KNX configuration for type text

Configuration
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In the ETS program the parameter has the type: 16.000 Character String (ASCII)
I set it up in Home Assistant like this

text:
  - name: “Error Code”
    address: “2/1/17”
    state_address: “2/1/17”
    type: string
    respond_to_read: true

is the config correct ? especially text:
I can’t get the value in this parameter until there is an error, so I can’t test if it is correct or not.

PS this is for air conditioner control via Zennio KLIC-DD v3

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Never worked with text from KNX to HA, but you could test it yourself using ETS.
If you do not have ETS, there is a demo version if you register which allows 5 devices, but you can create the group and send a text telegram on the diagnostics page without needing an actual device in it.

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Then I guess you are looking for a sensor, not a text entity. A text is a bidirectional entity - you can send a new state… but an error code should only be sent from the device having the error, doesn’t it?
respond_to_read: true also doesn’t really make sense to me here for the same reason.

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then the correct config is this?

sensor:
   - name: “Error Code”
     state_address: “2/1/17”
     type: string

If so, I did it right away, but when I asked chatagpt, he advised text: and respond_to_read: true ))