2a1d:0121 GridION Mk1 Bay

Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc

Vendor ID
2a1d
Product ID
0121
Combined
2a1d:0121
Decimal
10781:289

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a GridION Mk1 Bay manufactured by Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc. The vendor ID 2a1d is registered to Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0121 is the product ID that Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 2a1d:0121 Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc GridION Mk1 Bay.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 2a1d:0121 Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc GridION Mk1 Bay

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 2a1d:0121, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 2a1d:0121. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=2a1d, idProduct=0121.

Windows

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

USB\VID_2A1D&PID_0121
USB\VID_2A1D&PID_0121&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_2A1D&PID_0121"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    GridION Mk1 Bay:
      Product ID: 0x0121
      Vendor ID: 0x2a1d  (Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc)

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:

2a1d  Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
	0121  GridION Mk1 Bay

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