Ubuntu not detecting Orbec Persee via usb

Hi, I’m running Linux Mint 19 (essentially Ubuntu 18.04) and its not detecting the orbec persee when I plug it in by usb! I’ve enabled developer mode and also enabled USB debugging. It used to work fine a couple months ago when I was running Linux Mint 18.3 but now it does not seem to detect the device at all when I plug it in.

When I run lsusb or dmesg | grep usb from the command line it does not show any change when I plug in the orbec persee. This is what lsusb shows:

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e300 Atheros Communications, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:07a5 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Receiver 1461C
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:6713 Microdia
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I’ve also tried adding in these udev rules (which I didn’t have to do before) but that doesn’t make a difference either. And my user is a member of the plugdev group too.

/etc/udev/rules.d/56-orbbec.rules:

SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0401”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0402”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0403”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0404”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0405”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0406”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0407”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0408”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“0409”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”
SUBSYSTEM==“usb”, ATTR{idProduct}==“040a”, ATTR{idVendor}==“2bc5”, MODE:=“0666”, GROUP:=“plugdev”

Finally, I have tried multiple micro usb → usb cables (one which I know has worked in the past) and also a usb-usb cable, all have the same result.

Please help!