Orientation sensor channel

The orientation sensor channel indicates the orientation of the Symbian device, for example, display up or display down.

The following table provides information about the orientation sensor channel:

Header sensrvorientationsensor.h
Data type State
Channel type id KSensrvChannelTypeIdOrientationData
Data class TSensrvOrientationData
Data units Enumeration
The orientation of a Symbian device is illustrated with six basic orientations as shown in the following figure. In display up and display down orientation the gravitation is along the y-axis. In phone left side up and phone right side up orientation the gravitation is along the x-axis. In display upwards and display downwards orientation the gravitation is along the z-axis.
Figure 1. Basic orientations of a Symbian device