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Sensor Component
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esphomelib has support for many different sensors. Each of them is a
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platform of the ``sensor`` domain and each sensor has several base
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configuration options.
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.. _config-sensor:
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Base Sensor Configuration
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-------------------------
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All sensors in esphomeyaml/esphomelib have a name and some other
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optional configuration options. By default, the sensor platform will
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chose appropriate values for all of these by default, but you can always
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override them if you want to.
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.. code:: yaml
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# Example sensor configuration
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name: Livingroom Temperature
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# Optional variables:
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unit_of_measurement: "°C"
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icon: "mdi:water-percent"
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accuracy_decimals: 1
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expire_after: 30s
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filters:
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- sliding_window_moving_average:
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window_size: 15
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send_every: 15
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Configuration variables:
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- **name** (**Required**, string): The name for the sensor.
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- **unit_of_measurement** (*Optional*, string): Manually set the unit
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of measurement the sensor should advertise its values with. This does
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not actually do any maths (conversion between units).
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- **icon** (*Optional*, icon): Manually set the icon to use for the sensor in the frontend.
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- **accuracy_decimals** (*Optional*, int): Manually set the accuracy of decimals to use when reporting values.
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- **expire_after** (*Optional*, :ref:`config-time`): Manually set the time in which
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the sensor values should be marked as “expired”/“unknown”. Not providing any value means no expiry.
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- **filters** (*Optional*): Specify filters to use for some basic
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transforming of values. Defaults to a basic sliding window moving
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average over the last few values. See :ref:`Sensor Filters <sensor-filters>` for more information.
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Automations:
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- **on_value** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to perform
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when a new value is published. See :ref:`sensor-on_value`.
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- **on_value_range** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to perform
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when a published value transition from outside to a range to inside. See :ref:`sensor-on_value_range`.
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- **on_raw_value** (*Optional*, :ref:`Automation <automation>`): An automation to perform
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when a raw value is received that hasn't passed through any filters. See :ref:`sensor-on_raw_value`.
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- All other options from :ref:`MQTT Component <config-mqtt-component>`.
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.. note::
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If you're trying to setup filters for a sensor that has multiple outputs - for example a DHT22 which
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reports temperature *and* humidity - put the ``filters`` option into each sensor output like this:
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.. code:: yaml
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sensor:
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- platform: dht
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# ...
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temperature:
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filters:
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# ...
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humidity:
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filters:
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# ...
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.. _sensor-filters:
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Sensor Filters
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--------------
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esphomeyaml/esphomelib allow you to do some basic pre-processing of
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sensor values before they’re sent to Home Assistant. This is for example
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useful if you want to apply some average over the last few values to
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relief Home Assistant’s state machine and keep the history graphs in the
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front-end a bit more clean. More sophisticated filters should be done
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with Home Assistant `filter
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sensor <https://www.home-assistant.io/components/sensor.filter/>`__.
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.. code:: yaml
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# Example filters:
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filters:
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- offset: 2.0
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- multiply: 1.2
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- filter_out: 42.0
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- filter_nan:
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- sliding_window_moving_average:
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window_size: 15
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send_every: 15
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- exponential_moving_average:
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alpha: 0.1
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send_every: 15
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- throttle: 1s
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- heartbeat: 5s
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- debounce: 0.1s
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- delta: 5.0
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- unique:
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- or:
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- throttle: 1s
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- delta: 5.0
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- lambda: return x * (9.0/5.0) + 32.0;
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Above example configuration entry is probably a bit useless, but shows
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every filter there is currently:
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- **offset**: Add an offset to every sensor value.
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- **multiply**: Multiply each sensor value by this number.
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- **filter_out**: Remove every sensor value that equals this number.
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- **filter_nan**: Remove every value that is considered ``NAN`` (not a
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number) in C.
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- **sliding_window_moving_average**: A `simple moving
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average <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Simple_moving_average>`__
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over the last few values.
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- **window_size**: The number of values over which to perform an
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average when pushing out a value.
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- **send_every**: How often a sensor value should be pushed out. For
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example, in above configuration the weighted average is only
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pushed out on every 15th received sensor value.
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- **send_first_at**: By default, the very first raw value on boot is immediately
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published. With this parameter you can specify when the very first value is to be sent.
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Defaults to ``1``.
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- **exponential_moving_average**: A simple `exponential moving
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average <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_average#Exponential_moving_average>`__
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over the last few values.
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- **alpha**: The forget factor/alpha value of the filter.
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- **send_every**: How often a sensor value should be pushed out.
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- **throttle**: Throttle the incoming values. When this filter gets an incoming value,
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it checks if the last incoming value is at least ``specified time period`` old.
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If it is not older than the configured value, the value is not passed forward.
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- **heartbeat**: Send the last value that this sensor in the specified time interval.
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So a value of ``10s`` will cause the filter to output values every 10s regardless
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of the input values.
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- **debounce**: Only send values if the last incoming value is at least ``specified time period``
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old. For example if two values come in at almost the same time, this filter will only output
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the last value and only after the specified time period has passed without any new incoming
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values.
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- **delta**: This filter stores the last value passed through this filter and only
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passes incoming values through if the absolute difference is greater than the configured
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value. For example if a value of 1.0 first comes in, it's passed on. If the delta filter
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is configured with a value of 5, it will now not pass on an incoming value of 2.0, only values
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that are at least 6.0 big or -4.0.
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- **unique**: This filter has no parameter and does one very simple thing: It only passes
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forward values if they are different from the last one that got through the pipeline.
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- **or**: Pass forward a value with the first child filter that returns. Above example
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will only pass forward values that are *either* at least 1s old or are if the absolute
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difference is at least 5.0.
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- **lambda**: Perform a simple mathematical operation over the sensor
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values. The input value is ``x`` and the result of the lambda is used
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as output. Each floating point operation should have ``.0`` attached
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as in above configuration. This will be copied over to the C++ code
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as a raw string.
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Example: Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit
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-----------------------------------------
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While I personally don’t like the Fahrenheit temperature scale, I do
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understand that having temperature values appear in the fahrenheit unit
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is quite useful to some users. esphomelib uses the celsius temperature
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unit internally, and I’m not planning on making converting between the
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two simple (😉), but you can use this filter to convert celsius values to
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fahrenheit.
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.. code:: yaml
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filters:
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- lambda: return x * (9.0/5.0) + 32.0;
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unit_of_measurement: "°F"
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.. _sensor-default_filter:
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``update_interval`` gotchas
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---------------------------
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By default, esphomelib takes an average over the last 15 values before publishing updates.
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This was done in order to automatically decrease sensor noise.
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Therefore if you have an ``update_interval`` of 15 seconds, you will only see the values
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every 3 and a half minutes or so. To disable the default filter and publish all raw values
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directly, put an empty ``filters:`` block in your configuration:
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.. code:: yaml
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# Example configuration entry
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sensor:
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- platform: adc
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# ...
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filters: []
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Sensor Automation
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-----------------
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You can access the most recent state of the sensor in :ref:`lambdas <config-lambda>` using
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``id(sensor_id).state`` and the most recent raw state using ``id(sensor_id).raw_value``.
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.. _sensor-on_value:
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``on_value``
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************
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This automation will be triggered when a new value that has passed through all filters
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is published. In :ref:`Lambdas <config-lambda>` you can get the value from the trigger
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with ``x``.
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.. code:: yaml
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sensor:
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- platform: dallas
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# ...
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on_value:
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then:
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- light.turn_on:
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id: light_1
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red: !lambda "return x/255;"
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Configuration variables: See :ref:`Automation <automation>`.
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.. _sensor-on_value_range:
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``on_value_range``
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******************
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With this automation you can observe if a sensor value passes from outside
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a defined range of values to inside a range. For example you can have an
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automation that triggers when a humidity crosses a threshold, and then turns on a dehumidifier.
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This trigger will only trigger when the new value is inside the range and the previous value
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was outside the range. It will also trigger on startup if the first value received is inside the range.
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Define the range with ``above`` and ``below``. If only one of them is defined, the interval is half-open.
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So for example ``above: 5`` with no below would mean the range from 5 to positive infinity.
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.. code:: yaml
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sensor:
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- platform: dallas
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# ...
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on_value_range:
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above: 5
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below: 10
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then:
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- switch.turn_on:
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id: relay_1
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Configuration variables:
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- **above** (*Optional*, float): The minimum for the trigger.
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- **below** (*Optional*, float): The maximum for the trigger.
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- See :ref:`Automation <automation>`.
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.. _sensor-on_raw_value:
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``on_raw_value``
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****************
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This automation will be triggered when a new value that has passed through all filters
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is published. In :ref:`Lambdas <config-lambda>` you can get the value from the trigger
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with ``x``.
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.. code:: yaml
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sensor:
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- platform: dallas
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# ...
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on_value:
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then:
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- light.turn_on:
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id: light_1
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red: !lambda "return x/255;"
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Configuration variables: See :ref:`Automation <automation>`.
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lambda calls
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************
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From :ref:`lambdas <config-lambda>`, you can call several methods on all sensors to do some
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advanced stuff (see the full :doc:`API Reference </api/sensor/index>` for more info).
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- ``publish_state()``: Manually cause the sensor to push out a value. It will then
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be processed by the sensor filters, and once done be published to MQTT.
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.. code:: yaml
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// Within lambda, push a value of 42.0
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id(my_sensor).publish_state(42.0);
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- ``.state``: Retrieve the current value of the sensor that has passed through all sensor filters.
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Is ``NAN`` if no value has gotten through all filters yet.
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.. code:: yaml
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// For example, create a custom log message when a value is received:
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ESP_LOGI("main", "Value of my sensor: %f", id(my_sensor).state);
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- ``raw_state``: Retrieve the current value of the sensor that has not passed through any filters
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Is ``NAN`` if no value if no value has been pushed by the sensor itself yet.
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.. code:: yaml
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// For example, create a custom log message when a value is received:
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ESP_LOGI("main", "Raw Value of my sensor: %f", id(my_sensor).raw_state);
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See Also
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--------
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- :doc:`API Reference </api/sensor/index>`
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- `Edit this page on GitHub <https://github.com/OttoWinter/esphomedocs/blob/current/esphomeyaml/components/sensor/index.rst>`__
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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:glob:
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*
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.. disqus::
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