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SENSOR_CATEGORY_MECHANICAL

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The SENSOR_CATEGORY_MECHANICAL category contains sensors that provide information related to mechanisms.

Platform-defined sensor types

This category includes the following platform-defined sensor types.

Sensor type Meaning
SENSOR_TYPE_BOOLEAN_SWITCH Two-state switches (off or on).
SENSOR_TYPE_FORCE Force sensors.
SENSOR_TYPE_MULTIVALUE_SWITCH Multiple-position switches.
SENSOR_TYPE_PRESSURE Pressure sensors.
SENSOR_TYPE_SCALE Weight sensors.
SENSOR_TYPE_STRAIN Strain sensors.

Platform-defined data fields

This category includes the following platform-defined data fields.

Data type Type Meaning
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_ABSOLUTE_PRESSURE_PASCAL VT_R8 Absolute pressure, in pascals.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_BOOL**EAN_SWITCH_STATE VT_BOOL State field for SENSOR_TYPE_BOOL**EAN_SWITCH.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_FORCE_NEWTONS VT_R8 Force, in newtons.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_GAUGE_PRESSURE_PASCAL VT_R8 Relative gauge pressure, in pascals.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_MULTIVALUE_SWITCH_STATE VT_R8 State field for SENSOR_TYPE_MULTIVALUE_SWITCH.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_STRAIN VT_R8 Strain.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_WEIGHT_KILOGRAMS VT_R8 Weight, in kilograms.

Important

Each platform-defined mechanical data type PROPERTYKEY is based on a common GUID that is named SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_MECHANICAL_GUID. As it is a reserved base value, do not use this GUID to define your own property keys.

Requirements

   
Minimum supported client Windows 7
Minimum supported server None supported
Header sensors.h