diff --git a/src/ebusd/knxhandler.cpp b/src/ebusd/knxhandler.cpp
index db100bd6..8d257408 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/knxhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusd/knxhandler.cpp
@@ -317,42 +317,6 @@ result_t getFieldLength(const SingleDataField *field, dtlf_t *length) {
   return RESULT_OK;
 }
 
-uint32_t floatToInt16(float val) {
-  // (0.01*m)(2^e) format with sign, 12 bits mantissa (incl. sign), 4 bits exponent
-  if (val == 0) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-  bool negative = val < 0;
-  if (negative) {
-    val = -val;
-  }
-  val = roundf(val*100.0f);
-  int exp = ilogb(val)-10;
-  if (exp < -10 || exp > 15) {
-    return 0x7fff;  // invalid value DPT 9
-  }
-  auto shift = exp > 0 ? exp : 0;
-  auto sig = static_cast<uint32_t>(val * exp2(-shift));
-  uint32_t value = static_cast<uint32_t>(shift << 11) | (negative ? 0x800-sig : sig);
-  if (negative) {
-    return value | 0x8000;
-  }
-  return value;
-}
-
-float int16ToFloat(uint16_t val) {
-  if (val == 0) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-  if (val == 0x7fff) {
-    return static_cast<float>(0xffffffff);  // NaN
-  }
-  bool negative = val&0x8000;
-  int exp = (val>>11)&0xf;
-  int sig = val&0x7ff;
-  return static_cast<float>((negative ? sig-0x800 : sig) * exp2(exp) * 0.01);
-}
-
 result_t KnxHandler::sendGroupValue(knx_addr_t dest, apci_t apci, dtlf_t& lengthFlag, unsigned int value,
 const SingleDataField *field) const {
   if (!m_con || !m_con->isConnected() || !m_con->getAddress()) {
@@ -382,7 +346,7 @@ const SingleDataField *field) const {
       return ret;
     } else if (lengthFlag.length == 2) {
       // convert to (0.01*m)(2^e) format with sign, 12 bits mantissa (incl. sign), 4 bits exponent
-      value = floatToInt16(fval);
+      value = floatToUint16(fval);
     } else if (lengthFlag.length == 4) {
       // convert to IEEE 754
       value = floatToUint(fval);
@@ -686,8 +650,8 @@ void KnxHandler::handleGroupTelegram(knx_addr_t src, knx_addr_t dest, int len, c
     if (lengthFlag.isFloat || lengthFlag.hasDivisor) {
       float fval;
       if (lengthFlag.length == 2) {
-        // convert from (0.01*m)(2^e) format with sign, 12 bits mantissa (incl. sign), 4 bits exponent
-        fval = int16ToFloat(static_cast<uint16_t>(value));
+        // convert from (0.01*m)(2^e) format
+        fval = uint16ToFloat(static_cast<uint16_t>(value));
       } else if (lengthFlag.length == 4) {
         // convert from IEEE 754
         bool negative = (value & (1u << 31)) != 0;
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/datatype.cpp b/src/lib/ebus/datatype.cpp
index 6320f944..160b01a9 100755
--- a/src/lib/ebus/datatype.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/datatype.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,34 @@ uint32_t floatToUint(float val) {
 #endif
 }
 
+float uint16ToFloat(uint16_t val) {
+  if (val == 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  if (val == 0x7fff) {
+    return static_cast<float>(0xffffffff);  // NaN
+  }
+  bool negative = val&0x8000;
+  int exp = (val>>11)&0xf;
+  int sig = val&0x7ff;
+  return static_cast<float>((negative ? sig-0x800 : sig) * exp2(exp) * 0.01);
+}
+
+uint16_t floatToUint16(float value) {
+  // (0.01*m)(2^e) format with sign, 12 bits mantissa (incl. sign), 4 bits exponent
+  if (value == 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  bool negative = value < 0;
+  double val = round(value*(negative ? -100.0 : 100.0));
+  int exp = ilogb(val)-10;
+  if (exp < -10 || exp > 15) {
+    return 0x7fff;  // invalid value DPT 9
+  }
+  auto shift = exp > 0 ? exp : 0;
+  auto sig = static_cast<uint16_t>(val * exp2(-shift));
+  return static_cast<uint16_t>((shift << 11) | (negative ? 0x8000 | (0x800-sig) : sig));
+}
 
 bool DataType::dump(OutputFormat outputFormat, size_t length, bool appendDivisor, ostream* output) const {
   if (outputFormat & OF_JSON) {
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/datatype.h b/src/lib/ebus/datatype.h
index 9dee87cd..e3bf9cba 100755
--- a/src/lib/ebus/datatype.h
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/datatype.h
@@ -194,10 +194,26 @@ float uintToFloat(unsigned int value, bool negative);
 
 /**
  * Format a float value to the 32 bit representation (IEEE 754).
- * @param val the float value.
+ * @param value the float value.
  * @return the 32 bit representation of the float value, or 0xffffffff if NaN.
  */
-uint32_t floatToUint(float val);
+uint32_t floatToUint(float value);
+
+/**
+ * Parse a float value with precision of 2 decimal from 16 bit format with
+ * sign, 11 bit mantissa, 4 bit exponent as (0.01*m)(2^e).
+ * @param value the 16 bit representation of the float value.
+ * @return the float value.
+ */
+float uint16ToFloat(uint16_t value);
+
+/**
+ * Format a float value with precision of 2 decimal from 16 bit format with
+ * sign, 11 bit mantissa, 4 bit exponent as (0.01*m)(2^e).
+ * @param value the float value.
+ * @return the 16 bit representation of the float value, or 0xffff if NaN.
+ */
+uint16_t floatToUint16(float value);
 
 /**
  * Base class for all kinds of data types.