Virtual Devices
Sensor
A Virtual Sensor is a bit contradictory, but nevertheless users wanted to view a value in a device, e.g. the actual room temperature in a Thermostat.
How to add a Sensor
Simply add one of the sensor-capabilities to a Virtual Device.
How to set the sensor’s value
The value of a sensor can be set with an action-card in a flow.
- Add the card entitled ‘Set a virtual sensor value’ in the Then-column of a flow.
- Set the technical name (see below) of the sensor-capability in the first field.
- Set the value in the second field. This can also be a tag from another device or card.
What are the technical names of the sensor capabilities
The technical name to fill in step 2 above is the capability name as shown on Athom’s capability reference.
It is the name in the grey-box, e.g. measure_temperature.