diff --git a/apps/studio/config/locales/en_US.json b/apps/studio/config/locales/en_US.json
index cd74071..dbdf1ea 100644
--- a/apps/studio/config/locales/en_US.json
+++ b/apps/studio/config/locales/en_US.json
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@
     "calibration_file": "Chosen file — {name}",
     "calibration_browse": "Choose a file…",
     "calibration_filter": "Force calibration (*.json);;All files (*)",
+    "device": "Device id",
+    "device_tip": "Must match the SN in the calibration file",
+    "device_required": "A Finger calibration needs the device id of the sensor in this video",
+    "device_missing_sn": "This calibration file has no SN, so it cannot be matched to a sensor",
+    "device_mismatch": "The calibration file's SN is {sn}, which is not the device id entered",
+    "device_family": "This calibration belongs to {family}, not Finger",
     "reference": "Reference frame",
     "reference_time": "{seconds} s",
     "blocked": "This profile cannot be used: {reason}"
diff --git a/apps/studio/config/locales/zh_CN.json b/apps/studio/config/locales/zh_CN.json
index 62746ab..5a49f25 100644
--- a/apps/studio/config/locales/zh_CN.json
+++ b/apps/studio/config/locales/zh_CN.json
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@
     "calibration_file": "已选文件 — {name}",
     "calibration_browse": "选择文件…",
     "calibration_filter": "力标定 (*.json);;所有文件 (*)",
+    "device": "设备编号",
+    "device_tip": "与标定文件中的 SN 一致",
+    "device_required": "使用这份 Finger 标定需要填写视频对应的设备编号",
+    "device_missing_sn": "这份标定文件没有 SN，无法确认它属于哪台传感器",
+    "device_mismatch": "标定文件的 SN 是 {sn}，与填写的设备编号不一致",
+    "device_family": "这份标定属于 {family}，不能用于 Finger",
     "reference": "参考帧",
     "reference_time": "{seconds} 秒",
     "blocked": "这套配置不能用：{reason}"
diff --git a/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/app_window.py b/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/app_window.py
index 7b684a5..eadb18c 100644
--- a/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/app_window.py
+++ b/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/app_window.py
@@ -2732,7 +2732,9 @@ class StudioMainWindow(QMainWindow):
         session = RecordingReader(Path(recording)).session()
         synthetic = dict(session.get("synthetic") or {})
         chain = chain_spec_for(
-            session, calibration=synthetic.get("calibration") or None
+            session,
+            calibration=synthetic.get("calibration") or None,
+            device_id=synthetic.get("device_id") or None,
         )
         reference = synthetic.get("reference_frame")
         if reference is None:
@@ -2755,6 +2757,7 @@ class StudioMainWindow(QMainWindow):
         initial_calibration: Path | None = None,
         prefer_no_calibration: bool = False,
         initial_reference_frame: int | None = None,
+        initial_device_id: str | None = None,
     ) -> Path | None:
         """Ask how to analyse a bare video, then generate the workspace to do it in.
 
@@ -2786,6 +2789,7 @@ class StudioMainWindow(QMainWindow):
             initial_calibration=initial_calibration,
             prefer_no_calibration=prefer_no_calibration,
             initial_reference_frame=initial_reference_frame,
+            initial_device_id=initial_device_id,
             theme=self._theme,
         )
         if dialog.exec() != VideoAnalysisDialog.DialogCode.Accepted:
diff --git a/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/replay_controller.py b/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/replay_controller.py
index e65d7c3..ccf1cd6 100644
--- a/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/replay_controller.py
+++ b/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/replay_controller.py
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ class ReplayController(QObject):
                 initial_calibration=None if prefer_none else Path(cal),
                 prefer_no_calibration=prefer_none,
                 initial_reference_frame=block.get("reference_frame"),
+                initial_device_id=str(block.get("device_id") or "") or None,
             )
             if workspace is None:
                 return
diff --git a/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/ui/video_analysis_dialog.py b/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/ui/video_analysis_dialog.py
index 2d711d0..e75dacc 100644
--- a/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/ui/video_analysis_dialog.py
+++ b/apps/studio/src/orisys_studio/ui/video_analysis_dialog.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ reason it cannot be used is one line, both in the language the catalog already s
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from orisys_app_shared.analysis.bare_video import (
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
     QFormLayout,
     QHBoxLayout,
     QLabel,
+    QLineEdit,
     QPushButton,
     QSpinBox,
     QVBoxLayout,
@@ -54,6 +56,25 @@ ROLE_NONE = "none"
 ROLE_FILE = "file"
 
 
+def calibration_identity(path: Path) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """``(sensor_type, sn)`` from a force-calibration file, or empty strings.
+
+    The SDK reads the same two places (``identity``, then ``meta``) when it checks
+    that a chosen file belongs to the device the operator named.
+    """
+    try:
+        data = json.loads(Path(path).read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    except (OSError, UnicodeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+        return "", ""
+    if not isinstance(data, dict):
+        return "", ""
+    meta = data.get("meta") if isinstance(data.get("meta"), dict) else {}
+    identity = data.get("identity") if isinstance(data.get("identity"), dict) else {}
+    sensor_type = str(identity.get("sensor_type") or meta.get("sensor_type") or "")
+    sn = str(identity.get("sn") or meta.get("sn") or "")
+    return sensor_type, sn
+
+
 class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
     """Ask how one bare video should be analysed, and hand back the three answers."""
 
@@ -68,6 +89,7 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
         initial_calibration: Path | None = None,
         prefer_no_calibration: bool = False,
         initial_reference_frame: int | None = None,
+        initial_device_id: str | None = None,
         lock_profile: bool = False,
         theme: str = "dark",
     ) -> None:
@@ -87,6 +109,8 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
         self._restore_reference = (
             1 if initial_reference_frame is None else int(initial_reference_frame)
         )
+        self._restore_device = str(initial_device_id or "")
+        self._device_source: Path | None = None
         self._lock_profile = bool(lock_profile)
         self.setObjectName("videoAnalysisDialog")
         self.setModal(True)
@@ -145,6 +169,13 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
         calibration_row.addWidget(self.btn_browse)
         calibration_form.addRow(self.calibration_label, calibration_row)
 
+        self.device_label = QLabel()
+        self.device_label.setObjectName("fieldLabel")
+        self.device_edit = QLineEdit()
+        self.device_edit.setObjectName("deviceEdit")
+        calibration_form.addRow(self.device_label, self.device_edit)
+        self._calibration_form = calibration_form
+
         self.reference_label = QLabel()
         self.reference_label.setObjectName("fieldLabel")
         self.reference_spin = QSpinBox()
@@ -170,7 +201,7 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
         self.buttons = QDialogButtonBox(
             QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Ok | QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Cancel
         )
-        self.buttons.accepted.connect(self.accept)
+        self.buttons.accepted.connect(self._on_accept)
         self.buttons.rejected.connect(self.reject)
         root.addWidget(self.buttons)
 
@@ -185,6 +216,9 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
         elif self._restore_calibration is not None:
             self.select_calibration(self._restore_calibration)
         self.reference_spin.setValue(max(1, int(self._restore_reference)))
+        if self._restore_device:
+            self.device_edit.setText(self._restore_device)
+        self._sync_device_row()
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ selection
     @property
@@ -231,6 +265,10 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
             self.note_label.setText(t("video_analysis.blocked", reason=blocked))
             return None
         reference = int(self.reference_spin.value())
+        problem = self._device_problem()
+        if problem:
+            self.note_label.setText(problem)
+            return None
         return BareVideoSetup(
             profile_ref=entry.ref,
             calibration=self._chosen_calibration(),
@@ -239,6 +277,7 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
             # Saying so as ``None`` keeps a reset the pass cannot apply from being recorded
             # as one that happened.
             reference_frame=None if reference == 1 else reference,
+            device_id=self._confirmed_device_id(),
         )
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ content
@@ -261,6 +300,7 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
         )
         self.buttons.button(QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Ok).setEnabled(not blocked)
         self._refresh_time_label()
+        self._sync_device_row()
 
     def _refresh_calibrations(self, *, custom: Path | None) -> None:
         """The calibration field: the profile's default, raw force, or a chosen file."""
@@ -286,6 +326,7 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
             )
             self.calibration_combo.setCurrentIndex(self.calibration_combo.count() - 1)
         self.calibration_combo.blockSignals(False)
+        self._sync_device_row()
 
     def _chosen_calibration(self) -> Path | None:
         role = str(self.calibration_combo.currentData() or "")
@@ -308,6 +349,64 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
         if chosen:
             self._refresh_calibrations(custom=Path(chosen))
 
+    def _is_finger(self) -> bool:
+        entry = self.entry()
+        if entry is None:
+            return False
+        return str(entry.product_family or "").strip().lower() == "finger"
+
+    def _chosen_file(self) -> Path | None:
+        """A file the operator browsed. The profile default is not one of these."""
+        if str(self.calibration_combo.currentData() or "") != ROLE_FILE:
+            return None
+        return self._custom_calibration
+
+    def _sync_device_row(self) -> None:
+        """Show the device serial only when a Finger pass will load a browsed file."""
+        path = self._chosen_file() if self._is_finger() else None
+        visible = path is not None
+        self.device_label.setVisible(visible)
+        self.device_edit.setVisible(visible)
+        form = getattr(self, "_calibration_form", None)
+        if form is not None and hasattr(form, "setRowVisible"):
+            form.setRowVisible(self.device_label, visible)
+        if not visible:
+            self._device_source = None
+            return
+        if path != self._device_source:
+            self._device_source = path
+            _sensor_type, sn = calibration_identity(path)
+            if sn:
+                self.device_edit.setText(sn)
+
+    def _confirmed_device_id(self) -> str | None:
+        if self._chosen_file() is None or not self._is_finger():
+            return None
+        serial = self.device_edit.text().strip()
+        return serial or None
+
+    def _device_problem(self) -> str:
+        """Why this Finger file cannot be applied, or "" when the serial matches."""
+        path = self._chosen_file()
+        if not self._is_finger() or path is None:
+            return ""
+        serial = self.device_edit.text().strip()
+        if not serial:
+            return t("video_analysis.device_required")
+        sensor_type, sn = calibration_identity(path)
+        if sensor_type and sensor_type != "finger":
+            return t("video_analysis.device_family", family=sensor_type)
+        if not sn:
+            return t("video_analysis.device_missing_sn")
+        if sn != serial:
+            return t("video_analysis.device_mismatch", sn=sn)
+        return ""
+
+    def _on_accept(self) -> None:
+        if self.choice() is None:
+            return
+        self.accept()
+
     def _refresh_time_label(self) -> None:
         fps = float(self._facts.fps) or 0.0
         seconds = (int(self.reference_spin.value()) - 1) / fps if fps > 0 else 0.0
@@ -329,6 +428,8 @@ class VideoAnalysisDialog(QDialog):
         )
         self.profile_label.setText(t("video_analysis.profile"))
         self.calibration_label.setText(t("video_analysis.calibration"))
+        self.device_label.setText(t("video_analysis.device"))
+        self.device_edit.setPlaceholderText(t("video_analysis.device_tip"))
         self.reference_label.setText(t("video_analysis.reference"))
         self.btn_browse.setText(t("video_analysis.calibration_browse"))
         self.buttons.button(QDialogButtonBox.StandardButton.Ok).setText(t("dialog.ok"))
diff --git a/apps/studio/tests/test_bare_video_analysis.py b/apps/studio/tests/test_bare_video_analysis.py
index 2e15e84..084274c 100644
--- a/apps/studio/tests/test_bare_video_analysis.py
+++ b/apps/studio/tests/test_bare_video_analysis.py
@@ -736,3 +736,48 @@ def test_analysis_setup_reopens_the_prompt_after_the_first_pass(
     assert block is not None
     assert int(block["reference_frame"]) == 10
     assert window.replay_ctl.available_result() is not None
+
+
+def test_a_finger_calibration_file_must_name_the_same_device(qt_app, tmp_path):
+    """A browsed Finger file is accepted only when the device id matches its SN."""
+    import cv2
+
+    clip = tmp_path / "clip.mp4"
+    writer = cv2.VideoWriter(str(clip), cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*"mp4v"), 10.0, (32, 24))
+    for _ in range(4):
+        writer.write(np.zeros((24, 32, 3), dtype=np.uint8))
+    writer.release()
+    facts = bare_video.probe(bare_video.resolve_video(clip))
+    catalog = scan_sensor_catalog()
+    finger = next(
+        (
+            entry
+            for entry in catalog.entries
+            if str(entry.product_family) == "finger"
+            and bare_video.setup_blocked_reason(entry) is None
+        ),
+        None,
+    )
+    assert finger is not None, "the catalog has no startable Finger profile"
+    path = tmp_path / "DD02-14.json"
+    path.write_text(
+        json.dumps({"meta": {"sensor_type": "finger", "sn": "DD02-14"}}),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    dialog = VideoAnalysisDialog(video=clip, facts=facts, catalog=catalog)
+    try:
+        assert dialog.select_profile(finger.ref)
+        dialog.select_calibration(path)
+        assert not dialog.device_edit.isHidden()
+        assert dialog.device_edit.text() == "DD02-14"
+        chosen = dialog.choice()
+        assert chosen is not None
+        assert chosen.calibration == path
+        assert chosen.device_id == "DD02-14"
+        dialog.device_edit.setText("OTHER")
+        assert dialog.choice() is None
+        assert dialog.note_label.text() == t(
+            "video_analysis.device_mismatch", sn="DD02-14"
+        )
+    finally:
+        dialog.deleteLater()
diff --git a/shared/src/orisys_app_shared/analysis/bare_video.py b/shared/src/orisys_app_shared/analysis/bare_video.py
index 080b0b6..bf13544 100644
--- a/shared/src/orisys_app_shared/analysis/bare_video.py
+++ b/shared/src/orisys_app_shared/analysis/bare_video.py
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ class BareVideoSetup:
     #: (the first frame it processes — which *is* a clean tracker, so the first frame is the
     #: reference without a reset).
     reference_frame: int | None = None
+    #: Serial the operator confirmed for ``calibration``. Empty when the pass uses the
+    #: bundle's own file or raw force.
+    device_id: str | None = None
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -346,6 +349,7 @@ def session_document(
     reference_frame: int | None,
     identity: str,
     source_facts: dict[str, Any],
+    device_id: str | None = None,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """The ``session.json`` a bare video is analysed under.
 
@@ -388,6 +392,7 @@ def session_document(
             "profile_ref": str(profile.ref),
             "profile_id": str(profile.profile_id or ""),
             "calibration": "" if calibration is None else str(Path(calibration).resolve()),
+            "device_id": str(device_id or ""),
             "reference_frame": None
             if reference_frame is None
             else int(reference_frame),
@@ -511,6 +516,7 @@ def build_workspace(
     identity, source_facts = video_identity(resolved)
     calibration = None if setup is None else setup.calibration
     reference_frame = None if setup is None else setup.reference_frame
+    device_id = None if setup is None else setup.device_id
     if calibration is not None and not Path(calibration).is_file():
         raise BareVideoError(f"the chosen calibration {calibration} is not there")
     frames = synthetic_frame_index(facts)
@@ -522,6 +528,7 @@ def build_workspace(
         reference_frame=reference_frame,
         identity=identity,
         source_facts=source_facts,
+        device_id=device_id,
     )
     directory = workspace_directory(identity, root=root)
     directory.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/shared/src/orisys_app_shared/analysis/service.py b/shared/src/orisys_app_shared/analysis/service.py
index e8d9876..98bdadd 100644
--- a/shared/src/orisys_app_shared/analysis/service.py
+++ b/shared/src/orisys_app_shared/analysis/service.py
@@ -167,14 +167,18 @@ class ChainSpec:
     export_dir: Path | None = None
     flip_source_vertical: bool = True
     mirror: bool = False
-    #: An explicit ``force_calibration.json`` for the box chain, or ``None`` for whatever
-    #: the configuration's own bundle resolves. It is *not* part of :meth:`identity`,
-    #: deliberately: a recording was taken under one calibration and the identity of *what
-    #: it is* must not move when a different curve is tried against it. The calibration
-    #: half of the invalidation key is the recording's own ``calibration_id`` (see
+    #: An explicit force-calibration file, or ``None`` for whatever the configuration's
+    #: own bundle resolves. It is *not* part of :meth:`identity`, deliberately: a recording
+    #: was taken under one calibration and the identity of *what it is* must not move when
+    #: a different curve is tried against it. The calibration half of the invalidation key
+    #: is the recording's own ``calibration_id`` (see
     #: :meth:`AnalysisService.dependency_report`), which the generated workspace sets from
     #: the chosen file's content.
     calibration: Path | None = None
+    #: Device serial the operator confirmed for ``calibration``. Passed with ``cal_path``
+    #: so the SDK can reject a file whose ``sn`` is a different sensor. Not part of
+    #: :meth:`identity`: a mismatch fails the open, and a match does not change the file.
+    device_id: str | None = None
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         if self.sensor_type not in ("finger", "box"):
@@ -210,6 +214,7 @@ def chain_spec_for(
     config_ref: str | Path | None = None,
     export_dir: str | Path | None = None,
     calibration: str | Path | None = None,
+    device_id: str | None = None,
 ) -> ChainSpec:
     """The chain a recording was made with, unless the caller names a different one.
 
@@ -234,11 +239,13 @@ def chain_spec_for(
         bundle = Path(str(export_dir))
     elif kind == "finger" and resolved is not None:
         bundle = resolve_finger_export_dir(resolved)
+    serial = str(device_id or "").strip() or None
     return ChainSpec(
         sensor_type=kind,
         config_ref=resolved,
         export_dir=bundle,
         calibration=None if calibration is None else Path(str(calibration)),
+        device_id=serial,
     )
 
 
@@ -296,15 +303,6 @@ class _OpenChain:
             if self.spec.sensor_type == "finger":
                 from orisys.finger import FingerRuntime
 
-                if self.spec.calibration is not None:
-                    # The finger runtime opens its ``Sensor`` without a calibration path,
-                    # so a chosen curve cannot be applied to this chain. Refusing is the
-                    # only honest answer: a pass that ran anyway would store numbers from a
-                    # different calibration than the one the caller asked for.
-                    raise RuntimeError(
-                        "the finger chain cannot take a chosen force calibration; it uses "
-                        "the one the bundle resolves"
-                    )
                 kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {
                     "video": str(self.video),
                     "verbose": False,
@@ -315,6 +313,13 @@ class _OpenChain:
                     kwargs["config"] = str(self.spec.config_ref)
                 if self.spec.export_dir is not None:
                     kwargs["export_dir"] = str(self.spec.export_dir)
+                if self.spec.calibration is not None:
+                    # ``cal_path`` is the file the operator chose. ``device_id`` is the
+                    # serial they confirmed for this video; the SDK rejects the file when
+                    # its ``sn`` is a different sensor.
+                    kwargs["cal_path"] = str(self.spec.calibration)
+                    if self.spec.device_id:
+                        kwargs["device_id"] = str(self.spec.device_id)
                 self._runtime = FingerRuntime.open(**kwargs)
                 self.sensor = self._runtime.tactile
                 self._read = self._runtime.read_source
diff --git a/shared/tests/test_finger_chain_calibration.py b/shared/tests/test_finger_chain_calibration.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc92c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/tests/test_finger_chain_calibration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""A chosen Finger calibration is handed to the runtime, not refused before it opens."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from orisys_app_shared.analysis.service import ChainSpec, _OpenChain
+
+
+class _Runtime:
+    tactile = object()
+    capture = None
+    opened: dict = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def open(cls, **kwargs):
+        cls.opened = dict(kwargs)
+        return cls()
+
+    def read_source(self):
+        return False, None
+
+    def process_frame(self, frame):
+        return None
+
+
+def test_a_finger_chain_passes_the_chosen_file_and_device(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    import orisys.finger as finger
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(finger, "FingerRuntime", _Runtime)
+    _Runtime.opened = {}
+    calibration = tmp_path / "DD02-14.json"
+    calibration.write_text("{}", encoding="utf-8")
+    video = tmp_path / "clip.mp4"
+    video.write_bytes(b"")
+    spec = ChainSpec(
+        sensor_type="finger",
+        calibration=calibration,
+        device_id="DD02-14",
+    )
+    _OpenChain(spec, video, tmp_path).open()
+    assert _Runtime.opened["cal_path"] == str(calibration)
+    assert _Runtime.opened["device_id"] == "DD02-14"
+    assert _Runtime.opened["video"] == str(video)
+
+
+def test_a_finger_chain_without_a_file_does_not_invent_one(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    import orisys.finger as finger
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(finger, "FingerRuntime", _Runtime)
+    _Runtime.opened = {}
+    video = tmp_path / "clip.mp4"
+    video.write_bytes(b"")
+    spec = ChainSpec(sensor_type="finger")
+    _OpenChain(spec, video, tmp_path).open()
+    assert "cal_path" not in _Runtime.opened
+    assert "device_id" not in _Runtime.opened