1209:bad2 — Gregory POTEAU XLinkUSB
Generic
- Vendor ID
- 1209
- Product ID
- bad2
- Combined
- 1209:bad2
- Decimal
- 4617:47826
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Gregory POTEAU XLinkUSB manufactured by Generic. The vendor ID 1209 is registered to Generic with the USB Implementers Forum, and bad2 is the product ID that Generic assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1209:bad2 Generic Gregory POTEAU XLinkUSB.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1209:bad2 Generic Gregory POTEAU XLinkUSB
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1209:bad2, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1209:bad2. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1209, idProduct=bad2.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1209&PID_BAD2 USB\VID_1209&PID_BAD2&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1209&PID_BAD2"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Gregory POTEAU XLinkUSB:
Product ID: 0xbad2
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 bad2 Gregory POTEAU XLinkUSB