diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_GAEBUS.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_GAEBUS.pm
index 98d5a1104..88527b281 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_GAEBUS.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_GAEBUS.pm
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 # 09.01.2020 : A.Goebel : fix handling for valueFormat, give exact number of parameters to sprintf and shift all of them
 # 16.01.2020 : A.Goebel : add ignore error messages returned by ebusd
 # 05.02.2020 : A.Goebel : change substitute tilde by slash in attribute names (delimiter)
+# 16.02.2020 : A.Goebel : fix also request broadcast messages periodic call (fix from Tomy) 
 
 package main;
 
@@ -268,8 +269,9 @@ GAEBUS_Set($@)
   my $type = shift @a;
   my $arg = join(" ", @a);
 
-  $type =~ s,\xe2\x88\xbc,$delimiter,g;
-  $arg  =~ s,\xe2\x88\xbc,$delimiter,g;
+  # UTF-8 tilde replacement
+  #$type =~ s,\xe2\x88\xbc,$delimiter,g;
+  #$arg  =~ s,\xe2\x88\xbc,$delimiter,g;
 
   #return "No $a[1] for dummies" if(IsDummy($name));
 
@@ -547,8 +549,9 @@ GAEBUS_Get($@)
 
   # other read commands
 
-  if (defined($a[1])) { $a[1] =~ s,\xe2\x88\xbc,$delimiter,g };
-  if (defined($a[2])) { $a[2] =~ s,\xe2\x88\xbc,$delimiter,g };
+  # UTF-8 tilde replacement
+  #if (defined($a[1])) { $a[1] =~ s,\xe2\x88\xbc,$delimiter,g };
+  #if (defined($a[2])) { $a[2] =~ s,\xe2\x88\xbc,$delimiter,g };
 
   if ($a[1] =~ /^[ru]$delimiter/ ) 
   {
@@ -1208,8 +1211,8 @@ GAEBUS_GetUpdatesDoit($)
 
   foreach my $oneattr (keys %{$attr{$name}})
   {
-    # only for "r" commands
-    if ($oneattr =~ /^r$delimiter[^$delimiter]{1,}$delimiter.*/)
+    # only for "r" commands and broadcasts ("u")
+    if ($oneattr =~ /^[ru]$delimiter[^$delimiter]{1,}$delimiter.*/)
     {
 
       my ($readingnameX, $cmdaddon) = split (" ", $attr{$name}{$oneattr}, 2);