1fae:212c — M30x (Mercury) fingerprint sensor

This is the USB identifier for a M30x (Mercury) fingerprint sensor manufactured by Lumidigm. The vendor ID 1fae is registered to Lumidigm with the USB Implementers Forum, and 212c is the product ID that Lumidigm assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1fae:212c Lumidigm M30x (Mercury) fingerprint sensor.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1fae:212c Lumidigm M30x (Mercury) fingerprint sensor

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1fae:212c, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1fae:212c. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1fae, idProduct=212c.

Windows

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

USB\VID_1FAE&PID_212C
USB\VID_1FAE&PID_212C&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1FAE&PID_212C"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    M30x (Mercury) fingerprint sensor:
      Product ID: 0x212c
      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
	212c  M30x (Mercury) fingerprint sensor

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