1278:0507 — Lodestar autoguider
Starlight Xpress
- Vendor ID
- 1278
- Product ID
- 0507
- Combined
- 1278:0507
- Decimal
- 4728:1287
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Lodestar autoguider manufactured by Starlight Xpress. The vendor ID 1278 is registered to Starlight Xpress with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0507 is the product ID that Starlight Xpress assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1278:0507 Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1278:0507 Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1278:0507, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1278:0507. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1278, idProduct=0507.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1278&PID_0507 USB\VID_1278&PID_0507&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1278&PID_0507"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Lodestar autoguider:
Product ID: 0x0507
Vendor ID: 0x1278 (Starlight Xpress)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:
1278 Starlight Xpress 0507 Lodestar autoguider