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    Class BinarySensor

    Represents a binary sensor in Home Assistant. A binary sensor can only be in one of two states: ON/active or OFF/inactive.

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    Properties

    attributesTopic: string

    MQTT topic for entity attributes

    availabilityTopic: string

    MQTT topic for entity availability status

    baseTopicName: string

    Base MQTT topic name for this entity

    component: BinarySensorInfo

    The component configuration containing entity-specific settings

    configTopic: string

    MQTT topic for entity configuration

    identifier: string

    Unique identifier for this entity

    logger: Logger

    Logger instance for debugging and error reporting

    mqttClient: MqttClient

    The MQTT client instance used for communication

    The component settings including MQTT configuration

    stateChangedHandler: StateChangedHandler<StateTopicMap>

    Callback function to handle state changes

    stateTopics: StateTopicConfiguration[]

    List of MQTT topics for entity state

    wroteConfiguration: boolean = false

    Flag indicating whether configuration has been written to MQTT

    Accessors

    Methods

    • Sets additional attributes for the entity

      Parameters

      • attributes: Record<string, unknown>

        Key-value pairs of attributes to set

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Sets the availability state of the entity

      Parameters

      • availability: boolean

        True if the entity is available, false otherwise

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Sets the state of the entity

      Type Parameters

      • K extends "state_topic"

      Parameters

      • topicName: K

        The name of the MQTT topic to publish the state to

      • state: StateTopicMap[K]

        The new state to set

      Returns Promise<void>

    • Sets the state of the entity

      Type Parameters

      • K extends "state_topic"

      Parameters

      • topicName: K

        The name of the MQTT topic to publish the state to

      • state: StateTopicMap[K]

        The new state to set

      Returns void

    • Writes the entity's configuration to MQTT for Home Assistant discovery Also sets the entity's initial availability state if not manually managed

      Returns Promise<void>