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The random sensor platform is creating random sensor values (integers) out of a given range. This can be useful if you want to test automation rules. It generates a new value every time it is polled.
To enable the random sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
- platform: random
{% configuration %} name: description: Name to use in the frontend. required: false type: string default: Random Sensor minimum: description: Lower limit for the values. required: false type: string default: 0 maximum: description: Upper limit for the values. required: false type: int default: 20 unit_of_measurement: description: Defines the units of measurement of the sensor, if any. required: false type: string {% endconfiguration %}
See the entity component options to control how often the main component polls the random sensor. The default is 30 seconds.