* * @param {*} username * @param {*} password * @param {*} signupAttributes * @param {*} mandatoryAttributes * @param {*

* Takes a String and writes it into an array as UTF8 encoded bytes. * @private

* * @param {*} username a string with the username, without spaces * @param {*} callback function(err,data)

* Encodes an MQTT Multi-Byte Integer * @private

* * @param {*} callback function of the type (err,sessionData)

* * @param {*} callback

* This function asynchronously updates the scoreboard. * We work to reduce the amount of data to be updated by keeping only the latest * updated da