched Libtransistor Serial Console manufactured by Generic. The vendor ID 1209 is registered to Generic with the USB Implementers Forum, and 8b00 is the product ID that Generic assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1209:8b00 Generic ReSwitched Libtransistor Serial Console.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1209:8b00 Generic ReSwitched Libtransistor Serial Console

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1209:8b00, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1209:8b00. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1209, idProduct=8b00.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1209&PID_8B00
USB\VID_1209&PID_8B00&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1209&PID_8B00"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    ReSwitched Libtransistor Serial Console:
      Product ID: 0x8b00
      Vendor ID: 0x1209  (Generic)

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:

1209  Generic
	8b00  ReSwitched Libtransistor Serial Console

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