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OK I figured it out -just add the variable name to the end of the node: if the variable was "range:" the full cli command would be like this:

rqt_plot /arduino/sensor/ir_front_center/range worked fine in both hydro and indigo.

rostopic /arduino/sensor/ir_front_center will reveal the variable of interest.

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