--- a/svghmi/svghmi.js	Wed Sep 21 11:51:05 2022 +0200
+++ b/svghmi/svghmi.js	Thu Sep 22 09:42:38 2022 +0200
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@
     }
 };
 
-// Apply updates recieved through ws.onmessage to subscribed widgets
-function apply_updates() {
-    updates.forEach((value, index) => {
-        dispatch_value(index, value);
-    });
-    updates.clear();
-}
-
 // Called on requestAnimationFrame, modifies DOM
 var requestAnimationFrameID = null;
 function animate() {
@@ -126,14 +118,13 @@
             if(iectype != undefined){
                 let dvgetter = dvgetters[iectype];
                 let [value, bytesize] = dvgetter(dv,i);
-                updates.set(index, value);
+                dispatch_value(index, value);
                 i += bytesize;
             } else {
                 throw new Error("Unknown index "+index);
             }
         };
 
-        apply_updates();
         // register for rendering on next frame, since there are updates
     } catch(err) {
         // 1003 is for "Unsupported Data"

--- a/svghmi/widgets_common.ysl2	Wed Sep 21 11:51:05 2022 +0200
+++ b/svghmi/widgets_common.ysl2	Thu Sep 22 09:42:38 2022 +0200
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@
     ]);
     var persistent_indexes = new Map();
     var cache = hmitree_types.map(_ignored => undefined);
-    var updates = new Map();
 
     function page_local_index(varname, pagename){
         let pagevars = hmi_locals[pagename];
@@ -209,7 +208,6 @@
         let defaultval = local_defaults[varname];
         if(defaultval != undefined) {
             cache[new_index] = defaultval; 
-            updates.set(new_index, defaultval);
             if(persistent_locals.has(varname))
                 persistent_indexes.set(new_index, varname);
         }