1fae:0040 — M311 Fingerprint Scanner

This is the USB identifier for a M311 Fingerprint Scanner manufactured by Lumidigm. The vendor ID 1fae is registered to Lumidigm with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0040 is the product ID that Lumidigm assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1fae:0040 Lumidigm M311 Fingerprint Scanner.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1fae:0040 Lumidigm M311 Fingerprint Scanner

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1fae:0040, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1fae:0040. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1fae, idProduct=0040.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1FAE&PID_0040
USB\VID_1FAE&PID_0040&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1FAE&PID_0040"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    M311 Fingerprint Scanner:
      Product ID: 0x0040
      Vendor ID: 0x1fae  (Lumidigm)

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.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

1fae  Lumidigm
	0040  M311 Fingerprint Scanner

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