1943:a253 — Model 2253 Audio/Video Codec Card (cold)
Sensoray Co., Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 1943
- Product ID
- a253
- Combined
- 1943:a253
- Decimal
- 6467:41555
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Model 2253 Audio/Video Codec Card (cold) manufactured by Sensoray Co., Inc.. The vendor ID 1943 is registered to Sensoray Co., Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and a253 is the product ID that Sensoray Co., Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1943:a253 Sensoray Co., Inc. Model 2253 Audio/Video Codec Card (cold).
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1943:a253 Sensoray Co., Inc. Model 2253 Audio/Video Codec Card (cold)
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1943:a253, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1943:a253. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1943, idProduct=a253.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1943&PID_A253 USB\VID_1943&PID_A253&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1943&PID_A253"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Model 2253 Audio/Video Codec Card (cold):
Product ID: 0xa253
Vendor ID: 0x1943 (Sensoray Co., Inc.)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:
1943 Sensoray Co., Inc. a253 Model 2253 Audio/Video Codec Card (cold)