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The knx sensor platform allows you to monitor KNX sensors.

The knx component must be configured correctly, see KNX Component.

{% linkable_title Configuration %}

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

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: knx
    name: Heating.Valve1
    address: '2/0/0'

• address (Required): KNX group address of the sensor.
• name (Optional): A name for this device used within Home Assistant.
• type (Optional): "percent", "temperature", "humidity", "illuminance", "brightness", "speed_ms", "current", "power", "electric_current", "electric_potential", "energy", "frequency", "heatflowrate", "phaseanglerad", "phaseangledeg", "powerfactor" or "speed".

{% linkable_title Full example %}

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: knx
    name: Heating.Valve1
    address: '2/0/0'
    type: 'percent'
  - platform: knx
    name: Kitchen.Temperature
    address: '6/2/1'
    type: 'temperature'