16d1:0401 SUP-SFR400(A) BioMini Fingerprint Reader

Suprema Inc.

Vendor ID
16d1
Product ID
0401
Combined
16d1:0401
Decimal
5841:1025

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a SUP-SFR400(A) BioMini Fingerprint Reader manufactured by Suprema Inc.. The vendor ID 16d1 is registered to Suprema Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0401 is the product ID that Suprema Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 16d1:0401 Suprema Inc. SUP-SFR400(A) BioMini Fingerprint Reader.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 16d1:0401 Suprema Inc. SUP-SFR400(A) BioMini Fingerprint Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 16d1:0401, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 16d1:0401. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=16d1, idProduct=0401.

Windows

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

USB\VID_16D1&PID_0401
USB\VID_16D1&PID_0401&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_16D1&PID_0401"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    SUP-SFR400(A) BioMini Fingerprint Reader:
      Product ID: 0x0401
      Vendor ID: 0x16d1  (Suprema Inc.)

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:

16d1  Suprema Inc.
	0401  SUP-SFR400(A) BioMini Fingerprint Reader

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