diff --git a/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/IthoSystem.cpp b/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/IthoSystem.cpp
index 1501135f..4ef4a8c4 100644
--- a/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/IthoSystem.cpp
+++ b/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/IthoSystem.cpp
@@ -697,57 +697,25 @@ void sendQueryStatusFormat(bool updateweb)
       //      char fStringBuf[32];
       //      getSatusLabel(i, ithoDeviceptr, currentItho_fwversion(), fStringBuf);
 
-      ithoStatus.back().divider = 0;
-      if ((i2cbuf[6 + i] & 0x07) == 0)
+      ithoStatus.back().is_signed = get_signed_from_datatype(i2cbuf[6 + i]);
+      ithoStatus.back().length = get_length_from_datatype(i2cbuf[6 + i]);
+      ithoStatus.back().divider = get_divider_from_datatype(i2cbuf[6 + i]);
+
+      if (ithoStatus.back().divider == 1.)
       { // integer value
-        if ((i2cbuf[6 + i] & 0x80) == 0)
-        { // unsigned value
-          ithoStatus.back().type = ithoDeviceStatus::is_uint;
-        }
-        else
-        {
           ithoStatus.back().type = ithoDeviceStatus::is_int;
-        }
       }
       else
       {
-        if ((i2cbuf[6 + i] & 0x80) == 0)
-        { // unsigned value
-          ithoStatus.back().is_signed = false;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-          ithoStatus.back().is_signed = true;
-        }
         ithoStatus.back().type = ithoDeviceStatus::is_float;
-        ithoStatus.back().divider = quick_pow10((i2cbuf[6 + i] & 0x07));
-      }
-      if (((i2cbuf[6 + i] >> 3) & 0x07) == 0)
-      {
-        ithoStatus.back().length = 1;
       }
-      else
-      {
-        ithoStatus.back().length = (i2cbuf[6 + i] >> 3) & 0x07;
-      }
-
       // special cases
-      if (i2cbuf[6 + i] == 0x0C || i2cbuf[6 + i] == 0x6C)
-      {
-        ithoStatus.back().type = ithoDeviceStatus::is_byte;
-        ithoStatus.back().length = 1;
-      }
-      if (i2cbuf[6 + i] == 0x0F)
-      {
-        ithoStatus.back().type = ithoDeviceStatus::is_float;
-        ithoStatus.back().is_signed = false;
-        ithoStatus.back().length = 1;
-        ithoStatus.back().divider = 2;
-      }
       if (i2cbuf[6 + i] == 0x5B)
       {
-        ithoStatus.back().type = ithoDeviceStatus::is_uint;
+        // legacy itho: 0x5B -> 0x10
+        ithoStatus.back().type = ithoDeviceStatus::is_int;
         ithoStatus.back().length = 2;
+        ithoStatus.back().is_signed = false;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -813,23 +781,13 @@ void sendQueryStatus(bool updateweb)
             ithoStat.value.byteval = (byte)tempVal;
           }
         }
-        if (ithoStat.type == ithoDeviceStatus::is_uint)
+        if (ithoStat.type == ithoDeviceStatus::is_int)
         {
-          if (ithoStat.value.uintval == tempVal)
-          {
-            ithoStat.updated = 0;
-          }
-          else
+          if (ithoStat.is_signed)
           {
-            ithoStat.updated = 1;
-            ithoStat.value.uintval = tempVal;
+            // interpret raw bytes as signed integer
+            tempVal = cast_to_signed_int(tempVal, ithoStat.length);
           }
-        }
-        if (ithoStat.type == ithoDeviceStatus::is_int)
-        {
-          
-          tempVal = cast_to_signed_int(tempVal, ithoStat.length);
-
           if (ithoStat.value.intval == tempVal)
           {
             ithoStat.updated = 0;
@@ -841,8 +799,7 @@ void sendQueryStatus(bool updateweb)
           }
         }
         if (ithoStat.type == ithoDeviceStatus::is_float)
-        {
-          
+        { 
           double t = ithoStat.value.floatval * ithoStat.divider;
           if (static_cast<uint32_t>(t) == tempVal) // better compare needed of float val, worst case this will result in an extra update of the value, so limited impact
           {
@@ -1808,4 +1765,36 @@ int cast_to_signed_int(int val, int length)
   default:
       return 0;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// Itho datatype
+// bit 7: signed (1), unsigned (0)
+// bit 6,5,4 : length
+// bit 3,2,1,0 : divider
+float get_divider_from_datatype(int8_t datatype) {
+
+  const float _divider[] =
+  {
+    1., 10., 100., 1000., 1E+4, 1E+5,
+    1E+6, 1E+7, 1E+8, 0.1, 0.01,
+    1., 1., 1., 256., 2.
+  };
+  return _divider[datatype & 0x0f];
+}
+
+uint8_t get_length_from_datatype(int8_t datatype) {
+ 
+  switch(datatype & 0x70) {
+    case 0x10:
+      return 2;
+    case 0x20:
+    case 0x70:
+      return 4;
+    default:
+      return 1; 
+  }
+}
+
+bool get_signed_from_datatype(int8_t datatype) {
+  return datatype & 0x80;
+}
diff --git a/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/IthoSystem.h b/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/IthoSystem.h
index 577fbe99..f85864ec 100644
--- a/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/IthoSystem.h
+++ b/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/IthoSystem.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ struct ithoDeviceStatus
   {
     is_byte,
     is_int,
-    is_uint,
     is_float,
     is_string
   } type;
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ struct ithoDeviceStatus
     double floatval;
     const char *stringval;
   } value;
-  uint32_t divider;
+  float divider;
   uint8_t updated;
   bool is_signed;  // used for floats only
   ithoDeviceStatus() : updated(0){};
@@ -148,3 +147,6 @@ void IthoPWMcommand(uint16_t value, volatile uint16_t *ithoCurrentVal, bool *upd
 int quick_pow10(int n);
 std::string i2cbuf2string(const uint8_t *data, size_t len);
 int cast_to_signed_int(int val, int length);
+float get_divider_from_datatype(int8_t datatype);
+uint8_t get_length_from_datatype(int8_t datatype);
+bool get_signed_from_datatype(int8_t datatype);
diff --git a/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/generic_functions.cpp b/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/generic_functions.cpp
index f80eb660..f71a1a25 100644
--- a/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/generic_functions.cpp
+++ b/software/NRG_itho_wifi/src/generic_functions.cpp
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ void getIthoStatusJSON(JsonObject root)
       {
         root[ithoStat.name] = ithoStat.value.byteval;
       }
-      else if (ithoStat.type == ithoDeviceStatus::is_uint)
-      {
-        root[ithoStat.name] = ithoStat.value.uintval;
-      }
       else if (ithoStat.type == ithoDeviceStatus::is_int)
       {
         root[ithoStat.name] = ithoStat.value.intval;