1b52:4206 — Passport Reader PRMC V2 device
ARH Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 1b52
- Product ID
- 4206
- Combined
- 1b52:4206
- Decimal
- 6994:16902
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Passport Reader PRMC V2 device manufactured by ARH Inc.. The vendor ID 1b52 is registered to ARH Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4206 is the product ID that ARH Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1b52:4206 ARH Inc. Passport Reader PRMC V2 device.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1b52:4206 ARH Inc. Passport Reader PRMC V2 device
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1b52:4206, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1b52:4206. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1b52, idProduct=4206.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1B52&PID_4206 USB\VID_1B52&PID_4206&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1B52&PID_4206"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Passport Reader PRMC V2 device:
Product ID: 0x4206
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. 4206 Passport Reader PRMC V2 device