Smart Home SensorState Trait Schema

action.devices.traits.SensorState - This trait covers both quantitative measurement and qualitative state.

Device ATTRIBUTES

Devices with this trait may report the following attributes as part of the SYNC operation. To learn more about handling SYNC intents, see Intent fulfillment.

Attributes Type Description
sensorStatesSupported Array

Required.

Each object represents sensor state capabilities supported by this specific device. Each sensor must have at least a descriptive or numeric capability. Sensors can also report both, in which case the numeric value will be preferred.
[item, ...] Object

Supported sensor capabilities.
name String

Required.

Supported sensor type. See the Supported Sensors table.
descriptiveCapabilities Object

A description of the sensor's capabilities.
availableStates Array

Required.

List of the available states for the device. The "unknown" state is implicitly supported when the sensor does not return a value.
[item, ...] String

Supported descriptive state value.
numericCapabilities Object

Describes the possible numerical values that the sensor can report.
rawValueUnit String

Required.

Supported numerical unit.

See Supported Sensors for more details on the different capabilities and sensor types this trait supports.

Examples

Sensor device that reports descriptive state value.

{
  "sensorStatesSupported": [
    {
      "name": "AirQuality",
      "descriptiveCapabilities": {
        "availableStates": [
          "healthy",
          "moderate",
          "unhealthy",
          "very unhealthy"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Sensor device that reports numeric state value.

{
  "sensorStatesSupported": [
    {
      "name": "CarbonMonoxideLevel",
      "numericCapabilities": {
        "rawValueUnit": "PARTS_PER_MILLION"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Sensor device that reports descriptive and numeric state value.

{
  "sensorStatesSupported": [
    {
      "name": "SmokeLevel",
      "numericCapabilities": {
        "rawValueUnit": "PARTS_PER_MILLION"
      },
      "descriptiveCapabilities": {
        "availableStates": [
          "smoke detected",
          "high",
          "no smoke detected"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Supported Sensors

The following tables list the supported sensor types and their associated capabilities.

Air quality

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

AirQuality

Supported values:

healthy
moderate
unhealthy
unhealthy for sensitive groups
very unhealthy
hazardous
good
fair
poor
very poor
severe
unknown

Supported values:

AQI

Carbon monoxide

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

CarbonMonoxideLevel

Supported values:

carbon monoxide detected
high
no carbon monoxide detected
unknown

Supported values:

PARTS_PER_MILLION

Smoke level

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

SmokeLevel

Supported values:

smoke detected
high
no smoke detected
unknown

Supported values:

PARTS_PER_MILLION

Filter cleanliness

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

FilterCleanliness

Supported values:

clean
dirty
needs replacement
unknown
 Not supported.

Water leak

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

WaterLeak

Supported values:

leak
no leak
unknown
 Not supported.

Rain detection

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

RainDetection

Supported values:

rain detected
no rain detected
unknown
 Not supported.

Filter lifetime

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

FilterLifeTime

Supported values:

new
good
replace soon
replace now
unknown

Supported values:

PERCENTAGE

Computed filter lifetime

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

PreFilterLifeTime
HEPAFilterLifeTime
Max2FilterLifeTime
 Not supported.

Supported values:

PERCENTAGE

Carbon dioxide level

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

CarbonDioxideLevel
 Not supported.

Supported values:

PARTS_PER_MILLION

Particulate matter

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

PM2.5
PM10
 Not supported.

Supported values:

MICROGRAMS_PER_CUBIC_METER

Volatile organic compounds

Name Descriptive Capabilities Numeric Capabilities

Supported values:

VolatileOrganicCompounds
 Not supported.

Supported values:

PARTS_PER_MILLION

Device STATES

Devices with this trait may report the following states as part of the QUERY operation. To learn more about handling QUERY intents, see Intent fulfillment.

States Type Description
currentSensorStateData Array

Required.

List of current sensor states.
[item, ...] Object

Current sensor state.
name String

Required.

Sensor state name. Matches a value from sensorStatesSupported.
currentSensorState String

Current descriptive state value. Matches a value from sensorStatesSupported.
rawValue Number

Current numeric sensor value.

See Supported Sensors for more details on the different capabilities and sensor types this trait supports.

Examples

Sensor device that reports descriptive state value.

{
  "currentSensorStateData": [
    {
      "name": "AirQuality",
      "currentSensorState": "healthy"
    }
  ]
}

Sensor device that reports numeric state value.

{
  "currentSensorStateData": [
    {
      "name": "CarbonMonoxideLevel",
      "rawValue": 200
    }
  ]
}

Sensor device that reports descriptive and numeric state value.

{
  "currentSensorStateData": [
    {
      "name": "SmokeLevel",
      "currentSensorState": "smoke detected",
      "rawValue": 200
    }
  ]
}

Device COMMANDS

None.

Device ERRORS

See the full list of errors and exceptions.