138a:0018 — Fingerprint scanner
Validity Sensors, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 138a
- Product ID
- 0018
- Combined
- 138a:0018
- Decimal
- 5002:24
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Fingerprint scanner manufactured by Validity Sensors, Inc.. The vendor ID 138a is registered to Validity Sensors, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0018 is the product ID that Validity Sensors, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 138a:0018 Validity Sensors, Inc. Fingerprint scanner.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0018 Validity Sensors, Inc. Fingerprint scanner
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 138a:0018, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 138a:0018. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=138a, idProduct=0018.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_138A&PID_0018 USB\VID_138A&PID_0018&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_138A&PID_0018"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Fingerprint scanner:
Product ID: 0x0018
Vendor ID: 0x138a (Validity Sensors, 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:
138a Validity Sensors, Inc. 0018 Fingerprint scanner