diff --git a/src/drivers/atk/hid.test.ts b/src/drivers/atk/hid.test.ts
index 6aef35f0..12d4c9ca 100644
--- a/src/drivers/atk/hid.test.ts
+++ b/src/drivers/atk/hid.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import test from "node:test";
 import { atkDpiOptionsForSensor, atkPackDpiStage, atkPackDpiStageForSensor, atkUnpackDpiStageForSensor } from "@openmouse/protocol/atk";
 import { wePackScalarPair } from "@openmouse/protocol/endgame-gear-we";
 import { AtkHidClient } from "./hid.ts";
+import { atkCatalogDevice, atkCatalogSensorForCidMid } from "./products.ts";
 import { PulsarHidClient } from "../pulsar/pulsar-hid.ts";
 import { createSupportedClient, deviceBrand } from "../registry.ts";
 import { SUPPORTED_HID_FILTERS } from "../vendors.ts";
@@ -1278,3 +1279,32 @@ test("an unlisted mouse falls back to its USB product string", () => {
   assert.equal(client.displayName(), "ATK Wireless mouse -1k dongle");
   assert.equal(client.deviceBrand(), "ATK");
 });
+
+test("a mouse behind the generic 8K dongle-L is decoded with the sensor its CID/MID names, not the generic codec", async () => {
+  const fake = device(0x1278, "Wireless mouse 8k dongle-L");
+  (fake as unknown as FakeAtkDevice).replies = [
+    reply(0x10, 0x0000, [2, 77]),
+    reply(0x04, 0x0000, [0x5f, 0x01]),
+    reply(0x08, 0x0000, [0x01, 0x54, 0x01, 0x54, 0x00, 0x55]),
+    reply(0x08, 0x000c, atkPackDpiStageForSensor("PAW3395SE", 900, 900)!),
+    reply(0x12, 0x0000, [0x05, 0x0a]),
+    reply(0x08, 0x000a, [0x04, 0x51]),
+    reply(0x08, 0x00a9, [0x08, 0x4d, 0x00, 0x55, 0x1e, 0x37, 0x00, 0x55, 0x00, 0x55]),
+    reply(0x08, 0x00bd, [0x00, 0x55, 0x00, 0x55]),
+  ];
+
+  const status = await new AtkHidClient(fake).readStatus();
+  assert.equal(status.dpi, 900);
+  assert.equal(status.dpiY, 900);
+  assert.deepEqual(status.dpiStages, [900]);
+});
+
+test("a CID/MID shared by models with different sensors stays on the generic codec behind a receiver", () => {
+  assert.equal(atkCatalogSensorForCidMid("2,77"), "PAW3395SE");
+  assert.equal(atkCatalogSensorForCidMid("1,2"), "PAW3950Ultra");
+  assert.equal(atkCatalogSensorForCidMid("2,5"), null);
+  assert.equal(atkCatalogSensorForCidMid("250,250"), null);
+  assert.equal(atkCatalogSensorForCidMid(null), null);
+  assert.equal(atkCatalogDevice(0x373b, 0x1278, "2,77")?.model, "ATK X1 SE NK");
+  assert.equal(atkCatalogDevice(0x373b, 0x1278, "2,5"), undefined);
+});
diff --git a/src/drivers/atk/hid.ts b/src/drivers/atk/hid.ts
index 27002b2d..e3e88157 100644
--- a/src/drivers/atk/hid.ts
+++ b/src/drivers/atk/hid.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import {
   atkUnpackDpiStage,
   atkUnpackDpiStageForSensor,
 } from "@openmouse/protocol/atk";
-import { type AtkProduct, ATK_COMPX_PRODUCT_IDS, ATK_PRODUCTS, atkCatalogDevice, atkCatalogSensorToSensor } from "./products.ts";
+import { type AtkProduct, ATK_COMPX_PRODUCT_IDS, ATK_PRODUCTS, atkCatalogDevice, atkCatalogSensorForCidMid, atkCatalogSensorToSensor } from "./products.ts";
 import type { AtkDeviceDescriptor, AtkDeviceFeatures } from "./device-catalog.generated.ts";
 import type { AtkSensor } from "@openmouse/protocol/atk";
 
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ export class AtkHidClient {
    */
   private sensorKey(): AtkSensor | null {
     if (this.product) return this.product.sensor;
-    return atkCatalogSensorToSensor(this.catalogEntry()?.sensor ?? null);
+    return atkCatalogSensorToSensor(this.catalogEntry()?.sensor ?? null) ?? atkCatalogSensorForCidMid(this.cidMid);
   }
 
   private usesSharedR1Transport(): boolean {
diff --git a/src/drivers/atk/products.ts b/src/drivers/atk/products.ts
index 31f4b205..9a6d6992 100644
--- a/src/drivers/atk/products.ts
+++ b/src/drivers/atk/products.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import type { AtkSensor } from "@openmouse/protocol/atk";
 import {
   atkDeviceForHid,
+  atkDevicesForCidMid,
+  atkDevicesForHid,
   type AtkCatalogSensor,
   type AtkDeviceDescriptor,
 } from "./device-catalog.generated.ts";
@@ -49,7 +51,23 @@ export function atkCatalogDevice(
   productId: number,
   cidMid?: string | null,
 ): AtkDeviceDescriptor | undefined {
-  return atkDeviceForHid(vendorId, productId, cidMid);
+  const byUsbId = atkDeviceForHid(vendorId, productId, cidMid);
+  if (byUsbId || !cidMid || atkDevicesForHid(vendorId, productId).length > 0) return byUsbId;
+  const byCidMid = atkDevicesForCidMid(cidMid);
+  return byCidMid.length === 1 ? byCidMid[0] : undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sensor shared by every catalog model with this CID/MID. Receivers enumerate
+ * under their own USB id, so the paired mouse is known only by CID/MID; the
+ * pair is not unique, but when every model sharing it has the same sensor the
+ * DPI codec is still unambiguous.
+ */
+export function atkCatalogSensorForCidMid(cidMid: string | null): AtkSensor | null {
+  if (!cidMid) return null;
+  const sensors = new Set(atkDevicesForCidMid(cidMid).map((device) => atkCatalogSensorToSensor(device.sensor)));
+  const [only] = sensors;
+  return sensors.size === 1 && only ? only : null;
 }