Components Home Assistant "Input Boolean"

The "Input Boolean" component di Home Assistant allows to define in domotics of entity that remind of "switches", only in this case they are virtual: these entities have only two possible states: “on" and "off"

This element it is convenient especially when defining automations: it is useful to be able to use the status of these entities both as a trigger for automations, script and more, or use it as condition of one or more automations (ie: execute an automation, when it triggers, only if - for example - a certain "boolean input" is "off" or "on").

Define an entity "Input Number" it's very simple. An example of configuration in configuration.yaml is the following:

input_boolean:
 avoid_vacuum:
  name: Inibizione aspirapolvere
  initial: off

where:

If the "Recorder" component is active, the boxes / sliders maintain, even after a restart of Home Assistant, the last recorded status, as long as the variable "initial” no is valued.

Automation examples

The one to follow is an example of automation in which a input_boolean is used as condition of an automation. Upon activation of an occupancy sensor ("binary_sensor.motion_garage"), In case theinput_boolean named "input_boolean.notify_home"Is active, then automation profollows e prosees to send a notifies Pushbullet:

automation:
  alias: Arriving home
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_garage
    to: 'on'
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.notify_home
    state: 'on'
  action:
    service: notify.pushbullet
    data:
      title: "Domotica"
      message: "Ciao, sono a casa!"

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