From 8b776062172a90cf39e7a7f851d6a216430133a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M.J. Wydra" Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:24:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about sensor status --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9bc7497..17aec29 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ I thought of this project when I switched to using my old laptop as my Home Assistant server. I wanted to track its battery level in Home Assistant to use in automations. Hopefully others can find it useful as well. # Summary -`battery2mqtt` can monitor current battery percentage, charging status, etc. for any batteries present at `/sys/class/power_supply`. The MQTT topic format is `battery2mqtt/$TOPIC/$NAME` where `$TOPIC` is the topic you define and `$NAME` is the name of each battery. For example, if `/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0` is present in your system and you choose `server` to be the topic, the full topic will be `battery2mqtt/server/BAT0`. +`battery2mqtt` can monitor current battery percentage, charging status, etc. for any batteries present at `/sys/class/power_supply`. The MQTT topic format is `battery2mqtt/$TOPIC/$NAME` where `$TOPIC` is the topic you define and `$NAME` is the name of each battery. For example, if `/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0` is present in your system and you choose `server` to be the topic, the full topic will be `battery2mqtt/server/BAT0`. The topic for sensor availability would be `battery2mqtt/server/status`. # Instructions @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ sensor: value_template: "{{ value_json.capacity }}" unit_of_measurement: '%' json_attributes_topic: *server_battery_topic + availability_topic: "battery2mqtt/server/status" device_class: battery ```