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Status Binary Sensor
====================
The Status Binary Sensor exposes the node state (if its connected to
MQTT or not) for Home Assistant. It uses the :ref:`MQTT birth and last will messages <mqtt-last_will_birth>`
to do this.
.. figure:: images/status-ui.png
:align: center
:width: 80.0%
.. code:: yaml
# Example configuration entry
binary_sensor:
- platform: status
name: "Living Room Status"
Configuration variables:
------------------------
- **name** (**Required**, string): The name of the binary sensor.
- **id** (*Optional*, :ref:`config-id`): Manually specify the ID used for code generation.
- All other options from :ref:`Binary Sensor <config-binary_sensor>`
and :ref:`MQTT Component <config-mqtt-component>`. (Inverted mode is not supported)
See Also
--------
- :doc:`/esphomeyaml/components/binary_sensor/index`
- :doc:`/esphomeyaml/components/mqtt`
- :doc:`API Reference </api/binary_sensor/status>`
- `Edit this page on GitHub <https://github.com/OttoWinter/esphomedocs/blob/current/esphomeyaml/components/binary_sensor/status.rst>`__
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