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---
title: Threshold
description: Instructions on how to integrate threshold binary sensors into Home Assistant.
ha_category:
- Utility
- Binary Sensor
ha_iot_class: Local Polling
ha_release: 0.34
ha_quality_scale: internal
ha_codeowners:
- '@fabaff'
ha_domain: threshold
---
The `threshold` binary sensor platform observes the state of another sensor. If the value is below (`lower`) or higher (`upper`) than the given threshold then state of the threshold sensor is changed. It support also a range if `lower` and `upper` are given.
If the sensor is configured with no hysteresis and the sensor value is equal to the threshold, the sensor is turned off since it is not `lower` or `upper` with respect to the threshold.
It's an alternative to the template binary sensor's `value_template:` to get the abnormal/too high/too low states.
{% raw %}
```yaml
{{ states('sensor.furnace') > 2.5 }}
```
{% endraw %}
## Configuration
To enable the threshold sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
- platform: threshold
entity_id: sensor.random
lower: 20
```
{% configuration %}
entity_id:
description: "The entity to monitor. Only [sensors](/integrations/sensor/) are supported."
required: true
type: string
lower:
description: The lower threshold which the observed value is compared against.
required: false
type: float
upper:
description: The upper threshold which the observed value is compared against.
required: false
type: float
hysteresis:
description: The distance the observed value must be from the threshold before the state is changed.
required: false
type: float
default: 0.0
name:
description: Name of the sensor to use in the frontend.
required: false
type: string
default: Threshold
{% endconfiguration %}