Newbie Question :slight_smile: im trying to represent the status of my garage door (open/closed) as TEXT , currently it has a dynamic ICON using garagedoor , works perfectly , however i wish to add the Status received via the Door sensor (MQTT) I want it to show up something like below in the IOS…

You want to be using the Map Transformation Service. Details are available in the documentation at http://docs.openhab.org/addons/transformations/map/readme.html and http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/items.html#state-transformation

Take a look at how I tackled my garage doors and front gate…it may give you some guidance on how I set my items and sitemap up. [image] Less than 2 Hours + Less than $200.00 = 2 Garage Doors and 1 Gate Automated + plus one very happy family who can use Alexa to operate Tutor…

Thanks to All , I have managed to get what i needed from piecing together info you both supplied :slight_smile:

Then how about sharing what you did?

Door Status as text item?

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps

KidSquid (The Squid) November 29, 2017, 5:44pm 3

Take a look at how I tackled my garage doors and front gate…it may give you some guidance on how I set my items and sitemap up.