Because this sensor reports multiple readings, we also need to tell Rainmeter we are interested in the usage by specifying the appropriate entry ID. We identify this to Rainmeter by providing the sensor ID and sensor instance. HWiNFOType is required to tell Rainmeter what value you are interested in returning from the sensor.įor instance, to query the CPU usage we need to know what sensor provides the CPU usage. This defines what reading you are interested in querying from the sensor you specified. HWiNFOEntryId is required for all types except SensorName and SensorNameCustom.

HWiNFOSensorId and HWiNFOSensorInstance are required to uniquely define the sensor in HWiNFO to query. There are 4 parameters available for use in your skins. Then replace the IDs with the matching IDs for your hardware. The IDs can be updated in the skin by editing the file using a text editor. To find the correct ID, please read the instructions below. It is possible the values on your PC do not match the ones in the skin. If you will continue to use the included skin (or create one based on this), then you must check the measure IDs included with the skin against the IDs for your hardware. It is included simply to demonstrate how to use this plugin. Please Note: This included skin does not demonstrate the full capabilities of HWiNFO and this plugin. You should be presented with the following:

To install the skin, simply run the downloaded. To use this plugin, you need to ensure HWiNFO's sensors are running and 'Shared Memory Support' is enabled in the HWiNFO settings. Updated to the latest versions: HWiNFO 4.44, Rainmeter 3.1 and Visual Studio 2013.User defined Sensor and Entry names are now available.Minimum, maximum and average values are now accessible in addition to the current value.This helps ensure hardware IDs do not change due to new hardware events (adding a USB hard drive for example). Sensor IDs updated to utilize HWiNFO's internal ID scheme.

Please Note: Skins created using version 1.x will need to be updated as the ID scheme has changed. Version 2 of the HWiNFO plug-in for Rainmeter is now available and can be downloaded from here:

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