Display the live value of any Homey flow token or variable.
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Shows the live value of a Homey flow token or variable — better known in Homey as logic variables.
This is the card that lets you display anything. If you can calculate it in a flow and store it in a variable, you can put it on a dashboard.
What it is for
- Values Homey computes rather than measures: days until bin collection, cheapest energy hour, car charge level.
- Text status: Nobody home, Washing machine finished.
- Numbers pulled from an API by a flow and stored in a variable.
Settings
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Flow token | Which token or variable to display |
| Title | The card's heading |
| Unit | Text appended after the value, e.g. °C, kWh, days |
| Refresh time (seconds) | How often to re-read the value |
| Show icon | Show an icon on the card |
| Show value | Show the value itself |
Unit
Purely cosmetic — it is appended to whatever the token holds. Handy because a Homey number variable has no unit of its own.
Refresh time
Most tokens update as they change. The refresh interval is a safety net for values that do not announce themselves. Longer is gentler on your Homey; there is rarely a reason to go below a few seconds.
Tips
- Combine with a gauge. A Gauge card can also take a flow token as its source, if you want the value shown against a range rather than as text.
- Text tokens work too. The card is not limited to numbers — a text variable displays as text, which makes it good for status messages.
- Keep titles short. The value is the point; a long title squeezes it.
If the token list is empty
Flow tokens only appear once Homey exposes them. Create the variable in Homey first (Settings → Logic), then reopen the card settings.