How to use HACS integrations

Hello, friends! I am a new guy in all this automatization sphere, so I have a stupid question (but I didn’t find the answer yet): I added a few integrations on HACS, but can’t use them. For example, Raspberry Pi Power Supply Checker - I just can’t understand how to make it works after installation.

Give me an advice, please!

Normally the custom_component contains an installation guide which explains if the component is added via the UI or with YAML.

In that case there seems to be no description in the repository explaining that.
You need to add the following code to your configuration.yaml:

binary_sensor:  
  - platform: rpi_power
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And if I use a separate directory for sensor.yaml and system.yaml - should I put it there?

I added this to the system.yaml file:
binary_sensor:

  • platform: rpi_power
    text_state: true

But without any progress…

What is that for? I don’t see that in the custom component.

How do you added that file to your configuration?

Have you restarted HA after ading that to your configuration?

What is that for? I don’t see that in the custom component.

I don’t know, it was in the documentation for this integration.

I made this code int the configuration.yaml:
sensor: !include_dir_merge_list includes/sensor

Yes, I reboot HA so many times from that time. And the only thing which really working is Gismeteo integration. The others are dead (I needed HACS to add my Mi Mosquito Killer to HA via BLE).

And don’t forget 2 whitespaces, not tab, for indentation in these yaml files.

All is working now: I just didn’t knows, that binary sensors should be added in the different directory