1b52:4501 — Passport Reader RFID device
ARH Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 1b52
- Product ID
- 4501
- Combined
- 1b52:4501
- Decimal
- 6994:17665
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Passport Reader RFID device manufactured by ARH Inc.. The vendor ID 1b52 is registered to ARH Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4501 is the product ID that ARH Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1b52:4501 ARH Inc. Passport Reader RFID device.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1b52:4501 ARH Inc. Passport Reader RFID device
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1b52:4501, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1b52:4501. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1b52, idProduct=4501.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1B52&PID_4501 USB\VID_1B52&PID_4501&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1B52&PID_4501"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Passport Reader RFID device:
Product ID: 0x4501
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. 4501 Passport Reader RFID device