165b:fad1 — Alphatrack Control Surface

This is the USB identifier for a Alphatrack Control Surface manufactured by Frontier Design Group. The vendor ID 165b is registered to Frontier Design Group with the USB Implementers Forum, and fad1 is the product ID that Frontier Design Group assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 165b:fad1 Frontier Design Group Alphatrack Control Surface.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 165b:fad1 Frontier Design Group Alphatrack Control Surface

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 165b:fad1, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 165b:fad1. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=165b, idProduct=fad1.

Windows

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

USB\VID_165B&PID_FAD1
USB\VID_165B&PID_FAD1&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_165B&PID_FAD1"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Alphatrack Control Surface:
      Product ID: 0xfad1
      Vendor ID: 0x165b  (Frontier Design Group)

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.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

165b  Frontier Design Group
	fad1  Alphatrack Control Surface

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