17a8:0011 — 444MHz RF sniffer
Kamstrup A/S
- Vendor ID
- 17a8
- Product ID
- 0011
- Combined
- 17a8:0011
- Decimal
- 6056:17
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a 444MHz RF sniffer manufactured by Kamstrup A/S. The vendor ID 17a8 is registered to Kamstrup A/S with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0011 is the product ID that Kamstrup A/S assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 17a8:0011 Kamstrup A/S 444MHz RF sniffer.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 17a8:0011 Kamstrup A/S 444MHz RF sniffer
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 17a8:0011, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 17a8:0011. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=17a8, idProduct=0011.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_17A8&PID_0011 USB\VID_17A8&PID_0011&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_17A8&PID_0011"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
444MHz RF sniffer:
Product ID: 0x0011
Vendor ID: 0x17a8 (Kamstrup A/S)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:
17a8 Kamstrup A/S 0011 444MHz RF sniffer