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# Sensors


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Plugin: windows.plugin
Module: GetSensors

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## Overview

This collector monitors sensors on Windows systems.


It uses Sensors API to retrieve available data.


This collector is only supported on the following platforms:

- windows

This collector only supports collecting metrics from a single instance of this integration.


### Default Behavior

#### Auto-Detection

The collector automatically detects all of the metrics, no further configuration is required.


#### Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

#### Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

## Setup


### Prerequisites

No action required.

### Configuration

#### Options





| Option | Description | Default | Required |
|:-----|:------------|:--------|:---------:|
| update every | Data collection frequency. | 1 | no |




#### via File

The configuration file name for this integration is `netdata.conf`.
Configuration for this specific integration is located in the `[plugin:windows:GetSensors]` section within that file.

The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:

```ini
[section1]
    option1 = some value
    option2 = some other value

[section2]
    option3 = some third value
```
You can edit the configuration file using the [`edit-config`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#edit-configuration-files) script from the
Netdata [config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#locate-your-config-directory).

```bash
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
```

##### Examples

###### Specific Sensors

You can add custom sensor information by creating a dedicated sensor section.

```yaml
[plugin:windows:GetSensors:Your Sensor Name]
  units = Speed
  multiplier = 100
  title = Current speed.

```


## Alerts

There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.



## Metrics

Metrics grouped by *scope*.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.




### Per Sensor

These metrics refer to Sensors.

Labels:

| Label      | Description     |
|:-----------|:----------------|
| label | Sensor friendly name. |
| manufacturer | The sensor manufacturer. |
| model | The sensor model. |

Metrics:

| Metric | Description | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:------------|:----------|:----|
| system.hw.sensor.temperature.input | Sensor Temperature | input | Cel |
| system.hw.sensor.temperature.histogram | Distribution of all temperature sensors in fixed bands | 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, +Inf | sensors |
| system.hw.sensor.power.input | Sensor Power | input | W |
| system.hw.sensor.current.input | Sensor Current | input | A |
| system.hw.sensor.humidity.input | Sensor Humidity | input | % |
| system.hw.sensor.lux.input | Ambient light level | input | lx |
| system.hw.sensor.color.input | Color temperature of light | input | Cel |
| system.hw.sensor.voltage.input | Electrical potential | input | V |
| system.hw.sensor.resistance.input | Electrical resistance | input | Ohms |
| system.hw.sensor.capacitance.input | Electrical capacitance | input | F |
| system.hw.sensor.inductance.input | Electrical indutance | input | H |
| system.hw.sensor.pressure.input | Ambient atmospheric pressure | input | Pa |
| system.hw.sensor.latitude.input | Geographic latitude | input | Degrees |
| system.hw.sensor.longitude.input | Geographic longitude | input | Degrees |
| system.hw.sensor.force.input | Force | input | N |
| system.hw.sensor.gauge_pressure.input | Gauge Pressure | input | Pa |
| system.hw.sensor.human_presence.input | Human presence | input | presence |
| system.hw.sensor.human_proximity.input | Human proximity | input | m |
| system.hw.sensor.distance.input | Distance | inputX, inputY, inputZ | m |
| system.hw.sensor.acceleration.input | Acceleration | inputX, inputY, inputZ | g |
| system.hw.sensor.state.input | Current sensor state. | ready, not_available, no_data, initializing, access_denied, error | status |
| system.hw.sensor.custom | Custom Chart | inputN | nd |
