Not sure if we mean the same.
It should remain like the configuration of devices ....
Not sure how this is done and if it would be possible to do this with values the same way.

That's true (with the current ESPEasy Options. But why not enhance the pulse counter device with an option to set an offset (as a starting value) and another option to enable storing this value (not only in RAM), so that this value is even available after reboot. And yes, it's a bit volatile ... but...

Hello, I have a similar question regarding a gas meter. I have an Elster BK-G4 and I'm using volkszaeher on a Raspberry PI to measure gas consumption. But I'm looking to a new solution which offers me an easy way to retrieve the current BK-G4 total value. I searched in this forum, but did not find a...