SENSOR_CATEGORY_MECHANICAL

The SENSOR_CATEGORY_MECHANICAL category contains sensors that provide information related to mechanical devices and measurements.

Platform-Defined Sensor Types

This category includes the following platform-defined sensor types.

Sensor type	Description
SENSOR_TYPE_BOOLEAN_SWITCH {9C7E371F-1041-460B-8D5C-71E4752E350C}	Two-state switches (off or on).
SENSOR_TYPE_BOOLEAN_SWITCH_ARRAY {545C8BA5-B143-4545-868F-CA7FD986B4F6}	Array of two-state switches (off or on).
SENSOR_TYPE_FORCE {C2AB2B02-1A1C-4778-A81B-954A1788CC75}	Force sensors.
SENSOR_TYPE_MULTIVALUE_SWITCH {B3EE4D76-37A4-4402-B25E-99C60A775FA1}	Multiple-position switches.
SENSOR_TYPE_PRESSURE {26D31F34-6352-41CF-B793-EA0713D53D77}	Pressure sensors.
SENSOR_TYPE_SCALE {C06DD92C-7FEB-438E-9BF6-82207FFF5BB8}	Weight sensors.
SENSOR_TYPE_STRAIN {C6D1EC0E-6803-4361-AD3D-85BCC58C6D29}	Strain sensors.

Platform-Defined Data Fields

Platform-defined property keys for this category are based on SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_GUID_MECHANICAL_GUID:

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This category includes the following platform-defined data fields.

Data field name and PID	Description
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_ABSOLUTE_PRESSURE_PASCAL (PID = 5)	VT_R8 Absolute pressure, in pascals.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_BOOLEAN_SWITCH_ARRAY_STATES (PID = 10)	VT_UI4 State fields for an array of Boolean switches.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_BOOLEAN_SWITCH_STATE (PID = 2)	VT_BOOL State field for SENSOR_TYPE_BOOLEAN_SWITCH.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_FORCE_NEWTONS (PID = 4)	VT_R8 Force, in newtons.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_GAUGE_PRESSURE_PASCAL (PID = 6)	VT_R8 Relative gauge pressure, in pascals.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_MULTIVALUE_SWITCH_STATE (PID = 3)	VT_R8 State field for SENSOR_TYPE_MULTIVALUE_SWITCH.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_STRAIN (PID = 7)	VT_R8 Strain.
SENSOR_DATA_TYPE_WEIGHT_KILOGRAMS (PID = 8)	VT_R8 Weight, in kilograms.

Requirements