1938:0501 — TCR51USB IRIG Time Code Reader

Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG

Vendor ID: 1938
Product ID: 0501
Combined: 1938:0501
Decimal: 6456:1281

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a TCR51USB IRIG Time Code Reader manufactured by Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG. The vendor ID 1938 is registered to Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0501 is the product ID that Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1938:0501 Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG TCR51USB IRIG Time Code Reader.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1938:0501 Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG TCR51USB IRIG Time Code Reader

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1938:0501, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1938:0501. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1938, idProduct=0501.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1938&PID_0501
USB\VID_1938&PID_0501&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1938&PID_0501"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    TCR51USB IRIG Time Code Reader:
      Product ID: 0x0501
      Vendor ID: 0x1938  (Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG)

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:

1938  Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co. KG
	0501  TCR51USB IRIG Time Code Reader