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title: "Binary Sensor"
description: "Instructions how to setup your binary sensors with Home Assistant."
description: "Instructions on how-to setup binary sensors with Home Assistant."
date: 2015-11-20 14:00
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Binary sensors are gathering information about state of switches, contacts, pins, and alike. The return value of those sensors is usually digital (1/0). This means that those sensors knows only two states: **0/off/low/closed/false** and **1/on/high/open/true**.
Binary sensors gather information about state of switches, contacts, pins, and alike. The return value of those sensors is usually digital (1/0). This means that those sensors knows only two states: **0/off/low/closed/false** and **1/on/high/open/true**.
Knowing that there are only two states allows Home Assistant to represent the sensor better in the frontend.
Knowing that there are only two states allows Home Assistant to represent these sensors in a better way in the frontend according to their functionality.
The display style of each entity can be modified in the [customize section](/getting-started/customizing-devices/). The following device classes are supported for binary sensors:
The way these sensors are displayed in the frontend can be modified in the [customize section](/getting-started/customizing-devices/). The following device classes are supported for binary sensors:
- **None**: Generic on/off
- **cold**: On means cold (or too cold)
- **connectivity**: On means connection present, Off means no connection
- **gas**: CO, CO2, etc
- **heat**: On means hot (or too hot)
- **cold**: `On` means cold
- **connectivity**: `On` means connection present, `Off` means no connection
- **gas**: `On` means gas detected
- **heat**: `On` means hot
- **light**: Lightness threshold
- **moisture**: Specifically a wetness sensor
- **motion**: Motion sensor
- **moving**: On means moving, Off means stopped
- **occupancy**: On means occupied, Off means not occupied
- **opening**: Door, window, etc. On means open, Off means closed
- **power**: Power, over-current, etc
- **safety**: On means unsafe, Off means safe
- **smoke**: Smoke detector
- **sound**: On means sound detected, Off means no sound
- **vibration**: On means vibration detected, Off means no vibration
- **moisture**: `On` means wet
- **motion**: `On` means motion detected
- **moving**: `On` means moving, `Off` means stopped
- **occupancy**: `On` means occupied, `Off` means not occupied
- **opening**: `On` means open, `Off` means closed
- **power**: Power, over-current, etc.
- **safety**: `On` means unsafe, `Off` means safe
- **smoke**: `On` means smoke detected
- **sound**: `On` means sound detected, `Off` means no sound
- **vibration**: `On` means vibration detected, `Off` means no vibration
For analog sensors please check the [component overview](https://home-assistant.io/components/#sensor).