1606:0002 — Astra 1236U Scanner
Umax
- Vendor ID
- 1606
- Product ID
- 0002
- Combined
- 1606:0002
- Decimal
- 5638:2
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Astra 1236U Scanner manufactured by Umax. The vendor ID 1606 is registered to Umax with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0002 is the product ID that Umax assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1606:0002 Umax Astra 1236U Scanner.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1606:0002 Umax Astra 1236U Scanner
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1606:0002, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1606:0002. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1606, idProduct=0002.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1606&PID_0002 USB\VID_1606&PID_0002&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1606&PID_0002"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Astra 1236U Scanner:
Product ID: 0x0002
Vendor ID: 0x1606 (Umax)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:
1606 Umax 0002 Astra 1236U Scanner