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SENSOR_CATEGORY_ENVIRONMENTAL

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The SENSOR_CATEGORY_ENVIRONMENTAL category contains sensors that provide information about the surrounding environment or weather.

Platform-defined Sensor Types

This category includes the following platform-defined sensor types.

Sensor type Meaning
SENSOR_TYPE_ENVIRONMENTAL_ATMOSPHERIC_PRESSURE Barometers
SENSOR_TYPE_ENVIRONMENTAL_HUMIDITY Hygrometers
SENSOR_TYPE_ENVIRONMENTAL_TEMPERATURE Thermometers
SENSOR_TYPE_ENVIRONMENTAL_WIND_DIRECTION Weather vanes
SENSOR_TYPE_ENVIRONMENTAL_WIND_SPEED Anemometers

Platform-defined Data Fields

This category includes the following platform-defined data fields.

Data type Type Meaning
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_ATMOSPHERIC_PRESSURE_BAR VT_R4 Atmospheric pressure in atmospheres (bars)
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_TEMPERATURE_CELSIUS VT_R4 Temperature in degrees Celsius
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY_PERCENT VT_R4 Relative humidity as a percentage
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_WIND_DIRECTION_DEGREES_ANTICLOCKWISE VT_R4 Wind direction relative to magnetic north, in degrees. North is represented as 0.0 (top of the x-axis), with values increasing in an anticlockwise rotation. The z-axis points upwards
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_WIND_SPEED_METERS_PER_SECOND VT_R4 Wind speed in meters per second

Important

Each platform-defined environmental data type PROPERTYKEY is based on a common GUID that is named SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_ENVIRONMENTAL_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
Version Available in Windows 7
Header Sensors.h