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The telnet switch platform allows you to control devices with telnet commands.
To enable this switch, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
switch:
platform: telnet
switches:
projector:
resource: "host_or_ip"
port: 4002
command_on: "PWR ON"
command_off: "PWR OFF"
command_state: "PWR?"
value_template: '{{ value == "PWR=01" }}'
Configuration variables:
- switches (Required): The array that contains all switches.
- identifier (Required): Name of the switch as slug. Multiple entries are possible.
- resource (Required): Host or IP of the device.
- port (Optional): Port to connect to. Default is 23 if not defined.
- command_on (Required): Command to turn device on.
- command_off (Required): Command to turn device off.
- command_state (Required): Command to determine the state of the switch. If not defined the switch will assume successful state changes.
- value_template (Required): The template evaluating to
truewill indicate the switch is on. - name (Optional): The name used to display the switch in the frontend.
- identifier (Required): Name of the switch as slug. Multiple entries are possible.