179d:0010 — Internal Infrared Transceiver

This is the USB identifier for a Internal Infrared Transceiver manufactured by Ricavision International, Inc.. The vendor ID 179d is registered to Ricavision International, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0010 is the product ID that Ricavision International, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 179d:0010 Ricavision International, Inc. Internal Infrared Transceiver.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 179d:0010 Ricavision International, Inc. Internal Infrared Transceiver

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 179d:0010, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 179d:0010. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=179d, idProduct=0010.

Windows

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

USB\VID_179D&PID_0010
USB\VID_179D&PID_0010&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_179D&PID_0010"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Internal Infrared Transceiver:
      Product ID: 0x0010
      Vendor ID: 0x179d  (Ricavision International, Inc.)

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.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

179d  Ricavision International, Inc.
	0010  Internal Infrared Transceiver

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