CIM Reference Guide

environmental
temperature.
3 - Voltage sensors
measure electrical
voltage.
4 - Current sensors
measure current
readings.
5 - Tachometers
measure speed/
revolutions of a device.
For example, a fan
device can have an
associated tachometer
that measures its speed.
6 - Batteries maintain
the time and date and
save the system’s BIOS
configuration when the
system is turned off.
OtherSensorType
Description Indicates the
type of sensor when the
SensorType property is
set to Other.
string
PossibleStates Enumerates the string
outputs of the sensor.
For example, a
NumericSensor can
report states based on
threshold readings.
string
CurrentState Indicates the current
state of the sensor. This
value is always one of
the Possible States.
string
PollingInterval Indicates the polling
interval, in nanoseconds,
that the sensor hardware
or instrumentation uses
to determine the current
state of the sensor.
uint64
CIM_DiscreteSensor
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