There are four primary types of sensors that are supported in Hyperview. These sensors are collected, entered, or calculated in different ways.

Direct Sensors
Sensors that are read directly from a device. These are generated by performing discoveries on your equipment. An example of this type of sensor would be outlet power from a Rack PDU. Direct sensors are rolled up to the "Rack Total Power Based on Power Consuming Devices" and "Rack Total Power Based on Power Providing Device Output Total Power" depending on whether the device is a power consumer or power provider.

Linked Sensors
Sensors that are read directly from one device, but are then linked manually to another device. An example of this would be a temperature sensor from an environmental monitor that you link to a rack position in Hyperview. Linked sensors are rolled up to the "Rack Total Power Based on Linked Power Sensors".

Computed Sensors
Sensors that are not read from the device nor linked to the device. These types of sensors are generated by the Hyperview system automatically and cannot be setup by users. Hyperview runs calculations on certain sensors and fills in any gaps it finds. An example of this type of sensor would be Total Output Power for a Rack PDU if it is not read as a direct sensor, and the device reports outlet power. Computed power sensors are rolled up to the "Rack Total Power Based on Power Consuming Devices" and "Rack Total Power Based on Power Providing Device Output Total Power" sensors for racks depending on if the device is a power consumer or power provider.

Manual Sensors 
Sensors that are manually configured for devices. Typically this is used for devices that are not discovered, so the user can manually input sensors and have Hyperview run calculations on them. Manually configured power sensors are rolled up to the "Rack Total Power Based on Power Consuming Devices" and "Rack Total Power Based on Power Providing Device Output Total Power" sensors for racks depending on if the device is a power consumer or power provider. Note that in order to add a manual sensor to a device, the device must first be set to Manual sensor mode instead of Discovered sensor mode. This can be done from the Sensor Monitoring page for the device found in the information menu for the asset.