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Florian Klien dd51ad0df5 fixed double 'the' (#3447)
* fixed double 'the'

mostly 's/the the /the /', little style changes where 'is' or 'to' was missing

* removed duplicate words

removed duplicate words like 'to to', 'you you' or 'account account' etc.

a batch of pizza-toasts burnt for this.
2017-09-26 20:30:04 +02:00

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The command_line binary sensor platform issues specific commands to get data.

To use your Command binary sensor in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
  - platform: command_line
    command: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Configuration variables:

  • command (Required): The action to take to get the value.
  • name (Optional): Let you overwrite the name of the device. By default name from the device is used.
  • device_class (Optional): The type/class of the sensor to set the icon in the frontend.
  • payload_on (Optional): The payload that represents enabled state. Default is "ON".
  • payload_off (Optional): The payload that represents disabled state. Default is "OFF".
  • value_template (Optional): Defines a template to extract a value from the payload.
  • scan_interval (Optional): Defines number of seconds for polling interval (defaults to 60 seconds).

{% linkable_title Examples %}

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

{% linkable_title SickRage %}

Check the state of an SickRage instance.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
  - platform: command_line
    command: netstat -na | find "33322" | find /c "LISTENING" > nul && (echo "Running") || (echo "Not running")
    name: 'sickragerunning'
    device_class: moving
    payload_on: "Running"
    payload_off: "Not running"

{% linkable_title Check RasPlex %}

Check if RasPlex is online.

binary_sensor:
  - platform: command_line
    command: 'ping -c 1 rasplex.local | grep "1 received" | wc -l'
    name: 'is_rasplex_online'
    device_class: connectivity
    payload_on: 1
    payload_off: 0

An alternative solution could look like this:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: command_line
    name: Printer
    command: ping -W 1 -c 1 192.168.1.10 > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo success || echo fail
    device_class: connectivity
    payload_on: "success"
    payload_off: "fail"

Consider to use the ping sensor as an alternative to the samples above.