--- a/Beremiz_service.py	Fri Feb 17 11:41:58 2023 +0100
+++ b/Beremiz_service.py	Tue Feb 21 11:38:45 2023 +0100
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@
     return os.path.join(beremiz_dir, *args)
 
 
+import locale
+# Matiec's standard library relies on libC's locale-dependent
+# string to/from number convertions, but IEC-61131 counts
+# on '.' for decimal point. Therefore locale is reset to "C" */
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, "C")
+
 def SetupI18n():
     # Get folder containing translation files
     localedir = os.path.join(beremiz_dir, "locale")
@@ -205,7 +211,6 @@
     # Define locale domain
     loc.AddCatalog(domain)
 
-    import locale
     global default_locale
     default_locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]