1608:0001 EdgePort/4 Serial Port

Inside Out Networks [hex]

Vendor ID
1608
Product ID
0001
Combined
1608:0001
Decimal
5640:1

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a EdgePort/4 Serial Port manufactured by Inside Out Networks [hex]. The vendor ID 1608 is registered to Inside Out Networks [hex] with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0001 is the product ID that Inside Out Networks [hex] assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1608:0001 Inside Out Networks [hex] EdgePort/4 Serial Port.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1608:0001 Inside Out Networks [hex] EdgePort/4 Serial Port

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1608:0001, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1608:0001. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1608, idProduct=0001.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_1608&PID_0001
USB\VID_1608&PID_0001&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1608&PID_0001"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    EdgePort/4 Serial Port:
      Product ID: 0x0001
      Vendor ID: 0x1608  (Inside Out Networks [hex])

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:

1608  Inside Out Networks [hex]
	0001  EdgePort/4 Serial Port

More from Inside Out Networks [hex]