16b4:0801 U43

iStation

Vendor ID
16b4
Product ID
0801
Combined
16b4:0801
Decimal
5812:2049

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a U43 manufactured by iStation. The vendor ID 16b4 is registered to iStation with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0801 is the product ID that iStation assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 16b4:0801 iStation U43.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 16b4:0801 iStation U43

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 16b4:0801, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 16b4:0801. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=16b4, idProduct=0801.

Windows

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

USB\VID_16B4&PID_0801
USB\VID_16B4&PID_0801&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_16B4&PID_0801"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    U43:
      Product ID: 0x0801
      Vendor ID: 0x16b4  (iStation)

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:

16b4  iStation
	0801  U43

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