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title: APCUPSd Binary Sensor
description: "Instructions on how to set up an APCUPSd binary sensor within Home Assistant."
date: 2016-02-10 18:47
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In addition to the [APCUPSd Sensor](/components/sensor.apcupsd/) devices, you may also create a device which is simply `on` when the UPS status is `ONLINE` and `off` at all other times.

#### Example

```yaml
binary_sensor:
  - name: UPS Online
    platform: apcupsd
```