I wanted to check in with this because I also have this question. Basic equations and formatting since it is not always easy to format information at the device, or making it verbose would cause message quantities and/or size to be larger than necessary.

I am looking at the range of widget and I like what I see. However some are not fully clear on exactly what they are, what they do, and how to use them. For example the Binary sounds interesting because I use binary data a lot, but I have no idea on how to format the message and setup the widget. Pl...

Especially with MQTT making messages compact is helpful in keeping bandwidth low. Simple equations and bitwise math would be very helpful.

For example I often pack 8 digital states in a single byte instead of having 8 boolean values.

I often want to build a dashboard for diagnostics and logging of systems. I do not want others to be able to change anything or view admin level details, but I might have a client or somebody doing support that I want to be able to log in and view a dashboard. Otherwise asksensor seems simple and id...