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