Reference Guide

CIM_Sensor

The CIM_Sensor class described in Table below contains hardware devices capable of measuring the

characteristics of some physical property, for example, the temperature or voltage characteristics of a

computer system

Table 19. CIM_Sensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_Sensor

Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

SensorType Indicates the type of the

sensor, for example,

voltage or temperature

sensor.

Values for the

SensorType property

are:

0 - Unknown

1 - Other

2 - Temperature sensors

measure the

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.

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