USB ID translator

Purpose

Translate numeric USB device ID and interface representations into human readable strings by leveraging information from the USD ID database (http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids).

Vendor & Product ID

Format: Two 16 bit numbers, separated by a colon; 0000:0000 ... ffff:ffff

First number represents vendor ID. Second number represents product ID.

Interface

Format: Three 8bit numbers , separated by a colon; 00:00:00 ... ff:ff:ff

First number represents interface class. Second number represents interface subclass. Third number represents interface protocol.

API

 class USBIDs
 {
 public:
   USBIDs(std::istream* input);

   std::string idToString(uint16_t vid, uint16_t pid);
   std::string interfaceToString(uint8_t c, uint8_t s, uint8_t p);
 };

Implementation Notes

Latest usb.ids file can be downloaded from http://www.linux-usb.org/. Alternatively, the file can be installed via packages:

Fedora

$ dnf isntall hwdata

Arch Linux

$ pacman -Sy hwids

Ubuntu

$ apt install hwdata

After successfull installation, the usb.ids file will be located at /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids.