diff --git a/trunner/tools/phoenix.py b/trunner/tools/phoenix.py
index 6312dcea..246b57a6 100644
--- a/trunner/tools/phoenix.py
+++ b/trunner/tools/phoenix.py
@@ -3,23 +3,36 @@
 import signal
 import threading
 import time
-from contextlib import contextmanager
-
 import pexpect
 
 from trunner.harness import ProcessError
+from serial.tools import list_ports
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from .common import add_output_to_exception
 
 
-def wait_for_dev(port, timeout=0):
+def wait_for_vid_pid(vid: int, pid: int, timeout=0):
+    """wait for connected usb serial device with required vendor & product id"""
+
     asleep = 0
+    found_ports = []
 
-    # naive wait for dev
-    while not os.path.exists(port):
+    while not found_ports:
         time.sleep(0.01)
         asleep += 0.01
+
+        found_ports = [port for port in list_ports.comports() if port.pid == pid and port.vid == vid]
+
+        if len(found_ports) > 1:
+            raise Exception(
+                "More than one plo port was found! Maybe more than one device is connected? Hint used to find port:"
+                f"{vid:04x}:{pid:04x}"
+            )
+
         if timeout and asleep >= timeout:
-            raise TimeoutError
+            raise TimeoutError(f"Couldn't find plo USB device with vid/pid: '{vid:04x}:{pid:04x}'")
+
+    return found_ports[0].device
 
 
 class PsuError(ProcessError):
@@ -70,8 +83,9 @@ class PhoenixdError(ProcessError):
 class Phoenixd:
     """Handler for phoenixd process"""
 
-    def __init__(self, port="/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Phoenix_Systems_plo_CDC_ACM-if00", cwd=".", directory="."):
-        self.port = port
+    def __init__(self, vid=0x16F9, pid=0x0003, cwd=".", directory="."):
+        self.vid = vid
+        self.pid = pid
         self.proc = None
         self.reader_thread = None
         self.cwd = cwd
@@ -101,9 +115,9 @@ def _reader(self):
 
     def _run(self):
         try:
-            wait_for_dev(self.port, timeout=10)
-        except TimeoutError as exc:
-            raise PhoenixdError(f"couldn't find {self.port}") from exc
+            self.port = wait_for_vid_pid(self.vid, self.pid, timeout=10)
+        except (TimeoutError, Exception) as exc:
+            raise PhoenixdError(str(exc)) from exc
 
         # Use pexpect.spawn to run a process as PTY, so it will flush on a new line
         self.proc = pexpect.spawn(