+/**
+ * @brief Reads a decimal integer (actually, 0-254, not 255)
+ * @param line
+ * @param paramnum
+ * @return -1 if error
+ */
+uint8_t param_getdec(const char *line, int paramnum, uint8_t *destination)
+{
+ uint8_t val = param_get8ex(line, paramnum, 255, 10);
+ if( (int8_t) val == -1) return 1;
+ (*destination) = val;
+ return 0;
+}
+/**
+ * @brief Checks if param is decimal
+ * @param line
+ * @param paramnum
+ * @return
+ */
+uint8_t param_isdec(const char *line, int paramnum)
+{
+ int bg, en;
+ //TODO, check more thorougly
+ if (!param_getptr(line, &bg, &en, paramnum)) return 1;
+ // return strtoul(&line[bg], NULL, 10) & 0xff;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+