2237:4173 — Glo
Kobo Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 2237
- Product ID
- 4173
- Combined
- 2237:4173
- Decimal
- 8759:16755
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Glo manufactured by Kobo Inc.. The vendor ID 2237 is registered to Kobo Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4173 is the product ID that Kobo Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 2237:4173 Kobo Inc. Glo.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2237:4173 Kobo Inc. Glo
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 2237:4173, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 2237:4173. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=2237, idProduct=4173.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_2237&PID_4173 USB\VID_2237&PID_4173&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_2237&PID_4173"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Glo:
Product ID: 0x4173
Vendor ID: 0x2237 (Kobo 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:
2237 Kobo Inc. 4173 Glo