# 3rd Party UDP board

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/3rd-party-udp-board/35493>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [7 November 2020 11:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/3rd-party-udp-board/35493 "2020-11-07T11:36:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![fogmajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@fogmajor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fogmajor)\
**Post date:** [7 November 2020 11:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/3rd-party-udp-board/35493/1 "2020-11-07T11:36:17Z")

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I have a 16 channel UDP controlled I/O board.  
I use node red to monitor the state of the inputs and if for example input 1 changes state I broadcast via MQTT and I can see this change in home assistant when monitoring the topic. My issue is that I don't understand how to display this state change in a dashboard or if you can create a binary sensor manually.  
I have scoured you tube and the forum and would be very grateful of assistance.

Thank you in anticipation  
Andrew

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [7 November 2020 12:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/3rd-party-udp-board/35493/2 "2020-11-07T12:01:27Z")

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> [@fogmajor](#):
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> I don't understand how to display this state change in a dashboard

You can use an MQTT node to subscribe to the topic and feed the value to a ui\_text node.

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**Author:** ![fogmajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@fogmajor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fogmajor)\
**Post date:** [7 November 2020 12:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/3rd-party-udp-board/35493/3 "2020-11-07T12:07:45Z")

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Many thanks  
I will give that a try

Andrew

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [6 January 2021 12:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/3rd-party-udp-board/35493/4 "2021-01-06T12:07:47Z")

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