170b:0011 — MIDI-USB 1x1
Swissonic
- Vendor ID
- 170b
- Product ID
- 0011
- Combined
- 170b:0011
- Decimal
- 5899:17
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a MIDI-USB 1x1 manufactured by Swissonic. The vendor ID 170b is registered to Swissonic with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0011 is the product ID that Swissonic assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 170b:0011 Swissonic MIDI-USB 1x1.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 170b:0011 Swissonic MIDI-USB 1x1
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 170b:0011, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 170b:0011. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=170b, idProduct=0011.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_170B&PID_0011 USB\VID_170B&PID_0011&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_170B&PID_0011"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
MIDI-USB 1x1:
Product ID: 0x0011
Vendor ID: 0x170b (Swissonic)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:
170b Swissonic 0011 MIDI-USB 1x1