Template Binary Sensor

The template platform supports sensors which breaks out the state and state_attributes from other entities.

To enable Template sensors in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
  platform: template
  sensors:
    sun_up:
      value_template: '{{ states.sun.sun.attributes.elevation > 0}}'
      friendly_name: 'Sun is up'

Configuration variables:

• sensors array (Required): List of your sensors.
  • friendly_name (Optional): Name to use in the Frontend.
  • sensor_class (Optional): Defines the class of the sensor (motion, heat, moisture, etc)
  • value_template (Optional): Defines a template to extract a value from the payload.

Examples

In this section you find some real life examples of how to use this sensor.

Sensor threshold

This example indicates true if a sensor is above a given threshold. Assuming a sensor of furnace that provides a current reading for the fan motor, we can determine if the furnace is running by checking that it is over some threshold:

sensor:
  platform: template
  sensors:
      furnace_on:
        value_template: 
        friendly_name: 'Furnace Running
        sensor_class: heat