Please add a virtual text device for the purpose of displaying arbitrary text. Right now the only way to do this is with @kevin's MQTT app and it is broken with recent releases of HE and it's no longer under active development.
Why not use a hub variable of type string? If you need a "full" device out of it for some reason, you can also create a variable connector.
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How do I write to either from node-red and have the text available for display?
Create a variable connector device that is exposed to NR.
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It will work. You'll need to use the command "setVariable" to set the variable in NR; with whatever string argument you wish the value of the variable to be.
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I use Vitual Attribute Set from @nh.schottfam. It's a virtual device that has user-defined attributes you can set for display purposes.
I use it to display all sorts of information on my dashboard. Formatted digital clock with no seconds or date, minutes remaining until garage door closes, and whether or not it's dark or light inside and outside.
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Seems I'm missing a step. I've created the variable
Made it available through Maker API and setup a node
Connected it to the output of Stoptimer-varidelay
Yet the text is not getting through
I could be wrong, but doesn't look like you are passing a value (argument)...? From your NR flow....
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Oh, I see now. Thanks!
Need to set msg.arguments, right?
I would expect so, but I haven't used this before, only to sync stuff from HE. So I am not sure of the format, you could just try typing a value in and see what comes through.
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Correct.
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Thanks, all! It's working after an HE reboot.
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