17a0:0311 — Satellite condenser microphone
Samson Technologies Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 17a0
- Product ID
- 0311
- Combined
- 17a0:0311
- Decimal
- 6048:785
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Satellite condenser microphone manufactured by Samson Technologies Corp.. The vendor ID 17a0 is registered to Samson Technologies Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0311 is the product ID that Samson Technologies Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 17a0:0311 Samson Technologies Corp. Satellite condenser microphone.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 17a0:0311 Samson Technologies Corp. Satellite condenser microphone
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 17a0:0311, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 17a0:0311. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=17a0, idProduct=0311.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_17A0&PID_0311 USB\VID_17A0&PID_0311&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_17A0&PID_0311"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Satellite condenser microphone:
Product ID: 0x0311
Vendor ID: 0x17a0 (Samson Technologies Corp.)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:
17a0 Samson Technologies Corp. 0311 Satellite condenser microphone