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The velbus binary_sensor allows you to control Velbus connected wall switches.

{% linkable_title Configuration %}

To use your Velbus wall switches in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
  - platform: velbus
    devices:
      - name: Wall Switch 1
        module: 0xda
        channel: 4
      - name: Wall Switch 2
        module: 0xbc
        channel: 1
        is_pushbutton: true

{% configuration %} devices: description: The list contains the binary sensors to configure. required: true type: map keys: name: description: Name to use in the frontend. required: true type: string module: description: The hexadecimal module address. required: true type: string channel: description: The channel number in the module. required: true type: string is_pushbutton: description: Set to indicate if a wall switch is a push button or not. required: false type: boolean default: false {% endconfiguration %}

For hub configuration, see the Velbus component.