U10 (user decision: implement array encode now): config, the AdminUI and
discovery all advertised array tags Operate-writable, but both runtimes encoded
a scalar - an int[] threw InvalidCastException (BadTypeMismatch AND Degraded),
a scalar wrote element 0 natively, and libplctag re-sent its whole last-read
buffer with element 0 patched (stale elements 1..n-1).
- AbCipArrayCodec encodes count elements little-endian at the element width,
CONVERTING each element (ScadaBridge writes int[] to INT arrays; overflow is
BadOutOfRange, unconvertible BadTypeMismatch, both before anything is sent).
- The driver checks the shape before any runtime exists: not a list ->
BadTypeMismatch, length != elementCount -> BadOutOfRange, BOOL/STRING/
structure element types -> BadNotSupported; and, before sending, a controller
buffer that is not width x count -> BadTypeMismatch. Refusals warn once and
write no health.
- Native: ONE Write Tag of count elements with the controller's type code (the
client fragments a large one); libplctag: the codec's bytes copied into the
elem_count-sized buffer, refused TooSmall if it does not fit.
- IAbCipTagRuntime.EncodeArray (default: NotSupportedException).
Real-controller proof is a hardware userGate (see the lane report recipe).
Refs #737
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ub9hGmYLQvn9XETzw7CMsT
Joseph Doherty