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0001568SpeedFanOtherpublic2018-03-30 10:08
Reporterbla Assigned Toalfredo  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status acknowledgedResolutionopen 
Product Version4.40 beta 
Summary0001568: Sensor name in shared memory
DescriptionAlfredo,

could you make the sensor names (Core0, Core1, HD0, GPU, Vcore and so on) make available in shared memory? Maybe in a second array behind the actual values to be backwards compatible? Thanks.
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bla

2010-03-19 20:11

reporter   ~0005158

Last edited: 2010-04-15 19:41

tempNames: array[0..31] of array[0..15] of AnsiChar;
    fanNames: array[0..31] of array[0..15] of AnsiChar;
    voltNames: array[0..31] of array[0..15] of AnsiChar;

Maybe with even longer strings. And it would be backwards compatible, too...

bla

2010-04-15 16:58

reporter   ~0005206

By the way, it would be really cool to have SMART drive fitness and performance percentages in the shared memory as well.

alfredo

2010-04-15 19:42

manager   ~0005207

Those specifications are not public :-)
I'm considering to refactor the shared memory area and your suggestion is similar to what I had in mind.

bla

2010-04-15 19:47

reporter   ~0005208

Oh, sorry then. :-) I didn't know that.
But I'm looking forward to the changes.
Thanks for your answer.

bla

2010-09-01 19:56

reporter   ~0005387

Any news on this?

I have one more suggestion: If you implement it, please make sure also to include the name of the source of the data. For example not only display "Temp1", but "Temp1 (ACPI)" or something like that (I can see the data is already there in speedfansens.cfg). "Core (AMD K11)" instead of just "Core" would be really great, too.

alfredo

2010-09-01 22:21

manager   ~0005388

I'm working hard on SpeedFan and I'm considering the shared memory area too.

bla

2011-01-16 11:24

reporter   ~0005699

Are you making progress?

TittoSantos

2011-10-27 16:22

reporter   ~0006615

it is extremely necessary...
is working on this mod alfredo?

beededea

2012-04-15 04:07

reporter   ~0006928

Last edited: 2012-04-15 04:26

This change is essential for me and we have been waiting for it for quite a while. To have the values of sensors only is almost pointless. You must have the name as well in order to be able to identify which sensor is giving a problem. If I am writing a conditional script that tests for a value then the simple addition of some hardware can change the value my script is looking at. I can't just count the sensors as I still don't know which it is. Human intervention is required to look at speedfan and determine which sensor. Then I have to make coding changes for each and every combination of system.

A temporary workaround would be to state the sensor names in speedfansens.cfg in the same order in which they appear in shared memory. Then you could simply place a copy of the speedfansens.cfg in a shared location. It cannot be located in \program files\speedfan\ as the program files folder is now inaccessible to 3rd party programs on NT systems. We could then read the cfg file, determine the sensor names from that and equate them to the values in shared memory. Easy!

This workaround would not require a big change. It could be done easily. All you have to do is change the logic order when writing the .cfg file. You can currently change the sensor order manually and you would have to write a copy of the .cfg into a shared location each time you made any change to the order.

In any case it makes no sense for the sensors to appear in a different order in these two places. Either re-order the shared memory or the .cfg file whichever is easiest.

beededea

2012-08-19 16:54

reporter   ~0007067

Any news on this - we have been waiting for years now...

beededea

2012-09-26 19:33

reporter   ~0007085

any news?

beededea

2012-12-16 00:34

reporter   ~0007137

still no news - please add this to the list.

SpeedFanSucks

2012-12-20 06:26

reporter   ~0007150

I agree with beededea; SpeedFan is useless without this feature. I'm at a loss as to why anyone is still using this program. Something this basic should not have gone ignored for over two years.

If the feature isn't implemented by the end of the year, then I recommend you all switch to Open Hardware Monitor. OHM is faster and more accurate; it publishes all sensor data to WMI so it can be read from almost any programming language. Not only does OHM tell you which device a sensor belongs too, it also lets you query a specific sensor individually.

beededea

2013-01-31 00:10

reporter   ~0007181

I have to say I really agree with the last chap, I just downloaded OHM and it is rather good. Worked straight away on my Acer 7720G and it also functions on Linux...

I think it is time to code speedfan out of my utility and start using OHM instead. I have waited too long for Alfredo to come up with something. Alfredo, is there any chance you will do this soon? I'm switching otherwise and I'll recommend others do too as my stuff depends on it.

beededea

2013-02-28 20:27

reporter   ~0007188

I have just managed to recode my utility and it now uses OHM and WMI to obtain the temperature values. It is a lot easier to code and WMI is a lot more 'standard' for windows than the shared memory area is, as used by Speedfan. I am impressed by OHM and I can really recommend it. I no longer care if this issue is fixed as I have an alternative...

beededea

2018-03-30 10:07

reporter   ~0008529

Last edited: 2018-03-30 10:08

In the absence of a fix from Alfredo here is a scripting workaround that will allow you to extract temperature and corresponding sensor names using OHM and WMI.

It is jscript based and so can be called by other programs.

http://bbs.xwidget.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6879

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-03-04 07:52 bla New Issue
2010-03-04 07:52 bla Status new => assigned
2010-03-04 07:52 bla Assigned To => alfredo
2010-03-04 07:52 bla Motherboard Model => n/a
2010-03-19 20:11 bla Note Added: 0005158
2010-04-15 16:58 bla Note Added: 0005206
2010-04-15 19:41 alfredo Status assigned => acknowledged
2010-04-15 19:41 alfredo Note Edited: 0005158
2010-04-15 19:42 alfredo Note Added: 0005207
2010-04-15 19:47 bla Note Added: 0005208
2010-09-01 19:56 bla Note Added: 0005387
2010-09-01 22:21 alfredo Note Added: 0005388
2011-01-16 11:24 bla Note Added: 0005699
2011-10-27 16:22 TittoSantos Note Added: 0006615
2012-04-15 04:07 beededea Note Added: 0006928
2012-04-15 04:08 beededea Note Edited: 0006928
2012-04-15 04:09 beededea Note Edited: 0006928
2012-04-15 04:12 beededea Note Edited: 0006928
2012-04-15 04:26 beededea Note Edited: 0006928
2012-08-19 16:54 beededea Note Added: 0007067
2012-09-26 19:33 beededea Note Added: 0007085
2012-12-16 00:34 beededea Note Added: 0007137
2012-12-20 06:26 SpeedFanSucks Note Added: 0007150
2013-01-31 00:10 beededea Note Added: 0007181
2013-02-28 20:27 beededea Note Added: 0007188
2018-03-30 10:07 beededea Note Added: 0008529
2018-03-30 10:07 beededea Note Edited: 0008529
2018-03-30 10:08 beededea Note Edited: 0008529