1b52:4205 — Passport Reader CSHR device

ARH Inc.

Vendor ID: 1b52
Product ID: 4205
Combined: 1b52:4205
Decimal: 6994:16901

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a Passport Reader CSHR device manufactured by ARH Inc.. The vendor ID 1b52 is registered to ARH Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4205 is the product ID that ARH Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1b52:4205 ARH Inc. Passport Reader CSHR device.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1b52:4205 ARH Inc. Passport Reader CSHR device

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1b52:4205, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1b52:4205. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1b52, idProduct=4205.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1B52&PID_4205
USB\VID_1B52&PID_4205&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1B52&PID_4205"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Passport Reader CSHR device:
      Product ID: 0x4205
      Vendor ID: 0x1b52  (ARH 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:

1b52  ARH Inc.
	4205  Passport Reader CSHR device

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