16d0:05f0 Superior Freedom Programmable IR Remote

MCS

Vendor ID
16d0
Product ID
05f0
Combined
16d0:05f0
Decimal
5840:1520

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Superior Freedom Programmable IR Remote manufactured by MCS. The vendor ID 16d0 is registered to MCS with the USB Implementers Forum, and 05f0 is the product ID that MCS assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 16d0:05f0 MCS Superior Freedom Programmable IR Remote.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 16d0:05f0 MCS Superior Freedom Programmable IR Remote

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 16d0:05f0, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 16d0:05f0. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=16d0, idProduct=05f0.

Windows

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

USB\VID_16D0&PID_05F0
USB\VID_16D0&PID_05F0&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_16D0&PID_05F0"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Superior Freedom Programmable IR Remote:
      Product ID: 0x05f0
      Vendor ID: 0x16d0  (MCS)

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:

16d0  MCS
	05f0  Superior Freedom Programmable IR Remote

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