diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CLI/Commands/TemplateCommands.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CLI/Commands/TemplateCommands.cs
index 5fd6b3a3..d5f18681 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CLI/Commands/TemplateCommands.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CLI/Commands/TemplateCommands.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System.CommandLine;
 using System.CommandLine.Parsing;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Messages.Management;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types.Enums;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CLI.Commands;
 
@@ -239,9 +241,16 @@ public static class TemplateCommands
     internal const string ElementTypeOptionDescription =
         "Element scalar type for a List attribute (String, Int32, Float, Double, Boolean, DateTime). Required when --data-type is List.";
 
-    /// <summary>The element scalar types permitted for a List attribute (matches the Management API).</summary>
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The element scalar types permitted for a List attribute — derived from the
+    /// single source of truth, <see cref="AttributeValueCodec.IsValidElementType"/>,
+    /// so the CLI never drifts from the codec/Management API.
+    /// </summary>
     private static readonly string[] ValidElementScalars =
-        { "String", "Int32", "Float", "Double", "Boolean", "DateTime" };
+        Enum.GetValues<DataType>()
+            .Where(AttributeValueCodec.IsValidElementType)
+            .Select(t => t.ToString())
+            .ToArray();
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Validates the <c>--data-type</c> / <c>--element-type</c> combination client-side so
@@ -268,7 +277,8 @@ public static class TemplateCommands
                 return false;
             }
 
-            if (!ValidElementScalars.Contains(elementType!.Trim(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (!Enum.TryParse<DataType>(elementType!.Trim(), ignoreCase: true, out var parsed)
+                || !AttributeValueCodec.IsValidElementType(parsed))
             {
                 error = $"Invalid --element-type '{elementType}'. Valid List element scalars are: "
                     + string.Join(", ", ValidElementScalars) + ".";
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Types/AttributeValueCodec.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Types/AttributeValueCodec.cs
index b848b79e..36e34411 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Types/AttributeValueCodec.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Types/AttributeValueCodec.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ public static class AttributeValueCodec
         _ => el.GetRawText()                       // number/bool → "10" / "1.5" / "true"
     };
 
-    private static Type ElementClrType(DataType t) => t switch
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The CLR element type backing a <see cref="DataType.List"/> of the given
+    /// element scalar — the single source of truth for the List element CLR
+    /// mapping. Throws <see cref="FormatException"/> for an unsupported element
+    /// type (see <see cref="IsValidElementType"/>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static Type ElementClrType(DataType t) => t switch
     {
         DataType.String => typeof(string),
         DataType.Int32 => typeof(int),
@@ -75,6 +81,49 @@ public static class AttributeValueCodec
         _ => throw new FormatException($"Unsupported list element type '{t}'.")
     };
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Coerces a live CLR enumerable (e.g. an OPC UA array) into a typed
+    /// <c>List&lt;<see cref="ElementClrType"/>&gt;</c> for the given element type,
+    /// converting each element with invariant culture (round-trip parse for
+    /// DateTime). Strings are parsed; other CLR types are converted via
+    /// <see cref="Convert"/>. This is the object-input counterpart to the
+    /// string-input parsing in <see cref="Decode"/>: callers holding decoded JSON
+    /// strings go through <see cref="Decode"/>; callers holding a runtime
+    /// collection use this. Throws <see cref="FormatException"/> for an
+    /// unsupported element type and may throw on an element that cannot be
+    /// converted (the caller decides how to handle the failure).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static IList CoerceEnumerable(IEnumerable source, DataType elementType)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(source);
+        var clrType = ElementClrType(elementType);
+        var list = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(List<>).MakeGenericType(clrType))!;
+        foreach (var element in source)
+            list.Add(CoerceElement(element, elementType));
+        return list;
+    }
+
+    private static object CoerceElement(object? element, DataType t)
+    {
+        if (element is null)
+            throw new FormatException("List elements may not be null.");
+
+        var c = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
+        return t switch
+        {
+            DataType.String => Convert.ToString(element, c)
+                ?? throw new FormatException("Null string element."),
+            DataType.Int32 => element is string si ? int.Parse(si, c) : Convert.ToInt32(element, c),
+            DataType.Float => element is string sf ? float.Parse(sf, c) : Convert.ToSingle(element, c),
+            DataType.Double => element is string sd ? double.Parse(sd, c) : Convert.ToDouble(element, c),
+            DataType.Boolean => element is string sb ? bool.Parse(sb) : Convert.ToBoolean(element, c),
+            DataType.DateTime => element is string sdt
+                ? DateTime.Parse(sdt, c, DateTimeStyles.RoundtripKind)
+                : Convert.ToDateTime(element, c),
+            _ => throw new FormatException($"Unsupported list element type '{t}'.")
+        };
+    }
+
     private static object? ParseScalar(string? s, DataType t)
     {
         if (s is null) throw new FormatException("List elements may not be null.");
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/InstanceActor.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/InstanceActor.cs
index 327cf6e9..db05db94 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/InstanceActor.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/InstanceActor.cs
@@ -896,20 +896,12 @@ public class InstanceActor : ReceiveActor
 
         try
         {
-            // Construct the typed list INSIDE the try: although the six valid
-            // element types resolved by ListElementClrType cannot throw today,
-            // keeping ListElementClrType / MakeGenericType / CreateInstance inside
-            // the guarded block means any future change that introduces a throw
-            // here is caught and turned into a Bad-quality result rather than
+            // Coerce INSIDE the try: although the six valid element types cannot
+            // throw on construction today, keeping the (shared) codec coercion
+            // inside the guarded block means any future change that introduces a
+            // throw is caught and turned into a Bad-quality result rather than
             // escaping into the actor and tripping supervision.
-            var clrType = ListElementClrType(elementType);
-            var list = (System.Collections.IList)Activator.CreateInstance(
-                typeof(List<>).MakeGenericType(clrType))!;
-
-            foreach (var element in enumerable)
-                list.Add(CoerceElement(element, elementType));
-
-            typedList = list;
+            typedList = AttributeValueCodec.CoerceEnumerable(enumerable, elementType);
             return true;
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
@@ -922,46 +914,6 @@ public class InstanceActor : ReceiveActor
         }
     }
 
-    private static Type ListElementClrType(DataType t) => t switch
-    {
-        DataType.String => typeof(string),
-        DataType.Int32 => typeof(int),
-        DataType.Float => typeof(float),
-        DataType.Double => typeof(double),
-        DataType.Boolean => typeof(bool),
-        DataType.DateTime => typeof(DateTime),
-        _ => throw new FormatException($"Unsupported list element type '{t}'.")
-    };
-
-    private static object CoerceElement(object? element, DataType t)
-    {
-        if (element is null)
-            throw new FormatException("List elements may not be null.");
-
-        var culture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
-        return t switch
-        {
-            DataType.String => Convert.ToString(element, culture)
-                ?? throw new FormatException("Null string element."),
-            DataType.Int32 => element is string si
-                ? int.Parse(si, culture)
-                : Convert.ToInt32(element, culture),
-            DataType.Float => element is string sf
-                ? float.Parse(sf, culture)
-                : Convert.ToSingle(element, culture),
-            DataType.Double => element is string sd
-                ? double.Parse(sd, culture)
-                : Convert.ToDouble(element, culture),
-            DataType.Boolean => element is string sb
-                ? bool.Parse(sb)
-                : Convert.ToBoolean(element, culture),
-            DataType.DateTime => element is string sdt
-                ? DateTime.Parse(sdt, culture, System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles.RoundtripKind)
-                : Convert.ToDateTime(element, culture),
-            _ => throw new FormatException($"Unsupported list element type '{t}'.")
-        };
-    }
-
     private void HandleConnectionQualityChanged(ConnectionQualityChanged qualityChanged)
     {
         _logger.LogWarning("Connection {Connection} quality changed to {Quality} for instance {Instance}",
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Tests/Types/AttributeValueCodecTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Tests/Types/AttributeValueCodecTests.cs
index fa717bdb..3f81ba37 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Tests/Types/AttributeValueCodecTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Tests/Types/AttributeValueCodecTests.cs
@@ -231,4 +231,56 @@ public class AttributeValueCodecTests
     [InlineData(DataType.List, false)]
     public void IsValidElementType_MatchesScalarSet(DataType t, bool expected) =>
         Assert.Equal(expected, AttributeValueCodec.IsValidElementType(t));
+
+    // ── ElementClrType + CoerceEnumerable: the shared object-input coercion ──
+    // entry point reused by InstanceActor (live OPC UA arrays). Distinct from the
+    // string-input path in Decode (JSON elements): here elements arrive as boxed
+    // CLR values and are converted via Convert.ToXxx (or parsed when string).
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(DataType.String, typeof(string))]
+    [InlineData(DataType.Int32, typeof(int))]
+    [InlineData(DataType.Float, typeof(float))]
+    [InlineData(DataType.Double, typeof(double))]
+    [InlineData(DataType.Boolean, typeof(bool))]
+    [InlineData(DataType.DateTime, typeof(DateTime))]
+    public void ElementClrType_MapsEachScalar(DataType t, Type expected) =>
+        Assert.Equal(expected, AttributeValueCodec.ElementClrType(t));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ElementClrType_RejectsNonElementType() =>
+        Assert.Throws<FormatException>(() => AttributeValueCodec.ElementClrType(DataType.List));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CoerceEnumerable_BuildsTypedList()
+    {
+        var list = AttributeValueCodec.CoerceEnumerable(new object[] { 10, 20, 30 }, DataType.Int32);
+        var typed = Assert.IsType<List<int>>(list);
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { 10, 20, 30 }, typed);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CoerceEnumerable_ConvertsMixedClrElementTypes()
+    {
+        // Ints and numeric strings both coerce to List<double> via Convert/parse —
+        // the object-input behavior InstanceActor's MV-8 coercion depends on.
+        var list = AttributeValueCodec.CoerceEnumerable(new object[] { 1, "2.5", 3.75 }, DataType.Double);
+        var typed = Assert.IsType<List<double>>(list);
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { 1.0, 2.5, 3.75 }, typed);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CoerceEnumerable_DateTimeRoundtripsViaInvariantCulture()
+    {
+        var when = new DateTime(2026, 6, 19, 8, 30, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        var list = AttributeValueCodec.CoerceEnumerable(
+            new object[] { when.ToString("O", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) }, DataType.DateTime);
+        var typed = Assert.IsType<List<DateTime>>(list);
+        Assert.Equal(when, typed[0]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CoerceEnumerable_ThrowsOnUnsupportedElementType() =>
+        Assert.Throws<FormatException>(
+            () => AttributeValueCodec.CoerceEnumerable(new object[] { new byte[] { 1 } }, DataType.Binary));
 }