4242:4201 — Buttons and Lights HID device

This is the USB identifier for a Buttons and Lights HID device manufactured by USB Design by Example. The vendor ID 4242 is registered to USB Design by Example with the USB Implementers Forum, and 4201 is the product ID that USB Design by Example assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 4242:4201 USB Design by Example Buttons and Lights HID device.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 4242:4201 USB Design by Example Buttons and Lights HID device

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 4242:4201, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 4242:4201. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=4242, idProduct=4201.

Windows

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

USB\VID_4242&PID_4201
USB\VID_4242&PID_4201&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_4242&PID_4201"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Buttons and Lights HID device:
      Product ID: 0x4201
      Vendor ID: 0x4242  (USB Design by Example)

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:

4242  USB Design by Example
	4201  Buttons and Lights HID device

• 4242:4220 Echo 1 Camera

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