12f2:000a — Braille embosser [SpotDot Emprint]
ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 12f2
- Product ID
- 000a
- Combined
- 12f2:000a
- Decimal
- 4850:10
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Braille embosser [SpotDot Emprint] manufactured by ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.. The vendor ID 12f2 is registered to ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 000a is the product ID that ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 12f2:000a ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. Braille embosser [SpotDot Emprint].
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12f2:000a ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. Braille embosser [SpotDot Emprint]
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 12f2:000a, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 12f2:000a. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=12f2, idProduct=000a.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_12F2&PID_000A USB\VID_12F2&PID_000A&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_12F2&PID_000A"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Braille embosser [SpotDot Emprint]:
Product ID: 0x000a
Vendor ID: 0x12f2 (ViewPlus Technologies, 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:
12f2 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. 000a Braille embosser [SpotDot Emprint]