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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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## {% linkable_title Configuration %}
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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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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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binary_sensor:
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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 %}
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name:
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description: The name you'd like to give the sensor in Home Assistant.
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required: false
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type: string
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default: TCP Sensor
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host:
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description: The hostname/IP address to connect to.
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required: true
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type: string
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port:
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description: The port to connect to the host on.
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required: true
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type: integer
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payload:
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description: What to send to the host in order to get the response we're interested in.
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required: true
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type: string
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value_on:
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description: The value returned when the device is "on".
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required: true
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type: string
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value_template:
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description: Defines a [template](/docs/configuration/templating/#processing-incoming-data) to extract the value.
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required: false
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type: template
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default: entire response is the value
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buffer_size:
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description: 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.
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required: false
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type: integer
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default: 1024
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timeout:
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description: How long in seconds to wait for a response from the service before giving up and disconnecting.
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required: false
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type: integer
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default: 10
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{% endconfiguration %}
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