From 1e87488ae02d437e5cb511ed58e51ac763f8c39c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Taylor Peet Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 23:44:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Readability changes to min max sensor docs (#3749) --- source/_components/sensor.min_max.markdown | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/_components/sensor.min_max.markdown b/source/_components/sensor.min_max.markdown index ec6907c1ca5..db4db382a48 100644 --- a/source/_components/sensor.min_max.markdown +++ b/source/_components/sensor.min_max.markdown @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ ha_release: "0.31" --- -The `min_max` sensor platform is consuming the state from other sensors and determine the minimum, maximum, and the mean of the collected states. The sensor will always show you the highest/lowest value which was received from your all monitored sensors. If you have spikes in your values, it's recommended filter/equalize your values with a [statistics sensor](/components/sensor.statistics/) first. +The `min_max` sensor platform consumes the state from other sensors to determine the minimum, maximum, and the mean of the collected states. The sensor will always show you the lowest/highest value which was received from all monitored sensors. If you have spikes in your values, it's recommended to filter/equalize your values with a [statistics sensor](/components/sensor.statistics/) first. -It's an alternative to the [template sensor](/components/sensor.template/)'s `value_template:` to get the average of multiple sensors. +This sensor is an alternative to the [template sensor](/components/sensor.template/)'s `value_template:` to get the average of multiple sensors. ```yaml {% raw %}{{ ((float(states.sensor.kitchen_temperature.state) + @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ It's an alternative to the [template sensor](/components/sensor.template/)'s `va }}{% endraw %} ``` -Sensors with an unknown state will be ignored in the calculation. If the unit of measurement of the sensors differs, the `min_max` sensor will go to an error state where the value is `UNKNOWN` and the unit of measurement is `ERR`. +Sensors with an unknown state will be ignored in the calculation. If the unit of measurement of the sensors differs, the `min_max` sensor will go to an error state where the value is `UNKNOWN` and unit of measurement is `ERR`. -To enable the minimum/maximum sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`: +To enable the `min_max` sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`: ```yaml # Example configuration.yaml entry