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layout: page
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title: TCP Binary Sensor
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description: "Instructions on how to set up TCP binary sensors within Home Assistant."
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date: 2016-02-22 11:05
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sidebar: true
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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logo: tcp_ip.png
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ha_category: Binary Sensor
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ha_release: 0.14
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---
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The TCP Binary Sensor is a type of [TCP Sensor](/components/sensor.tcp/) which is either "off" or "on". In order to use this sensor type, in addition to the configuration for the TCP Sensor, you must supply a `value_on` value to represent what is returned when the device is turned on.
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To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
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```yaml
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binary_sensor:
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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platform: tcp
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name: TCP Binary Sensor
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host: IP_ADDRESS
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port: PORT
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payload: "r State\n"
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value_on: 1
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timeout: 5
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```
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Configuration options for the a TCP Sensor:
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- **name** (*Required*): The name you'd like to give the sensor in Home Assistant.
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- **host** (*Required*): The hostname/IP address to connect to.
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- **port** (*Required*): The port to connect to the host on.
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- **payload** (*Required*): What to send to the host in order to get the response we're interested in.
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- **value_on** (*Required*): The value returned when the device is "on".
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- **timeout** (*Optional*): How long in seconds to wait for a response from the service before giving up and disconnecting. Defaults to 10.
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- **value_template** (*Optional*): Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#processing-incoming-data) to extract the value. By default it's assumed that the entire response is the value.
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- **buffer_size** (*Optional*): The size of the receive buffer in bytes. Set this to a larger value if you expect to receive a response larger than the default. Defaults to 1024.
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