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The modbus binary sensor allows you to gather data from Modbus coils.

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

# Example configuration.yml entry
binary_sensor:
  platform: modbus
  coils:
    - name: Sensor1
      slave: 1
      coil: 100
    - name: Sensor2
      slave: 1
      coil: 110

Configuration variables:

• coils array (Required): The array contains a list of coils to read from.
  • name (Required): Name of the sensor.
  • slave (Required): The number of the slave (Optional for tcp and upd Modbus).
  • coil (Required): Coil number.