node-red-contrib-home-assistant-websocket

WARNING

Needs Custom Integrationopen in new window installed in Home Assistant for this node to function

Text

Creates a text entity in Home Assistant which can be manipulated from this node.

Configuration

Mode required

  • Type: 'listen' | 'get' | 'set'

The mode of the node

Text required

  • Type: string

The string of the entity should be updated to

Inputs

properties of msg.payload

Text

  • Type: string

The string of the text entity should be updated to

Outputs

Value types:

  • value: The text string of the entity
  • previous value: The previous text string of the entity
  • config: The config properties of the node

Examples

Usage example

screenshot

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