Phase 7 Stream A.2 — compile cache + per-evaluation timeout wrapper. Second of 3 increments within Stream A. Adds two independent resilience primitives that the virtual-tag engine (Stream B) and scripted-alarm engine (Stream C) will compose with the base ScriptEvaluator. Both are generic on (TContext, TResult) so different engines get their own instances without cross-contamination.

CompiledScriptCache<TContext, TResult> — source-hash-keyed cache of compiled evaluators. Roslyn compilation is the most expensive step in the evaluator pipeline (5-20ms per script depending on size); re-compiling on every value-change event would starve the engine. ConcurrentDictionary of Lazy<ScriptEvaluator> with ExecutionAndPublication mode ensures concurrent callers never double-compile even on a cold cache race. Failed compiles evict the cache entry so an Admin UI retry with corrected source actually recompiles (otherwise the cached exception would persist). Whitespace-sensitive hash — reformatting a script misses the cache on purpose, simpler than AST-canonicalize and happens rarely. No capacity bound because virtual-tag + alarm scripts are config-DB bounded (thousands, not millions); if scale pushes past that in v3 an LRU eviction slots in behind the same API.

TimedScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> — wraps a ScriptEvaluator with a per-evaluation wall-clock timeout (default 250ms per Phase 7 plan Stream A.4, configurable per tag so slower backends can widen). Critical implementation detail: the underlying Roslyn ScriptRunner executes synchronously on the calling thread for CPU-bound user scripts, returning an already-completed Task before the caller can register a timeout. Naive `Task.WaitAsync(timeout)` would see the completed task and never fire. Fix: push evaluation to a thread-pool thread via Task.Run, so the caller's thread is free to wait and the timeout reliably fires after the configured budget. Known trade-off (documented in the class summary): when a script times out, the underlying evaluation task continues running on the thread-pool thread until Roslyn returns; in the CPU-bound-infinite-loop case it's effectively leaked until the runtime decides to unwind. Tighter CPU budgeting would require an out-of-process script runner (v3 concern). In practice the timeout + structured warning log surfaces the offending script so the operator fixes it, and the orphan thread is rare. Caller-supplied CancellationToken is honored and takes precedence over the timeout, so driver-shutdown paths see a clean OperationCanceledException rather than a misclassified ScriptTimeoutException.

ScriptTimeoutException carries the configured Timeout and a diagnostic message pointing the operator at ctx.Logger output around the failure plus suggesting widening the timeout, simplifying the script, or moving heavy work out of the evaluation path. The virtual-tag engine (Stream B) will catch this and map the owning tag's quality to BadInternalError per Phase 7 decision #11, logging a structured warning with the offending script name.

Tests: CompiledScriptCacheTests (10) — first-call compile, identical-source dedupe to same instance, different-source produces different evaluator, whitespace-sensitivity documented, cached evaluator still runs correctly, failed compile evicted for retry, Clear drops entries, concurrent GetOrCompile of the same source deduplicates to one instance, different TContext/TResult use separate cache instances, null source rejected. TimedScriptEvaluatorTests (9) — fast script completes under timeout, CPU-bound script throws ScriptTimeoutException, caller cancellation takes precedence over timeout (shutdown path correctness), default 250ms per plan, zero/negative timeout rejected at construction, null inner rejected, null context rejected, user-thrown exceptions propagate unwrapped (not conflated with timeout), timeout exception message contains diagnostic guidance. Full suite: 48/48 green (29 from A.1 + 19 new).

Next: Stream A.3 wires the dedicated scripts-*.log Serilog rolling sink + structured-property filtering + companion-WARN enricher to the main log, closing out Stream A.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx

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+        <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.csproj"/>
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docs/drivers/AbLegacy-Test-Fixture.md

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+# AB Legacy test fixture
+
+Coverage map + gap inventory for the AB Legacy (PCCC) driver — SLC 500 /
+MicroLogix / PLC-5 / LogixPccc-mode.
+
+**TL;DR:** Docker integration-test scaffolding lives at
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.IntegrationTests/` (task #224),
+reusing the AB CIP `ab_server` image in PCCC mode with per-family
+compose profiles (`slc500` / `micrologix` / `plc5`). Scaffold passes
+the skip-when-absent contract cleanly. **Wire-level round-trip against
+`ab_server` PCCC mode currently fails** with `BadCommunicationError`
+on read/write (verified 2026-04-20) — ab_server's PCCC server-side
+coverage is narrower than libplctag's PCCC client expects. The smoke
+tests target the correct shape for real hardware + should pass when
+`AB_LEGACY_ENDPOINT` points at a real SLC 5/05 / MicroLogix. Unit tests
+via `FakeAbLegacyTag` still carry the contract coverage.
+
+## What the fixture is
+
+**Integration layer** (task #224, scaffolded with a known ab_server
+gap):
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.IntegrationTests/` with
+`AbLegacyServerFixture` (TCP-probes `localhost:44818`) + three smoke
+tests (parametric read across families, SLC500 write-then-read). Reuses
+the AB CIP `otopcua-ab-server:libplctag-release` image via a relative
+`build:` context in `Docker/docker-compose.yml` — one image, different
+`--plc` flags. See `Docker/README.md` §Known limitations for the
+ab_server PCCC round-trip gap + resolution paths.
+
+**Unit layer**: `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.Tests/` is
+still the primary coverage. All tests tagged `[Trait("Category", "Unit")]`.
+The driver accepts `IAbLegacyTagFactory` via ctor DI; every test
+supplies a `FakeAbLegacyTag`.
+
+## What it actually covers (unit only)
+
+- `AbLegacyAddressTests` — PCCC address parsing for SLC / MicroLogix / PLC-5
+  / LogixPccc-mode (`N7:0`, `F8:12`, `B3:0/5`, etc.)
+- `AbLegacyCapabilityTests` — data type mapping, read-only enforcement
+- `AbLegacyReadWriteTests` — read + write happy + error paths against the fake
+- `AbLegacyBitRmwTests` — bit-within-DINT read-modify-write serialization via
+  per-parent `SemaphoreSlim` (mirrors the AB CIP + FOCAS PMC-bit pattern from #181)
+- `AbLegacyHostAndStatusTests` — probe + host-status transitions driven by
+  fake-returned statuses
+- `AbLegacyDriverTests` — `IDriver` lifecycle
+
+Capability surfaces whose contract is verified: `IDriver`, `IReadable`,
+`IWritable`, `ITagDiscovery`, `ISubscribable`, `IHostConnectivityProbe`,
+`IPerCallHostResolver`.
+
+## What it does NOT cover
+
+### 1. Wire-level PCCC
+
+No PCCC frame is sent by the test suite. libplctag's PCCC subset (DF1,
+ControlNet-over-EtherNet, PLC-5 native EtherNet) is untested here;
+driver-side correctness depends on libplctag being correct.
+
+### 2. Family-specific behavior
+
+- SLC 500 timeout + retry thresholds (SLC's comm module has known slow-response
+  edges) — unit fakes don't simulate timing.
+- MicroLogix 1100 / 1400 max-connection-count limits — not stressed.
+- PLC-5 native EtherNet connection setup (PCCC-encapsulated-in-CIP vs raw
+  CSPv4) — routing covered at parse level only.
+
+### 3. Multi-device routing
+
+`IPerCallHostResolver` contract is verified; real PCCC wire routing across
+multiple gateways is not.
+
+### 4. Alarms / history
+
+PCCC has no alarm object + no history object. Driver doesn't implement
+`IAlarmSource` or `IHistoryProvider` — no test coverage is the correct shape.
+
+### 5. File-type coverage
+
+PCCC has many file types (N, F, B, T, C, R, S, ST, A) — the parser tests
+cover the common ones but uncommon ones (`R` counters, `S` status files,
+`A` ASCII strings) have thin coverage.
+
+## When to trust AB Legacy tests, when to reach for a rig
+
+| Question | Unit tests | Real PLC |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| "Does `N7:0/5` parse correctly?" | yes | - |
+| "Does bit-in-word RMW serialize concurrent writers?" | yes | yes |
+| "Does the driver lifecycle hang / crash?" | yes | yes |
+| "Does a real read against an SLC 500 return correct bytes?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does MicroLogix 1100 respect its connection-count cap?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Do PLC-5 ST-files round-trip correctly?" | no | yes (required) |
+
+## Follow-up candidates
+
+1. **Fix ab_server PCCC coverage upstream** — the scaffold lands the
+   Docker infrastructure; the wire-level round-trip gap is in ab_server
+   itself. Filing a patch to `libplctag/libplctag` to expand PCCC
+   server-side opcode coverage would make the scaffolded smoke tests
+   pass without a golden-box tier.
+2. **Rockwell RSEmulate 500 golden-box tier** — Rockwell's real emulator
+   for SLC/MicroLogix/PLC-5. Would close UDT-equivalent (integer-file
+   indirection), timer/counter decomposition, and real ladder execution
+   gaps. Costs: RSLinx OEM license, Windows-only, Hyper-V conflict
+   matching TwinCAT XAR + Logix Emulate, no clean PR-diffable project
+   format (SLC/ML save as binary `.RSS`). Scaffold like the Logix
+   Emulate tier when operationally worth it.
+3. **Lab rig** — used SLC 5/05 or MicroLogix 1100 on a dedicated
+   network; parts are end-of-life but still available. PLC-5 +
+   LogixPccc-mode behaviour + DF1 serial need specific controllers.
+
+## Key fixture / config files
+
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.IntegrationTests/AbLegacyServerFixture.cs`
+  — TCP probe + skip attributes + env-var parsing
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.IntegrationTests/AbLegacyReadSmokeTests.cs`
+  — three wire-level smoke tests (currently blocked by ab_server PCCC gap)
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.IntegrationTests/Docker/docker-compose.yml`
+  — compose profiles reusing AB CIP Dockerfile
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.IntegrationTests/Docker/README.md`
+  — known-limitations write-up + resolution paths
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.Tests/FakeAbLegacyTag.cs` —
+  in-process fake + factory
+- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyDriver.cs` — scope remarks
+  at the top of the file

docs/drivers/AbServer-Test-Fixture.md

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+# ab_server test fixture
+
+Coverage map + gap inventory for the AB CIP integration fixture backed by
+libplctag's `ab_server` simulator.
+
+**TL;DR:** `ab_server` is a connectivity + atomic-read smoke harness for the AB
+CIP driver. It does **not** benchmark UDTs, alarms, or any family-specific
+quirk. UDT / alarm / quirk behavior is verified only by unit tests with
+`FakeAbCipTagRuntime`.
+
+## What the fixture is
+
+- **Binary**: `ab_server` — a C program in libplctag's
+  `src/tools/ab_server/` ([libplctag/libplctag](https://github.com/libplctag/libplctag),
+  MIT).
+- **Launcher**: Docker (only supported path). `Docker/Dockerfile`
+  multi-stage-builds `ab_server` from source against a pinned libplctag
+  tag + copies the binary into a slim runtime image.
+  `Docker/docker-compose.yml` has per-family services (`controllogix`
+  / `compactlogix` / `micro800` / `guardlogix`); all bind `:44818`.
+- **Lifecycle**: `AbServerFixture` TCP-probes `127.0.0.1:44818` at
+  collection init + records a skip reason when unreachable. Tests skip
+  via `[AbServerFact]` / `[AbServerTheory]` which check the same probe.
+- **Profiles**: `KnownProfiles.{ControlLogix, CompactLogix, Micro800, GuardLogix}`
+  in `AbServerProfile.cs` — thin Family + ComposeProfile + Notes records;
+  the compose file is the canonical source of truth for which tags get
+  seeded + which `--plc` mode the simulator boots in.
+- **Tests**: one smoke, `AbCipReadSmokeTests.Driver_reads_seeded_DInt_from_ab_server`,
+  parametrized over all four profiles via `[AbServerTheory]` + `[MemberData]`.
+- **Endpoint override**: `AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT=host:port` points the
+  fixture at a real PLC instead of the local container.
+
+## What it actually covers
+
+- Read path: driver → libplctag → CIP-over-EtherNet/IP → simulator → back.
+- Atomic Logix types per seed: `DINT`, `REAL`, `BOOL`, `SINT`, `STRING`.
+- One `DINT[16]` array tag (ControlLogix profile only).
+- `--plc controllogix` and `--plc compactlogix` mode dispatch.
+- The skip-on-missing-binary behavior (`AbServerFactAttribute`) so a fresh
+  clone without the simulator stays green.
+
+## What it does NOT cover
+
+Each gap below is either stated explicitly in the profile's `Notes` field or
+inferable from the seed-tag set + smoke-test surface.
+
+### 1. UDTs / CIP Template Object (class 0x6C)
+
+ControlLogix profile `Notes`: *"ab_server lacks full UDT emulation."*
+
+Unverified against `ab_server`:
+
+- PR 6 structured read/write (`AbCipStructureMember` fan-out)
+- #179 Template Object shape reader (`CipTemplateObjectDecoder` + `FetchUdtShapeAsync`)
+- #194 whole-UDT read optimization (`AbCipUdtReadPlanner` +
+  `AbCipUdtMemberLayout` + the `ReadGroupAsync` path in `AbCipDriver`)
+
+Unit coverage: `AbCipFetchUdtShapeTests`, `CipTemplateObjectDecoderTests`,
+`AbCipUdtMemberLayoutTests`, `AbCipUdtReadPlannerTests`,
+`AbCipDriverWholeUdtReadTests` — all with golden Template-Object byte buffers
++ offset-keyed `FakeAbCipTag` values.
+
+### 2. ALMD / ALMA alarm projection (#177)
+
+Depends on the ALMD UDT shape, which `ab_server` cannot emulate. The
+`OnAlarmEvent` raise/clear path + ack-write semantics are not exercised
+end-to-end.
+
+Unit coverage: `AbCipAlarmProjectionTests` — fakes feed `InFaulted` /
+`Severity` via `ValuesByOffset` + assert the emitted `AlarmEventArgs`.
+
+### 3. Micro800 unconnected-only path
+
+Micro800 profile `Notes`: *"ab_server has no --plc micro800 — falls back to
+controllogix emulation."*
+
+The empty routing path + unconnected-session requirement (PR 11) is unit-tested
+but never challenged at the CIP wire level. Real Micro800 (2080-series) on a
+lab rig would be the authoritative benchmark.
+
+### 4. GuardLogix safety subsystem
+
+GuardLogix profile `Notes`: *"ab_server doesn't emulate the safety
+subsystem."*
+
+Only the `_S`-suffix naming classifier (PR 12, `SecurityClassification.ViewOnly`
+forced on safety tags) runs. Actual safety-partition write rejection — what
+happens when a non-safety write lands on a real `1756-L8xS` — is not exercised.
+
+### 5. CompactLogix narrow ConnectionSize cap
+
+CompactLogix profile `Notes`: *"ab_server lacks the narrower limit itself."*
+
+Driver-side `AbCipPlcFamilyProfile` caps `ConnectionSize` at the CompactLogix
+value per PR 10, but `ab_server` accepts whatever the client asks for — the
+cap's correctness is trusted from its unit test, never stressed against a
+simulator that rejects oversized requests.
+
+### 6. BOOL-within-DINT read-modify-write (#181)
+
+The `AbCipDriver.WriteBitInDIntAsync` RMW path + its per-parent `SemaphoreSlim`
+serialization is unit-tested only (`AbCipBoolInDIntRmwTests`). `ab_server`
+seeds a plain `TestBOOL` tag; the `.N` bit-within-DINT syntax that triggers
+the RMW path is not exercised end-to-end.
+
+### 7. Capability surfaces beyond read
+
+No smoke test for:
+
+- `IWritable.WriteAsync`
+- `ITagDiscovery.DiscoverAsync` (`@tags` walker)
+- `ISubscribable.SubscribeAsync` (poll-group engine)
+- `IHostConnectivityProbe` state transitions under wire failure
+- `IPerCallHostResolver` multi-device routing
+
+The driver implements all of these + they have unit coverage, but the only
+end-to-end path `ab_server` validates today is atomic `ReadAsync`.
+
+## Logix Emulate golden-box tier
+
+Rockwell Studio 5000 Logix Emulate sits **above** ab_server in fidelity +
+**below** real hardware. When an operator has Emulate running on a
+reachable Windows box + sets two env vars, the suite promotes several
+behaviours from unit-only to end-to-end wire-level coverage:
+
+```powershell
+$env:AB_SERVER_PROFILE  = 'emulate'
+$env:AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT = '<emulate-pc-ip>:44818'
+dotnet test tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests
+```
+
+With `AB_SERVER_PROFILE` unset or `abserver`, the Emulate-tier classes
+skip cleanly + the ab_server Docker fixture runs as usual.
+
+| Gap this fixture doc calls out | ab_server | Logix Emulate | Real hardware |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| UDT / CIP Template Object (task #194) | no | **yes** | yes |
+| ALMD alarm projection (task #177) | no | **yes** | yes |
+| `@tags` Symbol Object walk with `Program:` scope | partial | **yes** | yes |
+| Add-On Instructions | no | **yes** | yes |
+| GuardLogix safety-partition write rejection | no | **yes** (Emulate 5580) | yes |
+| CompactLogix narrow ConnectionSize enforcement | no | **yes** (5370 firmware) | yes |
+| EtherNet/IP embedded-switch behaviour | no | no | yes |
+| Redundant chassis failover (1756-RM) | no | no | yes |
+| Motion control timing | no | no | yes |
+
+**Tests that promote to Emulate** (gated on `AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate`
+via `AbServerProfileGate.SkipUnless`):
+
+- `AbCipEmulateUdtReadTests.WholeUdt_read_decodes_each_member_at_its_Template_Object_offset`
+  — #194 whole-UDT optimization, verified against real Template Object
+  bytes
+- `AbCipEmulateAlmdTests.Real_ALMD_raise_fires_OnAlarmEvent_through_the_driver_projection`
+  — #177 ALMD projection, verified against the real ALMD instruction
+
+**Required Studio 5000 project state** is documented in
+[`tests/…/AbCip.IntegrationTests/LogixProject/README.md`](../../tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/LogixProject/README.md);
+the `.L5X` export lands there once the Emulate PC is on-site + the
+project is authored.
+
+**Costs to accept**:
+
+- **Rockwell TechConnect or per-seat license** — not redistributable;
+  not CI-runnable. Each operator licenses their own Emulate install.
+- **Windows-only + Hyper-V conflict** — Emulate can't coexist with
+  Docker Desktop's WSL 2 backend on the same OS, same way TwinCAT XAR
+  can't (see `docs/v2/dev-environment.md` §Integration host).
+- **Manual lifecycle** — no `docker compose up` equivalent; operator
+  opens Emulate, loads the L5X, clicks Run. The L5X in the repo keeps
+  project state reproducible, runtime-start is human.
+
+## When to trust ab_server, when to reach for a rig
+
+| Question | ab_server | Unit tests | Logix Emulate | Lab rig |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| "Does the driver talk CIP at all?" | yes | - | yes | - |
+| "Is my atomic read path wired correctly?" | yes | yes | yes | yes |
+| "Does whole-UDT grouping work?" | no | yes | **yes** | yes |
+| "Do ALMD alarms raise + clear?" | no | yes | **yes** | yes |
+| "Is Micro800 unconnected-only enforced wire-side?" | no (emulated as CLX) | partial | yes | yes (required) |
+| "Does GuardLogix reject non-safety writes on safety tags?" | no | no | yes (Emulate 5580) | yes |
+| "Does CompactLogix refuse oversized ConnectionSize?" | no | partial | yes (5370 firmware) | yes |
+| "Does BOOL-in-DINT RMW race against concurrent writers?" | no | yes | partial | yes (stress) |
+| "Does EtherNet/IP embedded-switch behave correctly?" | no | no | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does redundant-chassis failover work?" | no | no | no | yes (required) |
+
+## Follow-up candidates
+
+If integration-level UDT / alarm / quirk proof becomes a shipping gate, the
+options are roughly:
+
+1. **Logix Emulate golden-box tier** (scaffolded; see the section above) —
+   highest-fidelity path short of real hardware. Closes UDT / ALMD / AOI /
+   optimized-DB gaps in one license + one Windows PC.
+2. **Extend `ab_server`** upstream — the project accepts PRs + already
+   carries a CIP framing layer that UDT emulation could plug into.
+3. **Stand up a lab rig** — physical `1756-L7x` / `5069-L3x` / `2080-LC30`
+   / `1756-L8xS` controllers. The only path that covers safety partitions
+   across nodes, redundant chassis, embedded-switch behaviour, and motion
+   timing.
+
+See also:
+
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/AbServerFixture.cs`
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/AbServerProfile.cs`
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/AbServerProfileGate.cs`
+  — `AB_SERVER_PROFILE` tier gate
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/AbCipReadSmokeTests.cs`
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Docker/` — ab_server
+  image + compose
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Emulate/` — Logix
+  Emulate tier tests
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/LogixProject/README.md`
+  — L5X project state the Emulate tier expects
+- `docs/v2/test-data-sources.md` §2 — the broader test-data-source picking
+  rationale this fixture slots into

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+# FOCAS test fixture
+
+Coverage map + gap inventory for the FANUC FOCAS2 CNC driver.
+
+**TL;DR: there is no integration fixture.** Every test uses a
+`FakeFocasClient` injected via `IFocasClientFactory`. Fanuc's FOCAS library
+(`Fwlib32.dll`) is closed-source proprietary with no public simulator;
+CNC-side behavior is trusted from field deployments.
+
+## What the fixture is
+
+Nothing at the integration layer.
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Tests/` is unit-only. The driver ships
+as Tier C (process-isolated) per `docs/v2/driver-stability.md` because the
+FANUC DLL has known crash modes; tests can't replicate those in-process.
+
+## What it actually covers (unit only)
+
+- `FocasCapabilityTests` — data-type mapping (PMC bit / word / float,
+  macro variable types, parameter types)
+- `FocasCapabilityMatrixTests` — per-CNC-series range validation (macro
+  / parameter / PMC letter + number) across 16i / 0i-D / 0i-F /
+  30i / PowerMotion. See [`docs/v2/focas-version-matrix.md`](../v2/focas-version-matrix.md)
+  for the authoritative matrix. 46 theory cases lock every documented
+  range boundary — widening a range without updating the doc fails a
+  test.
+- `FocasReadWriteTests` — read + write against the fake, FOCAS native status
+  → OPC UA StatusCode mapping
+- `FocasScaffoldingTests` — `IDriver` lifecycle + multi-device routing
+- `FocasPmcBitRmwTests` — PMC bit read-modify-write synchronization (per-byte
+  `SemaphoreSlim`, mirrors the AB / Modbus pattern from #181)
+- `FwlibNativeHelperTests` — `Focas32.dll` → `Fwlib32.dll` bridge validation
+  + P/Invoke signature validation
+
+Capability surfaces whose contract is verified: `IDriver`, `IReadable`,
+`IWritable`, `ITagDiscovery`, `ISubscribable`, `IHostConnectivityProbe`,
+`IPerCallHostResolver`.
+
+Pre-flight validation runs in `FocasDriver.InitializeAsync` — configs
+referencing out-of-range addresses fail at load time with a diagnostic
+message naming the CNC series + documented limit. This closes the
+cheap half of the hardware-free stability gap; Tier-C process
+isolation (task #220) closes the expensive half — see
+[`docs/v2/implementation/focas-isolation-plan.md`](../v2/implementation/focas-isolation-plan.md).
+
+## What it does NOT cover
+
+### 1. FOCAS wire traffic
+
+No FOCAS TCP frame is sent. `Fwlib32.dll`'s TCP-to-FANUC-gateway exchange is
+closed-source; the driver trusts the P/Invoke layer per #193. Real CNC
+correctness is trusted from field deployments.
+
+### 2. Alarm / parameter-change callbacks
+
+FOCAS has no push model — the driver polls via the shared `PollGroupEngine`.
+There are no CNC-initiated callbacks to test; the absence is by design.
+
+### 3. Macro / ladder variable types
+
+FANUC has CNC-specific extensions (macro variables `#100-#999`, system
+variables `#1000-#5000`, PMC timers / counters / keep-relays) whose
+per-address semantics differ across 0i-F / 30i / 31i / 32i Series. Driver
+covers the common address shapes; per-model quirks are not stressed.
+
+### 4. Model-specific behavior
+
+- Alarm retention across power cycles (model-specific CNC behavior)
+- Parameter range enforcement (CNC rejects out-of-range writes)
+- MTB (machine tool builder) custom screens that expose non-standard data
+
+### 5. Tier-C process isolation — architecture shipped, Fwlib32 integration hardware-gated
+
+The Tier-C architecture is now in place as of PRs #169–#173 (FOCAS
+PR A–E, task #220):
+
+- `Driver.FOCAS.Shared` carries MessagePack IPC contracts
+- `Driver.FOCAS.Host` (.NET 4.8 x86 Windows service via NSSM) accepts
+  a connection on a strictly-ACL'd named pipe + dispatches frames to
+  an `IFocasBackend`
+- `Driver.FOCAS.Ipc.IpcFocasClient` implements the `IFocasClient` DI
+  seam by forwarding over IPC — swap the DI registration and the
+  driver runs Tier-C with zero other changes
+- `Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor.FocasHostSupervisor` owns the spawn +
+  heartbeat + respawn + 3-in-5min crash-loop breaker + sticky alert
+- `Driver.FOCAS.Host.Stability.PostMortemMmf` ↔
+  `Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor.PostMortemReader` — ring-buffer of the
+  last ~1000 IPC operations survives a Host crash
+
+The one remaining gap is the production `FwlibHostedBackend`: an
+`IFocasBackend` implementation that wraps the licensed
+`Fwlib32.dll` P/Invoke. That's hardware-gated on task #222 — we
+need a CNC on the bench (or the licensed FANUC developer kit DLL
+with a test harness) to validate it. Until then, the Host ships
+`FakeFocasBackend` + `UnconfiguredFocasBackend`. Setting
+`OTOPCUA_FOCAS_BACKEND=fake` lets operators smoke-test the whole
+Tier-C pipeline end-to-end without any CNC.
+
+## When to trust FOCAS tests, when to reach for a rig
+
+| Question | Unit tests | Real CNC |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| "Does PMC address `R100.3` route to the right bit?" | yes | yes |
+| "Does the FANUC status → OPC UA StatusCode map cover every documented code?" | yes (contract) | yes |
+| "Does a real read against a 30i Series return correct bytes?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does `Fwlib32.dll` crash on concurrent reads?" | no | yes (stress) |
+| "Do macro variables round-trip across power cycles?" | no | yes (required) |
+
+## Follow-up candidates
+
+1. **Nothing public** — Fanuc's FOCAS Developer Kit ships an emulator DLL
+   but it's under NDA + tied to licensed dev-kit installations; can't
+   redistribute for CI.
+2. **Lab rig** — used FANUC 0i-F simulator controller (or a retired machine
+   tool) on a dedicated network; only path that covers real CNC behavior.
+3. **Process isolation first** — before trusting FOCAS in production at
+   scale, shipping the Tier-C out-of-process Host architecture (similar to
+   Galaxy) is higher value than a CI simulator.
+
+## Key fixture / config files
+
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Tests/FakeFocasClient.cs` —
+  in-process fake implementing `IFocasClient`
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Tests/FocasCapabilityMatrixTests.cs`
+  — parameterized theories locking the per-series matrix
+- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasDriver.cs` — ctor takes
+  `IFocasClientFactory`
+- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasCapabilityMatrix.cs` —
+  per-CNC-series range validator (the matrix the doc describes)
+- `docs/v2/focas-version-matrix.md` — authoritative range reference
+- `docs/v2/implementation/focas-isolation-plan.md` — Tier-C isolation
+  plan (task #220)
+- `docs/v2/driver-stability.md` — Tier C scope + process-isolation rationale

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+# Galaxy test fixture
+
+Coverage map + gap inventory for the Galaxy driver — out-of-process Host
+(net48 x86 MXAccess COM) + Proxy (net10) + Shared protocol.
+
+**TL;DR: Galaxy has the richest test harness in the fleet** — real Host
+subprocess spawn, real ZB SQL queries, IPC parity checks against the v1
+LmxProxy reference, + live-smoke tests when MXAccess runtime is actually
+installed. Gaps are live-plant + failover-shaped: the E2E suite covers the
+representative ~50-tag deployment but not large-site discovery stress, real
+Rockwell/Siemens PLC enumeration through MXAccess, or ZB SQL Always-On
+replica failover.
+
+## What the fixture is
+
+Multi-project test topology:
+
+- **E2E parity** —
+  `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.E2E/ParityFixture.cs` spawns the
+  production `OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.exe` as a subprocess, opens the
+  named-pipe IPC, connects `GalaxyProxyDriver` + runs hierarchy / stability
+  parity tests against both.
+- **Host.Tests** —
+  `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/` — direct Host process
+  testing (18+ test classes covering alarm discovery, AVEVA prerequisite
+  checks, IPC dispatcher, alarm tracker, probe manager, historian
+  cluster/quality/wiring, history read, OPC UA attribute mapping,
+  subscription lifecycle, reconnect, multi-host proxy, ADS address routing,
+  expression evaluation) + `GalaxyRepositoryLiveSmokeTests` that hit real
+  ZB SQL.
+- **Proxy.Tests** — `GalaxyProxyDriver` client contract tests.
+- **Shared.Tests** — shared protocol + address model.
+- **TestSupport** — test helpers reused across the above.
+
+## How tests skip
+
+- **E2E parity**: `ParityFixture.SkipIfUnavailable()` runs at class init and
+  checks Windows-only, non-admin user, ZB SQL reachable on
+  `localhost:1433`, Host EXE built in the expected `bin/` folder. Any miss
+  → tests skip.
+- **Live-smoke** (`GalaxyRepositoryLiveSmokeTests`): `Assert.Skip` when ZB
+  unreachable. A `per project_galaxy_host_installed` memory on this repo's
+  dev box notes the MXAccess runtime is installed + pipe ACL denies Admins,
+  so live tests must run from a non-elevated shell.
+- **Unit** tests (Shared, Proxy contract, most Host.Tests) have no skip —
+  they run anywhere.
+
+## What it actually covers
+
+### E2E parity suite
+
+- `HierarchyParityTests` — Host address-space hierarchy vs v1 LmxProxy
+  reference (same ZB, same Galaxy, same shape)
+- `StabilityFindingsRegressionTests` — probe subscription failure
+  handling + host-status mutation guard from the v1 stability findings
+  backlog
+
+### Host.Tests (representative)
+
+- Alarm discovery → subsystem setup
+- AVEVA prerequisite checks (runtime installed, platform deployed, etc.)
+- IPC dispatcher — request/response routing over the named pipe
+- Alarm tracker state machine
+- Probe manager — per-runtime probe subscription + reconnect
+- Historian cluster / quality / wiring — Aveva Historian integration
+- OPC UA attribute mapping
+- Subscription lifecycle + reconnect
+- Multi-host proxy routing
+- ADS address routing + expression evaluation (Galaxy's legacy expression
+  language)
+
+### Live-smoke
+
+- `GalaxyRepositoryLiveSmokeTests` — real SQL against ZB database, verifies
+  the ZB schema + `LocalPlatform` scope filter + change-detection query
+  shape match production.
+
+### Capability surfaces hit
+
+All of them: `IDriver`, `IReadable`, `IWritable`, `ITagDiscovery`,
+`ISubscribable`, `IHostConnectivityProbe`, `IPerCallHostResolver`,
+`IAlarmSource`, `IHistoryProvider`. Galaxy is the only driver where every
+interface sees both contract + real-integration coverage.
+
+## What it does NOT cover
+
+### 1. MXAccess COM by default
+
+The E2E parity suite backs subscriptions via the DB-only path; MXAccess COM
+integration opts in via a separate live-smoke. So "does the MXAccess STA
+pump correctly handle real Wonderware runtime events" is exercised only
+when the operator runs live smoke on a machine with MXAccess installed.
+
+### 2. Real Rockwell / Siemens PLC enumeration
+
+Galaxy runtime talks to PLCs through MXAccess (Device Integration Objects).
+The CI parity suite uses a representative ~50-tag deployment; large sites
+(1000+ tag hierarchies, multi-Galaxy replication, deeply-nested templates)
+are not stressed.
+
+### 3. ZB SQL Always-On failover
+
+Live-smoke hits a single SQL instance. Real production ZB often runs on
+Always-On availability groups; replica failover behavior is not tested.
+
+### 4. Galaxy replication / backup-restore
+
+Galaxy supports backup + partial replication across platforms — these
+rewrite the ZB schema in ways that change the contained_name vs tag_name
+mapping. Not exercised.
+
+### 5. Historian failover
+
+Aveva Historian can be clustered. `historian cluster / quality` tests
+verify the cluster-config query; they don't exercise actual failover
+(primary dies → secondary takes over mid-HistoryRead).
+
+### 6. AVEVA runtime version matrix
+
+MXAccess COM contract varies subtly across System Platform 2017 / 2020 /
+2023. The live-smoke runs against whatever version is installed on the dev
+box; CI has no AVEVA installed at all (licensing + footprint).
+
+## When to trust the Galaxy suite, when to reach for a live plant
+
+| Question | E2E parity | Live-smoke | Real plant |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| "Does Host spawn + IPC round-trip work?" | yes | yes | yes |
+| "Does the ZB schema query match production shape?" | partial | yes | yes |
+| "Does MXAccess COM handle runtime reconnect correctly?" | no | yes | yes |
+| "Does the driver scale to 1000+ tags on one Galaxy?" | no | partial | yes (required) |
+| "Does historian failover mid-read return a clean error?" | no | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does System Platform 2023's MXAccess differ from 2020?" | no | partial | yes (required) |
+| "Does ZB Always-On replica failover preserve generation?" | no | no | yes (required) |
+
+## Follow-up candidates
+
+1. **System Platform 2023 live-smoke matrix** — set up a second dev box
+   running SP2023; run the same live-smoke against both to catch COM-contract
+   drift early.
+2. **Synthetic large-site fixture** — script a ZB populator that creates a
+   1000-Equipment / 20000-tag hierarchy, run the parity suite against it.
+   Catches O(N) → O(N²) discovery regressions.
+3. **Historian failover scripted test** — with a two-node AVEVA Historian
+   cluster, tear down primary mid-HistoryRead + verify the driver's failover
+   behavior + error surface.
+4. **ZB Always-On CI** — SQL Server 2022 on Linux supports Always-On;
+   could stand up a two-replica group for replica-failover coverage.
+
+This is already the best-tested driver; the remaining work is site-scale
++ production-topology coverage, not capability coverage.
+
+## Key fixture / config files
+
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.E2E/ParityFixture.cs` — E2E fixture
+  that spawns Host + connects Proxy
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/GalaxyRepositoryLiveSmokeTests.cs`
+  — live ZB smoke with `Assert.Skip` gate
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/` — shared helpers
+- `docs/drivers/Galaxy.md` — COM bridge + STA pump + IPC architecture
+- `docs/drivers/Galaxy-Repository.md` — ZB SQL reader + `LocalPlatform`
+  scope filter + change detection
+- `docs/v2/aveva-system-platform-io-research.md` — MXAccess + Wonderware
+  background

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+# Modbus test fixture
+
+Coverage map + gap inventory for the Modbus TCP driver's integration-test
+harness backed by `pymodbus` simulator profiles per PLC family.
+
+**TL;DR:** Modbus is the best-covered driver — a real `pymodbus` server on
+localhost with per-family seed-register profiles, plus a skip-gate when the
+simulator port isn't reachable. Covers DL205 / Mitsubishi MELSEC / Siemens
+S7-1500 family quirks end-to-end. Gaps are mostly error-path + alarm/history
+shaped (neither is a Modbus-side concept).
+
+## What the fixture is
+
+- **Simulator**: `pymodbus` (Python, BSD) launched as a pinned Docker
+  container at
+  `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/`.
+  Docker is the only supported launch path.
+- **Lifecycle**: `ModbusSimulatorFixture` (collection-scoped) TCP-probes
+  `localhost:5020` on first use. `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` env var overrides the
+  endpoint so the same suite can target a real PLC.
+- **Profiles**: `DL205Profile`, `MitsubishiProfile`, `S7_1500Profile` —
+  each composes device-specific register-format + quirk-seed JSON for pymodbus.
+  Profile JSONs live under `Docker/profiles/` and are baked into the image.
+- **Compose services**: one per profile (`standard` / `dl205` /
+  `mitsubishi` / `s7_1500`); only one binds `:5020` at a time.
+- **Tests skip** via `Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason)` when the probe fails; no
+  custom FactAttribute needed because `ModbusSimulatorCollection` carries the
+  skip reason.
+
+## What it actually covers
+
+### DL205 (Automation Direct)
+
+- `DL205SmokeTests` — FC16 write → FC03 read round-trip on holding register
+- `DL205CoilMappingTests` — Y-output / C-relay / X-input address mapping
+  (octal → Modbus offset)
+- `DL205ExceptionCodeTests` — Modbus exception 0x02 → OPC UA `BadOutOfRange` against the dl205 profile (natural out-of-range path)
+- `ExceptionInjectionTests` — every other exception code in the mapping table (0x01 / 0x03 / 0x04 / 0x05 / 0x06 / 0x0A / 0x0B) against the `exception_injection` profile on both read + write paths
+- `DL205FloatCdabQuirkTests` — CDAB word-swap float encoding
+- `DL205StringQuirkTests` — packed-string V-memory layout
+- `DL205VMemoryQuirkTests` — V-memory octal addressing
+- `DL205XInputTests` — X-register read-only enforcement
+
+### Mitsubishi MELSEC
+
+- `MitsubishiSmokeTests` — read + write round-trip
+- `MitsubishiQuirkTests` — word-order, device-code mapping (D/M/X/Y ranges)
+
+### Siemens S7-1500 (Modbus gateway flavor)
+
+- `S7_1500SmokeTests` — read + write round-trip
+- `S7_ByteOrderTests` — ABCD/DCBA/BADC/CDAB byte-order matrix
+
+### Capability surfaces hit
+
+- `IReadable` + `IWritable` — full round-trip
+- `ISubscribable` — via the shared `PollGroupEngine` (polled subscription)
+- `IHostConnectivityProbe` — TCP-reach transitions
+
+## What it does NOT cover
+
+### 1. No `ITagDiscovery`
+
+Modbus has no symbol table — the driver requires a static tag map from
+`DriverConfig`. There is no discovery path to test + none in the fixture.
+
+### 2. Error-path fuzzing
+
+`pymodbus` serves the seeded values happily; the fixture can't easily inject
+exception responses (code 0x01–0x0B) or malformed PDUs. The
+`AbCipStatusMapper`-equivalent for exception codes is unit-tested via
+`DL205ExceptionCodeTests` but the simulator itself never refuses a read.
+
+### 3. Variant-specific quirks beyond the three profiles
+
+- FX5U / QJ71MT91 Mitsubishi variants — profile scaffolds exist, no tests yet
+- Non-S7-1500 Siemens (S7-1200 / ET200SP) — byte-order covered but
+  connection-pool + fragmentation quirks untested
+- DL205-family cousins (DL06, DL260) — no dedicated profile
+
+### 4. Subscription stress
+
+`PollGroupEngine` is unit-tested standalone but the simulator doesn't exercise
+it under multi-register packing stress (FC03 with 125-register batches,
+boundary splits, etc.).
+
+### 5. Alarms / history
+
+Not a Modbus concept. Driver doesn't implement `IAlarmSource` or
+`IHistoryProvider`; no test coverage is the correct shape.
+
+## When to trust the Modbus fixture, when to reach for a rig
+
+| Question | Fixture | Unit tests | Real PLC |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| "Does FC03/FC06/FC16 work end-to-end?" | yes | - | yes |
+| "Does DL205 octal addressing map correctly?" | yes | yes | yes |
+| "Does float CDAB word-swap round-trip?" | yes | yes | yes |
+| "Does the driver handle exception responses?" | no | yes | yes (required) |
+| "Does packing 125 regs into one FC03 work?" | no | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does FX5U behave like Q-series?" | no | no | yes (required) |
+
+## Follow-up candidates
+
+1. Add `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` override documentation to
+   `docs/v2/test-data-sources.md` so operators can point the suite at a lab rig.
+2. ~~Extend `pymodbus` profiles to inject exception responses~~ — **shipped**
+   via the `exception_injection` compose profile + standalone
+   `exception_injector.py` server. Rules in
+   `Docker/profiles/exception_injection.json` map `(fc, address)` to an
+   exception code; `ExceptionInjectionTests` exercises every code in
+   `MapModbusExceptionToStatus` (0x01 / 0x02 / 0x03 / 0x04 / 0x05 / 0x06 /
+   0x0A / 0x0B) end-to-end on both read (FC03) and write (FC06) paths.
+3. Add an FX5U profile once a lab rig is available; the scaffolding is in place.
+
+## Key fixture / config files
+
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/ModbusSimulatorFixture.cs`
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205Profile.cs`
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Mitsubishi/MitsubishiProfile.cs`
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/S7/S7_1500Profile.cs`
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/` —
+  Dockerfile + compose + per-family JSON profiles

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+# OPC UA Client test fixture
+
+Coverage map + gap inventory for the OPC UA Client (gateway / aggregation)
+driver.
+
+**TL;DR:** Wire-level coverage now exists via
+[opc-plc](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/iot-edge-opc-plc) — Microsoft
+Industrial IoT's OPC UA PLC simulator running in Docker (task #215). Real
+Secure Channel, real Session, real MonitoredItem exchange against an
+independent server implementation. Unit tests still carry the exhaustive
+capability matrix (cert auth / security policies / reconnect / failover /
+attribute mapping). Gaps remaining: upstream-server-specific quirks
+(historian aggregates, typed ConditionType events, SDK-publish-queue edge
+behavior under load) — opc-plc uses the same OPCFoundation stack internally
+so fully-independent-stack coverage needs `open62541/open62541` as a second
+image (follow-up).
+
+## What the fixture is
+
+**Integration layer** (task #215):
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.IntegrationTests/` stands up
+`mcr.microsoft.com/iotedge/opc-plc:2.14.10` via `Docker/docker-compose.yml`
+on `opc.tcp://localhost:50000`. `OpcPlcFixture` probes the port at
+collection init + skips tests with a clear message when the container's
+not running (matches the Modbus/pymodbus + S7/python-snap7 skip pattern).
+Docker is the launcher — no PowerShell wrapper needed because opc-plc
+ships pre-containerized. Compose-file flags: `--ut` (unsecured transport
+advertised), `--aa` (auto-accept client certs — opc-plc's cert trust store
+resets on each spin-up), `--alm` (alarm simulation for IAlarmSource
+follow-up coverage), `--pn=50000` (port).
+
+**Unit layer**:
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/` is still the primary
+coverage. Tests inject fakes through the driver's construction path; the
+OPCFoundation.NetStandard `Session` surface is wrapped behind an interface
+the tests mock.
+
+## What it actually covers
+
+### Integration (opc-plc Docker, task #215)
+
+- `OpcUaClientSmokeTests.Client_connects_and_reads_StepUp_node_through_real_OPC_UA_stack` —
+  full Secure Channel + Session + `ns=3;s=StepUp` Read round-trip
+- `OpcUaClientSmokeTests.Client_reads_batch_of_varied_types_from_live_simulator` —
+  batch Read of UInt32 / Int32 / Boolean; asserts `bool`-specific Variant
+  decoding to catch a common attribute-mapping regression
+- `OpcUaClientSmokeTests.Client_subscribe_receives_StepUp_data_changes_from_live_server` —
+  real `MonitoredItem` subscription against `ns=3;s=FastUInt1` (ticks every
+  100 ms); asserts `OnDataChange` fires within 3 s of subscribe
+
+Wire-level surfaces verified: `IDriver` + `IReadable` + `ISubscribable` +
+`IHostConnectivityProbe` (via the Secure Channel exchange).
+
+### Unit
+
+The surface is broad because `OpcUaClientDriver` is the richest-capability
+driver in the fleet (it's a gateway for another OPC UA server, so it
+mirrors the full capability matrix):
+
+- `OpcUaClientDriverScaffoldTests` — `IDriver` lifecycle
+- `OpcUaClientReadWriteTests` — read + write lifecycle
+- `OpcUaClientSubscribeAndProbeTests` — monitored-item subscription + probe
+  state transitions
+- `OpcUaClientDiscoveryTests` — `GetEndpoints` + endpoint selection
+- `OpcUaClientAttributeMappingTests` — OPC UA node attribute → driver value
+  mapping
+- `OpcUaClientSecurityPolicyTests` — `SignAndEncrypt` / `Sign` / `None`
+  policy negotiation contract
+- `OpcUaClientCertAuthTests` — cert store paths, revocation-list config
+- `OpcUaClientReconnectTests` — SDK reconnect hook + `TransferSubscriptions`
+  across the disconnect boundary
+- `OpcUaClientFailoverTests` — primary → secondary session fallback per
+  driver config
+- `OpcUaClientAlarmTests` — A&E severity bucket (1–1000 → Low / Medium /
+  High / Critical), subscribe / unsubscribe / ack contract
+- `OpcUaClientHistoryTests` — historical data read + interpolation contract
+
+Capability surfaces whose contract is verified: `IDriver`, `ITagDiscovery`,
+`IReadable`, `IWritable`, `ISubscribable`, `IHostConnectivityProbe`,
+`IAlarmSource`, `IHistoryProvider`.
+
+## What it does NOT cover
+
+### 1. Real stack exchange
+
+No UA Secure Channel is ever opened. Every test mocks `Session.ReadAsync`,
+`Session.CreateSubscription`, `Session.AddItem`, etc. — the SDK itself is
+trusted. Certificate validation, signing, nonce handling, chunk assembly,
+keep-alive cadence — all SDK-internal and untested here.
+
+### 2. Subscription transfer across reconnect
+
+Contract test: "after a simulated reconnect, `TransferSubscriptions` is
+called with the right handles." Real behavior: SDK re-publishes against the
+new channel and some events can be lost depending on publish-queue state.
+The lossy window is not characterized.
+
+### 3. Large-scale subscription stress
+
+100+ monitored items with heterogeneous publish intervals under a single
+session — the shape that breaks publish-queue-size tuning in the wild — is
+not exercised.
+
+### 4. Real historian mappings
+
+`IHistoryProvider.ReadRawAsync` + `ReadProcessedAsync` +
+`ReadAtTimeAsync` + `ReadEventsAsync` are contract-mocked. Against a real
+historian (AVEVA Historian, Prosys historian, Kepware LocalHistorian) each
+has specific interpolation + bad-quality-handling quirks the contract test
+doesn't see.
+
+### 5. Real A&E events
+
+Alarm subscription is mocked via filtered monitored items; the actual
+`EventFilter` select-clause behavior against a server that exposes typed
+ConditionType events (non-base `BaseEventType`) is not verified.
+
+### 6. Authentication variants
+
+- Anonymous, UserName/Password, X509 cert tokens — each is contract-tested
+  but not exchanged against a server that actually enforces each.
+- LDAP-backed `UserName` (matching this repo's server-side
+  `LdapUserAuthenticator`) requires a live LDAP round-trip; not tested.
+
+## When to trust OpcUaClient tests, when to reach for a server
+
+| Question | Unit tests | Real upstream server |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| "Does severity 750 bucket as High?" | yes | yes |
+| "Does the driver call `TransferSubscriptions` after reconnect?" | yes | yes |
+| "Does a real OPC UA read/write round-trip work?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does event-filter-based alarm subscription return ConditionType events?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does history read from AVEVA Historian return correct aggregates?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does the SDK's publish queue lose notifications under load?" | no | yes (stress) |
+
+## Follow-up candidates
+
+The easiest win here is to **wire the client driver tests against this
+repo's own server**. The integration test project
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Tests/OpcUaServerIntegrationTests.cs`
+already stands up a real OPC UA server on a non-default port with a seeded
+FakeDriver. An `OpcUaClientLiveLoopbackTests` that connects the client
+driver to that server would give:
+
+- Real Secure Channel negotiation
+- Real Session / Subscription / MonitoredItem exchange
+- Real read/write round-trip
+- Real certificate validation (the integration test already sets up PKI)
+
+It wouldn't cover upstream-server-specific quirks (AVEVA Historian, Kepware,
+Prosys), but it would cover 80% of the SDK surface the driver sits on top
+of.
+
+Beyond that:
+
+1. **Prosys OPC UA Simulation Server** — free, Windows-available, scriptable.
+2. **UaExpert Server-Side Simulator** — Unified Automation's sample server;
+   good coverage of typed ConditionType events.
+3. **Dedicated historian integration lab** — only path for
+   historian-specific coverage.
+
+## Key fixture / config files
+
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/` — unit tests with
+  mocked `Session`
+- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs` — ctor +
+  session-factory seam tests mock through
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Tests/OpcUaServerIntegrationTests.cs` —
+  the server-side integration harness a future loopback client test could
+  piggyback on

docs/drivers/README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ Driver type metadata is registered at startup in `DriverTypeRegistry` (`src/ZB.M
 
 - **All other drivers** share a single per-driver specification in [docs/v2/driver-specs.md](../v2/driver-specs.md) — addressing, data-type maps, connection settings, and quirks live there. That file is the authoritative per-driver reference; this index points at it rather than duplicating.
 
+## Test-fixture coverage maps
+
+Each driver has a dedicated fixture doc that lays out what the integration / unit harness actually covers vs. what's trusted from field deployments. Read the relevant one before claiming "green suite = production-ready" for a driver.
+
+- [AB CIP](AbServer-Test-Fixture.md) — Dockerized `ab_server` (multi-stage build from libplctag source); atomic-read smoke across 4 families; UDT / ALMD / family quirks unit-only
+- [Modbus](Modbus-Test-Fixture.md) — Dockerized `pymodbus` + per-family JSON profiles (4 compose profiles); best-covered driver, gaps are error-path-shaped
+- [Siemens S7](S7-Test-Fixture.md) — Dockerized `python-snap7` server; DB/MB read + write round-trip verified end-to-end on `:1102`
+- [AB Legacy](AbLegacy-Test-Fixture.md) — Docker scaffold via `ab_server` PCCC mode (task #224); wire-level round-trip currently blocked by ab_server's PCCC coverage gap, docs call out RSEmulate 500 + lab-rig resolution paths
+- [TwinCAT](TwinCAT-Test-Fixture.md) — XAR-VM integration scaffolding (task #221); three smoke tests skip when VM unreachable. Unit via `FakeTwinCATClient` with native-notification harness
+- [FOCAS](FOCAS-Test-Fixture.md) — no integration fixture, unit-only via `FakeFocasClient`; Tier C out-of-process isolation scoped but not shipped
+- [OPC UA Client](OpcUaClient-Test-Fixture.md) — no integration fixture, unit-only via mocked `Session`; loopback against this repo's own server is the obvious next step
+- [Galaxy](Galaxy-Test-Fixture.md) — richest harness: E2E Host subprocess + ZB SQL live-smoke + MXAccess opt-in
+
 ## Related cross-driver docs
 
 - [HistoricalDataAccess.md](../HistoricalDataAccess.md) — `IHistoryProvider` dispatch, aggregate mapping, continuation points. The Galaxy driver's Aveva Historian implementation is the first; OPC UA Client forwards to the upstream server; other drivers do not implement the interface and return `BadHistoryOperationUnsupported`.

docs/drivers/S7-Test-Fixture.md

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# Siemens S7 test fixture
+
+Coverage map + gap inventory for the S7 driver.
+
+**TL;DR:** S7 now has a wire-level integration fixture backed by
+[python-snap7](https://github.com/gijzelaerr/python-snap7)'s `Server` class
+(task #216). Atomic reads (u16 / i16 / i32 / f32 / bool-with-bit) + DB
+write-then-read round-trip are exercised end-to-end through S7netplus +
+real ISO-on-TCP on `localhost:1102`. Unit tests still carry everything
+else (address parsing, error-branch handling, probe-loop contract). Gaps
+remaining are variant-quirk-shaped: Optimized-DB symbolic access, PG/OP
+session types, PUT/GET-disabled enforcement — all need real hardware.
+
+## What the fixture is
+
+**Integration layer** (task #216):
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.IntegrationTests/` stands up a
+python-snap7 `Server` via `Docker/docker-compose.yml --profile s7_1500`
+on `localhost:1102` (pinned `python:3.12-slim-bookworm` base +
+`python-snap7>=2.0`). Docker is the only supported launch path.
+`Snap7ServerFixture` probes the port at collection init + skips with a
+clear message when unreachable (matches the pymodbus pattern).
+`server.py` (baked into the image under `Docker/`) reads a JSON profile
++ seeds DB/MB bytes at declared offsets; seeds are typed (`u16` / `i16`
+/ `i32` / `f32` / `bool` / `ascii` for S7 STRING).
+
+**Unit layer**: `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests/` covers
+everything the wire-level suite doesn't — address parsing, error
+branches, probe-loop contract. All tests tagged
+`[Trait("Category", "Unit")]`.
+
+The driver ctor change that made this possible:
+`Plc(CpuType, host, port, rack, slot)` — S7netplus 0.20's 5-arg overload
+— wires `S7DriverOptions.Port` through so the simulator can bind 1102
+(non-privileged) instead of 102 (root / Firewall-prompt territory).
+
+## What it actually covers
+
+### Integration (python-snap7, task #216)
+
+- `S7_1500SmokeTests.Driver_reads_seeded_u16_through_real_S7comm` — DB1.DBW0
+  read via real S7netplus over TCP + simulator; proves handshake + read path
+- `S7_1500SmokeTests.Driver_reads_seeded_typed_batch` — i16, i32, f32,
+  bool-with-bit in one batch call; proves typed decode per S7DataType
+- `S7_1500SmokeTests.Driver_write_then_read_round_trip_on_scratch_word` —
+  `DB1.DBW100` write → read-back; proves write path + buffer visibility
+
+### Unit
+
+- `S7AddressParserTests` — S7 address syntax (`DB1.DBD0`, `M10.3`, `IW4`, etc.)
+- `S7DriverScaffoldTests` — `IDriver` lifecycle (init / reinit / shutdown / health)
+- `S7DriverReadWriteTests` — error paths (uninitialized read/write, bad
+  addresses, transport exceptions)
+- `S7DiscoveryAndSubscribeTests` — `ITagDiscovery.DiscoverAsync` + polled
+  `ISubscribable` contract with the shared `PollGroupEngine`
+
+Capability surfaces whose contract is verified: `IDriver`, `ITagDiscovery`,
+`IReadable`, `IWritable`, `ISubscribable`, `IHostConnectivityProbe`.
+Wire-level surfaces verified: `IReadable`, `IWritable`.
+
+## What it does NOT cover
+
+### 1. Wire-level anything
+
+No ISO-on-TCP frame is ever sent during the test suite. S7netplus is the only
+wire-path abstraction and it has no in-process fake mode; the shipping choice
+was to contract-test via `IS7Client` rather than patch into S7netplus
+internals.
+
+### 2. Read/write happy path
+
+Every `S7DriverReadWriteTests` case exercises error branches. A successful
+read returning real PLC data is not tested end-to-end — the return value is
+whatever the fake says it is.
+
+### 3. Mailbox serialization under concurrent reads
+
+The driver's `SemaphoreSlim` serializes S7netplus calls because the S7 CPU's
+comm mailbox is scanned at most once per cycle. Contention behavior under
+real PLC latency is not exercised.
+
+### 4. Variant quirks
+
+S7-1200 vs S7-1500 vs S7-300/400 connection semantics (PG vs OP vs S7-Basic)
+not differentiated at test time.
+
+### 5. Data types beyond the scalars
+
+UDT fan-out, `STRING` with length-prefix quirks, `DTL` / `DATE_AND_TIME`,
+arrays of structs — not covered.
+
+## When to trust the S7 tests, when to reach for a rig
+
+| Question | Unit tests | Real PLC |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| "Does the address parser accept X syntax?" | yes | - |
+| "Does the driver lifecycle hang / crash?" | yes | yes |
+| "Does a real read against an S7-1500 return correct bytes?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does mailbox serialization actually prevent PG timeouts?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does a UDT fan-out produce usable member variables?" | no | yes (required) |
+
+## Follow-up candidates
+
+1. **Snap7 server** — [Snap7](https://snap7.sourceforge.net/) ships a
+   C-library-based S7 server that could run in-CI on Linux. A pinned build +
+   a fixture shape similar to `ab_server` would give S7 parity with Modbus /
+   AB CIP coverage.
+2. **Plcsim Advanced** — Siemens' paid emulator. Licensed per-seat; fits a
+   lab rig but not CI.
+3. **Real S7 lab rig** — cheapest physical PLC (CPU 1212C) on a dedicated
+   network port, wired via self-hosted runner.
+
+Without any of these, S7 driver correctness against real hardware is trusted
+from field deployments, not from the test suite.
+
+## Key fixture / config files
+
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests/` — unit tests only, no harness
+- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7Driver.cs` — ctor takes
+  `IS7ClientFactory` which tests fake; docstring lines 8-20 note the deferred
+  integration fixture

docs/drivers/TwinCAT-Test-Fixture.md

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+# TwinCAT test fixture
+
+Coverage map + gap inventory for the Beckhoff TwinCAT ADS driver.
+
+**TL;DR:** Integration-test scaffolding lives at
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.IntegrationTests/` (task #221).
+`TwinCATXarFixture` probes TCP 48898 on an operator-supplied VM; three
+smoke tests (read / write / native notification) run end-to-end through
+the real ADS stack when the VM is reachable, skip cleanly otherwise.
+**Remaining operational work**: stand up a TwinCAT 3 XAR runtime in a
+Hyper-V VM, author the `.tsproj` project documented at
+`TwinCatProject/README.md`, rotate the 7-day trial license (or buy a
+paid runtime). Unit tests via `FakeTwinCATClient` still carry the
+exhaustive contract coverage.
+
+TwinCAT is the only driver outside Galaxy that uses **native
+notifications** (no polling) for `ISubscribable`, and the fake exposes a
+fire-event harness so notification routing is contract-tested rigorously
+at the unit layer.
+
+## What the fixture is
+
+**Integration layer** (task #221, scaffolded):
+`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.IntegrationTests/` —
+`TwinCATXarFixture` TCP-probes ADS port 48898 on the host specified by
+`TWINCAT_TARGET_HOST` + requires `TWINCAT_TARGET_NETID` (AmsNetId of the
+VM). No fixture-owned lifecycle — XAR can't run in Docker because it
+bypasses the Windows kernel scheduler, so the VM stays
+operator-managed. `TwinCatProject/README.md` documents the required
+`.tsproj` project state; the file itself lands once the XAR VM is up +
+the project is authored. Three smoke tests:
+`Driver_reads_seeded_DINT_through_real_ADS`,
+`Driver_write_then_read_round_trip_on_scratch_REAL`, and
+`Driver_subscribe_receives_native_ADS_notifications_on_counter_changes`
+— all skip cleanly via `[TwinCATFact]` when the runtime isn't
+reachable.
+
+**Unit layer**: `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.Tests/` is
+still the primary coverage. `FakeTwinCATClient` also fakes the
+`AddDeviceNotification` flow so tests can trigger callbacks without a
+running runtime.
+
+## What it actually covers
+
+### Integration (XAR VM, task #221 — code scaffolded, needs VM + project)
+
+- `TwinCAT3SmokeTests.Driver_reads_seeded_DINT_through_real_ADS` — real AMS
+  handshake + ADS read of `GVL_Fixture.nCounter` (seeded at 1234, MAIN
+  increments each cycle)
+- `TwinCAT3SmokeTests.Driver_write_then_read_round_trip_on_scratch_REAL` —
+  real ADS write + read on `GVL_Fixture.rSetpoint`
+- `TwinCAT3SmokeTests.Driver_subscribe_receives_native_ADS_notifications_on_counter_changes`
+  — real `AddDeviceNotification` against the cycle-incrementing counter;
+  observes `OnDataChange` firing within 3 s of subscribe
+
+All three gated on `TWINCAT_TARGET_HOST` + `TWINCAT_TARGET_NETID` env
+vars; skip cleanly via `[TwinCATFact]` when the VM isn't reachable or
+vars are unset.
+
+### Unit
+
+- `TwinCATAmsAddressTests` — `ads://<netId>:<port>` parsing + routing
+- `TwinCATCapabilityTests` — data-type mapping (primitives + declared UDTs),
+  read-only classification
+- `TwinCATReadWriteTests` — read + write through the fake, status mapping
+- `TwinCATSymbolPathTests` — symbol-path routing for nested struct members
+- `TwinCATSymbolBrowserTests` — `ITagDiscovery.DiscoverAsync` via
+  `ReadSymbolsAsync` (#188) + system-symbol filtering
+- `TwinCATNativeNotificationTests` — `AddDeviceNotification` (#189)
+  registration, callback-delivery-to-`OnDataChange` wiring, unregister on
+  unsubscribe
+- `TwinCATDriverTests` — `IDriver` lifecycle
+
+Capability surfaces whose contract is verified: `IDriver`, `IReadable`,
+`IWritable`, `ITagDiscovery`, `ISubscribable`, `IHostConnectivityProbe`,
+`IPerCallHostResolver`.
+
+## What it does NOT cover
+
+### 1. AMS / ADS wire traffic
+
+No real AMS router frame is exchanged. Beckhoff's `TwinCAT.Ads` NuGet (their
+own .NET SDK, not libplctag-style OSS) has no in-process fake; tests stub
+the `ITwinCATClient` abstraction above it.
+
+### 2. Multi-route AMS
+
+ADS supports chained routes (`<localNetId> → <routerNetId> → <targetNetId>`)
+for PLCs behind an EC master / IPC gateway. Parse coverage exists; wire-path
+coverage doesn't.
+
+### 3. Notification reliability under jitter
+
+`AddDeviceNotification` delivers at the runtime's cycle boundary; under high
+CPU load or network jitter real notifications can coalesce. The fake fires
+one callback per test invocation — real callback-coalescing behavior is
+untested.
+
+### 4. TC2 vs TC3 variant handling
+
+TwinCAT 2 (ADS v1) and TwinCAT 3 (ADS v2) have subtly different
+`GetSymbolInfoByName` semantics + symbol-table layouts. Driver targets TC3;
+TC2 compatibility is not exercised.
+
+### 5. Cycle-time alignment for `ISubscribable`
+
+Native ADS notifications fire on the PLC cycle boundary. The fake test
+harness assumes notifications fire on a timer the test controls;
+cycle-aligned firing under real PLC control is not verified.
+
+### 6. Alarms / history
+
+Driver doesn't implement `IAlarmSource` or `IHistoryProvider` — not in
+scope for this driver family. TwinCAT 3's TcEventLogger could theoretically
+back an `IAlarmSource`, but shipping that is a separate feature.
+
+## When to trust TwinCAT tests, when to reach for a rig
+
+| Question | Unit tests | Real TwinCAT runtime |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| "Does the AMS address parser accept X?" | yes | - |
+| "Does notification → `OnDataChange` wire correctly?" | yes (contract) | yes |
+| "Does symbol browsing filter TwinCAT internals?" | yes | yes |
+| "Does a real ADS read return correct bytes?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Do notifications coalesce under load?" | no | yes (required) |
+| "Does a TC2 PLC work the same as TC3?" | no | yes (required) |
+
+## Follow-up candidates
+
+1. **XAR VM live-population** — scaffolding is in place (this PR); the
+   remaining work is operational: stand up the Hyper-V VM, install XAR,
+   author the `.tsproj` per `TwinCatProject/README.md`, configure the
+   bilateral ADS route, set `TWINCAT_TARGET_HOST` + `TWINCAT_TARGET_NETID`
+   on the dev box. Then the three smoke tests transition skip → pass.
+   Tracked as #221.
+2. **License-rotation automation** — XAR's 7-day trial expires on
+   schedule. Either automate `TcActivate.exe /reactivate` via a
+   scheduled task on the VM (not officially supported; reportedly works
+   for some TC3 builds), or buy a paid runtime license (~$1k one-time
+   per runtime per CPU) to kill the rotation. The doc at
+   `TwinCatProject/README.md` §License rotation walks through both.
+3. **Lab rig** — cheapest IPC (CX7000 / CX9020) on a dedicated network;
+   the only route that covers TC2 + real EtherCAT I/O timing + cycle
+   jitter under CPU load.
+
+## Key fixture / config files
+
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.IntegrationTests/TwinCATXarFixture.cs`
+  — TCP probe + skip-attributes + env-var parsing
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.IntegrationTests/TwinCAT3SmokeTests.cs`
+  — three wire-level smoke tests
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.IntegrationTests/TwinCatProject/README.md`
+  — project spec + VM setup + license-rotation notes
+- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT.Tests/FakeTwinCATClient.cs` —
+  in-process fake with the notification-fire harness used by
+  `TwinCATNativeNotificationTests`
+- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.TwinCAT/TwinCATDriver.cs` — ctor takes
+  `ITwinCATClientFactory`

docs/v2/dev-environment.md

@@ -143,15 +143,49 @@ Dev credentials in this inventory are convenience defaults, not secrets. Change
 
 | Resource | Purpose | Type | Default port | Default credentials | Owner |
 |----------|---------|------|--------------|---------------------|-------|
-| **Docker Desktop for Windows** | Host for containerized simulators | Install | (Hyper-V required; not compatible with TwinCAT runtime — see TwinCAT row below for the workaround) | n/a | Integration host admin |
-| **`oitc/modbus-server`** | Modbus TCP simulator (per `test-data-sources.md` §1) | Docker container | 502 (Modbus TCP) | n/a (no auth in protocol) | Integration host admin |
-| **`ab_server`** (libplctag binary) | AB CIP + AB Legacy simulator (per `test-data-sources.md` §2 + §3) | Native binary built from libplctag source; runs in a separate VM or host since it conflicts with Docker Desktop's Hyper-V if run on bare metal | 44818 (CIP) | n/a | Integration host admin |
-| **Snap7 Server** | S7 simulator (per `test-data-sources.md` §4) | Native binary; runs in a separate VM or in WSL2 to avoid Hyper-V conflict | 102 (ISO-TCP) | n/a | Integration host admin |
+| **Docker Desktop for Windows** | Host for every driver test-fixture simulator (Modbus / AB CIP / S7 / OpcUaClient) + SQL Server | Install | (Hyper-V required; not compatible with TwinCAT runtime — see TwinCAT row below for the workaround) | n/a | Integration host admin |
+| **Modbus fixture — `otopcua-pymodbus:3.13.0`** | Modbus driver integration tests | Docker image (local build, see `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/`); 4 compose profiles: `standard` / `dl205` / `mitsubishi` / `s7_1500` | 5020 (non-privileged) | n/a (no auth in protocol) | Developer (per machine) |
+| **AB CIP fixture — `otopcua-ab-server:libplctag-release`** | AB CIP driver integration tests | Docker image (multi-stage build of libplctag's `ab_server` from source, pinned to the `release` tag; see `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Docker/`); 4 compose profiles: `controllogix` / `compactlogix` / `micro800` / `guardlogix` | 44818 (CIP / EtherNet/IP) | n/a | Developer (per machine) |
+| **S7 fixture — `otopcua-python-snap7:1.0`** | S7 driver integration tests | Docker image (local build, `python-snap7>=2.0`; see `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.IntegrationTests/Docker/`); 1 compose profile: `s7_1500` | 1102 (non-privileged; driver honours `S7DriverOptions.Port`) | n/a | Developer (per machine) |
+| **OPC UA Client fixture — `mcr.microsoft.com/iotedge/opc-plc:2.14.10`** | OpcUaClient driver integration tests | Docker image (Microsoft-maintained, pinned; see `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.IntegrationTests/Docker/`) | 50000 (OPC UA) | Anonymous (`--daa` off); auto-accept certs (`--aa`) | Developer (per machine) |
 | **TwinCAT XAR runtime VM** | TwinCAT ADS testing (per `test-data-sources.md` §5; Beckhoff XAR cannot coexist with Hyper-V on the same OS) | Hyper-V VM with Windows + TwinCAT XAR installed under 7-day renewable trial | 48898 (ADS over TCP) | TwinCAT default route credentials configured per Beckhoff docs | Integration host admin |
-| **OPC Foundation reference server** | OPC UA Client driver test source (per `test-data-sources.md` §"OPC UA Client") | Built from `OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard` `ConsoleReferenceServer` project | 62541 (default for the reference server) | Anonymous + Username (`user1` / `password1`) per the reference server's built-in user list | Integration host admin |
+| **Rockwell Studio 5000 Logix Emulate** | AB CIP golden-box tier — closes UDT / ALMD / AOI / GuardLogix-safety / CompactLogix-ConnectionSize gaps the ab_server simulator can't cover. Loads the L5X project documented at `tests/.../AbCip.IntegrationTests/LogixProject/README.md`. Tests gated on `AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate` + `AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT=<ip>:44818`; see `docs/drivers/AbServer-Test-Fixture.md` §Logix Emulate golden-box tier | Windows-only install; **Hyper-V conflict** — can't coexist with Docker Desktop's WSL 2 backend on the same OS, same story as TwinCAT XAR. Runs on a dedicated Windows PC reachable on the LAN | 44818 (CIP / EtherNet/IP) | None required at the CIP layer; Studio 5000 project credentials per Rockwell install | Integration host admin (license + install); Developer (per session — open Emulate, load L5X, click Run) |
 | **FOCAS TCP stub** (`Driver.Focas.TestStub`) | FOCAS functional testing (per `test-data-sources.md` §6) | Local .NET 10 console app from this repo | 8193 (FOCAS) | n/a | Developer / integration host (run on demand) |
 | **FOCAS FaultShim** (`Driver.Focas.FaultShim`) | FOCAS native-fault injection (per `test-data-sources.md` §6) | Test-only native DLL named `Fwlib64.dll`, loaded via DLL search path in the test fixture | n/a (in-process) | n/a | Developer / integration host (test-only) |
 
+### Docker fixtures — quick reference
+
+Every driver's integration-test simulator ships as a Docker image (or pulls
+one from MCR). Start the one you need, run `dotnet test`, stop it.
+Container lifecycle is always manual — fixtures TCP-probe at collection
+init + skip cleanly when nothing's running.
+
+| Driver | Fixture image | Compose file | Bring up |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Modbus | local-build `otopcua-pymodbus:3.13.0` | `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/docker-compose.yml` | `docker compose -f <compose> --profile <standard\|dl205\|mitsubishi\|s7_1500> up -d` |
+| AB CIP | local-build `otopcua-ab-server:libplctag-release` | `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Docker/docker-compose.yml` | `docker compose -f <compose> --profile <controllogix\|compactlogix\|micro800\|guardlogix> up -d` |
+| S7 | local-build `otopcua-python-snap7:1.0` | `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.IntegrationTests/Docker/docker-compose.yml` | `docker compose -f <compose> --profile s7_1500 up -d` |
+| OpcUaClient | `mcr.microsoft.com/iotedge/opc-plc:2.14.10` (pinned) | `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.IntegrationTests/Docker/docker-compose.yml` | `docker compose -f <compose> up -d` |
+
+First build of a local-build image takes 1–5 minutes; subsequent runs use
+layer cache. `ab_server` is the slowest (multi-stage build clones
+libplctag + compiles C). Stop with `docker compose -f <compose> --profile <…> down`.
+
+**Endpoint overrides** — every fixture respects an env var to point at a
+real PLC instead of the simulator:
+
+- `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` (default `localhost:5020`)
+- `AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT` (no default; overrides the local container endpoint)
+- `S7_SIM_ENDPOINT` (default `localhost:1102`)
+- `OPCUA_SIM_ENDPOINT` (default `opc.tcp://localhost:50000`)
+
+No native launchers — Docker is the only supported path for these
+fixtures. A fresh clone needs Docker Desktop and nothing else; fixture
+TCP probes skip tests cleanly when the container isn't running.
+
+See each driver's `docs/drivers/*-Test-Fixture.md` for the full coverage
+map + gap inventory.
+
 ### D. Cloud / external services
 
 | Resource | Purpose | Type | Access | Owner |

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+# FOCAS version / capability matrix
+
+Authoritative source for the per-CNC-series ranges that
+[`FocasCapabilityMatrix`](../../src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasCapabilityMatrix.cs)
+enforces at driver init time. Every row cites the Fanuc FOCAS Developer
+Kit function whose documented input range determines the ceiling.
+
+**Why this exists** — we have no FOCAS hardware on the bench and no
+working simulator. Fwlib32 returns `EW_NUMBER` / `EW_PARAM` when you
+hand it an address outside the controller's supported range; the
+driver would map that to a per-read `BadOutOfRange` at steady state.
+Catching at `InitializeAsync` with this matrix surfaces operator
+typos + mismatched series declarations as config errors before any
+session is opened, which is the only feedback loop available without
+a live CNC to read against.
+
+**Who declares the series** — `FocasDeviceOptions.Series` in
+`appsettings.json`. Defaults to `Unknown`, which is permissive — every
+address passes validation. Pre-matrix configs don't break on upgrade.
+
+---
+
+## Series covered
+
+| Enum value | Controller family | Typical era |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `Unknown` | (legacy / not declared) | permissive fallback |
+| `Sixteen_i` | 16i / 18i / 21i | 1997-2008 |
+| `Zero_i_D` | 0i-D | 2008-2013 |
+| `Zero_i_F` | 0i-F | 2013-present, general-purpose |
+| `Zero_i_MF` | 0i-MF | 0i-F lathe variant |
+| `Zero_i_TF` | 0i-TF | 0i-F turning variant |
+| `Thirty_i` | 30i-A / 30i-B | 2007-present, high-end |
+| `ThirtyOne_i` | 31i-A / 31i-B | 30i simpler variant |
+| `ThirtyTwo_i` | 32i-A / 32i-B | 30i compact |
+| `PowerMotion_i` | Power Motion i-A / i-MODEL A | motion-only controller |
+
+## Macro variable range (`cnc_rdmacro` / `cnc_wrmacro`)
+
+Common macros `1-33` + `100-199` + `500-999` are universal across all
+series. Extended macros (`#10000+`) exist only on higher-end series.
+The numbers below reflect the extended ceiling per series per the
+DevKit range tables.
+
+| Series | Min | Max | Notes |
+| --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
+| `Sixteen_i` | 0 | 999 | legacy ceiling — no extended |
+| `Zero_i_D` | 0 | 999 | 0i-D still at legacy ceiling |
+| `Zero_i_F` / `Zero_i_MF` / `Zero_i_TF` | 0 | 9999 | extended added on 0i-F |
+| `Thirty_i` / `ThirtyOne_i` / `ThirtyTwo_i` | 0 | 99999 | full extended set |
+| `PowerMotion_i` | 0 | 999 | atypical — limited macro coverage |
+
+## Parameter range (`cnc_rdparam` / `cnc_wrparam`)
+
+| Series | Min | Max |
+| --- | ---: | ---: |
+| `Sixteen_i` | 0 | 9999 |
+| `Zero_i_D` / `Zero_i_F` / `Zero_i_MF` / `Zero_i_TF` | 0 | 14999 |
+| `Thirty_i` / `ThirtyOne_i` / `ThirtyTwo_i` | 0 | 29999 |
+| `PowerMotion_i` | 0 | 29999 |
+
+## PMC letters (`pmc_rdpmcrng` / `pmc_wrpmcrng`)
+
+Addresses are letter + number (e.g. `R100`, `F50.3`). Legacy
+controllers omit the `F`/`G` signal groups that 30i-family ladder
+programs use, and only the 30i-family exposes `K` (keep-relay) +
+`T` (timer).
+
+| Letter | 16i | 0i-D | 0i-F family | 30i family | Power Motion-i |
+| --- | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: |
+| `X` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
+| `Y` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
+| `R` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
+| `D` | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
+| `E` | — | yes | yes | yes | — |
+| `A` | — | yes | yes | yes | — |
+| `F` | — | — | yes | yes | — |
+| `G` | — | — | yes | yes | — |
+| `M` | — | — | yes | yes | — |
+| `C` | — | — | yes | yes | — |
+| `K` | — | — | — | yes | — |
+| `T` | — | — | — | yes | — |
+
+Letter match is case-insensitive. `FocasAddress.PmcLetter` is carried
+as a string (not char) so the matrix can do ordinal-ignore-case
+comparison.
+
+## PMC address-number ceiling
+
+PMC addresses are byte-addressed on read + bit-addressed on write;
+`FocasAddress` carries the bit index separately, so these are byte
+ceilings.
+
+| Series | Max byte | Notes |
+| --- | ---: | --- |
+| `Sixteen_i` | 999 | legacy |
+| `Zero_i_D` | 1999 | doubled since 16i |
+| `Zero_i_F` family | 9999 | |
+| `Thirty_i` family | 59999 | highest density |
+| `PowerMotion_i` | 1999 | |
+
+## Error surface
+
+When a tag fails validation, `FocasDriver.InitializeAsync` throws
+`InvalidOperationException` with a message of the form:
+
+```
+FOCAS tag '<name>' (<address>) rejected by capability matrix: <reason>
+```
+
+`<reason>` is the verbatim string from `FocasCapabilityMatrix.Validate`
+and always names the series + the documented limit so the operator
+can either raise the limit (if wrong) or correct the CNC series they
+declared (if mismatched). Sample:
+
+```
+FOCAS tag 'X_axis_macro_ext' (MACRO:50000) rejected by capability
+matrix: Macro variable #50000 is outside the documented range
+[0, 9999] for Zero_i_F.
+```
+
+## How this matrix stays honest
+
+- Every row is covered by a parameterized test in
+  [`FocasCapabilityMatrixTests.cs`](../../tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Tests/FocasCapabilityMatrixTests.cs)
+  — 46 cases across macro / parameter / PMC-letter / PMC-number
+  boundaries + unknown-series permissiveness + rejection-message
+  content + case-insensitivity.
+- Widening or narrowing a range in the matrix without updating this
+  doc will fail a test, because the theories cite the specific row
+  they reflect in their `InlineData`.
+- The matrix is not comprehensive — it encodes only the subset of
+  FOCAS surface the driver currently exposes (Macro / Parameter /
+  PMC). When the driver gains a new capability (e.g. tool management,
+  alarm history), add its series-specific range tables here + matching
+  tests at the same time.
+
+## Follow-up
+
+This validation closes the cheap half of the FOCAS hardware-free
+stability gap — config errors now fail at load instead of per-read.
+The expensive half is Tier-C process isolation so that a crashing
+`Fwlib32.dll` doesn't take the main OPC UA server down with it. See
+[`docs/v2/implementation/focas-isolation-plan.md`](implementation/focas-isolation-plan.md)
+for that plan (task #220).

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+# ADR-002 — Driver-vs-virtual dispatch: how `DriverNodeManager` routes reads, writes, and subscriptions across driver tags and virtual (scripted) tags
+
+**Status:** Accepted 2026-04-20 — Option B (single NodeManager + NodeSource tag on the resolver output); Options A and C explicitly rejected.
+
+**Related phase:** [Phase 7 — Scripting Runtime + Scripted Alarms](phase-7-scripting-and-alarming.md) Stream G.
+
+**Related tasks:** #237 Phase 7 Stream G — Address-space integration.
+
+**Related ADRs:** [ADR-001 — Equipment node walker](adr-001-equipment-node-walker.md) (this ADR extends the walker + resolver it established).
+
+## Context
+
+Phase 7 introduces **virtual tags** — OPC UA variables whose values are computed by user-authored C# scripts against other tags (driver or virtual). Per design decision #2 in the Phase 7 plan, virtual tags **live in the Equipment tree alongside driver tags** (not a separate `/Virtual/...` namespace). An operator browsing `Enterprise/Site/Area/Line/Equipment/` sees a flat list of children that includes both driver-sourced variables (e.g. `SpeedSetpoint` coming from a Modbus tag) and virtual variables (e.g. `LineRate` computed from `SpeedSetpoint × 0.95`).
+
+From the operator's perspective there is no difference. From the server's perspective there is a big one: a read / write / subscribe on a driver node must dispatch to a driver's `IReadable` / `IWritable` / `ISubscribable` implementation; the same operation on a virtual node must dispatch to the `VirtualTagEngine`. The existing `DriverNodeManager` (shipped in Phase 1, extended by ADR-001) only knows about the driver case today.
+
+The question is how the dispatch should branch. Three options considered.
+
+## Options
+
+### Option A — A separate `VirtualTagNodeManager` sibling to `DriverNodeManager`
+
+Register a second `INodeManager` with the OPC UA stack dedicated to virtual-tag nodes. Each tag landed under an Equipment folder would be owned by whichever NodeManager materialized it; mixed folders would have children belonging to two different managers.
+
+**Pros:**
+- Clean separation — virtual-tag code never touches driver code paths.
+- Independent lifecycle: restart the virtual-tag engine without touching drivers.
+
+**Cons:**
+- ADR-001's `EquipmentNodeWalker` was designed as a single walker producing a single tree under one NodeManager. Forking into two walkers (one per source) risks the UNS / Equipment folders existing twice (once per manager) with different child sets, and the OPC UA stack treating them as distinct nodes.
+- Mixed equipment folders: when a Line has 3 driver tags + 2 virtual tags, a client browsing the Line folder expects to see 5 children. Two NodeManagers each claiming ownership of the same folder adds the browse-merge problem the stack doesn't do cleanly.
+- ACL binding (Phase 6.2 trie): one scope per Equipment folder, resolved by `NodeScopeResolver`. Two NodeManagers means two resolution paths or shared resolution logic — cross-manager coupling that defeats the separation.
+- Audit pathways (Phase 6.2 `IAuditLogger`) and resilience wrappers (Phase 6.1 `CapabilityInvoker`) are wired into the existing `DriverNodeManager`. Duplicating them into a second manager doubles the surface that the Roslyn analyzer from Phase 6.1 Stream A follow-up must keep honest.
+
+**Rejected** because the sharing of folders (Equipment nodes owning both kinds of children) is the common case, not the exception. Two NodeManagers would fight for ownership on every Equipment node.
+
+### Option B — Single `DriverNodeManager`, `NodeScopeResolver` returns a `NodeSource` tag, dispatch branches on source
+
+`NodeScopeResolver` (established in ADR-001) already joins nodes against the config DB to produce a `ScopeId` for ACL enforcement. Extend it to **also return a `NodeSource` enum** (`Driver` or `Virtual`). `DriverNodeManager` dispatch methods check the source and route:
+
+```csharp
+internal sealed class DriverNodeManager : CustomNodeManager2
+{
+    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, IDriver> _drivers;
+    private readonly IVirtualTagEngine _virtualTagEngine;
+    private readonly NodeScopeResolver _resolver;
+
+    protected override async Task ReadValueAsync(NodeId nodeId, ...)
+    {
+        var scope = _resolver.Resolve(nodeId);
+        // ... ACL check via Phase 6.2 trie (unchanged)
+        return scope.Source switch
+        {
+            NodeSource.Driver  => await _drivers[scope.DriverInstanceId].ReadAsync(...),
+            NodeSource.Virtual => await _virtualTagEngine.ReadAsync(scope.VirtualTagId, ...),
+        };
+    }
+}
+```
+
+**Pros:**
+- Single address-space tree. `EquipmentNodeWalker` emits one folder per Equipment node and hangs both driver and virtual children under it. Browse / subscribe fan-out / ACL resolution all happen in one NodeManager with one mental model.
+- ACL binding works identically for both kinds. A user with `ReadEquipment` on `Line1/Pump_7` can read every child, driver-sourced or virtual.
+- Phase 6.1 resilience wrapping + Phase 6.2 audit logging apply uniformly. The `CapabilityInvoker` analyzer stays correct without new exemptions.
+- Adding future source kinds (e.g. a "derived tag" that's neither a driver read nor a script evaluation) is a single-enum-case addition — no new NodeManager.
+
+**Cons:**
+- `NodeScopeResolver` becomes slightly chunkier — it now carries dispatch metadata in addition to ACL scope. We own that complexity; the payoff is one tree, one lifecycle.
+- A bug in the dispatch branch could leak a driver call into the virtual path or vice versa. Mitigated by an xUnit theory in Stream G.4 that mixes both kinds in one Equipment folder and asserts each routes correctly.
+
+**Accepted.**
+
+### Option C — Virtual tag engine registers as a synthetic `IDriver`
+
+Implement a `VirtualTagDriverAdapter` that wraps `VirtualTagEngine` and registers it alongside real drivers through the existing `DriverTypeRegistry`. Then `DriverNodeManager` dispatches everything through driver plumbing — virtual tags are just "a driver with no wire."
+
+**Pros:**
+- Reuses every existing `IDriver` pathway without modification.
+- Dispatch branch is trivial because there's no branch — everything routes through driver plumbing.
+
+**Cons:**
+- `DriverInstance` is the wrong shape for virtual-tag config: no `DriverType`, no `HostAddress`, no connectivity probe, no lifecycle-initialization parameters, no NSSM wrapper. Forcing it to fit means adding null columns / sentinel values everywhere.
+- `IDriver.InitializeAsync` / `IRediscoverable` semantics don't match a scripting engine — the engine doesn't "discover" tags against a wire, it compiles scripts against a config snapshot.
+- The resilience Polly wrappers are calibrated for network-bound calls (timeout / retry / circuit breaker). Applying them to a script evaluation is either a pointless passthrough or wrong tuning.
+- The Admin UI would need special-casing in every driver-config screen to hide fields that don't apply. The shape mismatch leaks everywhere.
+
+**Rejected** because the fit is worse than Option B's lightweight dispatch branch. The pretense of uniformity would cost more than the branch it avoids.
+
+## Decision
+
+**Option B is accepted.**
+
+`NodeScopeResolver.Resolve(nodeId)` returns a `NodeScope` record with:
+
+```csharp
+public sealed record NodeScope(
+    string ScopeId,            // ACL scope ID — unchanged from ADR-001
+    NodeSource Source,         // NEW: Driver or Virtual
+    string? DriverInstanceId,  // populated when Source=Driver
+    string? VirtualTagId);     // populated when Source=Virtual
+
+public enum NodeSource
+{
+    Driver,
+    Virtual,
+}
+```
+
+`DriverNodeManager` holds a single reference to `IVirtualTagEngine` alongside its driver dictionary. Read / Write / Subscribe dispatch pattern-matches on `scope.Source` and routes accordingly. Writes to a virtual node from an OPC UA client return `BadUserAccessDenied` because per Phase 7 decision #6, virtual tags are writable **only** from scripts via `ctx.SetVirtualTag`. That check lives in `DriverNodeManager` before the dispatch branch — a dedicated ACL rule rather than a capability of the engine.
+
+Dispatch tests (Phase 7 Stream G.4) must cover at minimum:
+- Mixed Equipment folder (driver + virtual children) browses with all children visible
+- Read routes to the correct backend for each source kind
+- Subscribe delivers changes from both kinds on the same subscription
+- OPC UA client write to a virtual node returns `BadUserAccessDenied` without invoking the engine
+- Script-driven write to a virtual node (via `ctx.SetVirtualTag`) updates the value + fires subscription notifications
+
+## Consequences
+
+- `EquipmentNodeWalker` (ADR-001) gains an extra input channel: the config DB's `VirtualTag` table alongside the existing `Tag` table. Walker emits both kinds of children under each Equipment folder with the `NodeSource` tag set per row.
+- `NodeScopeResolver` gains a `NodeSource` return value. The change is additive (ADR-001's `ScopeId` field is unchanged), so Phase 6.2's ACL trie keeps working without modification.
+- `DriverNodeManager` gains a dispatch branch but the shape of every `I*` call into drivers is unchanged. Phase 6.1's resilience wrapping applies identically to the driver branch; the virtual branch wraps separately (virtual tag evaluation errors map to `BadInternalError` per Phase 7 decision #11, not through the Polly pipeline).
+- Adding a future source kind (e.g. an alias tag, a cross-cluster federation tag) is one enum case + one dispatch arm + the equivalent walker extension. The architecture is extensible without rewrite.
+
+## Not Decided (revisitable)
+
+- **Whether `IVirtualTagEngine` should live alongside `IDriver` in `Core.Abstractions` or stay in the Phase 7 project.** Plan currently keeps it in Phase 7's `Core.VirtualTags` project because it's not a driver capability. If Phase 7 Stream G discovers significant shared surface, promote later — not blocking.
+- **Whether server-side method calls from OPC UA clients (e.g. a future "force-recompute-this-virtual-tag" admin method) should route through the same dispatch.** Out of scope — virtual tags have no method nodes today; scripted alarm method calls (`OneShotShelve` etc.) route through their own `ScriptedAlarmEngine` path per Phase 7 Stream C.6.
+
+## References
+
+- [Phase 7 — Scripting Runtime + Scripted Alarms](phase-7-scripting-and-alarming.md) Stream G
+- [ADR-001 — Equipment node walker](adr-001-equipment-node-walker.md)
+- [`docs/v2/plan.md`](../plan.md) decision #110 (Tag-to-Equipment binding)
+- [`docs/v2/plan.md`](../plan.md) decision #120 (UNS hierarchy requirements)
+- Phase 6.2 `NodeScopeResolver` ACL join

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+# FOCAS Tier-C isolation — plan for task #220
+
+> **Status**: PRs A–E shipped. Architecture is in place; the only
+> remaining FOCAS work is the hardware-dependent production
+> integration of `Fwlib32.dll` into a real `IFocasBackend`
+> (`FwlibHostedBackend`), which needs an actual CNC on the bench
+> and is tracked as a follow-up on #220.
+>
+> **Pre-reqs shipped**: version matrix + pre-flight validation
+> (PR #168 — the cheap half of the hardware-free stability gap).
+
+## Why isolate
+
+`Fwlib32.dll` is a proprietary Fanuc library with no source, no
+symbols, and a documented habit of crashing the hosting process on
+network errors, malformed responses, and during handle recycling.
+Today the FOCAS driver runs in-process with the OPC UA server —
+a crash inside the Fanuc DLL takes every driver down with it,
+including ones that have nothing to do with FOCAS. Galaxy has the
+same class of problem and solved it with the Tier-C pattern (host
+service + proxy driver + named-pipe IPC); FOCAS should follow that
+playbook.
+
+## Topology (target)
+
+```
++-------------------------------------+         +--------------------------+
+|  OtOpcUa.Server (.NET 10 x64)       |         | OtOpcUaFocasHost         |
+|                                     |  pipe   | (.NET 4.8 x86 Windows    |
+|  ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS     | <-----> |  service)                |
+|    - FocasProxyDriver (in-proc)     |         |                          |
+|    - supervisor / respawn / BackPr  |         |  Fwlib32.dll + session   |
+|                                     |         |  handles + STA thread    |
++-------------------------------------+         +--------------------------+
+```
+
+Why .NET 4.8 x86 for the host: `Fwlib32.dll` ships as 32-bit only.
+The Galaxy.Host is already .NET 4.8 x86 for the same reason
+(MXAccess COM bitness), so the NSSM wrapper pattern transfers
+directly.
+
+## Three new projects
+
+| Project | TFM | Role |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared` | `netstandard2.0` | MessagePack DTOs — `FocasReadRequest`, `FocasReadResponse`, `FocasSubscribeRequest`, `FocasPmcBitWriteRequest`, etc. Same assembly referenced by .NET 10 + .NET 4.8 so the wire format stays identical. |
+| `ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host` | `net48` x86 | Windows service. Owns the Fwlib32 session handles + STA thread + handle-recycling loop. Pipe server + per-call auth (same ACL + caller SID + shared secret pattern as Galaxy.Host). |
+| `ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS` (existing) | `net10.0` | Collapses to a proxy that forwards each `IReadable` / `IWritable` / `ISubscribable` call over the pipe. `FocasCapabilityMatrix` + `FocasAddress` stay here — pre-flight runs before any IPC. |
+
+## Supervisor responsibilities (in the Proxy)
+
+Mirrors Galaxy.Proxy 1:1:
+
+1. Start the Host process on first `InitializeAsync` (NSSM-wrapped
+   service in production, direct spawn in dev) + heartbeat every
+   5s.
+2. If heartbeat misses 3× in a row, fan out `BadCommunicationError`
+   to every subscription and respawn with exponential backoff
+   (1s / 2s / 4s / max 30s).
+3. Crash-loop circuit breaker: 5 respawns in 60s → drop to
+   `BadDeviceFailure` steady state until operator resets.
+4. Post-mortem MMF: on Host exit, Host writes its last-N operations
+   + session state to an MMF the Proxy reads to log context.
+
+## IPC surface (approximate)
+
+Every `FocasDriver` method that today calls into Fwlib32 directly
+becomes an `ExecuteAsync` call with a typed request:
+
+| Today (in-process) | Tier-C (IPC) |
+| --- | --- |
+| `FocasTagReader.Read(tag)` | `client.Execute(new FocasReadRequest(session, address))` |
+| `FocasTagWriter.Write(tag, value)` | `client.Execute(new FocasWriteRequest(...))` |
+| `FocasPmcBitRmw.Write(tag, bit, value)` | `client.Execute(new FocasPmcBitWriteRequest(...))` — RMW happens in Host so the critical section stays on one process |
+| `FocasConnectivityProbe.ProbeAsync` | `client.Execute(new FocasProbeRequest())` |
+| `FocasSubscriber.Subscribe(tags)` | `client.Execute(new FocasSubscribeRequest(tags))` — Host owns the poll loop + streams changes back as `FocasDataChangedNotification` over the pipe |
+
+Subscription streaming is the non-obvious piece: the Host polls on
+its own timer + pushes change notifications so the Proxy doesn't
+round-trip per poll. Matches `Driver.Galaxy.Host` subscription
+forwarding.
+
+## PR sequence — shipped
+
+1. **PR A (#169) — shared contracts** ✅
+   `Driver.FOCAS.Shared` netstandard2.0 with MessagePack DTOs for every
+   IPC surface (Hello/Heartbeat/OpenSession/Read/Write/PmcBitWrite/
+   Subscribe/Probe/RuntimeStatus/Recycle/ErrorResponse) + FrameReader/
+   FrameWriter + 24 round-trip tests.
+2. **PR B (#170) — Host project skeleton** ✅
+   `Driver.FOCAS.Host` net48 x86 Windows Service entry point,
+   `PipeAcl` + `PipeServer` + `IFrameHandler` + `StubFrameHandler`.
+   ACL denies LocalSystem/Administrators; Hello verifies
+   shared-secret + protocol major. 3 handshake tests.
+3. **PR C (#171) — IPC path end-to-end** ✅
+   Proxy `Ipc/FocasIpcClient` + `Ipc/IpcFocasClient` (implements
+   IFocasClient via IPC). Host `Backend/IFocasBackend` +
+   `FakeFocasBackend` + `UnconfiguredFocasBackend` +
+   `Ipc/FwlibFrameHandler` replacing the stub. 13 new round-trip
+   tests via in-memory loopback.
+4. **PR D (#172) — Supervisor + respawn** ✅
+   `Supervisor/Backoff` (5s→15s→60s) + `CircuitBreaker` (3-in-5min →
+   1h→4h→manual) + `HeartbeatMonitor` + `IHostProcessLauncher` +
+   `FocasHostSupervisor`. 14 tests.
+5. **PR E — Ops glue** ✅ (this PR)
+   `ProcessHostLauncher` (real Process.Start + FocasIpcClient
+   connect), `Host/Stability/PostMortemMmf` (magic 'OFPC') +
+   Proxy `Supervisor/PostMortemReader`, `scripts/install/
+   Install-FocasHost.ps1` + `Uninstall-FocasHost.ps1` NSSM wrappers.
+   7 tests (4 MMF round-trip + 3 reader format compatibility).
+
+**Post-shipment totals: 189 FOCAS driver tests + 24 Shared tests + 13 Host tests = 226 FOCAS-family tests green.**
+
+What remains is hardware-dependent: wiring `Fwlib32.dll` P/Invoke
+into a real `FwlibHostedBackend` implementation of `IFocasBackend`
++ validating against a live CNC. The architecture is all the
+plumbing that work needs.
+
+## Testing without hardware
+
+Same constraint as today: no CNC, no simulator. The isolation work
+itself is verifiable without Fwlib32 actually being called:
+
+- **Pipe contract**: PR A's MessagePack round-trip tests cover every
+  DTO.
+- **Supervisor**: PR D uses a `FakeFocasHost` stub that can be told
+  to crash, hang, or miss heartbeats. The supervisor's respawn +
+  circuit-breaker behaviour is fully testable against the stub.
+- **IPC ACL + auth**: reuse the Galaxy.Host's existing test harness
+  pattern — negative tests attempt to connect as the wrong user and
+  assert rejection.
+- **Fwlib32 integration itself**: still untestable without hardware.
+  When a real CNC becomes available, the smoke tests already
+  scaffolded in `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.IntegrationTests/`
+  run against it via `FOCAS_ENDPOINT`.
+
+## Decisions to confirm before starting
+
+- **Sharing transport code with Galaxy.Host** — should the pipe
+  server + ACL + shared-secret + MMF plumbing go into a common
+  `Core.Hosting.Tier-C` project both hosts reference? Probably yes;
+  deferred until PR B is drafted because the right abstraction only
+  becomes visible after two uses.
+- **Handle-recycling cadence** — Fwlib32 session handles leak
+  memory over weeks per the Fanuc-published defect list. Galaxy
+  recycles MXAccess handles on a 24h timer; FOCAS should mirror but
+  the trigger point (idle vs scheduled) needs operator input.
+- **Per-CNC Host process vs one Host serving N CNCs** — one-per-CNC
+  isolates blast radius but scales poorly past ~20 machines; shared
+  Host scales but one bad CNC can wedge the lot. Start with shared
+  Host + document the blast-radius trade; revisit if operators hit
+  it.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- Simulator work. `open_focas` + other OSS FOCAS simulators are
+  untested + not maintained; not worth chasing vs. waiting for real
+  hardware.
+- Changing the public `FocasDriverOptions` shape beyond what
+  already shipped (the `Series` knob). Operator config continues to
+  look the same after the split — the Tier-C topology is invisible
+  from `appsettings.json`.
+- Historian / long-term history integration. FOCAS driver doesn't
+  implement `IHistoryProvider` + there's no plan to add it.
+
+## References
+
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/phase-2-galaxy-out-of-process.md`](phase-2-galaxy-out-of-process.md)
+  — the working Tier-C template this plan follows.
+- [`docs/drivers/FOCAS-Test-Fixture.md`](../../drivers/FOCAS-Test-Fixture.md)
+  — what's covered today + what stays blocked on hardware.
+- [`docs/v2/focas-version-matrix.md`](../focas-version-matrix.md) —
+  the capability matrix that pre-flights configs before IPC runs.

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+# Phase 7 — Scripting Runtime, Virtual Tags, and Scripted Alarms
+
+> **Status**: DRAFT — planning output from the 2026-04-20 interactive planning session. Pending review before work begins. Task #230 tracks the draft; #231–#238 are the stream placeholders.
+>
+> **Branch**: `v2/phase-7-scripting-and-alarming`
+> **Estimated duration**: 10–12 weeks (scope-comparable to Phase 6; largest single phase outside Phase 2 Galaxy split)
+> **Predecessor**: Phase 6.4 (Admin UI completion) — reuses the tab-plugin pattern + draft/publish flow
+> **Successor**: v2 release-readiness capstone
+
+## Phase Objective
+
+Add two **additive** runtime capabilities on top of the existing driver + Equipment address-space foundation:
+
+1. **Virtual (calculated) tags** — OPC UA variables whose values are computed by user-authored C# scripts against other tags (driver or virtual), evaluated on change and/or timer. They live in the existing Equipment/UNS tree alongside driver tags and behave identically to clients (browse, subscribe, historize).
+2. **Scripted alarms** — OPC UA Part 9 alarms whose condition is a user-authored C# predicate. Full state machine (EnabledState / ActiveState / AckedState / ConfirmedState / ShelvingState) with persistent operator-supplied state across restarts. Complement the existing Galaxy-native and AB CIP ALMD alarm sources — they do not replace them.
+
+Tie-in capability — **historian alarm sink**:
+
+3. **Aveva Historian as alarm system of record** — every qualifying alarm transition (activation, ack, confirm, clear, shelve, disable, comment) from **any `IAlarmSource`** (scripted + Galaxy + ALMD) routes through a new local SQLite store-and-forward queue to Galaxy.Host, which uses its already-loaded `aahClientManaged` DLLs to write to the Historian's alarm schema. Per-alarm `HistorizeToAveva` toggle gates which sources flow (default off for Galaxy-native since Galaxy itself already historizes them). Plant operators query one uniform historical alarm timeline.
+
+**Why it's additive, not a rewrite**: every `IAlarmSource` implementation shipped in Phase 6.x stays unchanged; scripted alarms register as an additional source in the existing fan-out. The Equipment node walker built in ADR-001 gains a "virtual" source kind alongside "driver" without removing anything. Operator-facing semantics for existing driver tags and alarms are unchanged.
+
+## Design Decisions (locked in the 2026-04-20 planning session)
+
+| # | Decision | Rationale |
+|---|---------|-----------|
+| 1 | Script language = **C# via Roslyn scripting** | Developer audience, strong typing, AST walkable for dependency inference, existing .NET 10 runtime in main server. |
+| 2 | Virtual tags live in the **Equipment tree** alongside driver tags (not a separate `/Virtual/...` namespace) | Operator mental model stays unified; calculated `LineRate` shows up under the Line1 folder next to the driver-sourced `SpeedSetpoint` it's derived from. |
+| 3 | Evaluation trigger = **change-driven + timer-driven**; operator chooses per-tag | Change-driven is cheap at steady state; timer is the escape hatch for polling derivations that don't have a discrete "input changed" signal. |
+| 4 | Script shape = **Shape A — one script per virtual tag/alarm**; `return` produces the value (or `bool` for alarm condition) | Minimal surface; no predicate/action split. Alarm side-effects (severity, message) configured out-of-band, not in the script. |
+| 5 | Alarm fidelity = **full OPC UA Part 9** | Uniform with Galaxy + ALMD on the wire; client-side tooling (HMIs, historians, event pipelines) gets one shape. |
+| 6 | Sandbox = **read-only context**; scripts can only read any tag + write to virtual tags | Strict Roslyn `ScriptOptions` allow-list. No HttpClient / File / Process / reflection. |
+| 7 | Dependency declaration = **AST inference**; operator doesn't maintain a separate dependency list | `CSharpSyntaxWalker` extracts `ctx.GetTag("path")` string-literal calls at compile time; dynamic paths rejected at publish. |
+| 8 | Config storage = **config DB with generation-sealed cache** (same as driver instances) | Virtual tags + alarms publish atomically in the same generation as the driver instance config they may depend on. |
+| 9 | Script return value shape (`ctx.GetTag`) = **`DataValue { Value, StatusCode, Timestamp }`** | Scripts branch on quality naturally without separate `ctx.GetQuality(...)` calls. |
+| 10 | Historize virtual tags = **per-tag checkbox** | Writes flow through the same history-write path as driver tags. Consumed by existing `IHistoryProvider`. |
+| 11 | Per-tag error isolation — a throwing script sets that tag's quality to `BadInternalError`; engine keeps running for every other tag | Mirrors Phase 6.1 Stream B's per-surface error handling. |
+| 12 | Dedicated Serilog sink = `scripts-*.log` rolling file; structured-property `ScriptName` for filtering | Keeps noisy script logs out of the main `opcua-*.log`. `ctx.Logger.Info/Warning/Error/Debug` bound in the script context. |
+| 13 | Alarm message = **template with substitution** (`"Reactor temp {Reactor/Temp} exceeded {Limit}"`) | Middle ground between static and separate message-script; engine resolves `{path}` tokens at event emission. |
+| 14 | Alarm state persistence — `ActiveState` recomputed from tag values on startup; `EnabledState / AckedState / ConfirmedState / ShelvingState` + audit trail persist to config DB | Operators don't re-ack after restart; ack history survives for compliance (GxP / 21 CFR Part 11). |
+| 15 | Historian sink scope = **all `IAlarmSource` implementations**, not just scripted; per-alarm `HistorizeToAveva` toggle | Plant gets one consolidated alarm timeline; Galaxy-native alarms default off to avoid duplication. |
+| 16 | Historian failure mode = **SQLite store-and-forward queue on the node**; config DB is source of truth, Historian is best-effort projection | Operators never blocked by Historian downtime; failed writes queue + retry when Historian recovers. |
+| 17 | Historian ingestion path = **IPC to Galaxy.Host**, which calls the already-loaded `aahClientManaged` DLLs | Reuses existing bitness / licensing / Tier-C isolation. No new 32-bit DLL load in the main server. |
+| 18 | Admin UI code editor = **Monaco** via the Admin project's asset pipeline | Industry default for C# editing in a browser; ~3 MB bundle acceptable given Admin is operator-facing only, not public. Revisitable if bundle size becomes a deployment constraint. |
+| 19 | Cascade evaluation order = **serial** for v1; parallel promoted to a Phase 7 follow-up | Deterministic, easier to reason about, simplifies cycle + ordering bugs in the rollout. Parallel becomes a tuning knob when real 1000+ virtual-tag deployments measure contention. |
+| 20 | Shelving UX = **OPC UA method calls only** (`OneShotShelve` / `TimedShelve` / `Unshelve` on the `AlarmConditionType` node); **no Admin UI shelve controls** | Plant HMIs + OPC UA clients already speak these methods by spec; reinventing the UI adds surface without operator value. Admin still renders current shelve state + audit trail read-only on the alarm detail page. |
+| 21 | Dead-lettered historian events retained for **30 days** in the SQLite queue; Admin `/alarms/historian` exposes a "Retry dead-lettered" button | Long enough for a Historian outage or licensing glitch to be resolved + operator to investigate; short enough that the SQLite file doesn't grow unbounded. Configurable via `AlarmHistorian:DeadLetterRetentionDays` for deployments with stricter compliance windows. |
+| 22 | Test harness synthetic inputs = **declared inputs only** (from the AST walker's extracted dependency set) | Enforces the dependency declaration — if a path can't be supplied to the harness, the AST walker didn't see it and the script can't reference it at runtime. Catches dependency-inference drift at test time, not publish time. |
+
+## Scope — What Changes
+
+| Concern | Change |
+|---------|--------|
+| **New project `OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting`** (.NET 10) | Roslyn-based script engine. Compiles user C# scripts with a sandboxed `ScriptOptions` allow-list (numeric / string / datetime / `ScriptContext` API only — no reflection / File / Process / HttpClient). `DependencyExtractor` uses `CSharpSyntaxWalker` to enumerate `ctx.GetTag("...")` literal-string calls; rejects non-literal paths at publish time. Per-script compile cache keyed by source hash. Per-evaluation timeout. Exception in script → tag goes `BadInternalError`; engine unaffected for other tags. `ctx.Logger` is a Serilog `ILogger` bound to the `scripts-*.log` rolling sink with structured property `ScriptName`. |
+| **New project `OtOpcUa.Core.VirtualTags`** (.NET 10) | `VirtualTagEngine` consumes the `DependencyExtractor` output, builds a topological dependency graph spanning driver tags + other virtual tags (cycle detection at publish time), schedules re-evaluation on change + on timer, propagates results through an `IVirtualTagSource` that implements `IReadable` + `ISubscribable` so `DriverNodeManager` routes reads / subscriptions uniformly. Per-tag `Historize` flag routes to the same history-write path driver tags use. |
+| **New project `OtOpcUa.Core.ScriptedAlarms`** (.NET 10) | `ScriptedAlarmEngine` materializes each configured alarm as an OPC UA `AlarmConditionType` (or `LimitAlarmType` / `OffNormalAlarmType`). On startup, re-evaluates every predicate against current tag values to rebuild `ActiveState` — no persistence needed for the active flag. Persistent state: `EnabledState`, `AckedState`, `ConfirmedState`, `ShelvingState`, branch stack, ack audit (user/time/comment). Template message substitution resolves `{TagPath}` tokens at event emission. Ack / Confirm / Shelve method nodes bound to the engine; transitions audit-logged via the existing `IAuditLogger` (Phase 6.2). Registers as an additional `IAlarmSource` — no change to the existing fan-out. |
+| **New project `OtOpcUa.Core.AlarmHistorian`** (.NET 10) | `IAlarmHistorianSink` abstraction + `SqliteStoreAndForwardSink` default implementation. Every qualifying `IAlarmSource` emission (per-alarm `HistorizeToAveva` toggle) persists to a local SQLite queue (`%ProgramData%\OtOpcUa\alarm-historian-queue.db`). Background drain worker reads unsent rows + forwards over IPC to Galaxy.Host. Failed writes keep the row pending with exponential backoff. Queue capacity bounded (default 1M events, oldest-dropped with a structured warning log). |
+| **`Driver.Galaxy.Shared`** — new IPC contracts | `HistorianAlarmEventRequest` (activation / ack / confirm / clear / shelve / disable / comment payloads matching the Aveva Historian alarm schema) + `HistorianAlarmEventResponse` (ack / retry-please / permanent-fail). `HistorianConnectivityStatusNotification` so the main server can surface "Historian disconnected" on the Admin `/hosts` page. |
+| **`Driver.Galaxy.Host`** — new frame handler for alarm writes | Reuses the already-loaded `aahClientManaged.dll` + `aahClientCommon.dll`. Maps the IPC request DTOs to the historian SDK's alarm-event API (exact method TBD during Stream D.2 — needs a live-historian smoke to confirm the right SDK entry point). Errors map to structured response codes so the main server's backoff logic can distinguish "transient" from "permanent". |
+| **Config DB schema** — new tables | `VirtualTag (Id, EquipmentPath, Name, DataType, IntervalMs?, ChangeTriggerEnabled, Historize, ScriptId)`; `Script (Id, SourceCode, CompiledHash, Language='CSharp')`; `ScriptedAlarm (Id, EquipmentPath, Name, AlarmType, Severity, MessageTemplate, HistorizeToAveva, PredicateScriptId)`; `ScriptedAlarmState (AlarmId, EnabledState, AckedState, ConfirmedState, ShelvingState, ShelvingExpiresUtc?, LastAckUser, LastAckComment, LastAckUtc, BranchStack_JSON)`. Every write goes through `sp_PublishGeneration` + `IAuditLogger`. |
+| **Address-space build** — Phase 6 `EquipmentNodeWalker` extension | Emits virtual-tag nodes alongside driver-sourced nodes under the same Equipment folder. `NodeScopeResolver` gains a `Virtual` source kind alongside `Driver`. `DriverNodeManager` dispatch routes reads / writes / subscriptions to the `VirtualTagEngine` when the source is virtual. |
+| **Admin UI** — new tabs | `/virtual-tags` and `/scripted-alarms` tabs under the existing draft/publish flow. Monaco-based C# code editor (syntax highlighting, IntelliSense against a hand-written type stub for `ScriptContext`). Dependency preview panel shows the inferred input list from the AST walker. Test-harness lets operator supply synthetic `DataValue` inputs + see script output + logger emissions without publishing. Per-alarm controls: `AlarmType`, `Severity`, `MessageTemplate`, `HistorizeToAveva`. New `/alarms/historian` diagnostics view: queue depth, drain rate, last-successful-write, per-alarm "last routed to historian" timestamp. |
+| **`DriverTypeRegistry`** — no change | Scripting is not a driver — it doesn't register as a `DriverType`. The engine hangs off the same `SealedBootstrap` as drivers but through a different composition root. |
+
+## Scope — What Does NOT Change
+
+| Item | Reason |
+|------|--------|
+| Existing `IAlarmSource` implementations (Galaxy, AB CIP ALMD) | Scripted alarms register as an *additional* source; existing sources pass through unchanged. Default `HistorizeToAveva=false` for Galaxy alarms avoids duplicating records the Galaxy historian wiring already captures. |
+| Driver capability surface (`IReadable` / `IWritable` / `ISubscribable` / etc.) | Virtual tags implement the same interfaces — drivers and virtual tags are interchangeable from the node manager's perspective. No new capability. |
+| Config DB publication flow (`sp_PublishGeneration` + sealed cache) | Virtual tag + alarm tables plug in as additional rows. Atomic publish semantics unchanged. |
+| Authorization trie (Phase 6.2) | Virtual-tag nodes inherit the Equipment scope's grants — same treatment as the Phase 6.4 Identification sub-folder. No new scope level. |
+| Tier-C isolation topology | Scripting engine runs in the main .NET 10 server process. Roslyn scripts are already sandboxed via `ScriptOptions`; no need for process isolation because they have no unmanaged reach. Galaxy.Host's existing Tier-C boundary already owns the historian SDK writes. |
+| Galaxy alarm ingestion path into the historian | Galaxy writes alarms directly via `aahClientManaged` today; Phase 7 Stream D gives it a *second* path (via the new sink) when a Galaxy alarm has `HistorizeToAveva=true`, but the direct path stays for the default case. |
+| OPC UA wire protocol / AddressSpace schema | Clients see new nodes under existing folders + new alarm conditions. No new namespaces, no new ObjectTypes beyond what Part 9 already defines. |
+
+## Entry Gate Checklist
+
+- [ ] All Phase 6.x exit gates cleared (#133, #142, #151, #158)
+- [ ] Equipment node walker wired into `DriverNodeManager` (task #212 — done)
+- [ ] `IAuditLogger` surface live (Phase 6.2 Stream A)
+- [ ] `sp_PublishGeneration` + sealed-cache flow verified on the existing driver-config tables
+- [ ] Dev Aveva Historian reachable from the dev box (for Stream D.2 smoke)
+- [ ] `v2` branch clean + baseline tests green
+- [ ] Blazor editor component library picked (Monaco confirmed vs alternatives — see decision to log)
+- [ ] Review this plan — decisions #1–#17 signed off, no open questions
+
+## Task Breakdown
+
+### Stream A — `Core.Scripting` (Roslyn engine + sandbox + AST inference + logger) — **2 weeks**
+
+1. **A.1** Project scaffold + NuGet `Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting`. `ScriptOptions` allow-list (`typeof(object).Assembly`, `typeof(Enumerable).Assembly`, the Core.Scripting assembly itself — nothing else). Hand-written `ScriptContext` base class with `GetTag(string)` / `SetVirtualTag(string, object)` / `Logger` / `Now` / `Deadband(double, double, double)` helpers.
+2. **A.2** `DependencyExtractor : CSharpSyntaxWalker`. Visits every `InvocationExpressionSyntax` targeting `ctx.GetTag` / `ctx.SetVirtualTag`; accepts only a `LiteralExpressionSyntax` argument. Non-literal arguments (concat, variable, method call) → publish-time rejection with an actionable error pointing the operator at the exact span. Outputs `IReadOnlySet<string> Inputs` + `IReadOnlySet<string> Outputs`.
+3. **A.3** Compile cache. `(source_hash) → compiled Script<T>`. Recompile only when source changes. Warm on `SealedBootstrap`.
+4. **A.4** Per-evaluation timeout wrapper (default 250ms; configurable per tag). Timeout = tag quality `BadInternalError` + structured warning log. Keeps a single runaway script from starving the engine.
+5. **A.5** Serilog sink wiring. New `scripts-*.log` rolling file enricher; `ctx.Logger` returns an `ILogger` with `ForContext("ScriptName", ...)`. Main `opcua-*.log` gets a companion entry at WARN level if a script logs ERROR, so the operator sees it in the primary log.
+6. **A.6** Tests: AST extraction unit tests (30+ cases covering literal / concat / variable / null / method-returned paths); sandbox escape tests (attempt `typeof`, `Assembly.Load`, `File.OpenRead` — all must fail at compile); exception isolation (throwing script doesn't kill the engine); timeout behavior; logger structured-property binding.
+
+### Stream B — Virtual tag engine (dependency graph + change/timer schedulers + historize) — **1.5 weeks**
+
+1. **B.1** `VirtualTagEngine`. Ingests the set of compiled scripts + their inputs/outputs; builds a directed dependency graph (driver tag ID → virtual tag ID → virtual tag ID). Cycle detection at publish-time via Tarjan; publish rejects with a clear error message listing the cycle.
+2. **B.2** `ChangeTriggerDispatcher`. Subscribes to every referenced driver tag via the existing `ISubscribable` fan-out. On a `DataValueSnapshot` delta (value / status / timestamp — any of the three), enqueues affected virtual tags for re-evaluation in topological order.
+3. **B.3** `TimerTriggerDispatcher`. Per-tag `IntervalMs` scheduled via a shared timer-wheel. Independent of change triggers — a tag can have both, either, or neither.
+4. **B.4** `EvaluationPipeline`. Serial evaluation per cascade (parallel promoted to a follow-up — avoids cross-tag ordering bugs on first rollout). Exception handling per A.4; propagates results via `IVirtualTagSource`.
+5. **B.5** `IVirtualTagSource` implementation. Implements `IReadable` + `ISubscribable`. Reads return the most recent evaluated value; subscriptions receive `OnDataChange` events on each re-evaluation.
+6. **B.6** History routing. Per-tag `Historize` flag emits the value + timestamp to the existing history-write path used by drivers.
+7. **B.7** Tests: dependency graph (happy + cycle); change cascade through two levels of virtual tags; timer-only tag ignores input changes; change + timer both configured; error propagation; historize on/off.
+
+### Stream C — Scripted alarm engine + Part 9 state machine + template messages — **2.5 weeks**
+
+1. **C.1** Alarm config model + `ScriptedAlarmEngine` skeleton. Alarms materialize as `AlarmConditionType` (or subtype — `LimitAlarm`, `OffNormal`) nodes under their configured Equipment path. Severity loaded from config.
+2. **C.2** `Part9StateMachine`. Tracks `EnabledState`, `ActiveState`, `AckedState`, `ConfirmedState`, `ShelvingState` per condition ID. Shelving has `OneShotShelving` + `TimedShelving` variants + an `UnshelveTime` timer.
+3. **C.3** Predicate evaluation. On any input change (same trigger mechanism as Stream B), run the `bool` predicate. On `false → true` transition, activate (increment branch stack if prior Ack-but-not-Confirmed state exists). On `true → false`, clear (but keep condition visible if retain flag set).
+4. **C.4** Startup recovery. For every configured alarm, run the predicate against current tag values to rebuild `ActiveState` *only*. Load `EnabledState` / `AckedState` / `ConfirmedState` / `ShelvingState` + audit from the `ScriptedAlarmState` table. No re-acknowledgment required for conditions that were acked before restart.
+5. **C.5** Template substitution. Engine resolves `{TagPath}` tokens in `MessageTemplate` at event emission time using current tag values. Unresolvable tokens (bad path, missing tag) emit a structured error log + substitute `{?}` so the event still fires.
+6. **C.6** OPC UA method binding. `Acknowledge`, `Confirm`, `AddComment`, `OneShotShelve`, `TimedShelve`, `Unshelve` methods on each condition node route to the engine + persist via audit-logged writes to `ScriptedAlarmState`.
+7. **C.7** `IAlarmSource` implementation. Emits Part 9-shaped events through the existing fan-out the `AlarmTracker` composes.
+8. **C.8** Tests: every transition (all 32 state combinations the state machine can produce); startup recovery (seed table with varied ack/confirm/shelve state, restart, verify correct recovery); template substitution (literal path, nested path, bad path); shelving timer expiry; OPC UA method calls via Client.CLI.
+
+### Stream D — Historian alarm sink (SQLite store-and-forward + Galaxy.Host IPC) — **2 weeks**
+
+1. **D.1** `Core.AlarmHistorian` project. `IAlarmHistorianSink` interface; `SqliteStoreAndForwardSink` default implementation using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite. Schema: `Queue (RowId, AlarmId, EventType, PayloadJson, EnqueuedUtc, LastAttemptUtc?, AttemptCount, DeadLettered)`. Queue capacity bounded; oldest-dropped on overflow with structured warning.
+2. **D.2** **Live-historian smoke** against the dev box's Aveva Historian. Identify the exact `aahClientManaged` alarm-write API entry point (likely `IAlarmsDatabase.WriteAlarmEvent` or equivalent — verify with a throwaway Galaxy.Host test hook). Document in a short `docs/v2/historian-alarm-api.md` artifact.
+3. **D.3** `Driver.Galaxy.Shared` contract additions. `HistorianAlarmEventRequest` / `HistorianAlarmEventResponse` / `HistorianConnectivityStatusNotification`. Round-trip tests in `Driver.Galaxy.Shared.Tests`.
+4. **D.4** `Driver.Galaxy.Host` handler. Translates incoming `HistorianAlarmEventRequest` to the SDK call identified in D.2. Returns structured response (Ack / RetryPlease / PermanentFail). Connectivity notifications sent proactively when the SDK's session drops.
+5. **D.5** Drain worker in the main server. Polls the SQLite queue; batches up to 100 events per IPC round-trip; exponential backoff on `RetryPlease` (1s → 2s → 5s → 15s → 60s cap); `PermanentFail` dead-letters the row + structured error log.
+6. **D.6** Per-alarm toggle wired through: `HistorizeToAveva` column on both `ScriptedAlarm` + a new `AlarmHistorizationPolicy` projection the Galaxy / ALMD alarm sources consult (default `false` for Galaxy, `true` for scripted, operator-adjustable per-alarm).
+7. **D.7** `/alarms/historian` diagnostics view in Admin. Queue depth, drain rate, last-successful-write, last-error, per-alarm last-routed timestamp.
+8. **D.8** Tests: SQLite queue round-trip; drain worker with fake IPC (success / retry / perm-fail); overflow eviction; Galaxy.Host handler against a stub historian API; end-to-end with the live historian on the dev box (non-CI — operator-invoked).
+
+### Stream E — Config DB schema + generation-sealed cache extensions — **1 week**
+
+1. **E.1** EF migration for new tables. Foreign keys from `VirtualTag.ScriptId` / `ScriptedAlarm.PredicateScriptId` to `Script.Id`.
+2. **E.2** `sp_PublishGeneration` extension. Sealed-cache snapshot includes virtual tags + scripted alarms + their scripts. Atomic publish guarantees the address-space build sees a consistent view.
+3. **E.3** CRUD services. `VirtualTagService`, `ScriptedAlarmService`, `ScriptService`. Each audit-logged; Ack / Confirm / Shelve persist through `ScriptedAlarmStateService` with full audit trail (who / when / comment / previous state).
+4. **E.4** Tests: migration up / down; publish atomicity (concurrent writes to different alarm rows don't leak into an in-flight publish); audit trail on every mutation.
+
+### Stream F — Admin UI scripting tab — **2 weeks**
+
+1. **F.1** Monaco editor Razor component. CSS-isolated; loads Monaco via NPM + the Admin project's existing asset pipeline. C# syntax highlighting (Monaco ships it). IntelliSense via a hand-written `ScriptContext.cs` type stub delivered with the editor (not the compiled Core.Scripting DLL — keeps the browser bundle small).
+2. **F.2** `/virtual-tags` tab. List view (Equipment path / Name / DataType / inputs-summary / Historize / actions). Edit pane splits: Monaco editor left, dependency preview panel right (live-updates from a debounced `/api/scripting/analyze` endpoint that runs the `DependencyExtractor`). Publish button gated by Phase 6.2 `WriteConfigure` permission.
+3. **F.3** `/scripted-alarms` tab. Same editor shape + extra controls: AlarmType dropdown, Severity slider, MessageTemplate textbox with live-preview showing `{path}` token resolution against latest tag values, `HistorizeToAveva` checkbox. **Alarm detail page displays current `ShelvingState` + `LastAckUser / LastAckUtc / LastAckComment` read-only** — no shelve/unshelve / ack / confirm buttons per decision #20. Operators drive state transitions via OPC UA method calls from plant HMIs or the Client.CLI.
+4. **F.4** Test harness. Modal that lets the operator supply synthetic `DataValue` inputs for the dependency set + see script output + logger emissions (rendered in a virtual terminal). Enables testing without publishing.
+5. **F.5** Script log viewer. SignalR stream of the `scripts-*.log` sink filtered by the script under edit (using the structured `ScriptName` property). Tail-last-200 + "load more".
+6. **F.6** `/alarms/historian` diagnostics view per Stream D.7.
+7. **F.7** Playwright smoke. Author a calc tag, publish, verify it appears in the equipment tree via a probe OPC UA read. Author an alarm, verify it appears in `AlarmsAndConditions`.
+
+### Stream G — Address-space integration — **1 week**
+
+1. **G.1** `EquipmentNodeWalker` extension. Current walker iterates driver tags per equipment; extend to also iterate virtual tags + alarms. `NodeScopeResolver` returns `NodeSource.Virtual` for virtual nodes and `NodeSource.Driver` for existing.
+2. **G.2** `DriverNodeManager` dispatch. Read / Write / Subscribe operations check the resolved source and route to `VirtualTagEngine` or the driver as appropriate. Writes to virtual tags allowed only from scripts (per decision #6) — OPC UA client writes to a virtual node return `BadUserAccessDenied`.
+3. **G.3** `AlarmTracker` composition. The `ScriptedAlarmEngine` registers as an additional `IAlarmSource` — no new composition code, the existing fan-out already accepts multiple sources.
+4. **G.4** Tests: mixed equipment folder (driver tag + virtual tag + driver-native alarm + scripted alarm) browsable via Client.CLI; read / subscribe round-trip for the virtual tag; scripted alarm transitions visible in the alarm event stream.
+
+### Stream H — Exit gate — **1 week**
+
+1. **H.1** Compliance script real-checks: schema migrations applied; new tables populated from a draft→publish cycle; sealed-generation snapshot includes virtual tags + alarms; SQLite alarm queue initialized; `scripts-*.log` sink emitting; `AlarmConditionType` nodes materialize in the address space; per-alarm `HistorizeToAveva` toggle enforced end-to-end.
+2. **H.2** Full-solution `dotnet test` baseline. Target: Phase 6 baseline + ~300 new tests across Streams A–G.
+3. **H.3** `docs/v2/plan.md` Migration Strategy §6 update — add Phase 7.
+4. **H.4** Phase-status memory update.
+5. **H.5** Merge `v2/phase-7-scripting-and-alarming` → `v2`.
+
+## Compliance Checks (run at exit gate)
+
+- [ ] **Sandbox escape**: attempts to reference `System.IO.File`, `System.Net.Http.HttpClient`, `System.Diagnostics.Process`, or `typeof(X).Assembly.Load` fail at script compile with an actionable error.
+- [ ] **Dependency inference**: `ctx.GetTag(myStringVar)` (non-literal path) is rejected at publish with a span-pointed error; `ctx.GetTag("Line1/Speed")` is accepted + appears in the inferred input set.
+- [ ] **Change cascade**: tag A → virtual tag B → virtual tag C. When A changes, B recomputes, then C recomputes. Single change event triggers the full cascade in topological order within one evaluation pass.
+- [ ] **Cycle rejection**: publish a config where virtual tag B depends on A and A depends on B. Publish fails pre-commit with a clear cycle message.
+- [ ] **Startup recovery**: seed `ScriptedAlarmState` with one acked+confirmed alarm + one shelved alarm + one clean alarm, restart, verify operator does NOT see ack prompts for the first two, shelving remains in effect, clean alarm is clear.
+- [ ] **Ack audit**: acknowledge an alarm; `IAuditLogger` captures user / timestamp / comment / prior state; row persists through restart.
+- [ ] **Historian queue durability**: take Galaxy.Host offline, fire 10 alarm transitions, bring Galaxy.Host back; queue drains all 10 in order.
+- [ ] **Per-alarm historian toggle**: Galaxy-native alarm with `HistorizeToAveva=false` does NOT enqueue; scripted alarm with `HistorizeToAveva=true` DOES enqueue.
+- [ ] **Script timeout**: infinite-loop script times out at 250ms; tag quality `BadInternalError`; other tags unaffected.
+- [ ] **Log isolation**: `ctx.Logger.Error("test")` lands in `scripts-*.log` with structured property `ScriptName=<name>`; main `opcua-*.log` gets a WARN companion entry.
+- [ ] **ACL binding**: virtual tag under an Equipment scope inherits the Equipment's grants. User without the Equipment grant reads the virtual tag and gets `BadUserAccessDenied`.
+
+## Decisions Resolved in Plan Review
+
+Every open question from the initial draft was resolved in the 2026-04-20 plan review — see decisions #18–#22 in the decisions table above. No pending questions block Stream A.
+
+## References
+
+- [`docs/v2/plan.md`](../plan.md) §6 Migration Strategy — add Phase 7 as the final additive phase before v2 release readiness.
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/overview.md`](overview.md) — phase gate conventions.
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/phase-6-2-authorization-runtime.md`](phase-6-2-authorization-runtime.md) — `IAuditLogger` surface reused for Ack/Confirm/Shelve + script edits.
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/phase-6-4-admin-ui-completion.md`](phase-6-4-admin-ui-completion.md) — draft/publish flow, diff viewer, tab-plugin pattern reused.
+- [`docs/v2/implementation/phase-2-galaxy-out-of-process.md`](phase-2-galaxy-out-of-process.md) — Galaxy.Host IPC shape + shared-contract conventions reused for Stream D.
+- [`docs/v2/driver-specs.md`](../driver-specs.md) §Alarm semantics — Part 9 fidelity requirements.
+- [`docs/v2/driver-stability.md`](../driver-stability.md) — per-surface error handling, crash-loop breaker patterns Stream A.4 mirrors.
+- [`docs/v2/config-db-schema.md`](../config-db-schema.md) — add a Phase 7 §§ for `VirtualTag`, `Script`, `ScriptedAlarm`, `ScriptedAlarmState`.

docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ confirmed DL205 quirk lands in a follow-up PR as a named test in that project.
 
 ## Harness
 
-**Chosen simulator: pymodbus 3.13.0** (`pip install 'pymodbus[simulator]==3.13.0'`).
-Replaced ModbusPal in PR 43 — see `tests/.../Pymodbus/README.md` for the
-trade-off rationale. Headline reasons:
+**Chosen simulator: pymodbus 3.13.0** packaged as a pinned Docker image
+under `tests/.../Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/`. See that folder's
+`README.md` for image-build notes + compose profiles. Headline reasons:
 
 - **Headless** pure-Python CLI; no Java GUI, runs cleanly on a CI runner.
 - **Maintained** — current stable 3.13.0; ModbusPal 1.6b is abandoned.
@@ -26,17 +26,18 @@ trade-off rationale. Headline reasons:
 - **Per-register raw uint16 seeding** — encoding the DL205 string-byte-order
   / BCD / CDAB-float quirks stays explicit (the quirk math lives in the
   `_quirk` JSON-comment fields next to each register).
-- Pip-installable on Windows; sidesteps the privileged-port admin
-  requirement by defaulting to TCP **5020** instead of 502.
+- **Dockerized** — pinned image means the CI simulator surface is
+  reproducible + no `pip install` step on the dev box.
+- Defaults to TCP **5020** (matches the compose port-map + the fixture
+  default endpoint; sidesteps the Windows Firewall prompt on 502).
 
 **Setup pattern**:
-1. `pip install "pymodbus[simulator]==3.13.0"`.
-2. Start the simulator with one of the in-repo profiles:
-   `tests\.../Pymodbus\serve.ps1 -Profile standard` (or `-Profile dl205`).
-3. `dotnet test tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests` —
+1. `docker compose -f tests\...\Modbus.IntegrationTests\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile <standard|dl205|mitsubishi|s7_1500> up -d`.
+2. `dotnet test tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests` —
    tests auto-skip when the endpoint is unreachable. Default endpoint is
    `localhost:5020`; override via `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` for a real PLC on its
    native port 502.
+3. `docker compose -f ... --profile <…> down` when finished.
 
 ## Per-device quirk catalog
 
@@ -113,9 +114,11 @@ vendors get promoted into driver defaults or opt-in options:
 - **PR 42 — ModbusPal `.xmpp` profiles** — **SUPERSEDED by PR 43**. Replaced
   with pymodbus JSON because ModbusPal 1.6b is abandoned, GUI-only, and only
   exposes 2 of the 4 standard tables.
-- **PR 43 — pymodbus JSON profiles** — **DONE**. `Pymodbus/standard.json` +
-  `Pymodbus/dl205.json` + `Pymodbus/serve.ps1` runner. Both bind TCP 5020.
+- **PR 43 — pymodbus JSON profiles** — **DONE**. Dockerized under
+  `Docker/profiles/` (standard.json, dl205.json, mitsubishi.json,
+  s7_1500.json); compose file launches each via a named profile.
+  All bind TCP 5020.
 - **PR 44+**: one PR per confirmed DL205 quirk, landing the named test + any
   driver-side adjustment (string byte order, BCD decoder, V-memory address
   helper, FC16 cap-per-device-family) needed to pass it. Each quirk's value
-  is already pre-encoded in `Pymodbus/dl205.json`.
+  is already pre-encoded in `Docker/profiles/dl205.json`.

docs/v2/test-data-sources.md

@@ -191,40 +191,30 @@ Modbus has no native String, DateTime, or Int64 — those rows are skipped on th
 
 ### CI fixture (task #180)
 
-The integration harness at `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/` exposes two test-time contracts:
+The integration harness at `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/` is Docker-only — `ab_server` is a source-only tool under libplctag's `src/tools/ab_server/`, and the fixture's multi-stage `Docker/Dockerfile` is the only supported reproducible build path.
 
-- **`AbServerFixture(AbServerProfile)`** — starts the simulator with the CLI args composed from the profile's `--plc` family + seed-tag set. One fixture instance per family, one simulator process per test case (smoke tier). For larger suites that can share a simulator across several reads/writes, use a `IClassFixture<AbServerFixture>` wrapper per family.
-- **`KnownProfiles.{ControlLogix, CompactLogix, Micro800, GuardLogix}`** — the four per-family profiles. Drives the simulator's `--plc` mode + the preseed `--tag name:type[:size]` set. Micro800 + GuardLogix fall back to `controllogix` under the hood because ab_server has no dedicated mode for them — the driver-side family profile still enforces the narrower connection shape / safety classification separately.
+- **`AbServerFixture(AbServerProfile)`** — thin TCP probe against `127.0.0.1:44818` (or `AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT` override). Does not spawn the simulator; the operator brings up the compose service for whichever family the test class targets (`controllogix` / `compactlogix` / `micro800` / `guardlogix`).
+- **`KnownProfiles.{ControlLogix, CompactLogix, Micro800, GuardLogix}`** — thin `(Family, ComposeProfile, Notes)` records. The compose file (`Docker/docker-compose.yml`) is the canonical source of truth for which tags each family seeds + which `--plc` mode the simulator boots in. `Micro800` uses the dedicated `--plc=Micro800` mode; `GuardLogix` uses `ControlLogix` emulation because ab_server has no safety subsystem (the `_S`-suffixed seed tag triggers driver-side ViewOnly classification only).
 
-**Pinned version** (recorded in `ci/ab-server.lock.json` so drift is one-file visible):
-
-- `libplctag` **v2.6.16** (published 2026-03-29) — `ab_server.exe` ships inside the `_tools.zip` asset alongside `plctag.dll` + two `list_tags_*` helpers.
-- Windows x64: `libplctag_2.6.16_windows_x64_tools.zip` — SHA256 `9b78a3dee73d9cd28ca348c090f453dbe3ad9d07ad6bf42865a9dc3a79bc2232`
-- Windows x86: `libplctag_2.6.16_windows_x86_tools.zip` — SHA256 `fdfefd58b266c5da9a1ded1a430985e609289c9e67be2544da7513b668761edf`
-- Windows ARM64: `libplctag_2.6.16_windows_arm64_tools.zip` — SHA256 `d747728e4c4958bb63b4ac23e1c820c4452e4778dfd7d58f8a0aecd5402d4944`
+**Pinned version**: the `Docker/Dockerfile` clones libplctag at a pinned tag (currently the `release` branch) via its `LIBPLCTAG_TAG` build-arg and compiles `ab_server` from source. Bump deliberately alongside a driver-side change that needs the newer simulator.
 
 **CI step:**
 
 ```yaml
 # GitHub Actions step placed before `dotnet test`:
-- name: Fetch ab_server (libplctag v2.6.16)
+- name: Start ab_server Docker container
   shell: pwsh
   run: |
-    $pin = Get-Content ci/ab-server.lock.json | ConvertFrom-Json
-    $asset = $pin.assets.'windows-x64'       # swap to windows-x86 / windows-arm64 on non-x64 runners
-    $url = "https://github.com/libplctag/libplctag/releases/download/$($pin.tag)/$($asset.file)"
-    $zip = Join-Path $env:RUNNER_TEMP 'libplctag-tools.zip'
-    Invoke-WebRequest $url -OutFile $zip
-    $actual = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 $zip).Hash.ToLower()
-    if ($actual -ne $asset.sha256) { throw "libplctag tools SHA256 mismatch: expected $($asset.sha256), got $actual" }
-    $dest = Join-Path $env:RUNNER_TEMP 'libplctag-tools'
-    Expand-Archive $zip -DestinationPath $dest
-    Add-Content $env:GITHUB_PATH $dest
+    docker compose -f tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Docker/docker-compose.yml `
+      --profile controllogix up -d --build
+    # Wait for :44818 to accept connections (compose healthcheck-equivalent)
+    for ($i = 0; $i -lt 30; $i++) {
+      if ((Test-NetConnection -ComputerName localhost -Port 44818 -WarningAction SilentlyContinue).TcpTestSucceeded) { break }
+      Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
+    }
 ```
 
-The fixture's `LocateBinary()` picks the binary up off PATH so the C# harness doesn't own the download — CI YAML is the right place for version pinning + hash verification. Developer workstations install the binary once from source (`cmake + make ab_server` under a libplctag clone) and the same fixture works identically.
-
-Tests without ab_server on PATH are marked `Skip` via `AbServerFactAttribute` / `AbServerTheoryAttribute`, so fresh-clone runs without the simulator still pass all unit suites in this project.
+Tests skip via `AbServerFactAttribute` / `AbServerTheoryAttribute` when the probe fails, so fresh-clone runs without Docker still pass all unit suites in this project.
 
 ---
 

scripts/install/Install-FocasHost.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Registers the OtOpcUaFocasHost Windows service. Optional companion to
+    Install-Services.ps1 — only run this on nodes where FOCAS driver instances will run
+    with Tier-C process isolation enabled.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    FOCAS PR #220 / Tier-C isolation plan. Wraps OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.exe (net48 x86)
+    as a Windows service using NSSM, running under the same service account as the main
+    OtOpcUa service so the named-pipe ACL works. Passes the per-process shared secret via
+    environment variable at service-start time so it never hits disk.
+
+.PARAMETER InstallRoot
+    Where the FOCAS Host binaries live (typically
+    C:\Program Files\OtOpcUa\Driver.FOCAS.Host).
+
+.PARAMETER ServiceAccount
+    Service account SID or DOMAIN\name. Must match the main OtOpcUa server account so the
+    PipeAcl match succeeds.
+
+.PARAMETER FocasSharedSecret
+    Per-process secret passed via env var. Generated freshly per install if not supplied.
+
+.PARAMETER FocasBackend
+    Backend selector for the Host process. One of:
+      fwlib32      (default — real Fanuc Fwlib32.dll integration; requires licensed DLL on PATH)
+      fake         (in-memory; smoke-test mode)
+      unconfigured (safe default returning structured errors; use until hardware is wired)
+
+.PARAMETER FocasPipeName
+    Pipe name the Host listens on. Default: OtOpcUaFocas.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    .\Install-FocasHost.ps1 -InstallRoot 'C:\Program Files\OtOpcUa\Driver.FOCAS.Host' `
+        -ServiceAccount 'OTOPCUA\svc-otopcua' -FocasBackend fwlib32
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string]$InstallRoot,
+    [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string]$ServiceAccount,
+    [string]$FocasSharedSecret,
+    [ValidateSet('fwlib32','fake','unconfigured')] [string]$FocasBackend = 'unconfigured',
+    [string]$FocasPipeName = 'OtOpcUaFocas',
+    [string]$ServiceName = 'OtOpcUaFocasHost',
+    [string]$NssmPath = 'C:\Program Files\nssm\nssm.exe'
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+function Resolve-Sid {
+    param([string]$Account)
+    if ($Account -match '^S-\d-\d+') { return $Account }
+    try {
+        $nt = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($Account)
+        return $nt.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).Value
+    } catch {
+        throw "Could not resolve '$Account' to a SID. Pass an explicit SID or check the account name."
+    }
+}
+
+if (-not (Test-Path $NssmPath)) {
+    throw "nssm.exe not found at '$NssmPath'. Install NSSM or pass -NssmPath."
+}
+
+$hostExe = Join-Path $InstallRoot 'OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.exe'
+if (-not (Test-Path $hostExe)) {
+    throw "FOCAS Host binary not found at '$hostExe'. Publish the Driver.FOCAS.Host project first."
+}
+
+if (-not $FocasSharedSecret) {
+    $FocasSharedSecret = [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N')
+    Write-Host "Generated FocasSharedSecret — store it alongside the OtOpcUa service config."
+}
+
+$allowedSid = Resolve-Sid $ServiceAccount
+
+# Idempotent install — remove + re-create if present.
+$existing = Get-Service -Name $ServiceName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+if ($existing) {
+    Write-Host "Removing existing '$ServiceName' service..."
+    & $NssmPath stop $ServiceName confirm | Out-Null
+    & $NssmPath remove $ServiceName confirm | Out-Null
+}
+
+& $NssmPath install $ServiceName $hostExe | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName DisplayName 'OT-OPC-UA FOCAS Host (Tier-C isolated Fwlib32)' | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName Description 'Out-of-process Fwlib32.dll host for OtOpcUa FOCAS driver. Crash-isolated from the main OPC UA server.' | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName ObjectName  $ServiceAccount | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName Start SERVICE_AUTO_START | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName AppStdout (Join-Path $env:ProgramData 'OtOpcUa\focas-host-stdout.log') | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName AppStderr (Join-Path $env:ProgramData 'OtOpcUa\focas-host-stderr.log') | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName AppRotateFiles 1 | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName AppRotateBytes 10485760 | Out-Null
+
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName AppEnvironmentExtra `
+    "OTOPCUA_FOCAS_PIPE=$FocasPipeName" `
+    "OTOPCUA_ALLOWED_SID=$allowedSid" `
+    "OTOPCUA_FOCAS_SECRET=$FocasSharedSecret" `
+    "OTOPCUA_FOCAS_BACKEND=$FocasBackend" | Out-Null
+
+& $NssmPath set $ServiceName DependOnService OtOpcUa | Out-Null
+
+Write-Host "Installed '$ServiceName' under '$ServiceAccount' (SID=$allowedSid)."
+Write-Host "Pipe: \\.\pipe\$FocasPipeName    Backend: $FocasBackend"
+Write-Host "Start the service with: Start-Service $ServiceName"
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "NOTE: the Fwlib32 backend requires the licensed Fwlib32.dll on PATH"
+Write-Host "alongside the Host exe. See docs/v2/focas-deployment.md."

scripts/install/Uninstall-FocasHost.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Removes the OtOpcUaFocasHost Windows service.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Companion to Install-FocasHost.ps1. Stops + unregisters the service via NSSM.
+    Idempotent — succeeds silently if the service doesn't exist.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    .\Uninstall-FocasHost.ps1
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [string]$ServiceName = 'OtOpcUaFocasHost',
+    [string]$NssmPath = 'C:\Program Files\nssm\nssm.exe'
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+$svc = Get-Service -Name $ServiceName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+if (-not $svc) { Write-Host "Service '$ServiceName' not present — nothing to do."; return }
+
+if (-not (Test-Path $NssmPath)) { throw "nssm.exe not found at '$NssmPath'." }
+
+& $NssmPath stop   $ServiceName confirm | Out-Null
+& $NssmPath remove $ServiceName confirm | Out-Null
+Write-Host "Removed '$ServiceName'."

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/CompiledScriptCache.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Source-hash-keyed compile cache for user scripts. Roslyn compilation is the most
+///     expensive step in the evaluator pipeline (5-20ms per script depending on size);
+///     re-compiling on every value-change event would starve the virtual-tag engine.
+///     The cache is generic on the <see cref="ScriptContext"/> subclass + result type so
+///     different engines (virtual-tag / alarm-predicate / future alarm-action) each get
+///     their own cache instance — there's no cross-type pollution.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Concurrent-safe: <see cref="ConcurrentDictionary{TKey, TValue}"/> of
+///         <see cref="Lazy{T}"/> means a miss on two threads compiles exactly once.
+///         <see cref="LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication"/> guarantees other
+///         threads block on the in-flight compile rather than racing to duplicate work.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Cache is keyed on SHA-256 of the UTF-8 bytes of the source — collision-free in
+///         practice. Whitespace changes therefore miss the cache on purpose; operators
+///         see re-compile time on their first evaluation after a format-only edit which
+///         is rare and benign.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         No capacity bound. Virtual-tag + alarm scripts are operator-authored and
+///         bounded by config DB (typically low thousands). If that changes in v3, add an
+///         LRU eviction policy — the API stays the same.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class CompiledScriptCache<TContext, TResult>
+    where TContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, Lazy<ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>>> _cache = new();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Return the compiled evaluator for <paramref name="scriptSource"/>, compiling
+    ///     on first sight + reusing thereafter. If the source fails to compile, the
+    ///     original Roslyn / sandbox exception propagates; the cache entry is removed so
+    ///     the next call retries (useful during Admin UI authoring when the operator is
+    ///     still fixing syntax).
+    /// </summary>
+    public ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> GetOrCompile(string scriptSource)
+    {
+        if (scriptSource is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(scriptSource));
+
+        var key = HashSource(scriptSource);
+        var lazy = _cache.GetOrAdd(key, _ => new Lazy<ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>>(
+            () => ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>.Compile(scriptSource),
+            LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication));
+
+        try
+        {
+            return lazy.Value;
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Failed compile — evict so a retry with corrected source can succeed.
+            _cache.TryRemove(key, out _);
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Current entry count. Exposed for Admin UI diagnostics / tests.</summary>
+    public int Count => _cache.Count;
+
+    /// <summary>Drop every cached compile. Used on config generation publish + tests.</summary>
+    public void Clear() => _cache.Clear();
+
+    /// <summary>True when the exact source has been compiled at least once + is still cached.</summary>
+    public bool Contains(string scriptSource)
+        => _cache.ContainsKey(HashSource(scriptSource));
+
+    private static string HashSource(string source)
+    {
+        var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(source);
+        var hash = SHA256.HashData(bytes);
+        return Convert.ToHexString(hash);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/DependencyExtractor.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Parses a script's source text + extracts every <c>ctx.GetTag("literal")</c> and
+///     <c>ctx.SetVirtualTag("literal", ...)</c> call. Outputs the static dependency set
+///     the virtual-tag engine uses to build its change-trigger subscription graph (Phase
+///     7 plan decision #7 — AST inference, operator doesn't maintain a separate list).
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         The tag-path argument MUST be a literal string expression. Variables,
+///         concatenation, interpolation, and method-returned strings are rejected because
+///         the extractor can't statically know what tag they'll resolve to at evaluation
+///         time — the dependency graph needs to know every possible input up front.
+///         Rejections carry the exact source span so the Admin UI can point at the offending
+///         token.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Identifier matching is by spelling: the extractor looks for
+///         <c>ctx.GetTag(...)</c> / <c>ctx.SetVirtualTag(...)</c> literally. A deliberately
+///         misspelled method call (<c>ctx.GetTagz</c>) is not picked up but will also fail
+///         to compile against <see cref="ScriptContext"/>, so there's no way to smuggle a
+///         dependency past the extractor while still having a working script.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class DependencyExtractor
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Parse <paramref name="scriptSource"/> + return the inferred read + write tag
+    ///     paths, or a list of rejection messages if non-literal paths were used.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static DependencyExtractionResult Extract(string scriptSource)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(scriptSource))
+            return new DependencyExtractionResult(
+                Reads: new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal),
+                Writes: new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal),
+                Rejections: []);
+
+        var tree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(scriptSource, options:
+            new CSharpParseOptions(kind: SourceCodeKind.Script));
+        var root = tree.GetRoot();
+
+        var walker = new Walker();
+        walker.Visit(root);
+
+        return new DependencyExtractionResult(
+            Reads: walker.Reads,
+            Writes: walker.Writes,
+            Rejections: walker.Rejections);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class Walker : CSharpSyntaxWalker
+    {
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _reads = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _writes = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        private readonly List<DependencyRejection> _rejections = [];
+
+        public IReadOnlySet<string> Reads => _reads;
+        public IReadOnlySet<string> Writes => _writes;
+        public IReadOnlyList<DependencyRejection> Rejections => _rejections;
+
+        public override void VisitInvocationExpression(InvocationExpressionSyntax node)
+        {
+            // Only interested in member-access form: ctx.GetTag(...) / ctx.SetVirtualTag(...).
+            // Anything else (free functions, chained calls, static calls) is ignored — but
+            // still visit children in case a ctx.GetTag call is nested inside.
+            if (node.Expression is MemberAccessExpressionSyntax member)
+            {
+                var methodName = member.Name.Identifier.ValueText;
+                if (methodName is nameof(ScriptContext.GetTag) or nameof(ScriptContext.SetVirtualTag))
+                {
+                    HandleTagCall(node, methodName);
+                }
+            }
+            base.VisitInvocationExpression(node);
+        }
+
+        private void HandleTagCall(InvocationExpressionSyntax node, string methodName)
+        {
+            var args = node.ArgumentList.Arguments;
+            if (args.Count == 0)
+            {
+                _rejections.Add(new DependencyRejection(
+                    Span: node.Span,
+                    Message: $"Call to ctx.{methodName} has no arguments. " +
+                             "The tag path must be the first argument."));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var pathArg = args[0].Expression;
+            if (pathArg is not LiteralExpressionSyntax literal
+                || !literal.Token.IsKind(SyntaxKind.StringLiteralToken))
+            {
+                _rejections.Add(new DependencyRejection(
+                    Span: pathArg.Span,
+                    Message: $"Tag path passed to ctx.{methodName} must be a string literal. " +
+                             $"Dynamic paths (variables, concatenation, interpolation, method " +
+                             $"calls) are rejected at publish so the dependency graph can be " +
+                             $"built statically. Got: {pathArg.Kind()} ({pathArg})"));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var path = (string?)literal.Token.Value ?? string.Empty;
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+            {
+                _rejections.Add(new DependencyRejection(
+                    Span: literal.Span,
+                    Message: $"Tag path passed to ctx.{methodName} is empty or whitespace."));
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (methodName == nameof(ScriptContext.GetTag))
+                _reads.Add(path);
+            else
+                _writes.Add(path);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>Output of <see cref="DependencyExtractor.Extract"/>.</summary>
+public sealed record DependencyExtractionResult(
+    IReadOnlySet<string> Reads,
+    IReadOnlySet<string> Writes,
+    IReadOnlyList<DependencyRejection> Rejections)
+{
+    /// <summary>True when no rejections were recorded — safe to publish.</summary>
+    public bool IsValid => Rejections.Count == 0;
+}
+
+/// <summary>A single non-literal-path rejection with the exact source span for UI pointing.</summary>
+public sealed record DependencyRejection(TextSpan Span, string Message);

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Post-compile sandbox guard. <c>ScriptOptions</c> alone can't reliably
+///     constrain the type surface a script can reach because .NET 10's type-forwarding
+///     system resolves many BCL types through multiple assemblies — restricting the
+///     reference list doesn't stop <c>System.Net.Http.HttpClient</c> from being found if
+///     any transitive reference forwards to <c>System.Net.Http</c>. This analyzer walks
+///     the script's syntax tree after compile, uses the <see cref="SemanticModel"/> to
+///     resolve every type / member reference, and rejects any whose containing namespace
+///     matches a deny-list pattern.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Deny-list is the authoritative Phase 7 plan decision #6 set:
+///         <c>System.IO</c>, <c>System.Net</c>, <c>System.Diagnostics.Process</c>,
+///         <c>System.Reflection</c>, <c>System.Threading.Thread</c>,
+///         <c>System.Runtime.InteropServices</c>. <c>System.Environment</c> (for process
+///         env-var read) is explicitly left allowed — it's read-only process state, doesn't
+///         persist outside, and the test file pins this compromise so tightening later is
+///         a deliberate plan decision.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Deny-list prefix match. <c>System.Net</c> catches <c>System.Net.Http</c>,
+///         <c>System.Net.Sockets</c>, <c>System.Net.NetworkInformation</c>, etc. — every
+///         subnamespace. If a script needs something under a denied prefix, Phase 7's
+///         operator audience authors it through a helper the plan team adds as part of
+///         the <see cref="ScriptContext"/> surface, not by unlocking the namespace.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Namespace prefixes scripts are NOT allowed to reference. Each string is
+    ///     matched as a prefix against the resolved symbol's namespace name (dot-
+    ///     delimited), so <c>System.IO</c> catches <c>System.IO.File</c>,
+    ///     <c>System.IO.Pipes</c>, and any future subnamespace without needing explicit
+    ///     enumeration.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> ForbiddenNamespacePrefixes =
+    [
+        "System.IO",
+        "System.Net",
+        "System.Diagnostics",       // catches Process, ProcessStartInfo, EventLog, Trace/Debug file sinks
+        "System.Reflection",
+        "System.Threading.Thread",  // raw Thread — Tasks stay allowed (different namespace)
+        "System.Runtime.InteropServices",
+        "Microsoft.Win32",          // registry
+    ];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Scan the <paramref name="compilation"/> for references to forbidden types.
+    ///     Returns empty list when the script is clean; non-empty list means the script
+    ///     must be rejected at publish with the rejections surfaced to the operator.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyList<ForbiddenTypeRejection> Analyze(Compilation compilation)
+    {
+        if (compilation is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(compilation));
+
+        var rejections = new List<ForbiddenTypeRejection>();
+        foreach (var tree in compilation.SyntaxTrees)
+        {
+            var semantic = compilation.GetSemanticModel(tree);
+            var root = tree.GetRoot();
+            foreach (var node in root.DescendantNodes())
+            {
+                switch (node)
+                {
+                    case ObjectCreationExpressionSyntax obj:
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(obj.Type).Symbol, obj.Type.Span, rejections);
+                        break;
+                    case InvocationExpressionSyntax inv when inv.Expression is MemberAccessExpressionSyntax memberAcc:
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(memberAcc.Expression).Symbol, memberAcc.Expression.Span, rejections);
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(inv).Symbol, inv.Span, rejections);
+                        break;
+                    case MemberAccessExpressionSyntax mem:
+                        // Catches static calls like System.IO.File.ReadAllText(...) — the
+                        // MemberAccess "System.IO.File" resolves to the File type symbol
+                        // whose containing namespace is System.IO, triggering a rejection.
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(mem.Expression).Symbol, mem.Expression.Span, rejections);
+                        break;
+                    case IdentifierNameSyntax id when node.Parent is not MemberAccessExpressionSyntax:
+                        CheckSymbol(semantic.GetSymbolInfo(id).Symbol, id.Span, rejections);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return rejections;
+    }
+
+    private static void CheckSymbol(ISymbol? symbol, TextSpan span, List<ForbiddenTypeRejection> rejections)
+    {
+        if (symbol is null) return;
+
+        var typeSymbol = symbol switch
+        {
+            ITypeSymbol t => t,
+            IMethodSymbol m => m.ContainingType,
+            IPropertySymbol p => p.ContainingType,
+            IFieldSymbol f => f.ContainingType,
+            _ => null,
+        };
+        if (typeSymbol is null) return;
+
+        var ns = typeSymbol.ContainingNamespace?.ToDisplayString() ?? string.Empty;
+        foreach (var forbidden in ForbiddenNamespacePrefixes)
+        {
+            if (ns == forbidden || ns.StartsWith(forbidden + ".", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                rejections.Add(new ForbiddenTypeRejection(
+                    Span: span,
+                    TypeName: typeSymbol.ToDisplayString(),
+                    Namespace: ns,
+                    Message: $"Type '{typeSymbol.ToDisplayString()}' is in the forbidden namespace '{ns}'. " +
+                             $"Scripts cannot reach {forbidden}* per Phase 7 sandbox rules."));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>A single forbidden-type reference in a user script.</summary>
+public sealed record ForbiddenTypeRejection(
+    TextSpan Span,
+    string TypeName,
+    string Namespace,
+    string Message);
+
+/// <summary>Thrown from <see cref="ScriptEvaluator{TContext, TResult}.Compile"/> when the
+/// post-compile forbidden-type analyzer finds references to denied namespaces.</summary>
+public sealed class ScriptSandboxViolationException : Exception
+{
+    public IReadOnlyList<ForbiddenTypeRejection> Rejections { get; }
+
+    public ScriptSandboxViolationException(IReadOnlyList<ForbiddenTypeRejection> rejections)
+        : base(BuildMessage(rejections))
+    {
+        Rejections = rejections;
+    }
+
+    private static string BuildMessage(IReadOnlyList<ForbiddenTypeRejection> rejections)
+    {
+        var lines = rejections.Select(r => $"  - {r.Message}");
+        return "Script references types outside the Phase 7 sandbox allow-list:\n"
+               + string.Join("\n", lines);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptContext.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     The API user scripts see as the global <c>ctx</c>. Abstract — concrete subclasses
+///     (e.g. <c>VirtualTagScriptContext</c>, <c>AlarmScriptContext</c>) plug in the
+///     actual tag-backend + logger + virtual-tag writer for each evaluation. Phase 7 plan
+///     decision #6: scripts can read any tag, write only to virtual tags, and have no
+///     other .NET reach — no HttpClient, no File, no Process, no reflection.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Every member on this type MUST be serializable in the narrow sense that
+///         <see cref="DependencyExtractor"/> can recognize tag-access call sites from the
+///         script AST. Method names used from scripts are locked — renaming
+///         <see cref="GetTag"/> or <see cref="SetVirtualTag"/> is a breaking change for every
+///         authored script and the dependency extractor must update in lockstep.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         New helpers (<see cref="Now"/>, <see cref="Deadband"/>) are additive: adding a
+///         method doesn't invalidate existing scripts. Do not remove or rename without a
+///         plan-level decision + migration for authored scripts.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public abstract class ScriptContext
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Read a tag's current value + quality + source timestamp. Path syntax is
+    ///     <c>Enterprise/Site/Area/Line/Equipment/TagName</c> (forward-slash delimited,
+    ///     matching the Equipment-namespace browse tree). Returns a
+    ///     <see cref="DataValueSnapshot"/> so scripts branch on quality without a second
+    ///     call.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     <paramref name="path"/> MUST be a string literal in the script source — dynamic
+    ///     paths (variables, concatenation, method-returned strings) are rejected at
+    ///     publish by <see cref="DependencyExtractor"/>. This is intentional: the static
+    ///     dependency set is required for the change-driven scheduler to subscribe to the
+    ///     right upstream tags at load time.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public abstract DataValueSnapshot GetTag(string path);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Write a value to a virtual tag. Operator scripts cannot write to driver-sourced
+    ///     tags — the OPC UA dispatch in <c>DriverNodeManager</c> rejects that separately
+    ///     per ADR-002 with <c>BadUserAccessDenied</c>. This method is the only write path
+    ///     virtual tags have.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Path rules identical to <see cref="GetTag"/> — literal only, dependency
+    ///     extractor tracks the write targets so the engine knows what downstream
+    ///     subscribers to notify.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public abstract void SetVirtualTag(string path, object? value);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Current UTC timestamp. Prefer this over <see cref="DateTime.UtcNow"/> in
+    ///     scripts so the harness can supply a deterministic clock for tests.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract DateTime Now { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Per-script Serilog logger. Output lands in the dedicated <c>scripts-*.log</c>
+    ///     sink with structured property <c>ScriptName</c> = the script's configured name.
+    ///     Use at error level to surface problems; main <c>opcua-*.log</c> receives a
+    ///     companion WARN entry so operators see script errors in the primary log.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract ILogger Logger { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Deadband helper — returns <c>true</c> when <paramref name="current"/> differs
+    ///     from <paramref name="previous"/> by more than <paramref name="tolerance"/>.
+    ///     Useful for alarm predicates that shouldn't flicker on small noise. Pure
+    ///     function; no side effects.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static bool Deadband(double current, double previous, double tolerance)
+        => Math.Abs(current - previous) > tolerance;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptEvaluator.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Compiles + runs user scripts against a <see cref="ScriptContext"/> subclass. Core
+///     evaluator — no caching, no timeout, no logging side-effects yet (those land in
+///     Stream A.3, A.4, A.5 respectively). Stream B + C wrap this with the dependency
+///     scheduler + alarm state machine.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Scripts are compiled against <see cref="ScriptGlobals{TContext}"/> so the
+///         context member is named <c>ctx</c> in the script, matching the
+///         <see cref="DependencyExtractor"/>'s walker and the Admin UI type stub.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Compile pipeline is a three-step gate: (1) Roslyn compile — catches syntax
+///         errors + type-resolution failures, throws <see cref="CompilationErrorException"/>;
+///         (2) <see cref="ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer"/> runs against the semantic model —
+///         catches sandbox escapes that slipped past reference restrictions due to .NET's
+///         type forwarding, throws <see cref="ScriptSandboxViolationException"/>; (3)
+///         delegate creation — throws at this layer only for internal Roslyn bugs, not
+///         user error.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Runtime exceptions thrown from user code propagate unwrapped. The virtual-tag
+///         engine (Stream B) catches them per-tag + maps to <c>BadInternalError</c>
+///         quality per Phase 7 decision #11 — this layer doesn't swallow anything so
+///         tests can assert on the original exception type.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>
+    where TContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    private readonly ScriptRunner<TResult> _runner;
+
+    private ScriptEvaluator(ScriptRunner<TResult> runner)
+    {
+        _runner = runner;
+    }
+
+    public static ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> Compile(string scriptSource)
+    {
+        if (scriptSource is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(scriptSource));
+
+        var options = ScriptSandbox.Build(typeof(TContext));
+        var script = CSharpScript.Create<TResult>(
+            code: scriptSource,
+            options: options,
+            globalsType: typeof(ScriptGlobals<TContext>));
+
+        // Step 1 — Roslyn compile. Throws CompilationErrorException on syntax / type errors.
+        var diagnostics = script.Compile();
+
+        // Step 2 — forbidden-type semantic analysis. Defense-in-depth against reference-list
+        // leaks due to type forwarding.
+        var rejections = ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer.Analyze(script.GetCompilation());
+        if (rejections.Count > 0)
+            throw new ScriptSandboxViolationException(rejections);
+
+        // Step 3 — materialize the callable delegate.
+        var runner = script.CreateDelegate();
+        return new ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>(runner);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Run against an already-constructed context.</summary>
+    public Task<TResult> RunAsync(TContext context, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        if (context is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+        var globals = new ScriptGlobals<TContext> { ctx = context };
+        return _runner(globals, ct);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptGlobals.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Wraps a <see cref="ScriptContext"/> as a named field so user scripts see
+///     <c>ctx.GetTag(...)</c> instead of the bare <c>GetTag(...)</c> that Roslyn's
+///     globalsType convention would produce. Keeps the script ergonomics operators
+///     author against consistent with the dependency extractor (which looks for the
+///     <c>ctx.</c> prefix) and with the Admin UI hand-written type stub.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Generic on <typeparamref name="TContext"/> so alarm predicates can use a richer
+///     context (e.g. with an <c>Alarm</c> property carrying the owning condition's
+///     metadata) without affecting virtual-tag contexts.
+/// </remarks>
+public class ScriptGlobals<TContext>
+    where TContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    public TContext ctx { get; set; } = default!;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ScriptSandbox.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Factory for the <see cref="ScriptOptions"/> every user script is compiled against.
+///     Implements Phase 7 plan decision #6 (read-only sandbox) by whitelisting only the
+///     assemblies + namespaces the script API needs; no <c>System.IO</c>, no
+///     <c>System.Net</c>, no <c>System.Diagnostics.Process</c>, no
+///     <c>System.Reflection</c>. Attempts to reference those types in a script fail at
+///     compile with a compiler error that points at the exact span — the operator sees
+///     the rejection before publish, not at evaluation.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Roslyn's default <see cref="ScriptOptions"/> references <c>mscorlib</c> /
+///         <c>System.Runtime</c> transitively which pulls in every type in the BCL — this
+///         class overrides that with an explicit minimal allow-list.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Namespaces pre-imported so scripts don't have to write <c>using</c> clauses:
+///         <c>System</c>, <c>System.Math</c>-style statics are reachable via
+///         <see cref="Math"/>, and <c>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions</c> so scripts
+///         can name <see cref="DataValueSnapshot"/> directly.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         The sandbox cannot prevent a script from allocating unbounded memory or
+///         spinning in a tight loop — those are budget concerns, handled by the
+///         per-evaluation timeout (Stream A.4) + the test-harness (Stream F.4) that lets
+///         operators preview output before publishing.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class ScriptSandbox
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Build the <see cref="ScriptOptions"/> used for every virtual-tag / alarm
+    ///     script. <paramref name="contextType"/> is the concrete
+    ///     <see cref="ScriptContext"/> subclass the globals will be of — the compiler
+    ///     uses its type to resolve <c>ctx.GetTag(...)</c> calls.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ScriptOptions Build(Type contextType)
+    {
+        if (contextType is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(contextType));
+        if (!typeof(ScriptContext).IsAssignableFrom(contextType))
+            throw new ArgumentException(
+                $"Script context type must derive from {nameof(ScriptContext)}", nameof(contextType));
+
+        // Allow-listed assemblies — each explicitly chosen. Adding here is a
+        // plan-level decision; do not expand casually. HashSet so adding the
+        // contextType's assembly is idempotent when it happens to be Core.Scripting
+        // already.
+        var allowedAssemblies = new HashSet<System.Reflection.Assembly>
+        {
+            // System.Private.CoreLib — primitives (int, double, bool, string, DateTime,
+            // TimeSpan, Math, Convert, nullable<T>). Can't practically script without it.
+            typeof(object).Assembly,
+            // System.Linq — IEnumerable extensions (Where / Select / Sum / Average / etc.).
+            typeof(System.Linq.Enumerable).Assembly,
+            // Core.Abstractions — DataValueSnapshot + DriverDataType so scripts can name
+            // the types they receive from ctx.GetTag.
+            typeof(DataValueSnapshot).Assembly,
+            // Core.Scripting itself — ScriptContext base class + Deadband static.
+            typeof(ScriptContext).Assembly,
+            // Serilog.ILogger — script-side logger type.
+            typeof(Serilog.ILogger).Assembly,
+            // Concrete context type's assembly — production contexts subclass
+            // ScriptContext in Core.VirtualTags / Core.ScriptedAlarms; tests use their
+            // own subclass. The globals wrapper is generic on this type so Roslyn must
+            // be able to resolve it during compilation.
+            contextType.Assembly,
+        };
+
+        var allowedImports = new[]
+        {
+            "System",
+            "System.Linq",
+            "ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions",
+            "ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting",
+        };
+
+        return ScriptOptions.Default
+            .WithReferences(allowedAssemblies)
+            .WithImports(allowedImports);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/TimedScriptEvaluator.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Wraps a <see cref="ScriptEvaluator{TContext, TResult}"/> with a per-evaluation
+///     wall-clock timeout. Default is 250ms per Phase 7 plan Stream A.4; configurable
+///     per tag so deployments with slower backends can widen it.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Implemented with <see cref="Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan, CancellationToken)"/>
+///         rather than a cancellation-token-only approach because Roslyn-compiled
+///         scripts don't internally poll the cancellation token unless the user code
+///         does async work. A CPU-bound infinite loop in a script won't honor a
+///         cooperative cancel — <c>WaitAsync</c> returns control when the timeout fires
+///         regardless of whether the inner task completes.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Known limitation:</b> when a script times out, the underlying ScriptRunner
+///         task continues running on a thread-pool thread until the Roslyn runtime
+///         returns. In the CPU-bound-infinite-loop case that's effectively "leaked" —
+///         the thread is tied up until the runtime decides to return, which it may
+///         never do. Phase 7 plan Stream A.4 accepts this as a known trade-off; tighter
+///         CPU budgeting would require an out-of-process script runner, which is a v3
+///         concern. In practice, the timeout + structured warning log surfaces the
+///         offending script so the operator can fix it; the orphan thread is rare.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Caller-supplied <see cref="CancellationToken"/> is honored — if the caller
+///         cancels before the timeout fires, the caller's cancel wins and the
+///         <see cref="OperationCanceledException"/> propagates (not wrapped as
+///         <see cref="ScriptTimeoutException"/>). That distinction matters: the
+///         virtual-tag engine's shutdown path cancels scripts on dispose; it shouldn't
+///         see those as timeouts.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class TimedScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult>
+    where TContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    /// <summary>Default timeout per Phase 7 plan Stream A.4 — 250ms.</summary>
+    public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250);
+
+    private readonly ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> _inner;
+
+    /// <summary>Wall-clock budget per evaluation. Script exceeding this throws <see cref="ScriptTimeoutException"/>.</summary>
+    public TimeSpan Timeout { get; }
+
+    public TimedScriptEvaluator(ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> inner)
+        : this(inner, DefaultTimeout)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public TimedScriptEvaluator(ScriptEvaluator<TContext, TResult> inner, TimeSpan timeout)
+    {
+        _inner = inner ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(inner));
+        if (timeout <= TimeSpan.Zero)
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(timeout), "Timeout must be positive.");
+        Timeout = timeout;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<TResult> RunAsync(TContext context, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        if (context is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+
+        // Push evaluation to a thread-pool thread so a CPU-bound script (e.g. a tight
+        // loop with no async work) doesn't hog the caller's thread before WaitAsync
+        // gets to register its timeout. Without this, Roslyn's ScriptRunner executes
+        // synchronously on the calling thread and returns an already-completed Task,
+        // so WaitAsync sees a completed task and never fires the timeout.
+        var runTask = Task.Run(() => _inner.RunAsync(context, ct), ct);
+        try
+        {
+            return await runTask.WaitAsync(Timeout, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (TimeoutException)
+        {
+            // WaitAsync's synthesized timeout — the inner task may still be running
+            // on its thread-pool thread (known leak documented in the class summary).
+            // Wrap so callers can distinguish from user-written timeout logic.
+            throw new ScriptTimeoutException(Timeout);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Thrown when a script evaluation exceeds its configured timeout. The virtual-tag
+///     engine (Stream B) catches this + maps the owning tag's quality to
+///     <c>BadInternalError</c> per Phase 7 plan decision #11, logging a structured
+///     warning with the offending script name so operators can locate + fix it.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ScriptTimeoutException : Exception
+{
+    public TimeSpan Timeout { get; }
+
+    public ScriptTimeoutException(TimeSpan timeout)
+        : base($"Script evaluation exceeded the configured timeout of {timeout.TotalMilliseconds:F1} ms. " +
+               "The script was either CPU-bound or blocked on a slow operation; check ctx.Logger output " +
+               "around the timeout and consider widening the timeout per tag, simplifying the script, or " +
+               "moving heavy work out of the evaluation path.")
+    {
+        Timeout = timeout;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+        <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+        <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+        <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting</RootNamespace>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <!-- Roslyn scripting API — compiles user C# snippets with a constrained ScriptOptions
+             allow-list so scripts can't reach Process/File/HttpClient/reflection. Per Phase 7
+             plan decisions #1 + #6. -->
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting" Version="4.12.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.2.0"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/OpcUa/EquipmentNodeWalker.cs

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+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Entities;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.OpcUa;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Materializes the canonical Unified Namespace browse tree for an Equipment-kind
+///     <see cref="Configuration.Entities.Namespace"/> from the Config DB's
+///     <c>UnsArea</c> / <c>UnsLine</c> / <c>Equipment</c> / <c>Tag</c> rows. Runs during
+///     address-space build per <see cref="IDriver"/> whose
+///     <c>Namespace.Kind = Equipment</c>; SystemPlatform-kind namespaces (Galaxy) are
+///     exempt per decision #120 and reach this walker only indirectly through
+///     <see cref="ITagDiscovery.DiscoverAsync"/>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Composition strategy.</b> ADR-001 (2026-04-20) accepted Option A — Config
+///         primary. The walker treats the supplied <see cref="EquipmentNamespaceContent"/>
+///         snapshot as the authoritative published surface. Every Equipment row becomes a
+///         folder node at the UNS level-5 segment; every <see cref="Tag"/> bound to an
+///         Equipment (non-null <see cref="Tag.EquipmentId"/>) becomes a variable node under
+///         it. Driver-discovered tags that have no Config-DB row are not added by this
+///         walker — the ITagDiscovery path continues to exist for the SystemPlatform case +
+///         for enrichment, but Equipment-kind composition is fully Tag-row-driven.
+///     </para>
+///
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Under each Equipment node.</b> Five identifier properties per decision #121
+///         (<c>EquipmentId</c>, <c>EquipmentUuid</c>, <c>MachineCode</c>, <c>ZTag</c>,
+///         <c>SAPID</c>) are added as OPC UA properties — external systems (ERP, SAP PM)
+///         resolve equipment by whichever identifier they natively use without a sidecar.
+///         <see cref="IdentificationFolderBuilder.Build"/> materializes the OPC 40010
+///         Identification sub-folder with the nine decision-#139 fields when at least one
+///         is non-null; when all nine are null the sub-folder is omitted rather than
+///         appearing empty.
+///     </para>
+///
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Address resolution.</b> Variable nodes carry the driver-side full reference
+///         in <see cref="DriverAttributeInfo.FullName"/> copied from <c>Tag.TagConfig</c>
+///         (the wire-level address JSON blob whose interpretation is driver-specific). At
+///         runtime the dispatch layer routes Read/Write calls through the configured
+///         capability invoker; an unreachable address surfaces as an OPC UA Bad status via
+///         the natural driver-read failure path, NOT as a build-time reject. The ADR calls
+///         this "BadNotFound placeholder" behavior — legible to operators via their Admin
+///         UI + OPC UA client inspection of node status.
+///     </para>
+///
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Pure function.</b> This class has no dependency on the OPC UA SDK, no
+///         Config-DB access, no state. It consumes pre-loaded EF Core rows + streams calls
+///         into the supplied <see cref="IAddressSpaceBuilder"/>. The server-side wiring
+///         (load snapshot → invoke walker → per-tag capability probe) lives in the Task B
+///         PR alongside <c>NodeScopeResolver</c>'s Config-DB join.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class EquipmentNodeWalker
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Walk <paramref name="content"/> into <paramref name="namespaceBuilder"/>.
+    ///     The builder is scoped to the Equipment-kind namespace root; the walker emits
+    ///     Area → Line → Equipment folders under it, then identifier properties + the
+    ///     Identification sub-folder + variable nodes per bound Tag under each Equipment.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="namespaceBuilder">
+    ///     The builder scoped to the Equipment-kind namespace root. Caller is responsible for
+    ///     creating this (e.g. <c>rootBuilder.Folder(namespace.NamespaceId, namespace.NamespaceUri)</c>).
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="content">Pre-loaded + pre-filtered rows for a single published generation.</param>
+    public static void Walk(IAddressSpaceBuilder namespaceBuilder, EquipmentNamespaceContent content)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(namespaceBuilder);
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(content);
+
+        // Group lines by area + equipment by line + tags by equipment up-front. Avoids an
+        // O(N·M) re-scan at each UNS level on large fleets.
+        var linesByArea = content.Lines
+            .GroupBy(l => l.UnsAreaId, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.OrderBy(l => l.Name, StringComparer.Ordinal).ToList(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        var equipmentByLine = content.Equipment
+            .GroupBy(e => e.UnsLineId, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.OrderBy(e => e.Name, StringComparer.Ordinal).ToList(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        var tagsByEquipment = content.Tags
+            .Where(t => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(t.EquipmentId))
+            .GroupBy(t => t.EquipmentId!, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.OrderBy(t => t.Name, StringComparer.Ordinal).ToList(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        foreach (var area in content.Areas.OrderBy(a => a.Name, StringComparer.Ordinal))
+        {
+            var areaBuilder = namespaceBuilder.Folder(area.Name, area.Name);
+            if (!linesByArea.TryGetValue(area.UnsAreaId, out var areaLines)) continue;
+
+            foreach (var line in areaLines)
+            {
+                var lineBuilder = areaBuilder.Folder(line.Name, line.Name);
+                if (!equipmentByLine.TryGetValue(line.UnsLineId, out var lineEquipment)) continue;
+
+                foreach (var equipment in lineEquipment)
+                {
+                    var equipmentBuilder = lineBuilder.Folder(equipment.Name, equipment.Name);
+                    AddIdentifierProperties(equipmentBuilder, equipment);
+                    IdentificationFolderBuilder.Build(equipmentBuilder, equipment);
+
+                    if (!tagsByEquipment.TryGetValue(equipment.EquipmentId, out var equipmentTags)) continue;
+                    foreach (var tag in equipmentTags)
+                        AddTagVariable(equipmentBuilder, tag);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Adds the five operator-facing identifiers from decision #121 as OPC UA properties
+    ///     on the Equipment node. EquipmentId + EquipmentUuid are always populated;
+    ///     MachineCode is required per <see cref="Equipment"/>; ZTag + SAPID are nullable in
+    ///     the data model so they're skipped when null to avoid empty-string noise in the
+    ///     browse tree.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static void AddIdentifierProperties(IAddressSpaceBuilder equipmentBuilder, Equipment equipment)
+    {
+        equipmentBuilder.AddProperty("EquipmentId", DriverDataType.String, equipment.EquipmentId);
+        equipmentBuilder.AddProperty("EquipmentUuid", DriverDataType.String, equipment.EquipmentUuid.ToString());
+        equipmentBuilder.AddProperty("MachineCode", DriverDataType.String, equipment.MachineCode);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(equipment.ZTag))
+            equipmentBuilder.AddProperty("ZTag", DriverDataType.String, equipment.ZTag);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(equipment.SAPID))
+            equipmentBuilder.AddProperty("SAPID", DriverDataType.String, equipment.SAPID);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Emit a single Tag row as an <see cref="IAddressSpaceBuilder.Variable"/>. The driver
+    ///     full reference lives in <c>Tag.TagConfig</c> (wire-level address, driver-specific
+    ///     JSON blob); the variable node's data type derives from <c>Tag.DataType</c>.
+    ///     Unreachable-address behavior per ADR-001 Option A: the variable is created; the
+    ///     driver's natural Read failure surfaces an OPC UA Bad status at runtime.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static void AddTagVariable(IAddressSpaceBuilder equipmentBuilder, Tag tag)
+    {
+        var attr = new DriverAttributeInfo(
+            FullName: tag.TagConfig,
+            DriverDataType: ParseDriverDataType(tag.DataType),
+            IsArray: false,
+            ArrayDim: null,
+            SecurityClass: SecurityClassification.FreeAccess,
+            IsHistorized: false);
+        equipmentBuilder.Variable(tag.Name, tag.Name, attr);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Parse <see cref="Tag.DataType"/> (stored as the <see cref="DriverDataType"/> enum
+    ///     name string, decision #138) into the enum value. Unknown names fall back to
+    ///     <see cref="DriverDataType.String"/> so a one-off driver-specific type doesn't
+    ///     abort the whole walk; the underlying driver still sees the original TagConfig
+    ///     address + can surface its own typed value via the OPC UA variant at read time.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static DriverDataType ParseDriverDataType(string raw) =>
+        Enum.TryParse<DriverDataType>(raw, ignoreCase: true, out var parsed) ? parsed : DriverDataType.String;
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Pre-loaded + pre-filtered snapshot of one Equipment-kind namespace's worth of Config
+///     DB rows. All four collections are scoped to the same
+///     <see cref="Configuration.Entities.ConfigGeneration"/> + the same
+///     <see cref="Configuration.Entities.Namespace"/> row. The walker assumes this filter
+///     was applied by the caller + does no cross-generation or cross-namespace validation.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+    IReadOnlyList<UnsArea> Areas,
+    IReadOnlyList<UnsLine> Lines,
+    IReadOnlyList<Equipment> Equipment,
+    IReadOnlyList<Tag> Tags);

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipAlarmProjection.cs

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+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Task #177 — projects AB Logix ALMD alarm instructions onto the OPC UA alarm surface by
+///     polling the ALMD UDT's <c>InFaulted</c> / <c>Acked</c> / <c>Severity</c> members at a
+///     configurable interval + translating state transitions into <c>OnAlarmEvent</c>
+///     callbacks on the owning <see cref="AbCipDriver"/>. Feature-flagged off by default via
+///     <see cref="AbCipDriverOptions.EnableAlarmProjection"/>; callers that leave the flag off
+///     get a no-op subscribe path so capability negotiation still works.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>ALMD-only in this pass. ALMA (analog alarm) projection is a follow-up because
+///     its threshold + limit semantics need more design — ALMD's "is the alarm active + has
+///     the operator acked" shape maps cleanly onto the driver-agnostic
+///     <see cref="IAlarmSource"/> contract without concessions.</para>
+///
+///     <para>Polling reuses <see cref="AbCipDriver.ReadAsync"/>, so ALMD reads get the #194
+///     whole-UDT optimization for free when the ALMD is declared with its standard members.
+///     One poll loop per subscription call; the loop batches every
+///     member read across the full source-node set into a single ReadAsync per tick.</para>
+///
+///     <para>ALMD <c>Acked</c> write semantics on Logix are rising-edge sensitive at the
+///     instruction level — writing <c>Acked=1</c> directly is honored by FT View + the
+///     standard HMI templates, but some PLC programs read <c>AckCmd</c> + look for the edge
+///     themselves. We pick the simpler <c>Acked</c> write for first pass; operators whose
+///     ladder watches <c>AckCmd</c> can wire a follow-up "AckCmd 0→1→0" pulse on the client
+///     side until a driver-level knob lands.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+internal sealed class AbCipAlarmProjection : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    private readonly AbCipDriver _driver;
+    private readonly TimeSpan _pollInterval;
+    private readonly Dictionary<long, Subscription> _subs = new();
+    private readonly Lock _subsLock = new();
+    private long _nextId;
+
+    public AbCipAlarmProjection(AbCipDriver driver, TimeSpan pollInterval)
+    {
+        _driver = driver;
+        _pollInterval = pollInterval;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<IAlarmSubscriptionHandle> SubscribeAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> sourceNodeIds, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var id = Interlocked.Increment(ref _nextId);
+        var handle = new AbCipAlarmSubscriptionHandle(id);
+        var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        var sub = new Subscription(handle, [..sourceNodeIds], cts);
+
+        lock (_subsLock) _subs[id] = sub;
+
+        sub.Loop = Task.Run(() => RunPollLoopAsync(sub, cts.Token), cts.Token);
+        await Task.CompletedTask;
+        return handle;
+    }
+
+    public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(IAlarmSubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (handle is not AbCipAlarmSubscriptionHandle h) return;
+        Subscription? sub;
+        lock (_subsLock)
+        {
+            if (!_subs.Remove(h.Id, out sub)) return;
+        }
+        try { sub.Cts.Cancel(); } catch { }
+        try { await sub.Loop.ConfigureAwait(false); } catch { }
+        sub.Cts.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    public async Task AcknowledgeAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<AlarmAcknowledgeRequest> acknowledgements, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (acknowledgements.Count == 0) return;
+
+        // Write Acked=1 per request. IWritable isn't on AbCipAlarmProjection so route through
+        // the driver's public interface — delegating instead of re-implementing the write path
+        // keeps the bit-in-DINT + idempotency + per-call-host-resolve knobs intact.
+        var requests = acknowledgements
+            .Select(a => new WriteRequest($"{a.SourceNodeId}.Acked", true))
+            .ToArray();
+        // Best-effort — the driver's WriteAsync returns per-item status; individual ack
+        // failures don't poison the batch. Swallow the return so a single faulted ack
+        // doesn't bubble out of the caller's batch expectation.
+        _ = await _driver.WriteAsync(requests, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        List<Subscription> snap;
+        lock (_subsLock) { snap = _subs.Values.ToList(); _subs.Clear(); }
+        foreach (var sub in snap)
+        {
+            try { sub.Cts.Cancel(); } catch { }
+            try { await sub.Loop.ConfigureAwait(false); } catch { }
+            sub.Cts.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Poll-tick body — reads <c>InFaulted</c> + <c>Severity</c> for every source node id
+    ///     in the subscription, diffs each against last-seen state, fires raise/clear events.
+    ///     Extracted so tests can drive one tick without standing up the Task.Run loop.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal void Tick(Subscription sub, IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot> results)
+    {
+        // results index layout: for each sourceNode, [InFaulted, Severity] in order.
+        for (var i = 0; i < sub.SourceNodeIds.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var nodeId = sub.SourceNodeIds[i];
+            var inFaultedDv = results[i * 2];
+            var severityDv = results[i * 2 + 1];
+            if (inFaultedDv.StatusCode != AbCipStatusMapper.Good) continue;
+
+            var nowFaulted = ToBool(inFaultedDv.Value);
+            var severity = ToInt(severityDv.Value);
+
+            var wasFaulted = sub.LastInFaulted.GetValueOrDefault(nodeId, false);
+            sub.LastInFaulted[nodeId] = nowFaulted;
+
+            if (!wasFaulted && nowFaulted)
+            {
+                _driver.InvokeAlarmEvent(new AlarmEventArgs(
+                    sub.Handle, nodeId, ConditionId: $"{nodeId}#active",
+                    AlarmType: "ALMD",
+                    Message: $"ALMD {nodeId} raised",
+                    Severity: MapSeverity(severity),
+                    SourceTimestampUtc: DateTime.UtcNow));
+            }
+            else if (wasFaulted && !nowFaulted)
+            {
+                _driver.InvokeAlarmEvent(new AlarmEventArgs(
+                    sub.Handle, nodeId, ConditionId: $"{nodeId}#active",
+                    AlarmType: "ALMD",
+                    Message: $"ALMD {nodeId} cleared",
+                    Severity: MapSeverity(severity),
+                    SourceTimestampUtc: DateTime.UtcNow));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task RunPollLoopAsync(Subscription sub, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var refs = new List<string>(sub.SourceNodeIds.Count * 2);
+        foreach (var nodeId in sub.SourceNodeIds)
+        {
+            refs.Add($"{nodeId}.InFaulted");
+            refs.Add($"{nodeId}.Severity");
+        }
+
+        while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var results = await _driver.ReadAsync(refs, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                Tick(sub, results);
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) when (ct.IsCancellationRequested) { break; }
+            catch { /* per-tick failures are non-fatal; next tick retries */ }
+
+            try { await Task.Delay(_pollInterval, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { break; }
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal static AlarmSeverity MapSeverity(int raw) => raw switch
+    {
+        <= 250 => AlarmSeverity.Low,
+        <= 500 => AlarmSeverity.Medium,
+        <= 750 => AlarmSeverity.High,
+        _ => AlarmSeverity.Critical,
+    };
+
+    private static bool ToBool(object? v) => v switch
+    {
+        bool b => b,
+        int i => i != 0,
+        long l => l != 0,
+        _ => false,
+    };
+
+    private static int ToInt(object? v) => v switch
+    {
+        int i => i,
+        long l => (int)l,
+        short s => s,
+        byte b => b,
+        _ => 0,
+    };
+
+    internal sealed class Subscription
+    {
+        public Subscription(AbCipAlarmSubscriptionHandle handle, IReadOnlyList<string> sourceNodeIds, CancellationTokenSource cts)
+        {
+            Handle = handle; SourceNodeIds = sourceNodeIds; Cts = cts;
+        }
+        public AbCipAlarmSubscriptionHandle Handle { get; }
+        public IReadOnlyList<string> SourceNodeIds { get; }
+        public CancellationTokenSource Cts { get; }
+        public Task Loop { get; set; } = Task.CompletedTask;
+        public Dictionary<string, bool> LastInFaulted { get; } = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>Handle returned by <see cref="AbCipAlarmProjection.SubscribeAsync"/>.</summary>
+public sealed record AbCipAlarmSubscriptionHandle(long Id) : IAlarmSubscriptionHandle
+{
+    public string DiagnosticId => $"abcip-alarm-sub-{Id}";
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Detects the ALMD / ALMA signature in an <see cref="AbCipTagDefinition"/>'s declared
+///     members. Used by both discovery (to stamp <c>IsAlarm=true</c> on the emitted
+///     variable) + initial driver setup (to decide which tags the alarm projection owns).
+/// </summary>
+public static class AbCipAlarmDetector
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     <c>true</c> when <paramref name="tag"/> is a Structure whose declared members match
+    ///     the ALMD signature (<c>InFaulted</c> + <c>Acked</c> present). ALMA detection
+    ///     (analog alarms with <c>HHLimit</c>/<c>HLimit</c>/<c>LLimit</c>/<c>LLLimit</c>)
+    ///     ships as a follow-up.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static bool IsAlmd(AbCipTagDefinition tag)
+    {
+        if (tag.DataType != AbCipDataType.Structure || tag.Members is null) return false;
+        var names = tag.Members.Select(m => m.Name).ToHashSet(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        return names.Contains("InFaulted") && names.Contains("Acked");
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipDriver.cs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
 ///     <see cref="PlcTagHandle"/> and reconnects each device.</para>
 /// </remarks>
 public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery, ISubscribable,
-    IHostConnectivityProbe, IPerCallHostResolver, IDisposable, IAsyncDisposable
+    IHostConnectivityProbe, IPerCallHostResolver, IAlarmSource, IDisposable, IAsyncDisposable
 {
     private readonly AbCipDriverOptions _options;
     private readonly string _driverInstanceId;
@@ -32,10 +32,15 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
     private readonly PollGroupEngine _poll;
     private readonly Dictionary<string, DeviceState> _devices = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     private readonly Dictionary<string, AbCipTagDefinition> _tagsByName = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    private readonly AbCipAlarmProjection _alarmProjection;
     private DriverHealth _health = new(DriverState.Unknown, null, null);
 
     public event EventHandler<DataChangeEventArgs>? OnDataChange;
     public event EventHandler<HostStatusChangedEventArgs>? OnHostStatusChanged;
+    public event EventHandler<AlarmEventArgs>? OnAlarmEvent;
+
+    /// <summary>Internal seam for the alarm projection to raise events through the driver.</summary>
+    internal void InvokeAlarmEvent(AlarmEventArgs args) => OnAlarmEvent?.Invoke(this, args);
 
     public AbCipDriver(AbCipDriverOptions options, string driverInstanceId,
         IAbCipTagFactory? tagFactory = null,
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
             reader: ReadAsync,
             onChange: (handle, tagRef, snapshot) =>
                 OnDataChange?.Invoke(this, new DataChangeEventArgs(handle, tagRef, snapshot)));
+        _alarmProjection = new AbCipAlarmProjection(this, _options.AlarmPollInterval);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -162,6 +168,7 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
 
     public async Task ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
+        await _alarmProjection.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         await _poll.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
         foreach (var state in _devices.Values)
         {
@@ -187,6 +194,39 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
         return Task.CompletedTask;
     }
 
+    // ---- IAlarmSource (ALMD projection, #177) ----
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Subscribe to ALMD alarm transitions on <paramref name="sourceNodeIds"/>. Each id
+    ///     names a declared ALMD UDT tag; the projection polls the tag's <c>InFaulted</c> +
+    ///     <c>Severity</c> members at <see cref="AbCipDriverOptions.AlarmPollInterval"/> and
+    ///     fires <see cref="OnAlarmEvent"/> on 0→1 (raise) + 1→0 (clear) transitions.
+    ///     Feature-gated — when <see cref="AbCipDriverOptions.EnableAlarmProjection"/> is
+    ///     <c>false</c> (the default), returns a handle wrapping a no-op subscription so
+    ///     capability negotiation still works; <see cref="OnAlarmEvent"/> never fires.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task<IAlarmSubscriptionHandle> SubscribeAlarmsAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> sourceNodeIds, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!_options.EnableAlarmProjection)
+        {
+            var disabled = new AbCipAlarmSubscriptionHandle(0);
+            return Task.FromResult<IAlarmSubscriptionHandle>(disabled);
+        }
+        return _alarmProjection.SubscribeAsync(sourceNodeIds, cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    public Task UnsubscribeAlarmsAsync(IAlarmSubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+        _options.EnableAlarmProjection
+            ? _alarmProjection.UnsubscribeAsync(handle, cancellationToken)
+            : Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    public Task AcknowledgeAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<AlarmAcknowledgeRequest> acknowledgements, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+        _options.EnableAlarmProjection
+            ? _alarmProjection.AcknowledgeAsync(acknowledgements, cancellationToken)
+            : Task.CompletedTask;
+
     // ---- IHostConnectivityProbe ----
 
     public IReadOnlyList<HostConnectivityStatus> GetHostStatuses() =>
@@ -287,56 +327,127 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
         var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
         var results = new DataValueSnapshot[fullReferences.Count];
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < fullReferences.Count; i++)
-        {
-            var reference = fullReferences[i];
-            if (!_tagsByName.TryGetValue(reference, out var def))
-            {
-                results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, AbCipStatusMapper.BadNodeIdUnknown, null, now);
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (!_devices.TryGetValue(def.DeviceHostAddress, out var device))
-            {
-                results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, AbCipStatusMapper.BadNodeIdUnknown, null, now);
-                continue;
-            }
+        // Task #194 — plan the batch: members of the same parent UDT get collapsed into one
+        // whole-UDT read + in-memory member decode; every other reference falls back to the
+        // per-tag path that's been here since PR 3. Planner is a pure function over the
+        // current tag map; BOOL/String/Structure members stay on the fallback path because
+        // declaration-only offsets can't place them under Logix alignment rules.
+        var plan = AbCipUdtReadPlanner.Build(fullReferences, _tagsByName);
 
-            try
-            {
-                var runtime = await EnsureTagRuntimeAsync(device, def, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                await runtime.ReadAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        foreach (var group in plan.Groups)
+            await ReadGroupAsync(group, results, now, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                var status = runtime.GetStatus();
-                if (status != 0)
-                {
-                    results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null,
-                        AbCipStatusMapper.MapLibplctagStatus(status), null, now);
-                    _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead,
-                        $"libplctag status {status} reading {reference}");
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                var tagPath = AbCipTagPath.TryParse(def.TagPath);
-                var bitIndex = tagPath?.BitIndex;
-                var value = runtime.DecodeValue(def.DataType, bitIndex);
-                results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(value, AbCipStatusMapper.Good, now, now);
-                _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, now, null);
-            }
-            catch (OperationCanceledException)
-            {
-                throw;
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null,
-                    AbCipStatusMapper.BadCommunicationError, null, now);
-                _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, ex.Message);
-            }
-        }
+        foreach (var fb in plan.Fallbacks)
+            await ReadSingleAsync(fb, fullReferences[fb.OriginalIndex], results, now, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
         return results;
     }
 
+    private async Task ReadSingleAsync(
+        AbCipUdtReadFallback fb, string reference, DataValueSnapshot[] results, DateTime now, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        if (!_tagsByName.TryGetValue(reference, out var def))
+        {
+            results[fb.OriginalIndex] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, AbCipStatusMapper.BadNodeIdUnknown, null, now);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!_devices.TryGetValue(def.DeviceHostAddress, out var device))
+        {
+            results[fb.OriginalIndex] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, AbCipStatusMapper.BadNodeIdUnknown, null, now);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            var runtime = await EnsureTagRuntimeAsync(device, def, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await runtime.ReadAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            var status = runtime.GetStatus();
+            if (status != 0)
+            {
+                results[fb.OriginalIndex] = new DataValueSnapshot(null,
+                    AbCipStatusMapper.MapLibplctagStatus(status), null, now);
+                _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead,
+                    $"libplctag status {status} reading {reference}");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var tagPath = AbCipTagPath.TryParse(def.TagPath);
+            var bitIndex = tagPath?.BitIndex;
+            var value = runtime.DecodeValue(def.DataType, bitIndex);
+            results[fb.OriginalIndex] = new DataValueSnapshot(value, AbCipStatusMapper.Good, now, now);
+            _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, now, null);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            results[fb.OriginalIndex] = new DataValueSnapshot(null,
+                AbCipStatusMapper.BadCommunicationError, null, now);
+            _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, ex.Message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Task #194 — perform one whole-UDT read on the parent tag, then decode each
+    ///     grouped member from the runtime's buffer at its computed byte offset. A per-group
+    ///     failure (parent read raised, non-zero libplctag status, or missing device) stamps
+    ///     the mapped fault across every grouped member only — sibling groups + the
+    ///     per-tag fallback list are unaffected.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task ReadGroupAsync(
+        AbCipUdtReadGroup group, DataValueSnapshot[] results, DateTime now, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var parent = group.ParentDefinition;
+
+        if (!_devices.TryGetValue(parent.DeviceHostAddress, out var device))
+        {
+            StampGroupStatus(group, results, now, AbCipStatusMapper.BadNodeIdUnknown);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            var runtime = await EnsureTagRuntimeAsync(device, parent, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await runtime.ReadAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            var status = runtime.GetStatus();
+            if (status != 0)
+            {
+                var mapped = AbCipStatusMapper.MapLibplctagStatus(status);
+                StampGroupStatus(group, results, now, mapped);
+                _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead,
+                    $"libplctag status {status} reading UDT {group.ParentName}");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            foreach (var member in group.Members)
+            {
+                var value = runtime.DecodeValueAt(member.Definition.DataType, member.Offset, bitIndex: null);
+                results[member.OriginalIndex] = new DataValueSnapshot(value, AbCipStatusMapper.Good, now, now);
+            }
+            _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, now, null);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            StampGroupStatus(group, results, now, AbCipStatusMapper.BadCommunicationError);
+            _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, ex.Message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void StampGroupStatus(
+        AbCipUdtReadGroup group, DataValueSnapshot[] results, DateTime now, uint statusCode)
+    {
+        foreach (var member in group.Members)
+            results[member.OriginalIndex] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, statusCode, null, now);
+    }
+
     // ---- IWritable ----
 
     /// <summary>

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipDriverOptions.cs

@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriverOptions
     ///     should appear in the address space.
     /// </summary>
     public bool EnableControllerBrowse { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Task #177 — when <c>true</c>, declared ALMD tags are surfaced as alarm conditions
+    ///     via <see cref="Core.Abstractions.IAlarmSource"/>; the driver polls each subscribed
+    ///     alarm's <c>InFaulted</c> + <c>Severity</c> members + fires <c>OnAlarmEvent</c> on
+    ///     state transitions. Default <c>false</c> — operators explicitly opt in because
+    ///     projection semantics don't exactly mirror Rockwell FT Alarm &amp; Events; shops
+    ///     running FT Live should keep this off + take alarms through the native route.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool EnableAlarmProjection { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Poll interval for the ALMD projection loop. Shorter intervals catch faster edges
+    ///     at the cost of PLC round-trips; edges shorter than this interval are invisible to
+    ///     the projection (a 0→1→0 transition within one tick collapses to no event). Default
+    ///     1 second — matches typical SCADA alarm-refresh conventions.
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeSpan AlarmPollInterval { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
 }
 
 /// <summary>

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipUdtMemberLayout.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Computes byte offsets for declared UDT members under Logix natural-alignment rules so
+///     a single whole-UDT read (task #194) can decode each member from one buffer without
+///     re-reading per member. Declaration-driven — the caller supplies
+///     <see cref="AbCipStructureMember"/> rows; this helper produces the offset each member
+///     sits at in the parent tag's read buffer.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>Alignment rules applied per Rockwell "Logix 5000 Data Access" manual + the
+///     libplctag test fixtures: each member aligns to its natural boundary (SInt 1, Int 2,
+///     DInt/Real/Dt 4, LInt/ULInt/LReal 8), padding inserted before the member as needed.
+///     The total size is padded to the alignment of the largest member so arrays-of-UDT also
+///     work at element stride — though this helper is used only on single instances today.</para>
+///
+///     <para><see cref="TryBuild"/> returns <c>null</c> on unsupported member types
+///     (<see cref="AbCipDataType.Bool"/>, <see cref="AbCipDataType.String"/>,
+///     <see cref="AbCipDataType.Structure"/>). Whole-UDT grouping opts out of those groups
+///     and falls back to the per-tag read path — BOOL members are packed into a hidden host
+///     byte at the top of the UDT under Logix, so their offset can't be computed from
+///     declared-member order alone. The CIP Template Object reader produces a
+///     <see cref="AbCipUdtShape"/> that carries real offsets for BOOL + nested structs; when
+///     that shape is cached the driver can take the richer path instead.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class AbCipUdtMemberLayout
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Try to compute member offsets for the supplied declared members. Returns <c>null</c>
+    ///     if any member type is unsupported for declaration-only layout.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, int>? TryBuild(
+        IReadOnlyList<AbCipStructureMember> members)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(members);
+        if (members.Count == 0) return null;
+
+        var offsets = new Dictionary<string, int>(members.Count, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        var cursor = 0;
+
+        foreach (var member in members)
+        {
+            if (!TryGetSizeAlign(member.DataType, out var size, out var align))
+                return null;
+
+            if (cursor % align != 0)
+                cursor += align - (cursor % align);
+
+            offsets[member.Name] = cursor;
+            cursor += size;
+        }
+
+        return offsets;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Natural size + alignment for a Logix atomic type. <c>false</c> for types excluded
+    ///     from declaration-only grouping (Bool / String / Structure).
+    /// </summary>
+    private static bool TryGetSizeAlign(AbCipDataType type, out int size, out int align)
+    {
+        switch (type)
+        {
+            case AbCipDataType.SInt: case AbCipDataType.USInt:
+                size = 1; align = 1; return true;
+            case AbCipDataType.Int: case AbCipDataType.UInt:
+                size = 2; align = 2; return true;
+            case AbCipDataType.DInt: case AbCipDataType.UDInt:
+            case AbCipDataType.Real: case AbCipDataType.Dt:
+                size = 4; align = 4; return true;
+            case AbCipDataType.LInt: case AbCipDataType.ULInt:
+            case AbCipDataType.LReal:
+                size = 8; align = 8; return true;
+            default:
+                size = 0; align = 0; return false;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/AbCipUdtReadPlanner.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Task #194 — groups a ReadAsync batch of full-references into whole-UDT reads where
+///     possible. A group is emitted for every parent UDT tag whose declared
+///     <see cref="AbCipStructureMember"/>s produced a valid offset map AND at least two of
+///     its members appear in the batch; every other reference stays in the per-tag fallback
+///     list that <see cref="AbCipDriver.ReadAsync"/> runs through its existing read path.
+///     Pure function — the planner never touches the runtime + never reads the PLC.
+/// </summary>
+public static class AbCipUdtReadPlanner
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Split <paramref name="requests"/> into whole-UDT groups + per-tag leftovers.
+    ///     <paramref name="tagsByName"/> is the driver's <c>_tagsByName</c> map — both parent
+    ///     UDT rows and their fanned-out member rows live there. Lookup is OrdinalIgnoreCase
+    ///     to match the driver's dictionary semantics.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static AbCipUdtReadPlan Build(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> requests,
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, AbCipTagDefinition> tagsByName)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(requests);
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(tagsByName);
+
+        var fallback = new List<AbCipUdtReadFallback>(requests.Count);
+        var byParent = new Dictionary<string, List<AbCipUdtReadMember>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < requests.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var name = requests[i];
+            if (!tagsByName.TryGetValue(name, out var def))
+            {
+                fallback.Add(new AbCipUdtReadFallback(i, name));
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var (parentName, memberName) = SplitParentMember(name);
+            if (parentName is null || memberName is null
+                || !tagsByName.TryGetValue(parentName, out var parent)
+                || parent.DataType != AbCipDataType.Structure
+                || parent.Members is not { Count: > 0 })
+            {
+                fallback.Add(new AbCipUdtReadFallback(i, name));
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var offsets = AbCipUdtMemberLayout.TryBuild(parent.Members);
+            if (offsets is null || !offsets.TryGetValue(memberName, out var offset))
+            {
+                fallback.Add(new AbCipUdtReadFallback(i, name));
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (!byParent.TryGetValue(parentName, out var members))
+            {
+                members = new List<AbCipUdtReadMember>();
+                byParent[parentName] = members;
+            }
+            members.Add(new AbCipUdtReadMember(i, def, offset));
+        }
+
+        // A single-member group saves nothing (one whole-UDT read replaces one per-member read)
+        // — demote to fallback to avoid paying the cost of reading the full UDT buffer only to
+        // pull one field out.
+        var groups = new List<AbCipUdtReadGroup>(byParent.Count);
+        foreach (var (parentName, members) in byParent)
+        {
+            if (members.Count < 2)
+            {
+                foreach (var m in members)
+                    fallback.Add(new AbCipUdtReadFallback(m.OriginalIndex, m.Definition.Name));
+                continue;
+            }
+            groups.Add(new AbCipUdtReadGroup(parentName, tagsByName[parentName], members));
+        }
+
+        return new AbCipUdtReadPlan(groups, fallback);
+    }
+
+    private static (string? Parent, string? Member) SplitParentMember(string reference)
+    {
+        var dot = reference.IndexOf('.');
+        if (dot <= 0 || dot == reference.Length - 1) return (null, null);
+        return (reference[..dot], reference[(dot + 1)..]);
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>A planner output: grouped UDT reads + per-tag fallbacks.</summary>
+public sealed record AbCipUdtReadPlan(
+    IReadOnlyList<AbCipUdtReadGroup> Groups,
+    IReadOnlyList<AbCipUdtReadFallback> Fallbacks);
+
+/// <summary>One UDT parent whose members were batched into a single read.</summary>
+public sealed record AbCipUdtReadGroup(
+    string ParentName,
+    AbCipTagDefinition ParentDefinition,
+    IReadOnlyList<AbCipUdtReadMember> Members);
+
+/// <summary>
+///     One member inside an <see cref="AbCipUdtReadGroup"/>. <c>OriginalIndex</c> is the
+///     slot in the caller's request list so the decoded value lands at the correct output
+///     offset. <c>Definition</c> is the fanned-out member-level tag definition. <c>Offset</c>
+///     is the byte offset within the parent UDT buffer where this member lives.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record AbCipUdtReadMember(int OriginalIndex, AbCipTagDefinition Definition, int Offset);
+
+/// <summary>A reference that falls back to the per-tag read path.</summary>
+public sealed record AbCipUdtReadFallback(int OriginalIndex, string Reference);

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/IAbCipTagRuntime.cs

@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ public interface IAbCipTagRuntime : IDisposable
     /// </summary>
     object? DecodeValue(AbCipDataType type, int? bitIndex);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Decode a value at an arbitrary byte offset in the local buffer. Task #194 —
+    ///     whole-UDT reads perform one <see cref="ReadAsync"/> on the parent UDT tag then
+    ///     call this per declared member with its computed offset, avoiding one libplctag
+    ///     round-trip per member. Implementations that do not support offset-aware decoding
+    ///     may fall back to <see cref="DecodeValue"/> when <paramref name="offset"/> is zero;
+    ///     offsets greater than zero against an unsupporting runtime should return <c>null</c>
+    ///     so the planner can skip grouping.
+    /// </summary>
+    object? DecodeValueAt(AbCipDataType type, int offset, int? bitIndex);
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Encode <paramref name="value"/> into the local buffer per the tag's type. Callers
     ///     pair this with <see cref="WriteAsync"/>.

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip/LibplctagTagRuntime.cs

@@ -32,24 +32,26 @@ internal sealed class LibplctagTagRuntime : IAbCipTagRuntime
 
     public int GetStatus() => (int)_tag.GetStatus();
 
-    public object? DecodeValue(AbCipDataType type, int? bitIndex) => type switch
+    public object? DecodeValue(AbCipDataType type, int? bitIndex) => DecodeValueAt(type, 0, bitIndex);
+
+    public object? DecodeValueAt(AbCipDataType type, int offset, int? bitIndex) => type switch
     {
         AbCipDataType.Bool => bitIndex is int bit
             ? _tag.GetBit(bit)
-            : _tag.GetInt8(0) != 0,
-        AbCipDataType.SInt => (int)(sbyte)_tag.GetInt8(0),
-        AbCipDataType.USInt => (int)_tag.GetUInt8(0),
-        AbCipDataType.Int => (int)_tag.GetInt16(0),
-        AbCipDataType.UInt => (int)_tag.GetUInt16(0),
-        AbCipDataType.DInt => _tag.GetInt32(0),
-        AbCipDataType.UDInt => (int)_tag.GetUInt32(0),
-        AbCipDataType.LInt => _tag.GetInt64(0),
-        AbCipDataType.ULInt => (long)_tag.GetUInt64(0),
-        AbCipDataType.Real => _tag.GetFloat32(0),
-        AbCipDataType.LReal => _tag.GetFloat64(0),
-        AbCipDataType.String => _tag.GetString(0),
-        AbCipDataType.Dt => _tag.GetInt32(0), // seconds-since-epoch DINT; consumer widens as needed
-        AbCipDataType.Structure => null,       // UDT whole-tag decode lands in PR 6
+            : _tag.GetInt8(offset) != 0,
+        AbCipDataType.SInt => (int)(sbyte)_tag.GetInt8(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.USInt => (int)_tag.GetUInt8(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.Int => (int)_tag.GetInt16(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.UInt => (int)_tag.GetUInt16(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.DInt => _tag.GetInt32(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.UDInt => (int)_tag.GetUInt32(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.LInt => _tag.GetInt64(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.ULInt => (long)_tag.GetUInt64(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.Real => _tag.GetFloat32(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.LReal => _tag.GetFloat64(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.String => _tag.GetString(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.Dt => _tag.GetInt32(offset),
+        AbCipDataType.Structure => null,
         _ => null,
     };
 

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Backend/FakeFocasBackend.cs

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MessagePack;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Backend;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     In-memory <see cref="IFocasBackend"/> for tests + an operational stub mode when
+///     <c>OTOPCUA_FOCAS_BACKEND=fake</c>. Keeps per-address values keyed by a canonical
+///     string; RMW semantics honor PMC bit-writes against the containing byte so the
+///     <c>PmcBitWriteRequest</c> path can be exercised end-to-end without hardware.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FakeFocasBackend : IFocasBackend
+{
+    private readonly object _gate = new();
+    private long _nextSessionId;
+    private readonly HashSet<long> _openSessions = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, byte[]> _pmcValues = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, byte[]> _paramValues = [];
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, byte[]> _macroValues = [];
+
+    public Task<OpenSessionResponse> OpenSessionAsync(OpenSessionRequest request, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            var id = ++_nextSessionId;
+            _openSessions.Add(id);
+            return Task.FromResult(new OpenSessionResponse { Success = true, SessionId = id });
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Task CloseSessionAsync(CloseSessionRequest request, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        lock (_gate) { _openSessions.Remove(request.SessionId); }
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task<ReadResponse> ReadAsync(ReadRequest request, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (!_openSessions.Contains(request.SessionId))
+                return Task.FromResult(new ReadResponse { Success = false, StatusCode = 0x80020000u, Error = "session-not-open" });
+
+            var store = StoreFor(request.Address.Kind);
+            var key = CanonicalKey(request.Address);
+            store.TryGetValue(key, out var value);
+            return Task.FromResult(new ReadResponse
+            {
+                Success = true,
+                StatusCode = 0,
+                ValueBytes = value ?? MessagePackSerializer.Serialize((int)0),
+                ValueTypeCode = request.DataType,
+                SourceTimestampUtcUnixMs = System.DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds(),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Task<WriteResponse> WriteAsync(WriteRequest request, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (!_openSessions.Contains(request.SessionId))
+                return Task.FromResult(new WriteResponse { Success = false, StatusCode = 0x80020000u, Error = "session-not-open" });
+
+            var store = StoreFor(request.Address.Kind);
+            store[CanonicalKey(request.Address)] = request.ValueBytes ?? [];
+            return Task.FromResult(new WriteResponse { Success = true, StatusCode = 0 });
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Task<PmcBitWriteResponse> PmcBitWriteAsync(PmcBitWriteRequest request, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (!_openSessions.Contains(request.SessionId))
+                return Task.FromResult(new PmcBitWriteResponse { Success = false, StatusCode = 0x80020000u, Error = "session-not-open" });
+            if (request.BitIndex is < 0 or > 7)
+                return Task.FromResult(new PmcBitWriteResponse { Success = false, StatusCode = 0x803C0000u, Error = "bit-out-of-range" });
+
+            var key = CanonicalKey(request.Address);
+            _pmcValues.TryGetValue(key, out var current);
+            current ??= MessagePackSerializer.Serialize((byte)0);
+            var b = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<byte>(current);
+            var mask = (byte)(1 << request.BitIndex);
+            b = request.Value ? (byte)(b | mask) : (byte)(b & ~mask);
+            _pmcValues[key] = MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(b);
+            return Task.FromResult(new PmcBitWriteResponse { Success = true, StatusCode = 0 });
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Task<ProbeResponse> ProbeAsync(ProbeRequest request, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            return Task.FromResult(new ProbeResponse
+            {
+                Healthy = _openSessions.Contains(request.SessionId),
+                ObservedAtUtcUnixMs = System.DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds(),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Dictionary<string, byte[]> StoreFor(int kind) => kind switch
+    {
+        0 => _pmcValues,
+        1 => _paramValues,
+        2 => _macroValues,
+        _ => _pmcValues,
+    };
+
+    private static string CanonicalKey(FocasAddressDto addr) =>
+        addr.Kind switch
+        {
+            0 => $"{addr.PmcLetter}{addr.Number}",
+            1 => $"P{addr.Number}",
+            2 => $"M{addr.Number}",
+            _ => $"?{addr.Number}",
+        };
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Backend/IFocasBackend.cs

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+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Backend;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     The Host's view of a FOCAS session. One implementation wraps the real
+///     <c>Fwlib32.dll</c> via P/Invoke (lands with the real Fwlib32 integration follow-up,
+///     since no hardware is available today); a second implementation —
+///     <see cref="FakeFocasBackend"/> — is used by tests.
+///     Both live on .NET 4.8 x86 so the Host can be deployed in either mode without
+///     changing the pipe server.
+///     Invoked via <c>FwlibFrameHandler</c> in the Ipc namespace.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IFocasBackend
+{
+    Task<OpenSessionResponse> OpenSessionAsync(OpenSessionRequest request, CancellationToken ct);
+    Task CloseSessionAsync(CloseSessionRequest request, CancellationToken ct);
+    Task<ReadResponse> ReadAsync(ReadRequest request, CancellationToken ct);
+    Task<WriteResponse> WriteAsync(WriteRequest request, CancellationToken ct);
+    Task<PmcBitWriteResponse> PmcBitWriteAsync(PmcBitWriteRequest request, CancellationToken ct);
+    Task<ProbeResponse> ProbeAsync(ProbeRequest request, CancellationToken ct);
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Backend/UnconfiguredFocasBackend.cs

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+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Backend;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Safe default when the deployment hasn't configured a real Fwlib32 backend.
+///     Returns structured failure responses instead of throwing so the Proxy can map the
+///     error to <c>BadDeviceFailure</c> and surface a clear operator message pointing at
+///     <c>docs/v2/focas-deployment.md</c>. Used when <c>OTOPCUA_FOCAS_BACKEND</c> is unset
+///     or set to <c>unconfigured</c>.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class UnconfiguredFocasBackend : IFocasBackend
+{
+    private const uint BadDeviceFailure = 0x80550000u;
+    private const string Reason =
+        "FOCAS Host is running without a real Fwlib32 backend. Set OTOPCUA_FOCAS_BACKEND=fwlib32 " +
+        "and ensure Fwlib32.dll is on PATH — see docs/v2/focas-deployment.md.";
+
+    public Task<OpenSessionResponse> OpenSessionAsync(OpenSessionRequest request, CancellationToken ct) =>
+        Task.FromResult(new OpenSessionResponse { Success = false, Error = Reason, ErrorCode = "NoFwlibBackend" });
+
+    public Task CloseSessionAsync(CloseSessionRequest request, CancellationToken ct) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    public Task<ReadResponse> ReadAsync(ReadRequest request, CancellationToken ct) =>
+        Task.FromResult(new ReadResponse { Success = false, StatusCode = BadDeviceFailure, Error = Reason });
+
+    public Task<WriteResponse> WriteAsync(WriteRequest request, CancellationToken ct) =>
+        Task.FromResult(new WriteResponse { Success = false, StatusCode = BadDeviceFailure, Error = Reason });
+
+    public Task<PmcBitWriteResponse> PmcBitWriteAsync(PmcBitWriteRequest request, CancellationToken ct) =>
+        Task.FromResult(new PmcBitWriteResponse { Success = false, StatusCode = BadDeviceFailure, Error = Reason });
+
+    public Task<ProbeResponse> ProbeAsync(ProbeRequest request, CancellationToken ct) =>
+        Task.FromResult(new ProbeResponse { Healthy = false, Error = Reason, ObservedAtUtcUnixMs = System.DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds() });
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Ipc/FwlibFrameHandler.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MessagePack;
+using Serilog;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Backend;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Ipc;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Real FOCAS frame handler. Deserializes each request DTO, delegates to
+///     <see cref="IFocasBackend"/>, re-serializes the response. The backend owns the
+///     Fwlib32 handle + STA thread — the handler is pure dispatch.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FwlibFrameHandler : IFrameHandler
+{
+    private readonly IFocasBackend _backend;
+    private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+    public FwlibFrameHandler(IFocasBackend backend, ILogger logger)
+    {
+        _backend = backend ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(backend));
+        _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+    }
+
+    public async Task HandleAsync(FocasMessageKind kind, byte[] body, FrameWriter writer, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            switch (kind)
+            {
+                case FocasMessageKind.Heartbeat:
+                {
+                    var hb = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<Heartbeat>(body);
+                    await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.HeartbeatAck,
+                        new HeartbeatAck
+                        {
+                            MonotonicTicks = hb.MonotonicTicks,
+                            HostUtcUnixMs = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds(),
+                        }, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                case FocasMessageKind.OpenSessionRequest:
+                {
+                    var req = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<OpenSessionRequest>(body);
+                    var resp = await _backend.OpenSessionAsync(req, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.OpenSessionResponse, resp, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                case FocasMessageKind.CloseSessionRequest:
+                {
+                    var req = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<CloseSessionRequest>(body);
+                    await _backend.CloseSessionAsync(req, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                case FocasMessageKind.ReadRequest:
+                {
+                    var req = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<ReadRequest>(body);
+                    var resp = await _backend.ReadAsync(req, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.ReadResponse, resp, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                case FocasMessageKind.WriteRequest:
+                {
+                    var req = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<WriteRequest>(body);
+                    var resp = await _backend.WriteAsync(req, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.WriteResponse, resp, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                case FocasMessageKind.PmcBitWriteRequest:
+                {
+                    var req = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<PmcBitWriteRequest>(body);
+                    var resp = await _backend.PmcBitWriteAsync(req, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.PmcBitWriteResponse, resp, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                case FocasMessageKind.ProbeRequest:
+                {
+                    var req = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<ProbeRequest>(body);
+                    var resp = await _backend.ProbeAsync(req, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.ProbeResponse, resp, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                default:
+                    await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.ErrorResponse,
+                        new ErrorResponse { Code = "unknown-kind", Message = $"Kind {kind} is not handled by the Host" },
+                        ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return;
+            }
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) { throw; }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.Error(ex, "FwlibFrameHandler error processing {Kind}", kind);
+            await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.ErrorResponse,
+                new ErrorResponse { Code = "backend-exception", Message = ex.Message },
+                ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public IDisposable AttachConnection(FrameWriter writer) => IFrameHandler.NoopAttachment.Instance;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Ipc/IFrameHandler.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Ipc;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Dispatches a single IPC frame to the backend. Implementations own the FOCAS session
+///     state and translate request DTOs into Fwlib32 calls.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IFrameHandler
+{
+    Task HandleAsync(FocasMessageKind kind, byte[] body, FrameWriter writer, CancellationToken ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Called once per accepted connection after the Hello handshake. Lets the handler
+    ///     attach server-pushed event sinks (data-change notifications, runtime-status
+    ///     changes) to the connection's <paramref name="writer"/>. Returns an
+    ///     <see cref="IDisposable"/> the pipe server disposes when the connection closes —
+    ///     backends use it to unsubscribe from their push sources.
+    /// </summary>
+    IDisposable AttachConnection(FrameWriter writer);
+
+    public sealed class NoopAttachment : IDisposable
+    {
+        public static readonly NoopAttachment Instance = new();
+        public void Dispose() { }
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Ipc/PipeAcl.cs

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+using System;
+using System.IO.Pipes;
+using System.Security.AccessControl;
+using System.Security.Principal;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Ipc;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Builds the <see cref="PipeSecurity"/> for the FOCAS Host pipe. Same pattern as
+///     Galaxy.Host: only the configured OtOpcUa server principal SID gets
+///     <c>ReadWrite | Synchronize</c>; LocalSystem + Administrators are explicitly denied
+///     so a compromised service account on the same host can't escalate via the pipe.
+/// </summary>
+public static class PipeAcl
+{
+    public static PipeSecurity Create(SecurityIdentifier allowedSid)
+    {
+        if (allowedSid is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(allowedSid));
+
+        var security = new PipeSecurity();
+
+        security.AddAccessRule(new PipeAccessRule(
+            allowedSid,
+            PipeAccessRights.ReadWrite | PipeAccessRights.Synchronize,
+            AccessControlType.Allow));
+
+        var localSystem = new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.LocalSystemSid, null);
+        var admins      = new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.BuiltinAdministratorsSid, null);
+
+        if (allowedSid != localSystem)
+            security.AddAccessRule(new PipeAccessRule(localSystem, PipeAccessRights.FullControl, AccessControlType.Deny));
+        if (allowedSid != admins)
+            security.AddAccessRule(new PipeAccessRule(admins,      PipeAccessRights.FullControl, AccessControlType.Deny));
+
+        security.SetOwner(allowedSid);
+
+        return security;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Ipc/PipeServer.cs

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+using System;
+using System.IO.Pipes;
+using System.Security.Principal;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MessagePack;
+using Serilog;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Ipc;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Accepts one client connection at a time on the FOCAS Host's named pipe with the
+///     strict ACL from <see cref="PipeAcl"/>. Verifies the peer SID + per-process shared
+///     secret before any RPC frame is accepted. Mirrors the Galaxy.Host pipe server byte for
+///     byte — different MessageKind enum, same negotiation semantics.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class PipeServer : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly string _pipeName;
+    private readonly SecurityIdentifier _allowedSid;
+    private readonly string _sharedSecret;
+    private readonly ILogger _logger;
+    private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cts = new();
+    private NamedPipeServerStream? _current;
+
+    public PipeServer(string pipeName, SecurityIdentifier allowedSid, string sharedSecret, ILogger logger)
+    {
+        _pipeName = pipeName ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(pipeName));
+        _allowedSid = allowedSid ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(allowedSid));
+        _sharedSecret = sharedSecret ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sharedSecret));
+        _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+    }
+
+    public async Task RunOneConnectionAsync(IFrameHandler handler, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        using var linked = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(_cts.Token, ct);
+        var acl = PipeAcl.Create(_allowedSid);
+
+        _current = new NamedPipeServerStream(
+            _pipeName,
+            PipeDirection.InOut,
+            maxNumberOfServerInstances: 1,
+            PipeTransmissionMode.Byte,
+            PipeOptions.Asynchronous,
+            inBufferSize: 64 * 1024,
+            outBufferSize: 64 * 1024,
+            pipeSecurity: acl);
+
+        try
+        {
+            await _current.WaitForConnectionAsync(linked.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            if (!VerifyCaller(_current, out var reason))
+            {
+                _logger.Warning("FOCAS IPC caller rejected: {Reason}", reason);
+                _current.Disconnect();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            using var reader = new FrameReader(_current, leaveOpen: true);
+            using var writer = new FrameWriter(_current, leaveOpen: true);
+
+            var first = await reader.ReadFrameAsync(linked.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (first is null || first.Value.Kind != FocasMessageKind.Hello)
+            {
+                _logger.Warning("FOCAS IPC first frame was not Hello; dropping");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var hello = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<Hello>(first.Value.Body);
+            if (!string.Equals(hello.SharedSecret, _sharedSecret, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.HelloAck,
+                    new HelloAck { Accepted = false, RejectReason = "shared-secret-mismatch" },
+                    linked.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                _logger.Warning("FOCAS IPC Hello rejected: shared-secret-mismatch");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (hello.ProtocolMajor != Hello.CurrentMajor)
+            {
+                await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.HelloAck,
+                    new HelloAck
+                    {
+                        Accepted = false,
+                        RejectReason = $"major-version-mismatch-peer={hello.ProtocolMajor}-server={Hello.CurrentMajor}",
+                    },
+                    linked.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                _logger.Warning("FOCAS IPC Hello rejected: major mismatch peer={Peer} server={Server}",
+                    hello.ProtocolMajor, Hello.CurrentMajor);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            await writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.HelloAck,
+                new HelloAck { Accepted = true, HostName = Environment.MachineName },
+                linked.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            using var attachment = handler.AttachConnection(writer);
+
+            while (!linked.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                var frame = await reader.ReadFrameAsync(linked.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (frame is null) break;
+
+                await handler.HandleAsync(frame.Value.Kind, frame.Value.Body, writer, linked.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _current.Dispose();
+            _current = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async Task RunAsync(IFrameHandler handler, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            try { await RunOneConnectionAsync(handler, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { break; }
+            catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Error(ex, "FOCAS IPC connection loop error — accepting next"); }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private bool VerifyCaller(NamedPipeServerStream pipe, out string reason)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            pipe.RunAsClient(() =>
+            {
+                using var wi = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
+                if (wi.User is null)
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("GetCurrent().User is null — cannot verify caller");
+                if (wi.User != _allowedSid)
+                    throw new UnauthorizedAccessException(
+                        $"caller SID {wi.User.Value} does not match allowed {_allowedSid.Value}");
+            });
+            reason = string.Empty;
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) { reason = ex.Message; return false; }
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _cts.Cancel();
+        _current?.Dispose();
+        _cts.Dispose();
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Ipc/StubFrameHandler.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MessagePack;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Ipc;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Placeholder handler that returns <c>ErrorResponse{Code=not-implemented}</c> for every
+///     FOCAS data-plane request. Exists so PR B can ship the pipe server + ACL + handshake
+///     plumbing before PR C moves the Fwlib32 calls. Heartbeats are handled fully so the
+///     supervisor's liveness detector stays happy.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class StubFrameHandler : IFrameHandler
+{
+    public Task HandleAsync(FocasMessageKind kind, byte[] body, FrameWriter writer, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        if (kind == FocasMessageKind.Heartbeat)
+        {
+            var hb = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<Heartbeat>(body);
+            return writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.HeartbeatAck,
+                new HeartbeatAck
+                {
+                    MonotonicTicks = hb.MonotonicTicks,
+                    HostUtcUnixMs = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds(),
+                }, ct);
+        }
+
+        return writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.ErrorResponse,
+            new ErrorResponse
+            {
+                Code = "not-implemented",
+                Message = $"Kind {kind} is stubbed — Fwlib32 lift lands in PR C",
+            },
+            ct);
+    }
+
+    public IDisposable AttachConnection(FrameWriter writer) => IFrameHandler.NoopAttachment.Instance;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Program.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Security.Principal;
+using System.Threading;
+using Serilog;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Backend;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Ipc;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Entry point for the <c>OtOpcUaFocasHost</c> Windows service / console host. The
+///     supervisor (Proxy-side) spawns this process per FOCAS driver instance and passes the
+///     pipe name, allowed-SID, and per-process shared secret as environment variables. In
+///     PR B the backend is <see cref="StubFrameHandler"/> — PR C swaps in the real
+///     Fwlib32-backed handler once the session state + STA thread move out of the .NET 10
+///     driver.
+/// </summary>
+public static class Program
+{
+    public static int Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+            .MinimumLevel.Information()
+            .WriteTo.File(
+                @"%ProgramData%\OtOpcUa\focas-host-.log".Replace("%ProgramData%", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData)),
+                rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day)
+            .CreateLogger();
+
+        try
+        {
+            var pipeName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OTOPCUA_FOCAS_PIPE") ?? "OtOpcUaFocas";
+            var allowedSidValue = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OTOPCUA_ALLOWED_SID")
+                ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    "OTOPCUA_ALLOWED_SID not set — the FOCAS Proxy supervisor must pass the server principal SID");
+            var sharedSecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OTOPCUA_FOCAS_SECRET")
+                ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    "OTOPCUA_FOCAS_SECRET not set — the FOCAS Proxy supervisor must pass the per-process secret at spawn time");
+
+            var allowedSid = new SecurityIdentifier(allowedSidValue);
+
+            using var server = new PipeServer(pipeName, allowedSid, sharedSecret, Log.Logger);
+            using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            Console.CancelKeyPress += (_, e) => { e.Cancel = true; cts.Cancel(); };
+
+            Log.Information("OtOpcUaFocasHost starting — pipe={Pipe} allowedSid={Sid}",
+                pipeName, allowedSidValue);
+
+            var backendKind = (Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OTOPCUA_FOCAS_BACKEND") ?? "unconfigured")
+                .ToLowerInvariant();
+            IFocasBackend backend = backendKind switch
+            {
+                "fake"         => new FakeFocasBackend(),
+                "unconfigured" => new UnconfiguredFocasBackend(),
+                "fwlib32"      => new UnconfiguredFocasBackend(), // real Fwlib32 backend lands with hardware integration follow-up
+                _              => new UnconfiguredFocasBackend(),
+            };
+            Log.Information("OtOpcUaFocasHost backend={Backend}", backendKind);
+
+            var handler = new FwlibFrameHandler(backend, Log.Logger);
+            server.RunAsync(handler, cts.Token).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+            Log.Information("OtOpcUaFocasHost stopped cleanly");
+            return 0;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Log.Fatal(ex, "OtOpcUaFocasHost fatal");
+            return 2;
+        }
+        finally { Log.CloseAndFlush(); }
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/Stability/PostMortemMmf.cs

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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Stability;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Ring-buffer of the last N IPC operations, written into a memory-mapped file. On a
+///     hard crash the Proxy-side supervisor reads the MMF after the corpse is gone to see
+///     what was in flight at the moment the Host died. Single-writer (the Host), multi-reader
+///     (the supervisor) — the file format is identical to the Galaxy Tier-C
+///     <c>PostMortemMmf</c> so a single reader tool can work both.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     File layout:
+///     <code>
+///     [16-byte header: magic(4) | version(4) | capacity(4) | writeIndex(4)]
+///     [capacity × 256-byte entries: each is [8-byte utcUnixMs | 8-byte opKind | 240-byte UTF-8 message]]
+///     </code>
+///     Magic is 'OFPC' (0x4F46_5043) to distinguish a FOCAS file from the Galaxy MMF.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class PostMortemMmf : IDisposable
+{
+    private const int Magic = 0x4F465043; // 'OFPC'
+    private const int Version = 1;
+    private const int HeaderBytes = 16;
+    public const int EntryBytes = 256;
+    private const int MessageOffset = 16;
+    private const int MessageCapacity = EntryBytes - MessageOffset;
+
+    public int Capacity { get; }
+    public string Path { get; }
+
+    private readonly MemoryMappedFile _mmf;
+    private readonly MemoryMappedViewAccessor _accessor;
+    private readonly object _writeGate = new();
+
+    public PostMortemMmf(string path, int capacity = 1000)
+    {
+        if (capacity <= 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(capacity));
+        Capacity = capacity;
+        Path = path;
+
+        var fileBytes = HeaderBytes + capacity * EntryBytes;
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(path)!);
+
+        var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.Read);
+        fs.SetLength(fileBytes);
+        _mmf = MemoryMappedFile.CreateFromFile(fs, null, fileBytes,
+            MemoryMappedFileAccess.ReadWrite, HandleInheritability.None, leaveOpen: false);
+        _accessor = _mmf.CreateViewAccessor(0, fileBytes, MemoryMappedFileAccess.ReadWrite);
+
+        if (_accessor.ReadInt32(0) != Magic)
+        {
+            _accessor.Write(0, Magic);
+            _accessor.Write(4, Version);
+            _accessor.Write(8, capacity);
+            _accessor.Write(12, 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Write(long opKind, string message)
+    {
+        lock (_writeGate)
+        {
+            var idx = _accessor.ReadInt32(12);
+            var offset = HeaderBytes + idx * EntryBytes;
+
+            _accessor.Write(offset + 0, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds());
+            _accessor.Write(offset + 8, opKind);
+
+            var msgBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(message ?? string.Empty);
+            var copy = Math.Min(msgBytes.Length, MessageCapacity - 1);
+            _accessor.WriteArray(offset + MessageOffset, msgBytes, 0, copy);
+            _accessor.Write(offset + MessageOffset + copy, (byte)0);
+
+            var next = (idx + 1) % Capacity;
+            _accessor.Write(12, next);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public PostMortemEntry[] ReadAll()
+    {
+        var magic = _accessor.ReadInt32(0);
+        if (magic != Magic) return new PostMortemEntry[0];
+
+        var capacity = _accessor.ReadInt32(8);
+        var writeIndex = _accessor.ReadInt32(12);
+
+        var entries = new PostMortemEntry[capacity];
+        var count = 0;
+        for (var i = 0; i < capacity; i++)
+        {
+            var slot = (writeIndex + i) % capacity;
+            var offset = HeaderBytes + slot * EntryBytes;
+
+            var ts = _accessor.ReadInt64(offset + 0);
+            if (ts == 0) continue;
+
+            var op = _accessor.ReadInt64(offset + 8);
+            var msgBuf = new byte[MessageCapacity];
+            _accessor.ReadArray(offset + MessageOffset, msgBuf, 0, MessageCapacity);
+            var nulTerm = Array.IndexOf<byte>(msgBuf, 0);
+            var msg = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(msgBuf, 0, nulTerm < 0 ? MessageCapacity : nulTerm);
+
+            entries[count++] = new PostMortemEntry(ts, op, msg);
+        }
+
+        Array.Resize(ref entries, count);
+        return entries;
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _accessor.Dispose();
+        _mmf.Dispose();
+    }
+}
+
+public readonly struct PostMortemEntry
+{
+    public long UtcUnixMs { get; }
+    public long OpKind { get; }
+    public string Message { get; }
+
+    public PostMortemEntry(long utcUnixMs, long opKind, string message)
+    {
+        UtcUnixMs = utcUnixMs;
+        OpKind = opKind;
+        Message = message;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+        <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
+        <!-- Fwlib32.dll is 32-bit only — x86 target is mandatory. Matches the Galaxy.Host
+             bitness constraint but for a different native library. -->
+        <PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
+        <Prefer32Bit>true</Prefer32Bit>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+        <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+        <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+        <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host</RootNamespace>
+        <AssemblyName>OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host</AssemblyName>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl" Version="5.0.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Memory" Version="4.5.5"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions" Version="4.5.4"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.2.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="7.0.0"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.Tests"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/Contracts/Addresses.cs

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+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Wire shape for a parsed FOCAS address. Mirrors <c>FocasAddress</c> in the driver
+///     package but lives in Shared so the Host (.NET 4.8) can decode without taking a
+///     reference to the .NET 10 driver assembly. The Proxy serializes from its own
+///     <c>FocasAddress</c>; the Host maps back to its local equivalent.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class FocasAddressDto
+{
+    /// <summary>0 = Pmc, 1 = Parameter, 2 = Macro. Matches <c>FocasAreaKind</c> enum order.</summary>
+    [Key(0)] public int Kind { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>PMC letter — null for Parameter / Macro.</summary>
+    [Key(1)] public string? PmcLetter { get; set; }
+
+    [Key(2)] public int Number { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Optional bit index (0-7 for PMC, 0-31 for Parameter).</summary>
+    [Key(3)] public int? BitIndex { get; set; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     0 = Bit, 1 = Byte, 2 = Int16, 3 = Int32, 4 = Float32, 5 = Float64, 6 = String.
+///     Matches <c>FocasDataType</c> enum order so both sides can cast <c>(int)</c>.
+/// </summary>
+public static class FocasDataTypeCode
+{
+    public const int Bit = 0;
+    public const int Byte = 1;
+    public const int Int16 = 2;
+    public const int Int32 = 3;
+    public const int Float32 = 4;
+    public const int Float64 = 5;
+    public const int String = 6;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/Contracts/Framing.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Length-prefixed framing. Each IPC frame is:
+///     <c>[4-byte big-endian length][1-byte message kind][MessagePack body]</c>.
+///     Length is the body size only; the kind byte is not part of the prefixed length.
+///     Mirrors the Galaxy Tier-C framing so operators see one wire format across hosts.
+/// </summary>
+public static class Framing
+{
+    public const int LengthPrefixSize = 4;
+    public const int KindByteSize = 1;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Maximum permitted body length (16 MiB). Protects the receiver from a hostile or
+    ///     misbehaving peer sending an oversized length prefix.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const int MaxFrameBodyBytes = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Wire identifier for each contract. Values are stable — new contracts append, never
+///     reuse. Ranges kept aligned with Galaxy so an operator reading a hex dump doesn't have
+///     to context-switch between drivers.
+/// </summary>
+public enum FocasMessageKind : byte
+{
+    Hello                    = 0x01,
+    HelloAck                 = 0x02,
+    Heartbeat                = 0x03,
+    HeartbeatAck             = 0x04,
+
+    OpenSessionRequest       = 0x10,
+    OpenSessionResponse      = 0x11,
+    CloseSessionRequest      = 0x12,
+
+    ReadRequest              = 0x30,
+    ReadResponse             = 0x31,
+    WriteRequest             = 0x32,
+    WriteResponse            = 0x33,
+    PmcBitWriteRequest       = 0x34,
+    PmcBitWriteResponse      = 0x35,
+
+    SubscribeRequest         = 0x40,
+    SubscribeResponse        = 0x41,
+    UnsubscribeRequest       = 0x42,
+    OnDataChangeNotification = 0x43,
+
+    ProbeRequest             = 0x70,
+    ProbeResponse            = 0x71,
+    RuntimeStatusChange      = 0x72,
+
+    RecycleHostRequest       = 0xF0,
+    RecycleStatusResponse    = 0xF1,
+
+    ErrorResponse            = 0xFE,
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/Contracts/Hello.cs

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+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     First frame of every FOCAS Proxy -> Host connection. Advertises protocol major/minor
+///     and the per-process shared secret the Proxy passed to the Host at spawn time. Major
+///     mismatch is fatal; minor is advisory.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class Hello
+{
+    public const int CurrentMajor = 1;
+    public const int CurrentMinor = 0;
+
+    [Key(0)] public int ProtocolMajor { get; set; } = CurrentMajor;
+    [Key(1)] public int ProtocolMinor { get; set; } = CurrentMinor;
+    [Key(2)] public string PeerName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Per-process shared secret verified on the Host side against the value passed by the
+    ///     supervisor at spawn time. Protects against a local attacker connecting to the pipe
+    ///     after authenticating via the pipe ACL.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Key(3)] public string SharedSecret { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    [Key(4)] public string[] Features { get; set; } = System.Array.Empty<string>();
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class HelloAck
+{
+    [Key(0)] public int ProtocolMajor { get; set; } = Hello.CurrentMajor;
+    [Key(1)] public int ProtocolMinor { get; set; } = Hello.CurrentMinor;
+
+    /// <summary>True if the Host accepted the hello; false + <see cref="RejectReason"/> filled if not.</summary>
+    [Key(2)] public bool Accepted { get; set; }
+    [Key(3)] public string? RejectReason { get; set; }
+
+    [Key(4)] public string HostName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class Heartbeat
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long MonotonicTicks { get; set; }
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class HeartbeatAck
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long MonotonicTicks { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public long HostUtcUnixMs { get; set; }
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class ErrorResponse
+{
+    /// <summary>Stable symbolic code — e.g. <c>InvalidAddress</c>, <c>SessionNotFound</c>, <c>Fwlib32Crashed</c>.</summary>
+    [Key(0)] public string Code { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    [Key(1)] public string Message { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/Contracts/Probe.cs

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+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+/// <summary>Lightweight connectivity probe — maps to <c>cnc_rdcncstat</c> on the Host.</summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class ProbeRequest
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SessionId { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public int TimeoutMs { get; set; } = 2000;
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class ProbeResponse
+{
+    [Key(0)] public bool Healthy { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public string? Error { get; set; }
+    [Key(2)] public long ObservedAtUtcUnixMs { get; set; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>Per-host runtime status — fan-out target when the Host observes the CNC going unreachable without the Proxy asking.</summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class RuntimeStatusChangeNotification
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SessionId { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Running | Stopped | Unknown.</summary>
+    [Key(1)] public string RuntimeStatus { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    [Key(2)] public long ObservedAtUtcUnixMs { get; set; }
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class RecycleHostRequest
+{
+    /// <summary>Soft | Hard. Soft drains subscriptions first; Hard kills immediately.</summary>
+    [Key(0)] public string Kind { get; set; } = "Soft";
+    [Key(1)] public string Reason { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class RecycleStatusResponse
+{
+    [Key(0)] public bool Accepted { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public int GraceSeconds { get; set; } = 15;
+    [Key(2)] public string? Error { get; set; }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/Contracts/ReadWrite.cs

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+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Read one FOCAS address. Multi-read is the Proxy's responsibility — it batches
+///     per-tag reads into parallel <see cref="ReadRequest"/> frames the Host services on its
+///     STA thread. Keeping the IPC read single-address keeps the Host side trivial; FOCAS
+///     itself has no multi-read primitive that spans area kinds.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class ReadRequest
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SessionId { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public FocasAddressDto Address { get; set; } = new();
+    [Key(2)] public int DataType { get; set; }
+    [Key(3)] public int TimeoutMs { get; set; } = 2000;
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class ReadResponse
+{
+    [Key(0)] public bool Success { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public string? Error { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>OPC UA status code mapped by the Host via <c>FocasStatusMapper</c> — 0 = Good.</summary>
+    [Key(2)] public uint StatusCode { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>MessagePack-serialized boxed value. <c>null</c> when <see cref="Success"/> is false.</summary>
+    [Key(3)] public byte[]? ValueBytes { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Matches <see cref="FocasDataTypeCode"/> so the Proxy knows how to deserialize.</summary>
+    [Key(4)] public int ValueTypeCode { get; set; }
+
+    [Key(5)] public long SourceTimestampUtcUnixMs { get; set; }
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class WriteRequest
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SessionId { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public FocasAddressDto Address { get; set; } = new();
+    [Key(2)] public int DataType { get; set; }
+    [Key(3)] public byte[]? ValueBytes { get; set; }
+    [Key(4)] public int ValueTypeCode { get; set; }
+    [Key(5)] public int TimeoutMs { get; set; } = 2000;
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class WriteResponse
+{
+    [Key(0)] public bool Success { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public string? Error { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>OPC UA status code — 0 = Good.</summary>
+    [Key(2)] public uint StatusCode { get; set; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     PMC bit read-modify-write. Handled as a first-class operation (not two separate
+///     read+write round-trips) so the critical section stays on the Host — serializing
+///     concurrent bit writers to the same parent byte is Host-side via
+///     <c>SemaphoreSlim</c> keyed on <c>(PmcLetter, Number)</c>. Mirrors the in-process
+///     pattern from <c>FocasPmcBitRmw</c>.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class PmcBitWriteRequest
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SessionId { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public FocasAddressDto Address { get; set; } = new();
+
+    /// <summary>The bit index to set/clear. 0-7.</summary>
+    [Key(2)] public int BitIndex { get; set; }
+
+    [Key(3)] public bool Value { get; set; }
+    [Key(4)] public int TimeoutMs { get; set; } = 2000;
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class PmcBitWriteResponse
+{
+    [Key(0)] public bool Success { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public string? Error { get; set; }
+    [Key(2)] public uint StatusCode { get; set; }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/Contracts/Session.cs

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+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Open a FOCAS session against the CNC at <see cref="HostAddress"/>. One session per
+///     configured device. The Host owns the Fwlib32 handle; the Proxy tracks only the
+///     opaque <see cref="OpenSessionResponse.SessionId"/> returned on success.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class OpenSessionRequest
+{
+    [Key(0)] public string HostAddress { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    [Key(1)] public int TimeoutMs { get; set; } = 2000;
+    [Key(2)] public int CncSeries { get; set; }
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class OpenSessionResponse
+{
+    [Key(0)] public bool Success { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public long SessionId { get; set; }
+    [Key(2)] public string? Error { get; set; }
+    [Key(3)] public string? ErrorCode { get; set; }
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class CloseSessionRequest
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SessionId { get; set; }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/Contracts/Subscriptions.cs

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+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Subscribe the Host to polling a set of tags on behalf of the Proxy. FOCAS is
+///     poll-only — there are no CNC-initiated callbacks — so the Host runs the poll loop and
+///     pushes <see cref="OnDataChangeNotification"/> frames whenever a value differs from
+///     the last observation. Delta-only + per-group interval keeps the wire quiet.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class SubscribeRequest
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SessionId { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public long SubscriptionId { get; set; }
+    [Key(2)] public int IntervalMs { get; set; } = 1000;
+    [Key(3)] public SubscribeItem[] Items { get; set; } = System.Array.Empty<SubscribeItem>();
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class SubscribeItem
+{
+    /// <summary>Opaque correlation id the Proxy uses to route notifications back to the right OPC UA MonitoredItem.</summary>
+    [Key(0)] public long MonitoredItemId { get; set; }
+
+    [Key(1)] public FocasAddressDto Address { get; set; } = new();
+    [Key(2)] public int DataType { get; set; }
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class SubscribeResponse
+{
+    [Key(0)] public bool Success { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public string? Error { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Items the Host refused (address mismatch, unsupported type). Empty on full success.</summary>
+    [Key(2)] public long[] RejectedMonitoredItemIds { get; set; } = System.Array.Empty<long>();
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class UnsubscribeRequest
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SubscriptionId { get; set; }
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class OnDataChangeNotification
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long SubscriptionId { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public DataChange[] Changes { get; set; } = System.Array.Empty<DataChange>();
+}
+
+[MessagePackObject]
+public sealed class DataChange
+{
+    [Key(0)] public long MonitoredItemId { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public uint StatusCode { get; set; }
+    [Key(2)] public byte[]? ValueBytes { get; set; }
+    [Key(3)] public int ValueTypeCode { get; set; }
+    [Key(4)] public long SourceTimestampUtcUnixMs { get; set; }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/FrameReader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MessagePack;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Reads length-prefixed, kind-tagged frames from a stream. Single-consumer — do not call
+///     <see cref="ReadFrameAsync"/> from multiple threads against the same instance.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FrameReader : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly Stream _stream;
+    private readonly bool _leaveOpen;
+
+    public FrameReader(Stream stream, bool leaveOpen = false)
+    {
+        _stream = stream ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stream));
+        _leaveOpen = leaveOpen;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<(FocasMessageKind Kind, byte[] Body)?> ReadFrameAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var lengthPrefix = new byte[Framing.LengthPrefixSize];
+        if (!await ReadExactAsync(lengthPrefix, ct).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            return null;
+
+        var length = (lengthPrefix[0] << 24) | (lengthPrefix[1] << 16) | (lengthPrefix[2] << 8) | lengthPrefix[3];
+        if (length < 0 || length > Framing.MaxFrameBodyBytes)
+            throw new InvalidDataException($"IPC frame length {length} out of range.");
+
+        var kindByte = _stream.ReadByte();
+        if (kindByte < 0) throw new EndOfStreamException("EOF after length prefix, before kind byte.");
+
+        var body = new byte[length];
+        if (!await ReadExactAsync(body, ct).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            throw new EndOfStreamException("EOF mid-frame.");
+
+        return ((FocasMessageKind)(byte)kindByte, body);
+    }
+
+    public static T Deserialize<T>(byte[] body) => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<T>(body);
+
+    private async Task<bool> ReadExactAsync(byte[] buffer, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var offset = 0;
+        while (offset < buffer.Length)
+        {
+            var read = await _stream.ReadAsync(buffer, offset, buffer.Length - offset, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (read == 0)
+            {
+                if (offset == 0) return false;
+                throw new EndOfStreamException($"Stream ended after reading {offset} of {buffer.Length} bytes.");
+            }
+            offset += read;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (!_leaveOpen) _stream.Dispose();
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/FrameWriter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MessagePack;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Writes length-prefixed, kind-tagged MessagePack frames to a stream. Thread-safe via
+///     <see cref="SemaphoreSlim"/> — multiple producers (e.g. heartbeat + data-plane sharing a
+///     stream) get serialized writes.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FrameWriter : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly Stream _stream;
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _gate = new(1, 1);
+    private readonly bool _leaveOpen;
+
+    public FrameWriter(Stream stream, bool leaveOpen = false)
+    {
+        _stream = stream ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stream));
+        _leaveOpen = leaveOpen;
+    }
+
+    public async Task WriteAsync<T>(FocasMessageKind kind, T message, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var body = MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(message, cancellationToken: ct);
+        if (body.Length > Framing.MaxFrameBodyBytes)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"IPC frame body {body.Length} exceeds {Framing.MaxFrameBodyBytes} byte cap.");
+
+        var lengthPrefix = new byte[Framing.LengthPrefixSize];
+        lengthPrefix[0] = (byte)((body.Length >> 24) & 0xFF);
+        lengthPrefix[1] = (byte)((body.Length >> 16) & 0xFF);
+        lengthPrefix[2] = (byte)((body.Length >> 8)  & 0xFF);
+        lengthPrefix[3] = (byte)( body.Length        & 0xFF);
+
+        await _gate.WaitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            await _stream.WriteAsync(lengthPrefix, 0, lengthPrefix.Length, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            _stream.WriteByte((byte)kind);
+            await _stream.WriteAsync(body, 0, body.Length, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await _stream.FlushAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        finally { _gate.Release(); }
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _gate.Dispose();
+        if (!_leaveOpen) _stream.Dispose();
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+        <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
+        <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
+        <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared</RootNamespace>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <!-- MessagePack for IPC. Netstandard 2.0 consumable by both .NET 10 (Proxy) + .NET 4.8 (Host). -->
+        <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="2.5.187"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasCapabilityMatrix.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Documented-API capability matrix — per CNC series, what ranges each
+///     <see cref="FocasAreaKind"/> supports. Authoritative source for the driver's
+///     pre-flight validation in <see cref="FocasDriver.InitializeAsync"/>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>Ranges come from the Fanuc FOCAS Developer Kit documentation matrix
+///     (see <c>docs/v2/focas-version-matrix.md</c> for the authoritative copy with
+///     per-function citations). Numbers chosen to match what the FOCAS library
+///     accepts — a read against an address outside the documented range returns
+///     <c>EW_NUMBER</c> or <c>EW_PARAM</c> at the wire, which this driver maps to
+///     BadOutOfRange. Catching at init time surfaces the mismatch as a config
+///     error before any session is opened.</para>
+///     <para><see cref="FocasCncSeries.Unknown"/> is treated permissively: every
+///     address passes validation. Pre-matrix configs don't break on upgrade; new
+///     deployments are encouraged to declare a series in the device options.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class FocasCapabilityMatrix
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Check whether <paramref name="address"/> is accepted by a CNC of
+    ///     <paramref name="series"/>. Returns <c>null</c> on pass + a failure reason
+    ///     on reject — the driver surfaces the reason string verbatim when failing
+    ///     <c>InitializeAsync</c> so operators see the specific out-of-range without
+    ///     guessing.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string? Validate(FocasCncSeries series, FocasAddress address)
+    {
+        if (series == FocasCncSeries.Unknown) return null;
+
+        return address.Kind switch
+        {
+            FocasAreaKind.Macro     => ValidateMacro(series, address.Number),
+            FocasAreaKind.Parameter => ValidateParameter(series, address.Number),
+            FocasAreaKind.Pmc       => ValidatePmc(series, address.PmcLetter, address.Number),
+            _ => null,
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Macro variable number accepted by a CNC series. Cites
+    /// <c>cnc_rdmacro</c>/<c>cnc_wrmacro</c> in the Developer Kit.</summary>
+    internal static (int min, int max) MacroRange(FocasCncSeries series) => series switch
+    {
+        // Common macros 1-33 + 100-199 + 500-999 universally; extended 10000+ only on
+        // higher-end series. Using the extended ceiling per series per DevKit notes.
+        FocasCncSeries.Sixteen_i    => (0, 999),
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_D     => (0, 999),
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_F or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_MF or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_TF    => (0, 9999),
+        FocasCncSeries.Thirty_i or
+        FocasCncSeries.ThirtyOne_i or
+        FocasCncSeries.ThirtyTwo_i  => (0, 99999),
+        FocasCncSeries.PowerMotion_i => (0, 999),
+        _ => (0, int.MaxValue),
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>Parameter number accepted; from <c>cnc_rdparam</c>/<c>cnc_wrparam</c>.
+    /// Ranges reflect the highest-numbered parameter documented per series.</summary>
+    internal static (int min, int max) ParameterRange(FocasCncSeries series) => series switch
+    {
+        FocasCncSeries.Sixteen_i    => (0, 9999),
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_D or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_F or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_MF or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_TF    => (0, 14999),
+        FocasCncSeries.Thirty_i or
+        FocasCncSeries.ThirtyOne_i or
+        FocasCncSeries.ThirtyTwo_i  => (0, 29999),
+        FocasCncSeries.PowerMotion_i => (0, 29999),
+        _ => (0, int.MaxValue),
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>PMC letters accepted per series. Legacy controllers omit F/M/C
+    /// signal groups that 30i-family ladder programs use.</summary>
+    internal static IReadOnlySet<string> PmcLetters(FocasCncSeries series) => series switch
+    {
+        FocasCncSeries.Sixteen_i     => new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) { "X", "Y", "R", "D" },
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_D      => new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) { "X", "Y", "R", "D", "E", "A" },
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_F or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_MF or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_TF     => new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) { "X", "Y", "F", "G", "R", "D", "E", "A", "M", "C" },
+        FocasCncSeries.Thirty_i or
+        FocasCncSeries.ThirtyOne_i or
+        FocasCncSeries.ThirtyTwo_i   => new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) { "X", "Y", "F", "G", "R", "D", "E", "A", "M", "C", "K", "T" },
+        FocasCncSeries.PowerMotion_i => new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) { "X", "Y", "R", "D" },
+        _ => new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>PMC address-number ceiling per series. Multiplied by 8 to get bit
+    /// count since PMC addresses are byte-addressed on read + bit-addressed on
+    /// write — FocasAddress carries the bit separately.</summary>
+    internal static int PmcMaxNumber(FocasCncSeries series) => series switch
+    {
+        FocasCncSeries.Sixteen_i    => 999,
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_D     => 1999,
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_F or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_MF or
+        FocasCncSeries.Zero_i_TF    => 9999,
+        FocasCncSeries.Thirty_i or
+        FocasCncSeries.ThirtyOne_i or
+        FocasCncSeries.ThirtyTwo_i  => 59999,
+        FocasCncSeries.PowerMotion_i => 1999,
+        _ => int.MaxValue,
+    };
+
+    private static string? ValidateMacro(FocasCncSeries series, int number)
+    {
+        var (min, max) = MacroRange(series);
+        return (number < min || number > max)
+            ? $"Macro variable #{number} is outside the documented range [{min}, {max}] for {series}."
+            : null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? ValidateParameter(FocasCncSeries series, int number)
+    {
+        var (min, max) = ParameterRange(series);
+        return (number < min || number > max)
+            ? $"Parameter #{number} is outside the documented range [{min}, {max}] for {series}."
+            : null;
+    }
+
+    private static string? ValidatePmc(FocasCncSeries series, string? letter, int number)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(letter)) return "PMC address is missing its letter prefix.";
+        var letters = PmcLetters(series);
+        if (!letters.Contains(letter))
+        {
+            var letterList = string.Join(", ", letters);
+            return $"PMC letter '{letter}' is not supported on {series}. Accepted: {{{letterList}}}.";
+        }
+        var max = PmcMaxNumber(series);
+        return number > max
+            ? $"PMC address {letter}{number} is outside the documented range [0, {max}] for {series}."
+            : null;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasCncSeries.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Fanuc CNC controller series. Used by <see cref="FocasCapabilityMatrix"/> to
+///     gate which FOCAS addresses + value ranges the driver accepts against a given
+///     CNC — the FOCAS API surface varies meaningfully between series (macro ranges,
+///     PMC address letters, parameter numbers). A tag reference that's valid on a
+///     30i might be out-of-range on an 0i-MF; validating at driver
+///     <c>InitializeAsync</c> time surfaces the mismatch as a fast config error
+///     instead of a runtime read failure after the server's already running.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>Values chosen from the Fanuc FOCAS Developer Kit documented series
+///     matrix. Add a new entry + a row to <see cref="FocasCapabilityMatrix"/> when
+///     a new controller is targeted — the driver will refuse the device until both
+///     sides of the enum are filled in.</para>
+///     <para>Defaults to <see cref="Unknown"/> when the operator doesn't specify;
+///     the capability matrix treats Unknown as permissive (no range validation,
+///     same as pre-matrix behaviour) so old configs don't break on upgrade.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public enum FocasCncSeries
+{
+    /// <summary>No series declared; capability matrix is permissive (legacy behaviour).</summary>
+    Unknown = 0,
+
+    /// <summary>Series 0i-D — compact CNC, narrow macro + PMC ranges.</summary>
+    Zero_i_D,
+    /// <summary>Series 0i-F — successor to 0i-D; widened macro range, added Plus variant.</summary>
+    Zero_i_F,
+    /// <summary>Series 0i-MF / 0i-MF Plus — machining-centre variants of 0i-F.</summary>
+    Zero_i_MF,
+    /// <summary>Series 0i-TF / 0i-TF Plus — turning-centre variants of 0i-F.</summary>
+    Zero_i_TF,
+
+    /// <summary>Series 16i / 18i / 21i — mid-range legacy; narrow ranges, limited PMC letters.</summary>
+    Sixteen_i,
+
+    /// <summary>Series 30i — high-end; widest macro / PMC / parameter ranges.</summary>
+    Thirty_i,
+    /// <summary>Series 31i — subset of 30i (fewer axes, same FOCAS surface).</summary>
+    ThirtyOne_i,
+    /// <summary>Series 32i — compact 30i variant.</summary>
+    ThirtyTwo_i,
+
+    /// <summary>Power Motion i — motion-control variant; atypical macro coverage.</summary>
+    PowerMotion_i,
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasDriver.cs

@@ -57,7 +57,24 @@ public sealed class FocasDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
                         $"FOCAS device has invalid HostAddress '{device.HostAddress}' — expected 'focas://{{ip}}[:{{port}}]'.");
                 _devices[device.HostAddress] = new DeviceState(addr, device);
             }
-            foreach (var tag in _options.Tags) _tagsByName[tag.Name] = tag;
+            // Pre-flight: validate every tag's address against the declared CNC
+            // series so misconfigured addresses fail at init (clear config error)
+            // instead of producing BadOutOfRange on every read at runtime.
+            // Series=Unknown short-circuits the matrix; pre-matrix configs stay permissive.
+            foreach (var tag in _options.Tags)
+            {
+                var parsed = FocasAddress.TryParse(tag.Address)
+                    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        $"FOCAS tag '{tag.Name}' has invalid Address '{tag.Address}'. " +
+                        $"Expected forms: R100, R100.3, PARAM:1815/0, MACRO:500.");
+                if (_devices.TryGetValue(tag.DeviceHostAddress, out var device)
+                    && FocasCapabilityMatrix.Validate(device.Options.Series, parsed) is { } reason)
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        $"FOCAS tag '{tag.Name}' ({tag.Address}) rejected by capability matrix: {reason}");
+                }
+                _tagsByName[tag.Name] = tag;
+            }
 
             if (_options.Probe.Enabled)
             {

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/FocasDriverOptions.cs

@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ public sealed class FocasDriverOptions
     public TimeSpan Timeout { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
 }
 
+/// <summary>
+///     One CNC the driver talks to. <paramref name="Series"/> enables per-series
+///     address validation at <see cref="FocasDriver.InitializeAsync"/>; leave as
+///     <see cref="FocasCncSeries.Unknown"/> to skip validation (legacy behaviour).
+/// </summary>
 public sealed record FocasDeviceOptions(
     string HostAddress,
-    string? DeviceName = null);
+    string? DeviceName = null,
+    FocasCncSeries Series = FocasCncSeries.Unknown);
 
 /// <summary>
 ///     One FOCAS-backed OPC UA variable. <paramref name="Address"/> is the canonical FOCAS

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Ipc/FocasIpcClient.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Pipes;
+using MessagePack;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Ipc;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Proxy-side IPC channel to a running <c>Driver.FOCAS.Host</c>. Owns the pipe connection
+///     and serializes request/response round-trips through a single call gate so
+///     concurrent callers don't interleave frames. One instance per FOCAS Host session.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FocasIpcClient : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    private readonly Stream _stream;
+    private readonly FrameReader _reader;
+    private readonly FrameWriter _writer;
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _callGate = new(1, 1);
+
+    private FocasIpcClient(Stream stream)
+    {
+        _stream = stream;
+        _reader = new FrameReader(stream, leaveOpen: true);
+        _writer = new FrameWriter(stream, leaveOpen: true);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Named-pipe factory: connects, sends Hello, awaits HelloAck.</summary>
+    public static async Task<FocasIpcClient> ConnectAsync(
+        string pipeName, string sharedSecret, TimeSpan connectTimeout, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var stream = new NamedPipeClientStream(
+            serverName: ".",
+            pipeName: pipeName,
+            direction: PipeDirection.InOut,
+            options: PipeOptions.Asynchronous);
+
+        await stream.ConnectAsync((int)connectTimeout.TotalMilliseconds, ct);
+        return await HandshakeAsync(stream, sharedSecret, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Stream factory — used by tests that wire the Proxy against an in-memory stream
+    ///     pair instead of a real pipe. <paramref name="stream"/> is owned by the caller
+    ///     until <see cref="DisposeAsync"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static Task<FocasIpcClient> ConnectAsync(Stream stream, string sharedSecret, CancellationToken ct)
+        => HandshakeAsync(stream, sharedSecret, ct);
+
+    private static async Task<FocasIpcClient> HandshakeAsync(Stream stream, string sharedSecret, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var client = new FocasIpcClient(stream);
+        try
+        {
+            await client._writer.WriteAsync(FocasMessageKind.Hello,
+                new Hello { PeerName = "FOCAS.Proxy", SharedSecret = sharedSecret }, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            var ack = await client._reader.ReadFrameAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (ack is null || ack.Value.Kind != FocasMessageKind.HelloAck)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Did not receive HelloAck from FOCAS.Host");
+
+            var ackMsg = FrameReader.Deserialize<HelloAck>(ack.Value.Body);
+            if (!ackMsg.Accepted)
+                throw new UnauthorizedAccessException($"FOCAS.Host rejected Hello: {ackMsg.RejectReason}");
+
+            return client;
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            await client.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async Task<TResp> CallAsync<TReq, TResp>(
+        FocasMessageKind requestKind, TReq request, FocasMessageKind expectedResponseKind, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        await _callGate.WaitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            await _writer.WriteAsync(requestKind, request, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            var frame = await _reader.ReadFrameAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (frame is null) throw new EndOfStreamException("FOCAS IPC peer closed before response");
+
+            if (frame.Value.Kind == FocasMessageKind.ErrorResponse)
+            {
+                var err = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<ErrorResponse>(frame.Value.Body);
+                throw new FocasIpcException(err.Code, err.Message);
+            }
+
+            if (frame.Value.Kind != expectedResponseKind)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    $"Expected {expectedResponseKind}, got {frame.Value.Kind}");
+
+            return MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<TResp>(frame.Value.Body);
+        }
+        finally { _callGate.Release(); }
+    }
+
+    public async Task SendOneWayAsync<TReq>(FocasMessageKind requestKind, TReq request, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        await _callGate.WaitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try { await _writer.WriteAsync(requestKind, request, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+        finally { _callGate.Release(); }
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        _callGate.Dispose();
+        _reader.Dispose();
+        _writer.Dispose();
+        await _stream.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+}
+
+public sealed class FocasIpcException(string code, string message) : Exception($"[{code}] {message}")
+{
+    public string Code { get; } = code;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Ipc/IpcFocasClient.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+using MessagePack;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.Contracts;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Ipc;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     <see cref="IFocasClient"/> implementation that forwards every operation over a
+///     <see cref="FocasIpcClient"/> to a <c>Driver.FOCAS.Host</c> process. Keeps the
+///     <c>Fwlib32.dll</c> P/Invoke out of the main server process so a native crash
+///     blast-radius stops at the Host boundary.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Session lifecycle: <see cref="ConnectAsync"/> sends <c>OpenSessionRequest</c> and
+///     caches the returned <c>SessionId</c>. Subsequent <see cref="ReadAsync"/> /
+///     <see cref="WriteAsync"/> / <see cref="ProbeAsync"/> calls thread that session id
+///     onto each request DTO. <see cref="Dispose"/> sends <c>CloseSessionRequest</c> +
+///     disposes the underlying pipe.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class IpcFocasClient : IFocasClient
+{
+    private readonly FocasIpcClient _ipc;
+    private readonly FocasCncSeries _series;
+    private long _sessionId;
+    private bool _connected;
+
+    public IpcFocasClient(FocasIpcClient ipc, FocasCncSeries series = FocasCncSeries.Unknown)
+    {
+        _ipc = ipc ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ipc));
+        _series = series;
+    }
+
+    public bool IsConnected => _connected;
+
+    public async Task ConnectAsync(FocasHostAddress address, TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (_connected) return;
+
+        var resp = await _ipc.CallAsync<OpenSessionRequest, OpenSessionResponse>(
+            FocasMessageKind.OpenSessionRequest,
+            new OpenSessionRequest
+            {
+                HostAddress = $"{address.Host}:{address.Port}",
+                TimeoutMs = (int)Math.Max(1, timeout.TotalMilliseconds),
+                CncSeries = (int)_series,
+            },
+            FocasMessageKind.OpenSessionResponse,
+            cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        if (!resp.Success)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"FOCAS Host rejected OpenSession for {address}: {resp.ErrorCode ?? "?"} — {resp.Error}");
+
+        _sessionId = resp.SessionId;
+        _connected = true;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<(object? value, uint status)> ReadAsync(
+        FocasAddress address, FocasDataType type, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!_connected) return (null, FocasStatusMapper.BadCommunicationError);
+
+        var resp = await _ipc.CallAsync<ReadRequest, ReadResponse>(
+            FocasMessageKind.ReadRequest,
+            new ReadRequest
+            {
+                SessionId = _sessionId,
+                Address = ToDto(address),
+                DataType = (int)type,
+            },
+            FocasMessageKind.ReadResponse,
+            cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        if (!resp.Success) return (null, resp.StatusCode);
+
+        var value = DecodeValue(resp.ValueBytes, resp.ValueTypeCode);
+        return (value, resp.StatusCode);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<uint> WriteAsync(
+        FocasAddress address, FocasDataType type, object? value, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!_connected) return FocasStatusMapper.BadCommunicationError;
+
+        // PMC bit writes get the first-class RMW frame so the critical section stays on the Host.
+        if (address.Kind == FocasAreaKind.Pmc && type == FocasDataType.Bit && address.BitIndex is int bit)
+        {
+            var bitResp = await _ipc.CallAsync<PmcBitWriteRequest, PmcBitWriteResponse>(
+                FocasMessageKind.PmcBitWriteRequest,
+                new PmcBitWriteRequest
+                {
+                    SessionId = _sessionId,
+                    Address = ToDto(address),
+                    BitIndex = bit,
+                    Value = Convert.ToBoolean(value),
+                },
+                FocasMessageKind.PmcBitWriteResponse,
+                cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return bitResp.StatusCode;
+        }
+
+        var resp = await _ipc.CallAsync<WriteRequest, WriteResponse>(
+            FocasMessageKind.WriteRequest,
+            new WriteRequest
+            {
+                SessionId = _sessionId,
+                Address = ToDto(address),
+                DataType = (int)type,
+                ValueTypeCode = (int)type,
+                ValueBytes = EncodeValue(value, type),
+            },
+            FocasMessageKind.WriteResponse,
+            cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        return resp.StatusCode;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<bool> ProbeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (!_connected) return false;
+        try
+        {
+            var resp = await _ipc.CallAsync<ProbeRequest, ProbeResponse>(
+                FocasMessageKind.ProbeRequest,
+                new ProbeRequest { SessionId = _sessionId },
+                FocasMessageKind.ProbeResponse,
+                cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return resp.Healthy;
+        }
+        catch { return false; }
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (_connected)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _ipc.SendOneWayAsync(FocasMessageKind.CloseSessionRequest,
+                    new CloseSessionRequest { SessionId = _sessionId }, CancellationToken.None)
+                    .GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            }
+            catch { /* best effort */ }
+            _connected = false;
+        }
+        _ipc.DisposeAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+    }
+
+    private static FocasAddressDto ToDto(FocasAddress addr) => new()
+    {
+        Kind = (int)addr.Kind,
+        PmcLetter = addr.PmcLetter,
+        Number = addr.Number,
+        BitIndex = addr.BitIndex,
+    };
+
+    private static byte[]? EncodeValue(object? value, FocasDataType type)
+    {
+        if (value is null) return null;
+        return type switch
+        {
+            FocasDataType.Bit     => MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(Convert.ToBoolean(value)),
+            FocasDataType.Byte    => MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(Convert.ToByte(value)),
+            FocasDataType.Int16   => MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(Convert.ToInt16(value)),
+            FocasDataType.Int32   => MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(Convert.ToInt32(value)),
+            FocasDataType.Float32 => MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(Convert.ToSingle(value)),
+            FocasDataType.Float64 => MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(Convert.ToDouble(value)),
+            FocasDataType.String  => MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(Convert.ToString(value) ?? string.Empty),
+            _ => MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(Convert.ToInt32(value)),
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static object? DecodeValue(byte[]? bytes, int typeCode)
+    {
+        if (bytes is null) return null;
+        return typeCode switch
+        {
+            FocasDataTypeCode.Bit     => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<bool>(bytes),
+            FocasDataTypeCode.Byte    => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<byte>(bytes),
+            FocasDataTypeCode.Int16   => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<short>(bytes),
+            FocasDataTypeCode.Int32   => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<int>(bytes),
+            FocasDataTypeCode.Float32 => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<float>(bytes),
+            FocasDataTypeCode.Float64 => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<double>(bytes),
+            FocasDataTypeCode.String  => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<string>(bytes),
+            _ => MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<int>(bytes),
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Factory producing <see cref="IpcFocasClient"/>s. One pipe connection per
+///     <c>IFocasClient</c> — matches the driver's one-client-per-device invariant. The
+///     deployment wires this into the DI container in place of
+///     <see cref="UnimplementedFocasClientFactory"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class IpcFocasClientFactory(Func<FocasIpcClient> ipcClientFactory, FocasCncSeries series = FocasCncSeries.Unknown)
+    : IFocasClientFactory
+{
+    public IFocasClient Create() => new IpcFocasClient(ipcClientFactory(), series);
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Supervisor/Backoff.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Respawn-with-backoff schedule for the FOCAS Host process. Matches Galaxy Tier-C:
+///     5s → 15s → 60s cap. A sustained stable run (default 2 min) resets the index so a
+///     one-off crash after hours of steady-state doesn't start from the top of the ladder.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class Backoff
+{
+    public static TimeSpan[] DefaultSequence { get; } =
+        [TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60)];
+
+    public TimeSpan StableRunThreshold { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2);
+
+    private readonly TimeSpan[] _sequence;
+    private int _index;
+
+    public Backoff(TimeSpan[]? sequence = null) => _sequence = sequence ?? DefaultSequence;
+
+    public TimeSpan Next()
+    {
+        var delay = _sequence[Math.Min(_index, _sequence.Length - 1)];
+        _index++;
+        return delay;
+    }
+
+    public void RecordStableRun() => _index = 0;
+
+    public int AttemptIndex => _index;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Supervisor/CircuitBreaker.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Crash-loop circuit breaker for the FOCAS Host. Matches Galaxy Tier-C defaults:
+///     3 crashes within 5 minutes opens the breaker; cooldown escalates 1h → 4h → manual
+///     reset. A sticky alert stays live until the operator explicitly clears it so
+///     recurring crashes can't silently burn through the cooldown ladder overnight.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class CircuitBreaker
+{
+    public int CrashesAllowedPerWindow { get; init; } = 3;
+    public TimeSpan Window { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
+
+    public TimeSpan[] CooldownEscalation { get; init; } =
+        [TimeSpan.FromHours(1), TimeSpan.FromHours(4), TimeSpan.MaxValue];
+
+    private readonly List<DateTime> _crashesUtc = [];
+    private DateTime? _openSinceUtc;
+    private int _escalationLevel;
+    public bool StickyAlertActive { get; private set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Records a crash + returns <c>true</c> if the supervisor may respawn. On
+    ///     <c>false</c>, <paramref name="cooldownRemaining"/> is how long to wait before
+    ///     trying again (<c>TimeSpan.MaxValue</c> means manual reset required).
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool TryRecordCrash(DateTime utcNow, out TimeSpan cooldownRemaining)
+    {
+        if (_openSinceUtc is { } openedAt)
+        {
+            var cooldown = CooldownEscalation[Math.Min(_escalationLevel, CooldownEscalation.Length - 1)];
+            if (cooldown == TimeSpan.MaxValue)
+            {
+                cooldownRemaining = TimeSpan.MaxValue;
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (utcNow - openedAt < cooldown)
+            {
+                cooldownRemaining = cooldown - (utcNow - openedAt);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            _openSinceUtc = null;
+            _escalationLevel++;
+        }
+
+        _crashesUtc.RemoveAll(t => utcNow - t > Window);
+        _crashesUtc.Add(utcNow);
+
+        if (_crashesUtc.Count > CrashesAllowedPerWindow)
+        {
+            _openSinceUtc = utcNow;
+            StickyAlertActive = true;
+            cooldownRemaining = CooldownEscalation[Math.Min(_escalationLevel, CooldownEscalation.Length - 1)];
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        cooldownRemaining = TimeSpan.Zero;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public void ManualReset()
+    {
+        _crashesUtc.Clear();
+        _openSinceUtc = null;
+        _escalationLevel = 0;
+        StickyAlertActive = false;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Supervisor/FocasHostSupervisor.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Ties <see cref="IHostProcessLauncher"/> + <see cref="Backoff"/> +
+///     <see cref="CircuitBreaker"/> + <see cref="HeartbeatMonitor"/> into one object the
+///     driver asks for <c>IFocasClient</c>s. On a detected crash (process exit or
+///     heartbeat loss) the supervisor fans out <c>BadCommunicationError</c> to all
+///     subscribers via the <see cref="OnUnavailable"/> callback, then respawns with
+///     backoff unless the breaker is open.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     The supervisor itself is I/O-free — it doesn't know how to spawn processes, probe
+///     pipes, or send heartbeats. Production wires the concrete
+///     <see cref="IHostProcessLauncher"/> over <c>FocasIpcClient</c> + <c>Process</c>;
+///     tests drive the same state machine with a deterministic launcher stub.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class FocasHostSupervisor : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly IHostProcessLauncher _launcher;
+    private readonly Backoff _backoff;
+    private readonly CircuitBreaker _breaker;
+    private readonly Func<DateTime> _clock;
+    private IFocasClient? _current;
+    private DateTime _currentStartedUtc;
+    private bool _disposed;
+
+    public FocasHostSupervisor(
+        IHostProcessLauncher launcher,
+        Backoff? backoff = null,
+        CircuitBreaker? breaker = null,
+        Func<DateTime>? clock = null)
+    {
+        _launcher = launcher ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(launcher));
+        _backoff = backoff ?? new Backoff();
+        _breaker = breaker ?? new CircuitBreaker();
+        _clock = clock ?? (() => DateTime.UtcNow);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Raised with a short reason string whenever the Host goes unavailable (crash / heartbeat loss / breaker-open).</summary>
+    public event Action<string>? OnUnavailable;
+
+    /// <summary>Crash count observed in the current process lifetime. Exposed for /hosts Admin telemetry.</summary>
+    public int ObservedCrashes { get; private set; }
+
+    /// <summary><c>true</c> if the crash-loop breaker has latched a sticky alert that needs operator reset.</summary>
+    public bool StickyAlertActive => _breaker.StickyAlertActive;
+
+    public int BackoffAttempt => _backoff.AttemptIndex;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Returns the current live client. If none, tries to launch — applying the
+    ///     backoff schedule between attempts and stopping once the breaker opens.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<IFocasClient> GetOrLaunchAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        ThrowIfDisposed();
+        if (_current is not null && _launcher.IsProcessAlive) return _current;
+
+        return await LaunchWithBackoffAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Called by the heartbeat task each time a miss threshold is crossed.
+    ///     Treated as a crash: fan out Bad status + attempt respawn.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task NotifyHostDeadAsync(string reason, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        ThrowIfDisposed();
+        OnUnavailable?.Invoke(reason);
+        ObservedCrashes++;
+        try { await _launcher.TerminateAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+        catch { /* best effort */ }
+        _current?.Dispose();
+        _current = null;
+
+        if (!_breaker.TryRecordCrash(_clock(), out var cooldown))
+        {
+            OnUnavailable?.Invoke(cooldown == TimeSpan.MaxValue
+                ? "circuit-breaker-open-manual-reset-required"
+                : $"circuit-breaker-open-cooldown-{cooldown:g}");
+            return;
+        }
+        // Successful crash recording — do not respawn synchronously; GetOrLaunchAsync will
+        // pick up the attempt on the next call. Keeps the fan-out fast.
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Operator action — clear the sticky alert + reset the breaker.</summary>
+    public void AcknowledgeAndReset()
+    {
+        _breaker.ManualReset();
+        _backoff.RecordStableRun();
+    }
+
+    private async Task<IFocasClient> LaunchWithBackoffAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        while (true)
+        {
+            if (_breaker.StickyAlertActive)
+            {
+                if (!_breaker.TryRecordCrash(_clock(), out var cooldown) && cooldown == TimeSpan.MaxValue)
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        "FOCAS Host circuit breaker is open and awaiting manual reset. " +
+                        "See Admin /hosts; call AcknowledgeAndReset after investigating the Host log.");
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                _current = await _launcher.LaunchAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                _currentStartedUtc = _clock();
+
+                // If the launch sequence itself takes long enough to count as a stable run,
+                // reset the backoff ladder immediately.
+                if (_clock() - _currentStartedUtc >= _backoff.StableRunThreshold)
+                    _backoff.RecordStableRun();
+
+                return _current;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is not OperationCanceledException)
+            {
+                OnUnavailable?.Invoke($"launch-failed: {ex.Message}");
+                ObservedCrashes++;
+                if (!_breaker.TryRecordCrash(_clock(), out var cooldown))
+                {
+                    var hint = cooldown == TimeSpan.MaxValue
+                        ? "manual reset required"
+                        : $"cooldown {cooldown:g}";
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        $"FOCAS Host circuit breaker opened after {ObservedCrashes} crashes — {hint}.", ex);
+                }
+
+                var delay = _backoff.Next();
+                await Task.Delay(delay, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Called from the heartbeat loop after a successful ack run — relaxes the backoff ladder.</summary>
+    public void NotifyStableRun()
+    {
+        if (_current is null) return;
+        if (_clock() - _currentStartedUtc >= _backoff.StableRunThreshold)
+            _backoff.RecordStableRun();
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        if (_disposed) return;
+        _disposed = true;
+        try { _launcher.TerminateAsync(CancellationToken.None).GetAwaiter().GetResult(); }
+        catch { /* best effort */ }
+        _current?.Dispose();
+        _current = null;
+    }
+
+    private void ThrowIfDisposed()
+    {
+        if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(FocasHostSupervisor));
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Supervisor/HeartbeatMonitor.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Tracks missed heartbeats from the FOCAS Host. 2s cadence + 3 consecutive misses =
+///     host declared dead (~6s detection). Same defaults as Galaxy Tier-C so operators
+///     see the same cadence across hosts on the /hosts Admin page.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class HeartbeatMonitor
+{
+    public int MissesUntilDead { get; init; } = 3;
+
+    public TimeSpan Cadence { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
+
+    public int ConsecutiveMisses { get; private set; }
+    public DateTime? LastAckUtc { get; private set; }
+
+    public void RecordAck(DateTime utcNow)
+    {
+        ConsecutiveMisses = 0;
+        LastAckUtc = utcNow;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Records a missed heartbeat; returns <c>true</c> when the death threshold is crossed.</summary>
+    public bool RecordMiss()
+    {
+        ConsecutiveMisses++;
+        return ConsecutiveMisses >= MissesUntilDead;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Supervisor/IHostProcessLauncher.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Abstraction over the act of spawning a FOCAS Host process and obtaining an
+///     <see cref="IFocasClient"/> connected to it. Production wires this to a real
+///     <c>Process.Start</c> + <c>FocasIpcClient.ConnectAsync</c>; tests use a fake that
+///     exposes deterministic failure modes so the supervisor logic can be stressed
+///     without spawning actual exes.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IHostProcessLauncher
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Spawn a new Host process (if one isn't already running) and return a live
+    ///     client session. Throws on unrecoverable errors; transient errors (e.g. Host
+    ///     not ready yet) should throw <see cref="TimeoutException"/> so the supervisor
+    ///     applies the backoff ladder.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task<IFocasClient> LaunchAsync(CancellationToken ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Terminate the Host process if one is running. Called on Dispose and after a
+    ///     heartbeat loss is detected.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task TerminateAsync(CancellationToken ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     <c>true</c> when the most recently spawned Host process is still alive.
+    ///     Supervisor polls this at heartbeat cadence; going <c>false</c> without a
+    ///     clean shutdown counts as a crash.
+    /// </summary>
+    bool IsProcessAlive { get; }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Supervisor/PostMortemReader.cs

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+using System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Proxy-side reader for the Host's post-mortem MMF. After a Host crash the supervisor
+///     opens the file (which persists beyond the process lifetime) and enumerates the last
+///     few thousand IPC operations that were in flight. Format matches
+///     <c>Driver.FOCAS.Host.Stability.PostMortemMmf</c> — magic 'OFPC' / 256-byte entries.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class PostMortemReader
+{
+    private const int Magic = 0x4F465043; // 'OFPC'
+    private const int HeaderBytes = 16;
+    private const int EntryBytes = 256;
+    private const int MessageOffset = 16;
+    private const int MessageCapacity = EntryBytes - MessageOffset;
+
+    public string Path { get; }
+
+    public PostMortemReader(string path) => Path = path;
+
+    public PostMortemEntry[] ReadAll()
+    {
+        if (!File.Exists(Path)) return [];
+
+        using var mmf = MemoryMappedFile.CreateFromFile(Path, FileMode.Open, null, 0, MemoryMappedFileAccess.Read);
+        using var accessor = mmf.CreateViewAccessor(0, 0, MemoryMappedFileAccess.Read);
+
+        if (accessor.ReadInt32(0) != Magic) return [];
+
+        var capacity = accessor.ReadInt32(8);
+        var writeIndex = accessor.ReadInt32(12);
+        var entries = new PostMortemEntry[capacity];
+        var count = 0;
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < capacity; i++)
+        {
+            var slot = (writeIndex + i) % capacity;
+            var offset = HeaderBytes + slot * EntryBytes;
+            var ts = accessor.ReadInt64(offset + 0);
+            if (ts == 0) continue;
+            var op = accessor.ReadInt64(offset + 8);
+            var msgBuf = new byte[MessageCapacity];
+            accessor.ReadArray(offset + MessageOffset, msgBuf, 0, MessageCapacity);
+            var nulTerm = Array.IndexOf<byte>(msgBuf, 0);
+            var msg = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(msgBuf, 0, nulTerm < 0 ? MessageCapacity : nulTerm);
+            entries[count++] = new PostMortemEntry(ts, op, msg);
+        }
+
+        Array.Resize(ref entries, count);
+        return entries;
+    }
+}
+
+public readonly record struct PostMortemEntry(long UtcUnixMs, long OpKind, string Message);

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/Supervisor/ProcessHostLauncher.cs

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+using System.Diagnostics;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Ipc;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Supervisor;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Production <see cref="IHostProcessLauncher"/>. Spawns <c>OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Host.exe</c>
+///     with the pipe name / allowed-SID / per-spawn shared secret in the environment, waits for
+///     the pipe to come up, then connects a <see cref="FocasIpcClient"/> and wraps it in an
+///     <see cref="IpcFocasClient"/>. On <see cref="TerminateAsync"/> best-effort kills the
+///     process and closes the IPC stream.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ProcessHostLauncher : IHostProcessLauncher
+{
+    private readonly ProcessHostLauncherOptions _options;
+    private Process? _process;
+    private FocasIpcClient? _ipc;
+
+    public ProcessHostLauncher(ProcessHostLauncherOptions options)
+    {
+        _options = options ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
+    }
+
+    public bool IsProcessAlive => _process is { HasExited: false };
+
+    public async Task<IFocasClient> LaunchAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        await TerminateAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var secret = _options.SharedSecret ?? Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
+
+        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
+        {
+            FileName = _options.HostExePath,
+            Arguments = _options.Arguments ?? string.Empty,
+            UseShellExecute = false,
+            CreateNoWindow = true,
+        };
+        psi.Environment["OTOPCUA_FOCAS_PIPE"] = _options.PipeName;
+        psi.Environment["OTOPCUA_ALLOWED_SID"] = _options.AllowedSid;
+        psi.Environment["OTOPCUA_FOCAS_SECRET"] = secret;
+        psi.Environment["OTOPCUA_FOCAS_BACKEND"] = _options.Backend;
+
+        _process = Process.Start(psi)
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to start {_options.HostExePath}");
+
+        // Poll for pipe readiness up to the configured connect timeout.
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + _options.ConnectTimeout;
+        while (true)
+        {
+            ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            if (_process.HasExited)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    $"FOCAS Host exited before pipe was ready (ExitCode={_process.ExitCode}).");
+
+            try
+            {
+                _ipc = await FocasIpcClient.ConnectAsync(
+                    _options.PipeName, secret, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                break;
+            }
+            catch (TimeoutException)
+            {
+                if (DateTime.UtcNow >= deadline)
+                    throw new TimeoutException(
+                        $"FOCAS Host pipe {_options.PipeName} did not come up within {_options.ConnectTimeout:g}.");
+                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250), ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new IpcFocasClient(_ipc, _options.Series);
+    }
+
+    public async Task TerminateAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        if (_ipc is not null)
+        {
+            try { await _ipc.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch { /* best effort */ }
+            _ipc = null;
+        }
+
+        if (_process is not null)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (!_process.HasExited)
+                {
+                    _process.Kill(entireProcessTree: true);
+                    await _process.WaitForExitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+            }
+            catch { /* best effort */ }
+            finally
+            {
+                _process.Dispose();
+                _process = null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+public sealed record ProcessHostLauncherOptions(
+    string HostExePath,
+    string PipeName,
+    string AllowedSid)
+{
+    public string? SharedSecret { get; init; }
+    public string? Arguments { get; init; }
+    public string Backend { get; init; } = "fwlib32";
+    public TimeSpan ConnectTimeout { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15);
+    public FocasCncSeries Series { get; init; } = FocasCncSeries.Unknown;
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.csproj

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.csproj"/>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.FOCAS.Shared.csproj"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <!--

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7Driver.cs

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public sealed class S7Driver(S7DriverOptions options, string driverInstanceId)
         _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Initializing, null, null);
         try
         {
-            var plc = new Plc(_options.CpuType, _options.Host, _options.Rack, _options.Slot);
+            var plc = new Plc(_options.CpuType, _options.Host, _options.Port, _options.Rack, _options.Slot);
             // S7netplus writes timeouts into the underlying TcpClient via Plc.WriteTimeout /
             // Plc.ReadTimeout (milliseconds). Set before OpenAsync so the handshake itself
             // honours the bound.

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/OpcUa/DriverEquipmentContentRegistry.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.OpcUa;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.OpcUa;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Holds pre-loaded <see cref="EquipmentNamespaceContent"/> snapshots keyed by
+///     <c>DriverInstanceId</c>. Populated once during <see cref="OpcUaServerService"/> startup
+///     (after <see cref="NodeBootstrap"/> resolves the generation) so the synchronous lookup
+///     delegate on <see cref="OpcUaApplicationHost"/> can serve the walker from memory without
+///     blocking on async DB I/O mid-dispatch.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>The registry is intentionally a shared mutable singleton with set-once-per-bootstrap
+///     semantics rather than an immutable map passed by value — the composition in Program.cs
+///     builds <see cref="OpcUaApplicationHost"/> before <see cref="NodeBootstrap"/> runs, so the
+///     registry must exist at DI-compose time but be empty until the generation is known. A
+///     driver registered after the initial populate pass simply returns null from
+///     <see cref="Get"/> + the wire-in falls back to the "no UNS content, let DiscoverAsync own
+///     it" path that PR #155 established.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class DriverEquipmentContentRegistry
+{
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, EquipmentNamespaceContent> _content =
+        new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    private readonly Lock _lock = new();
+
+    public EquipmentNamespaceContent? Get(string driverInstanceId)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            return _content.TryGetValue(driverInstanceId, out var c) ? c : null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Set(string driverInstanceId, EquipmentNamespaceContent content)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            _content[driverInstanceId] = content;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public int Count
+    {
+        get { lock (_lock) { return _content.Count; } }
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/OpcUa/EquipmentNamespaceContentLoader.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Entities;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.OpcUa;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.OpcUa;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Loads the <see cref="EquipmentNamespaceContent"/> snapshot the
+///     <see cref="EquipmentNodeWalker"/> consumes, scoped to a single
+///     (driverInstanceId, generationId) pair. Joins the four row sets the walker expects:
+///     UnsAreas for the driver's cluster, UnsLines under those areas, Equipment bound to
+///     this driver + its lines, and Tags bound to this driver + its equipment — all at the
+///     supplied generation.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>The walker is driver-instance-scoped (decisions #116–#121 put the UNS in the
+///     Equipment-kind namespace owned by one driver instance at a time), so this loader is
+///     too — a single call returns one driver's worth of rows, never the whole fleet.</para>
+///
+///     <para>Returns <c>null</c> when the driver instance has no Equipment rows at the
+///     supplied generation. The wire-in in <see cref="OpcUaApplicationHost"/> treats null as
+///     "this driver has no UNS content, skip the walker and let DiscoverAsync own the whole
+///     address space" — the backward-compat path for drivers whose namespace kind is not
+///     Equipment (Modbus / AB CIP / TwinCAT / FOCAS).</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class EquipmentNamespaceContentLoader
+{
+    private readonly OtOpcUaConfigDbContext _db;
+
+    public EquipmentNamespaceContentLoader(OtOpcUaConfigDbContext db)
+    {
+        _db = db;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Load the walker-shaped snapshot for <paramref name="driverInstanceId"/> at
+    ///     <paramref name="generationId"/>. Returns <c>null</c> when the driver has no
+    ///     Equipment rows at that generation.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<EquipmentNamespaceContent?> LoadAsync(
+        string driverInstanceId, long generationId, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var equipment = await _db.Equipment
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .Where(e => e.DriverInstanceId == driverInstanceId && e.GenerationId == generationId && e.Enabled)
+            .ToListAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        if (equipment.Count == 0)
+            return null;
+
+        // Filter UNS tree to only the lines + areas that host at least one Equipment bound to
+        // this driver — skips loading unrelated UNS branches from the cluster. LinesByArea
+        // grouping is driven off the Equipment rows so an empty line (no equipment) doesn't
+        // pull a pointless folder into the walker output.
+        var lineIds = equipment.Select(e => e.UnsLineId).Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToArray();
+
+        var lines = await _db.UnsLines
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .Where(l => l.GenerationId == generationId && lineIds.Contains(l.UnsLineId))
+            .ToListAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var areaIds = lines.Select(l => l.UnsAreaId).Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToArray();
+
+        var areas = await _db.UnsAreas
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .Where(a => a.GenerationId == generationId && areaIds.Contains(a.UnsAreaId))
+            .ToListAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        // Tags belonging to this driver at this generation. Walker skips Tags with null
+        // EquipmentId (those are SystemPlatform-kind Galaxy tags per decision #120) but we
+        // load them anyway so the same rowset can drive future non-Equipment-kind walks
+        // without re-hitting the DB. Filtering here is a future optimization; today the
+        // per-tag cost is bounded by driver scope.
+        var tags = await _db.Tags
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .Where(t => t.DriverInstanceId == driverInstanceId && t.GenerationId == generationId)
+            .ToListAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        return new EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+            Areas: areas,
+            Lines: lines,
+            Equipment: equipment,
+            Tags: tags);
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/OpcUa/OpcUaApplicationHost.cs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public sealed class OpcUaApplicationHost : IAsyncDisposable
     private readonly StaleConfigFlag? _staleConfigFlag;
     private readonly Func<string, ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.DriverTier>? _tierLookup;
     private readonly Func<string, string?>? _resilienceConfigLookup;
+    private readonly Func<string, ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.OpcUa.EquipmentNamespaceContent?>? _equipmentContentLookup;
     private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
     private readonly ILogger<OpcUaApplicationHost> _logger;
     private ApplicationInstance? _application;
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ public sealed class OpcUaApplicationHost : IAsyncDisposable
         NodeScopeResolver? scopeResolver = null,
         StaleConfigFlag? staleConfigFlag = null,
         Func<string, ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.DriverTier>? tierLookup = null,
-        Func<string, string?>? resilienceConfigLookup = null)
+        Func<string, string?>? resilienceConfigLookup = null,
+        Func<string, ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.OpcUa.EquipmentNamespaceContent?>? equipmentContentLookup = null)
     {
         _options = options;
         _driverHost = driverHost;
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ public sealed class OpcUaApplicationHost : IAsyncDisposable
         _staleConfigFlag = staleConfigFlag;
         _tierLookup = tierLookup;
         _resilienceConfigLookup = resilienceConfigLookup;
+        _equipmentContentLookup = equipmentContentLookup;
         _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
         _logger = logger;
     }
@@ -103,11 +106,31 @@ public sealed class OpcUaApplicationHost : IAsyncDisposable
         // Drive each driver's discovery through its node manager. The node manager IS the
         // IAddressSpaceBuilder; GenericDriverNodeManager captures alarm-condition sinks into
         // its internal map and wires OnAlarmEvent → sink routing.
+        //
+        // ADR-001 Option A — when an EquipmentNamespaceContent is supplied for an
+        // Equipment-kind driver, run the EquipmentNodeWalker BEFORE the driver's DiscoverAsync
+        // so the UNS folder skeleton (Area/Line/Equipment) + Identification sub-folders +
+        // the five identifier properties (decision #121) are in place. DiscoverAsync then
+        // streams the driver's native shape on top; Tag rows bound to Equipment already
+        // materialized via the walker don't get duplicated because the driver's DiscoverAsync
+        // output is authoritative for its own native references only.
         foreach (var nodeManager in _server.DriverNodeManagers)
         {
             var driverId = nodeManager.Driver.DriverInstanceId;
             try
             {
+                if (_equipmentContentLookup is not null)
+                {
+                    var content = _equipmentContentLookup(driverId);
+                    if (content is not null)
+                    {
+                        ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.OpcUa.EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(nodeManager, content);
+                        _logger.LogInformation(
+                            "UNS walker populated {Areas} area(s), {Lines} line(s), {Equipment} equipment, {Tags} tag(s) for driver {Driver}",
+                            content.Areas.Count, content.Lines.Count, content.Equipment.Count, content.Tags.Count, driverId);
+                    }
+                }
+
                 var generic = new GenericDriverNodeManager(nodeManager.Driver);
                 await generic.BuildAddressSpaceAsync(nodeManager, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 _logger.LogInformation("Address space populated for driver {Driver}", driverId);

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/OpcUaServerService.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Hosting;
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ public sealed class OpcUaServerService(
     NodeBootstrap bootstrap,
     DriverHost driverHost,
     OpcUaApplicationHost applicationHost,
+    DriverEquipmentContentRegistry equipmentContentRegistry,
+    IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory,
     ILogger<OpcUaServerService> logger) : BackgroundService
 {
     protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
@@ -24,6 +27,15 @@ public sealed class OpcUaServerService(
         var result = await bootstrap.LoadCurrentGenerationAsync(stoppingToken);
         logger.LogInformation("Bootstrap complete: source={Source} generation={Gen}", result.Source, result.GenerationId);
 
+        // ADR-001 Option A — populate per-driver Equipment namespace snapshots into the
+        // registry before StartAsync walks the address space. The walker on the OPC UA side
+        // reads synchronously from the registry; pre-loading here means the hot path stays
+        // non-blocking + each driver pays at most one Config-DB query at bootstrap time.
+        // Skipped when no generation is Published yet — the fleet boots into a UNS-less
+        // address space until the first publish, then the registry fills on next restart.
+        if (result.GenerationId is { } gen)
+            await PopulateEquipmentContentAsync(gen, stoppingToken);
+
         // PR 17: stand up the OPC UA server + drive discovery per registered driver. Driver
         // registration itself (RegisterAsync on DriverHost) happens during an earlier DI
         // extension once the central config DB query + per-driver factory land; for now the
@@ -48,4 +60,30 @@ public sealed class OpcUaServerService(
         await applicationHost.DisposeAsync();
         await driverHost.DisposeAsync();
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Pre-load an <c>EquipmentNamespaceContent</c> snapshot for each registered driver at
+    ///     the bootstrapped generation. Null results (driver has no Equipment rows —
+    ///     Modbus/AB CIP/TwinCAT/FOCAS today per decisions #116–#121) are skipped: the walker
+    ///     wire-in sees Get(driverId) return null + falls back to DiscoverAsync-owns-it.
+    ///     Opens one scope so the scoped <c>OtOpcUaConfigDbContext</c> is shared across all
+    ///     per-driver queries rather than paying scope-setup overhead per driver.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task PopulateEquipmentContentAsync(long generationId, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        using var scope = scopeFactory.CreateScope();
+        var loader = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<EquipmentNamespaceContentLoader>();
+
+        var loaded = 0;
+        foreach (var driverId in driverHost.RegisteredDriverIds)
+        {
+            var content = await loader.LoadAsync(driverId, generationId, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (content is null) continue;
+            equipmentContentRegistry.Set(driverId, content);
+            loaded++;
+        }
+        logger.LogInformation(
+            "Equipment namespace snapshots loaded for {Count}/{Total} driver(s) at generation {Gen}",
+            loaded, driverHost.RegisteredDriverIds.Count, generationId);
+    }
 }

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/Program.cs

@@ -86,7 +86,25 @@ builder.Services.AddSingleton<IUserAuthenticator>(sp => ldapOptions.Enabled
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<ILocalConfigCache>(_ => new LiteDbConfigCache(options.LocalCachePath));
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<DriverHost>();
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<NodeBootstrap>();
-builder.Services.AddSingleton<OpcUaApplicationHost>();
+
+// ADR-001 Option A wiring — the registry is the handoff between OpcUaServerService's
+// bootstrap-time population pass + OpcUaApplicationHost's StartAsync walker invocation.
+// DriverEquipmentContentRegistry.Get is the equipmentContentLookup delegate that PR #155
+// added to OpcUaApplicationHost's ctor seam.
+builder.Services.AddSingleton<DriverEquipmentContentRegistry>();
+builder.Services.AddScoped<EquipmentNamespaceContentLoader>();
+
+builder.Services.AddSingleton<OpcUaApplicationHost>(sp =>
+{
+    var registry = sp.GetRequiredService<DriverEquipmentContentRegistry>();
+    return new OpcUaApplicationHost(
+        sp.GetRequiredService<OpcUaServerOptions>(),
+        sp.GetRequiredService<DriverHost>(),
+        sp.GetRequiredService<IUserAuthenticator>(),
+        sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>(),
+        sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<OpcUaApplicationHost>>(),
+        equipmentContentLookup: registry.Get);
+});
 builder.Services.AddHostedService<OpcUaServerService>();
 
 // Central-config DB access for the host-status publisher (LMX follow-up #7). Scoped context

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/Security/NodeScopeResolver.cs

@@ -1,42 +1,83 @@
+using System.Collections.Frozen;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Authorization;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Security;
 
 /// <summary>
 ///     Maps a driver-side full reference (e.g. <c>"TestMachine_001/Oven/SetPoint"</c>) to the
-///     <see cref="NodeScope"/> the Phase 6.2 evaluator walks. Today a simplified resolver that
-///     returns a cluster-scoped + tag-only scope — the deeper UnsArea / UnsLine / Equipment
-///     path lookup from the live Configuration DB is a Stream C.12 follow-up.
+///     <see cref="NodeScope"/> the Phase 6.2 evaluator walks. Supports two modes:
+///     <list type="bullet">
+///     <item>
+///         <b>Cluster-only (pre-ADR-001)</b> — when no path index is supplied the resolver
+///         returns a flat <c>ClusterId + TagId</c> scope. Sufficient while the
+///         Config-DB-driven Equipment walker isn't live; Cluster-level grants cascade to every
+///         tag below per decision #129, so finer per-Equipment grants are effectively
+///         cluster-wide at dispatch.
+///     </item>
+///     <item>
+///         <b>Full-path (post-ADR-001 Task B)</b> — when an index is supplied, the resolver
+///         joins the full reference against the index to produce a complete
+///         <c>Cluster → Namespace → UnsArea → UnsLine → Equipment → Tag</c> scope. Unblocks
+///         per-Equipment / per-UnsLine ACL grants at the dispatch layer.
+///     </item>
+///     </list>
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
-///     <para>The flat cluster-level scope is sufficient for v2 GA because Phase 6.2 ACL grants
-///     at the Cluster scope cascade to every tag below (decision #129 — additive grants). The
-///     finer hierarchy only matters when operators want per-area or per-equipment grants;
-///     those still work for Cluster-level grants, and landing the finer resolution in a
-///     follow-up doesn't regress the base security model.</para>
+///     <para>The index is pre-loaded by the Server bootstrap against the published generation;
+///     the resolver itself does no live DB access. Resolve is O(1) dictionary lookup on the
+///     hot path; the fallback for unknown fullReference strings produces the same cluster-only
+///     scope the pre-ADR-001 resolver returned — new tags picked up via driver discovery but
+///     not yet indexed (e.g. between a DiscoverAsync result and the next generation publish)
+///     stay addressable without a scope-resolver crash.</para>
 ///
-///     <para>Thread-safety: the resolver is stateless once constructed. Callers may cache a
-///     single instance per DriverNodeManager without locks.</para>
+///     <para>Thread-safety: both constructor paths freeze inputs into immutable state. Callers
+///     may cache a single instance per DriverNodeManager without locks. Swap atomically on
+///     generation change via the server's publish pipeline.</para>
 /// </remarks>
 public sealed class NodeScopeResolver
 {
     private readonly string _clusterId;
+    private readonly FrozenDictionary<string, NodeScope>? _index;
 
+    /// <summary>Cluster-only resolver — pre-ADR-001 behavior. Kept for Server processes that
+    /// haven't wired the Config-DB snapshot flow yet.</summary>
     public NodeScopeResolver(string clusterId)
     {
         ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(clusterId);
         _clusterId = clusterId;
+        _index = null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Full-path resolver (ADR-001 Task B). <paramref name="pathIndex"/> maps each known
+    ///     driver-side full reference to its pre-resolved <see cref="NodeScope"/> carrying
+    ///     every UNS level populated. Entries are typically produced by joining
+    ///     <c>Tag → Equipment → UnsLine → UnsArea</c> rows of the published generation against
+    ///     the driver's discovered full references (or against <c>Tag.TagConfig</c> directly
+    ///     when the walker is config-primary per ADR-001 Option A).
+    /// </summary>
+    public NodeScopeResolver(string clusterId, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, NodeScope> pathIndex)
+    {
+        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(clusterId);
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(pathIndex);
+        _clusterId = clusterId;
+        _index = pathIndex.ToFrozenDictionary(StringComparer.Ordinal);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Resolve a node scope for the given driver-side <paramref name="fullReference"/>.
-    ///     Phase 1 shape: returns <c>ClusterId</c> + <c>TagId = fullReference</c> only;
-    ///     NamespaceId / UnsArea / UnsLine / Equipment stay null. A future resolver will
-    ///     join against the Configuration DB to populate the full path.
+    ///     Returns the indexed full-path scope when available; falls back to cluster-only
+    ///     (TagId populated only) when the index is absent or the reference isn't indexed.
+    ///     The fallback is the same shape the pre-ADR-001 resolver produced, so the authz
+    ///     evaluator behaves identically for un-indexed references.
     /// </summary>
     public NodeScope Resolve(string fullReference)
     {
         ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(fullReference);
+
+        if (_index is not null && _index.TryGetValue(fullReference, out var indexed))
+            return indexed;
+
         return new NodeScope
         {
             ClusterId = _clusterId,

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/Security/ScopePathIndexBuilder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Entities;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Authorization;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.OpcUa;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Security;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Builds the <see cref="NodeScope"/> path index consumed by <see cref="NodeScopeResolver"/>
+///     from a Config-DB snapshot of a single published generation. Runs once per generation
+///     (or on every generation change) at the Server bootstrap layer; the produced index is
+///     immutable + hot-path readable per ADR-001 Task B.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>The index key is the driver-side full reference (<c>Tag.TagConfig</c>) — the same
+///     string the dispatch layer passes to <see cref="NodeScopeResolver.Resolve"/>. The value
+///     is a <see cref="NodeScope"/> with every UNS level populated:
+///     <c>ClusterId / NamespaceId / UnsAreaId / UnsLineId / EquipmentId / TagId</c>. Tag rows
+///     with null <c>EquipmentId</c> (SystemPlatform-namespace Galaxy tags per decision #120)
+///     are excluded from the index — the cluster-only fallback path in the resolver handles
+///     them without needing an index entry.</para>
+///
+///     <para>Duplicate keys are not expected but would be indicative of corrupt data — the
+///     builder throws <see cref="InvalidOperationException"/> on collision so a config drift
+///     surfaces at bootstrap instead of producing silently-last-wins scopes at dispatch.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class ScopePathIndexBuilder
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Build a fullReference → NodeScope index from the four Config-DB collections for a
+    ///     single namespace. Callers must filter inputs to a single
+    ///     <see cref="Namespace"/> + the same <see cref="ConfigGeneration"/> upstream.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="clusterId">Owning cluster — populates <see cref="NodeScope.ClusterId"/>.</param>
+    /// <param name="namespaceId">Owning namespace — populates <see cref="NodeScope.NamespaceId"/>.</param>
+    /// <param name="content">Pre-loaded rows for the namespace.</param>
+    public static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, NodeScope> Build(
+        string clusterId,
+        string namespaceId,
+        EquipmentNamespaceContent content)
+    {
+        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(clusterId);
+        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(namespaceId);
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(content);
+
+        var areaByLine = content.Lines.ToDictionary(l => l.UnsLineId, l => l.UnsAreaId, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        var lineByEquipment = content.Equipment.ToDictionary(e => e.EquipmentId, e => e.UnsLineId, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        var index = new Dictionary<string, NodeScope>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+        foreach (var tag in content.Tags)
+        {
+            // Null EquipmentId = SystemPlatform-namespace tag per decision #110 — skip; the
+            // cluster-only resolver fallback handles those without needing an index entry.
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tag.EquipmentId)) continue;
+
+            // Broken FK — Tag references a missing Equipment row. Skip rather than crash;
+            // sp_ValidateDraft should have caught this at publish, so any drift here is
+            // unexpected but non-fatal.
+            if (!lineByEquipment.TryGetValue(tag.EquipmentId, out var lineId)) continue;
+            if (!areaByLine.TryGetValue(lineId, out var areaId)) continue;
+
+            var scope = new NodeScope
+            {
+                ClusterId = clusterId,
+                NamespaceId = namespaceId,
+                UnsAreaId = areaId,
+                UnsLineId = lineId,
+                EquipmentId = tag.EquipmentId,
+                TagId = tag.TagConfig,
+                Kind = NodeHierarchyKind.Equipment,
+            };
+
+            if (!index.TryAdd(tag.TagConfig, scope))
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    $"Duplicate fullReference '{tag.TagConfig}' in Equipment namespace '{namespaceId}'. " +
+                    "Config data is corrupt — two Tag rows produced the same wire-level address.");
+        }
+
+        return index;
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/CompiledScriptCacheTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Exercises the source-hash keyed compile cache. Roslyn compilation is the most
+///     expensive step in the evaluator pipeline; this cache collapses redundant
+///     compiles of unchanged scripts to zero-cost lookups + makes sure concurrent
+///     callers never double-compile.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class CompiledScriptCacheTests
+{
+    private sealed class CompileCountingGate
+    {
+        public int Count;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void First_call_compiles_and_caches()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(0);
+
+        var e = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 42;""");
+        e.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        cache.Contains("""return 42;""").ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Identical_source_returns_the_same_compiled_evaluator()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        var first = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        var second = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        ReferenceEquals(first, second).ShouldBeTrue();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Different_source_produces_different_evaluator()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        var a = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        var b = cache.GetOrCompile("""return 2;""");
+        ReferenceEquals(a, b).ShouldBeFalse();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Whitespace_difference_misses_cache()
+    {
+        // Documented behavior: reformatting a script recompiles. Simpler + cheaper
+        // than the alternative (AST-canonicalize then hash) and doesn't happen often.
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        cache.GetOrCompile("return 1;  "); // trailing whitespace — different hash
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Cached_evaluator_still_runs_correctly()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, double>();
+        var e = cache.GetOrCompile("""return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value * 3.0;""");
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext().Seed("In", 7.0);
+
+        // Run twice through the cache — both must return the same correct value.
+        var first = await e.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var second = await cache.GetOrCompile("""return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value * 3.0;""")
+            .RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        first.ShouldBe(21.0);
+        second.ShouldBe(21.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Failed_compile_is_evicted_so_retry_with_corrected_source_works()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+
+        // First attempt — undefined identifier, compile throws.
+        Should.Throw<Exception>(() => cache.GetOrCompile("""return unknownIdentifier + 1;"""));
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(0, "failed compile must be evicted so retry can re-attempt");
+
+        // Retry with corrected source succeeds + caches.
+        cache.GetOrCompile("""return 42;""").ShouldNotBeNull();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Clear_drops_every_entry()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        cache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        cache.GetOrCompile("""return 2;""");
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+
+        cache.Clear();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(0);
+        cache.Contains("""return 1;""").ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Concurrent_compiles_of_the_same_source_deduplicate()
+    {
+        // LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication guarantees only one compile
+        // even when multiple threads race GetOrCompile against an empty cache.
+        // We can't directly count Roslyn compilations — but we can assert all
+        // concurrent callers see the same evaluator instance.
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        const string src = """return 99;""";
+
+        var tasks = Enumerable.Range(0, 20)
+            .Select(_ => Task.Run(() => cache.GetOrCompile(src)))
+            .ToArray();
+        Task.WhenAll(tasks).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+        var firstInstance = tasks[0].Result;
+        foreach (var t in tasks)
+            ReferenceEquals(t.Result, firstInstance).ShouldBeTrue();
+        cache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Different_TContext_TResult_pairs_use_separate_cache_instances()
+    {
+        // Documented: each engine (virtual-tag / alarm-predicate / alarm-action) owns
+        // its own cache. The type-parametric design makes this the default without
+        // cross-contamination at the dictionary level.
+        var intCache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        var boolCache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, bool>();
+
+        intCache.GetOrCompile("""return 1;""");
+        boolCache.GetOrCompile("""return true;""");
+
+        intCache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        boolCache.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        intCache.Contains("""return true;""").ShouldBeFalse();
+        boolCache.Contains("""return 1;""").ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Null_source_throws_ArgumentNullException()
+    {
+        var cache = new CompiledScriptCache<FakeScriptContext, int>();
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentNullException>(() => cache.GetOrCompile(null!));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/DependencyExtractorTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Exercises the AST walker that extracts static tag dependencies from user scripts
+///     + rejects every form of non-literal path. Locks the parse shape the virtual-tag
+///     engine's change-trigger scheduler will depend on (Phase 7 plan Stream A.2).
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class DependencyExtractorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Extracts_single_literal_read()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """return ctx.GetTag("Line1/Speed").Value;""");
+
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("Line1/Speed");
+        result.Writes.ShouldBeEmpty();
+        result.Rejections.ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Extracts_multiple_distinct_reads()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var a = ctx.GetTag("Line1/A").Value;
+            var b = ctx.GetTag("Line1/B").Value;
+            return (double)a + (double)b;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("Line1/A");
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("Line1/B");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Deduplicates_identical_reads_across_the_script()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            if (((double)ctx.GetTag("X").Value) > 0)
+                return ctx.GetTag("X").Value;
+            return 0;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("X");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Tracks_virtual_tag_writes_separately_from_reads()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var v = (double)ctx.GetTag("InTag").Value;
+            ctx.SetVirtualTag("OutTag", v * 2);
+            return v;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.ShouldContain("InTag");
+        result.Writes.ShouldContain("OutTag");
+        result.Reads.ShouldNotContain("OutTag");
+        result.Writes.ShouldNotContain("InTag");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_variable_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var path = "Line1/Speed";
+            return ctx.GetTag(path).Value;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("string literal");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_concatenated_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """return ctx.GetTag("Line1/" + "Speed").Value;""");
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("string literal");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_interpolated_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var n = 1;
+            return ctx.GetTag($"Line{n}/Speed").Value;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("string literal");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_method_returned_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            string BuildPath() => "Line1/Speed";
+            return ctx.GetTag(BuildPath()).Value;
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("string literal");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_empty_literal_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """return ctx.GetTag("").Value;""");
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Message.ShouldContain("empty");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_whitespace_only_path()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """return ctx.GetTag("   ").Value;""");
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Ignores_non_ctx_method_named_GetTag()
+    {
+        // Scripts are free to define their own helper called "GetTag" — as long as it's
+        // not on the ctx instance, the extractor doesn't pick it up. The sandbox
+        // compile will still reject any path that isn't on the ScriptContext type.
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            string helper_GetTag(string p) => p;
+            return helper_GetTag("NotATag");
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Empty_source_is_a_no_op()
+    {
+        DependencyExtractor.Extract("").IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        DependencyExtractor.Extract("   ").IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        DependencyExtractor.Extract(null!).IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejection_carries_source_span_for_UI_pointing()
+    {
+        // Offending path at column 23-29 in the source — Admin UI uses Span to
+        // underline the exact token.
+        const string src = """return ctx.GetTag(path).Value;""";
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(src);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections[0].Span.Start.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0);
+        result.Rejections[0].Span.Length.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Multiple_bad_paths_all_reported_in_one_pass()
+    {
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            var p1 = "A"; var p2 = "B";
+            return ctx.GetTag(p1).Value.ToString() + ctx.GetTag(p2).Value.ToString();
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeFalse();
+        result.Rejections.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Nested_literal_GetTag_inside_expression_is_extracted()
+    {
+        // Supports patterns like ctx.GetTag("A") > ctx.GetTag("B") — both literal args
+        // are captured even when the enclosing expression is complex.
+        var result = DependencyExtractor.Extract(
+            """
+            return ((double)ctx.GetTag("A").Value) > ((double)ctx.GetTag("B").Value);
+            """);
+        result.IsValid.ShouldBeTrue();
+        result.Reads.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/FakeScriptContext.cs

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+using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Core;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     In-memory <see cref="ScriptContext"/> for tests. Holds a tag dictionary + a write
+///     log + a deterministic clock. Concrete subclasses in production will wire
+///     GetTag/SetVirtualTag through the virtual-tag engine + driver dispatch; here they
+///     hit a plain dictionary.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class FakeScriptContext : ScriptContext
+{
+    public Dictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> Tags { get; } = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+    public List<(string Path, object? Value)> Writes { get; } = [];
+
+    public override DateTime Now { get; } = new DateTime(2026, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+    public override ILogger Logger { get; } = new LoggerConfiguration().CreateLogger();
+
+    public override DataValueSnapshot GetTag(string path)
+    {
+        return Tags.TryGetValue(path, out var v)
+            ? v
+            : new DataValueSnapshot(null, 0x80340000u, null, Now); // BadNodeIdUnknown
+    }
+
+    public override void SetVirtualTag(string path, object? value)
+    {
+        Writes.Add((path, value));
+    }
+
+    public FakeScriptContext Seed(string path, object? value,
+        uint statusCode = 0u, DateTime? sourceTs = null)
+    {
+        Tags[path] = new DataValueSnapshot(value, statusCode, sourceTs ?? Now, Now);
+        return this;
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/ScriptSandboxTests.cs

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+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Scripting;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Compiles scripts against the Phase 7 sandbox + asserts every forbidden API
+///     (HttpClient / File / Process / reflection) fails at compile, not at evaluation.
+///     Locks decision #6 — scripts can't escape to the broader .NET surface.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class ScriptSandboxTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Happy_path_script_compiles_and_returns()
+    {
+        // Baseline — ctx + Math + basic types must work.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, double>.Compile(
+            """
+            var v = (double)ctx.GetTag("X").Value;
+            return Math.Abs(v) * 2.0;
+            """);
+        evaluator.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Happy_path_script_runs_and_reads_seeded_tag()
+    {
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, double>.Compile(
+            """return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value * 2.0;""");
+
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext().Seed("In", 21.0);
+        var result = await evaluator.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        result.ShouldBe(42.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SetVirtualTag_records_the_write()
+    {
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            ctx.SetVirtualTag("Out", 42);
+            return 0;
+            """);
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext();
+        await evaluator.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        ctx.Writes.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        ctx.Writes[0].Path.ShouldBe("Out");
+        ctx.Writes[0].Value.ShouldBe(42);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_File_IO_at_compile()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ScriptSandboxViolationException>(() =>
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, string>.Compile(
+                """return System.IO.File.ReadAllText("c:/secrets.txt");"""));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_HttpClient_at_compile()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ScriptSandboxViolationException>(() =>
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+                """
+                var c = new System.Net.Http.HttpClient();
+                return 0;
+                """));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_Process_Start_at_compile()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ScriptSandboxViolationException>(() =>
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+                """
+                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd.exe");
+                return 0;
+                """));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_Reflection_Assembly_Load_at_compile()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ScriptSandboxViolationException>(() =>
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+                """
+                System.Reflection.Assembly.Load("System.Core");
+                return 0;
+                """));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Rejects_Environment_GetEnvironmentVariable_at_compile()
+    {
+        // Environment lives in System.Private.CoreLib (allow-listed for primitives) —
+        // BUT calling .GetEnvironmentVariable exposes process state we don't want in
+        // scripts. In an allow-list sandbox this passes because mscorlib is allowed;
+        // relying on ScriptSandbox alone isn't enough for the Environment class. We
+        // document here that the CURRENT sandbox allows Environment — acceptable because
+        // Environment doesn't leak outside the process boundary, doesn't side-effect
+        // persistent state, and Phase 7 plan decision #6 targets File/Net/Process/
+        // reflection specifically.
+        //
+        // This test LOCKS that compromise: operators should not be surprised if a
+        // script reads an env var. If we later decide to tighten, this test flips.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, string?>.Compile(
+            """return System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH");""");
+        evaluator.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Script_exception_propagates_unwrapped()
+    {
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """throw new InvalidOperationException("boom");""");
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await evaluator.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Ctx_Now_is_available_without_DateTime_UtcNow_reaching_wall_clock()
+    {
+        // Scripts that need a timestamp go through ctx.Now so tests can pin it.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, DateTime>.Compile("""return ctx.Now;""");
+        evaluator.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Deadband_helper_is_reachable_from_scripts()
+    {
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, bool>.Compile(
+            """return ScriptContext.Deadband(10.5, 10.0, 0.3);""");
+        evaluator.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Linq_Enumerable_is_available_from_scripts()
+    {
+        // LINQ is in the allow-list because SCADA math frequently wants Sum / Average
+        // / Where. Confirm it works.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            var nums = new[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
+            return nums.Where(n => n > 2).Sum();
+            """);
+        var result = await evaluator.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        result.ShouldBe(12);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DataValueSnapshot_is_usable_in_scripts()
+    {
+        // ctx.GetTag returns DataValueSnapshot so scripts branch on quality.
+        var evaluator = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, bool>.Compile(
+            """
+            var v = ctx.GetTag("T");
+            return v.StatusCode == 0;
+            """);
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext().Seed("T", 5.0);
+        var result = await evaluator.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        result.ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Compile_error_gives_location_in_diagnostics()
+    {
+        // Compile errors must carry the source span so the Admin UI can point at them.
+        try
+        {
+            ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile("""return fooBarBaz + 1;""");
+            Assert.Fail("expected CompilationErrorException");
+        }
+        catch (CompilationErrorException ex)
+        {
+            ex.Diagnostics.ShouldNotBeEmpty();
+            ex.Diagnostics[0].Location.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/TimedScriptEvaluatorTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the per-evaluation timeout wrapper. Fast scripts complete normally;
+///     CPU-bound or hung scripts throw <see cref="ScriptTimeoutException"/> instead of
+///     starving the engine. Caller-supplied cancellation tokens take precedence over the
+///     timeout so driver-shutdown paths see a clean cancel rather than a timeout.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class TimedScriptEvaluatorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Fast_script_completes_under_timeout_and_returns_value()
+    {
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, double>.Compile(
+            """return (double)ctx.GetTag("In").Value + 1.0;""");
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, double>(
+            inner, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
+
+        var ctx = new FakeScriptContext().Seed("In", 41.0);
+        var result = await timed.RunAsync(ctx, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        result.ShouldBe(42.0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Script_longer_than_timeout_throws_ScriptTimeoutException()
+    {
+        // Scripts can't easily do Thread.Sleep in the sandbox (System.Threading.Thread
+        // is denied). But a tight CPU loop exceeds any short timeout.
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            var end = Environment.TickCount64 + 5000;
+            while (Environment.TickCount64 < end) { }
+            return 1;
+            """);
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(
+            inner, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50));
+
+        var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<ScriptTimeoutException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        ex.Timeout.ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50));
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("50.0");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Caller_cancellation_takes_precedence_over_timeout()
+    {
+        // A CPU-bound script that would otherwise timeout; external ct fires first.
+        // Expected: OperationCanceledException (not ScriptTimeoutException) so shutdown
+        // paths aren't misclassified as timeouts.
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            var end = Environment.TickCount64 + 10000;
+            while (Environment.TickCount64 < end) { }
+            return 1;
+            """);
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(
+            inner, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(80));
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<OperationCanceledException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), cts.Token));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Default_timeout_is_250ms_per_plan()
+    {
+        TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.DefaultTimeout
+            .ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Zero_or_negative_timeout_is_rejected_at_construction()
+    {
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile("""return 1;""");
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() =>
+            new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(inner, TimeSpan.Zero));
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() =>
+            new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(inner, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(-1)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Null_inner_is_rejected()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
+            new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(null!));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Null_context_is_rejected()
+    {
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile("""return 1;""");
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(inner);
+        Should.ThrowAsync<ArgumentNullException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(null!, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Script_exception_propagates_unwrapped()
+    {
+        // User-thrown exceptions must come through as-is — NOT wrapped in
+        // ScriptTimeoutException. The virtual-tag engine catches them per-tag and
+        // maps to BadInternalError; conflating with timeout would lose that info.
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """throw new InvalidOperationException("script boom");""");
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(inner, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
+
+        var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        ex.Message.ShouldBe("script boom");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ScriptTimeoutException_message_points_at_diagnostic_path()
+    {
+        var inner = ScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>.Compile(
+            """
+            var end = Environment.TickCount64 + 5000;
+            while (Environment.TickCount64 < end) { }
+            return 1;
+            """);
+        var timed = new TimedScriptEvaluator<FakeScriptContext, int>(
+            inner, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(30));
+
+        var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<ScriptTimeoutException>(async () =>
+            await timed.RunAsync(new FakeScriptContext(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("ctx.Logger");
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("widening the timeout");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+        <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.Tests</RootNamespace>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit.v3" Version="1.1.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Shouldly" Version="4.3.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.0.2">
+            <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
+            <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
+        </PackageReference>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Scripting.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
+        <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/OpcUa/EquipmentNodeWalkerTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Entities;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.OpcUa;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests.OpcUa;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class EquipmentNodeWalkerTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Walk_EmptyContent_EmitsNothing()
+    {
+        var rec = new RecordingBuilder("root");
+        EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(rec, new EquipmentNamespaceContent([], [], [], []));
+
+        rec.Children.ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Walk_EmitsArea_Line_Equipment_Folders_In_UnsOrder()
+    {
+        var content = new EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+            Areas: [Area("area-1", "warsaw"), Area("area-2", "berlin")],
+            Lines: [Line("line-1", "area-1", "oven-line"), Line("line-2", "area-2", "press-line")],
+            Equipment: [Eq("eq-1", "line-1", "oven-3"), Eq("eq-2", "line-2", "press-7")],
+            Tags: []);
+
+        var rec = new RecordingBuilder("root");
+        EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(rec, content);
+
+        rec.Children.Select(c => c.BrowseName).ShouldBe(["berlin", "warsaw"]);   // ordered by Name
+        var warsaw = rec.Children.First(c => c.BrowseName == "warsaw");
+        warsaw.Children.Select(c => c.BrowseName).ShouldBe(["oven-line"]);
+        warsaw.Children[0].Children.Select(c => c.BrowseName).ShouldBe(["oven-3"]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Walk_AddsFiveIdentifierProperties_OnEquipmentNode_Skipping_NullZTagSapid()
+    {
+        var uuid = Guid.NewGuid();
+        var eq = Eq("eq-1", "line-1", "oven-3");
+        eq.EquipmentUuid = uuid;
+        eq.MachineCode = "MC-42";
+        eq.ZTag = null;
+        eq.SAPID = null;
+        var content = new EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+            [Area("area-1", "warsaw")], [Line("line-1", "area-1", "line-a")], [eq], []);
+
+        var rec = new RecordingBuilder("root");
+        EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(rec, content);
+
+        var equipmentNode = rec.Children[0].Children[0].Children[0];
+        var props = equipmentNode.Properties.Select(p => p.BrowseName).ToList();
+        props.ShouldContain("EquipmentId");
+        props.ShouldContain("EquipmentUuid");
+        props.ShouldContain("MachineCode");
+        props.ShouldNotContain("ZTag");
+        props.ShouldNotContain("SAPID");
+        equipmentNode.Properties.First(p => p.BrowseName == "EquipmentUuid").Value.ShouldBe(uuid.ToString());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Walk_Adds_ZTag_And_SAPID_When_Present()
+    {
+        var eq = Eq("eq-1", "line-1", "oven-3");
+        eq.ZTag = "ZT-0042";
+        eq.SAPID = "10000042";
+        var content = new EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+            [Area("area-1", "warsaw")], [Line("line-1", "area-1", "line-a")], [eq], []);
+
+        var rec = new RecordingBuilder("root");
+        EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(rec, content);
+
+        var equipmentNode = rec.Children[0].Children[0].Children[0];
+        equipmentNode.Properties.First(p => p.BrowseName == "ZTag").Value.ShouldBe("ZT-0042");
+        equipmentNode.Properties.First(p => p.BrowseName == "SAPID").Value.ShouldBe("10000042");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Walk_Materializes_Identification_Subfolder_When_AnyFieldPresent()
+    {
+        var eq = Eq("eq-1", "line-1", "oven-3");
+        eq.Manufacturer = "Trumpf";
+        eq.Model = "TruLaser-3030";
+        var content = new EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+            [Area("area-1", "warsaw")], [Line("line-1", "area-1", "line-a")], [eq], []);
+
+        var rec = new RecordingBuilder("root");
+        EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(rec, content);
+
+        var equipmentNode = rec.Children[0].Children[0].Children[0];
+        var identification = equipmentNode.Children.FirstOrDefault(c => c.BrowseName == "Identification");
+        identification.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        identification!.Properties.Select(p => p.BrowseName).ShouldContain("Manufacturer");
+        identification.Properties.Select(p => p.BrowseName).ShouldContain("Model");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Walk_Omits_Identification_Subfolder_When_AllFieldsNull()
+    {
+        var eq = Eq("eq-1", "line-1", "oven-3");  // no identification fields
+        var content = new EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+            [Area("area-1", "warsaw")], [Line("line-1", "area-1", "line-a")], [eq], []);
+
+        var rec = new RecordingBuilder("root");
+        EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(rec, content);
+
+        var equipmentNode = rec.Children[0].Children[0].Children[0];
+        equipmentNode.Children.ShouldNotContain(c => c.BrowseName == "Identification");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Walk_Emits_Variable_Per_BoundTag_Under_Equipment()
+    {
+        var eq = Eq("eq-1", "line-1", "oven-3");
+        var tag1 = NewTag("tag-1", "Temperature", "Int32", "plcaddr-01", equipmentId: "eq-1");
+        var tag2 = NewTag("tag-2", "Setpoint", "Float32", "plcaddr-02", equipmentId: "eq-1");
+        var unboundTag = NewTag("tag-3", "Orphan", "Int32", "plcaddr-03", equipmentId: null); // SystemPlatform-style, walker skips
+        var content = new EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+            [Area("area-1", "warsaw")], [Line("line-1", "area-1", "line-a")],
+            [eq], [tag1, tag2, unboundTag]);
+
+        var rec = new RecordingBuilder("root");
+        EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(rec, content);
+
+        var equipmentNode = rec.Children[0].Children[0].Children[0];
+        equipmentNode.Variables.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        equipmentNode.Variables.Select(v => v.BrowseName).ShouldBe(["Setpoint", "Temperature"]);
+        equipmentNode.Variables.First(v => v.BrowseName == "Temperature").AttributeInfo.FullName.ShouldBe("plcaddr-01");
+        equipmentNode.Variables.First(v => v.BrowseName == "Setpoint").AttributeInfo.DriverDataType.ShouldBe(DriverDataType.Float32);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Walk_FallsBack_To_String_For_Unparseable_DataType()
+    {
+        var eq = Eq("eq-1", "line-1", "oven-3");
+        var tag = NewTag("tag-1", "Mystery", "NotARealType", "plcaddr-42", equipmentId: "eq-1");
+        var content = new EquipmentNamespaceContent(
+            [Area("area-1", "warsaw")], [Line("line-1", "area-1", "line-a")], [eq], [tag]);
+
+        var rec = new RecordingBuilder("root");
+        EquipmentNodeWalker.Walk(rec, content);
+
+        var variable = rec.Children[0].Children[0].Children[0].Variables.Single();
+        variable.AttributeInfo.DriverDataType.ShouldBe(DriverDataType.String);
+    }
+
+    // ----- builders for test seed rows -----
+
+    private static UnsArea Area(string id, string name) => new()
+    {
+        UnsAreaId = id, ClusterId = "c1", Name = name, GenerationId = 1,
+    };
+
+    private static UnsLine Line(string id, string areaId, string name) => new()
+    {
+        UnsLineId = id, UnsAreaId = areaId, Name = name, GenerationId = 1,
+    };
+
+    private static Equipment Eq(string equipmentId, string lineId, string name) => new()
+    {
+        EquipmentRowId = Guid.NewGuid(),
+        GenerationId = 1,
+        EquipmentId = equipmentId,
+        EquipmentUuid = Guid.NewGuid(),
+        DriverInstanceId = "drv",
+        UnsLineId = lineId,
+        Name = name,
+        MachineCode = "MC-" + name,
+    };
+
+    private static Tag NewTag(string tagId, string name, string dataType, string address, string? equipmentId) => new()
+    {
+        TagRowId = Guid.NewGuid(),
+        GenerationId = 1,
+        TagId = tagId,
+        DriverInstanceId = "drv",
+        EquipmentId = equipmentId,
+        Name = name,
+        DataType = dataType,
+        AccessLevel = ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Enums.TagAccessLevel.ReadWrite,
+        TagConfig = address,
+    };
+
+    // ----- recording IAddressSpaceBuilder -----
+
+    private sealed class RecordingBuilder(string browseName) : IAddressSpaceBuilder
+    {
+        public string BrowseName { get; } = browseName;
+        public List<RecordingBuilder> Children { get; } = new();
+        public List<RecordingVariable> Variables { get; } = new();
+        public List<RecordingProperty> Properties { get; } = new();
+
+        public IAddressSpaceBuilder Folder(string name, string _)
+        {
+            var child = new RecordingBuilder(name);
+            Children.Add(child);
+            return child;
+        }
+
+        public IVariableHandle Variable(string name, string _, DriverAttributeInfo attr)
+        {
+            var v = new RecordingVariable(name, attr);
+            Variables.Add(v);
+            return v;
+        }
+
+        public void AddProperty(string name, DriverDataType _, object? value) =>
+            Properties.Add(new RecordingProperty(name, value));
+    }
+
+    private sealed record RecordingProperty(string BrowseName, object? Value);
+
+    private sealed record RecordingVariable(string BrowseName, DriverAttributeInfo AttributeInfo) : IVariableHandle
+    {
+        public string FullReference => AttributeInfo.FullName;
+        public IAlarmConditionSink MarkAsAlarmCondition(AlarmConditionInfo info) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/AbServerFixture.cs

@@ -1,139 +1,116 @@
-using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
 using Xunit;
 using Xunit.Sdk;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests;
 
 /// <summary>
-///     Shared fixture that starts libplctag's <c>ab_server</c> simulator in the background for
-///     the duration of an integration test collection. The fixture takes an
-///     <see cref="AbServerProfile"/> (see <see cref="KnownProfiles"/>) so each AB family — ControlLogix,
-///     CompactLogix, Micro800, GuardLogix — starts the simulator with the right <c>--plc</c>
-///     mode + preseed tag set. Binary is expected on PATH; CI resolves that via a job step
-///     that downloads the pinned Windows build from libplctag GitHub Releases before
-///     <c>dotnet test</c> — see <c>docs/v2/test-data-sources.md §2.CI</c> for the exact step.
+///     Reachability probe for the <c>ab_server</c> Docker container (libplctag's CIP
+///     simulator built via <c>Docker/Dockerfile</c>) or any real AB PLC the
+///     <c>AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT</c> env var points at. Parses
+///     <c>AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT</c> (default <c>localhost:44818</c>) + TCP-connects
+///     once at fixture construction. Tests skip via <see cref="AbServerFactAttribute"/>
+///     / <see cref="AbServerTheoryAttribute"/> when the port isn't live, so
+///     <c>dotnet test</c> stays green on a fresh clone without Docker running.
+///     Matches the <see cref="ModbusSimulatorFixture"/> / <c>Snap7ServerFixture</c> /
+///     <c>OpcPlcFixture</c> shape.
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
-///     <para><c>ab_server</c> is a C binary shipped in libplctag's repo (MIT). On developer
-///     workstations it's built once from source and placed on PATH; on CI the workflow file
-///     fetches a version-pinned prebuilt + stages it. Tests skip (via
-///     <see cref="AbServerFactAttribute"/>) when the binary is not on PATH so a fresh clone
-///     without the simulator still gets a green unit-test run.</para>
-///
-///     <para>Per-family profiles live in <see cref="KnownProfiles"/>. When a test wants a
-///     specific family, instantiate the fixture with that profile — either via a
-///     <see cref="IClassFixture{TFixture}"/> derived type or by constructing directly in a
-///     parametric test (the latter is used below for the smoke suite).</para>
+///     Docker is the only supported launch path — no native-binary spawn + no
+///     PATH lookup. Bring the container up before <c>dotnet test</c>:
+///     <c>docker compose -f Docker/docker-compose.yml --profile controllogix up</c>.
 /// </remarks>
 public sealed class AbServerFixture : IAsyncLifetime
 {
-    private Process? _proc;
+    private const string EndpointEnvVar = "AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT";
 
-    /// <summary>The profile the simulator was started with. Same instance the driver-side options should use.</summary>
+    /// <summary>The profile this fixture instance represents. Parallel family smoke tests
+    /// instantiate the fixture with the profile matching their compose-file service.</summary>
     public AbServerProfile Profile { get; }
-    public int Port { get; }
-    public bool IsAvailable { get; private set; }
 
-    public AbServerFixture() : this(KnownProfiles.ControlLogix, AbServerProfile.DefaultPort) { }
+    public string Host { get; } = "127.0.0.1";
+    public int Port { get; } = AbServerProfile.DefaultPort;
 
-    public AbServerFixture(AbServerProfile profile) : this(profile, AbServerProfile.DefaultPort) { }
+    public AbServerFixture() : this(KnownProfiles.ControlLogix) { }
 
-    public AbServerFixture(AbServerProfile profile, int port)
+    public AbServerFixture(AbServerProfile profile)
     {
         Profile = profile ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(profile));
-        Port = port;
-    }
 
-    public ValueTask InitializeAsync() => InitializeAsync(default);
-    public ValueTask DisposeAsync() => DisposeAsync(default);
-
-    public async ValueTask InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        if (LocateBinary() is not string binary)
+        // Endpoint override applies to both host + port — targeting a real PLC at
+        // non-default host or port shouldn't need fixture changes.
+        if (Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EndpointEnvVar) is { Length: > 0 } raw)
         {
-            IsAvailable = false;
-            return;
+            var parts = raw.Split(':', 2);
+            Host = parts[0];
+            if (parts.Length == 2 && int.TryParse(parts[1], out var p)) Port = p;
         }
-        IsAvailable = true;
-
-        _proc = new Process
-        {
-            StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
-            {
-                FileName = binary,
-                Arguments = Profile.BuildCliArgs(Port),
-                RedirectStandardOutput = true,
-                RedirectStandardError = true,
-                UseShellExecute = false,
-                CreateNoWindow = true,
-            },
-        };
-        _proc.Start();
-
-        // Give the server a moment to accept its listen socket before tests try to connect.
-        await Task.Delay(500, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
-    public ValueTask DisposeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    public ValueTask InitializeAsync() => ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+    public ValueTask DisposeAsync() => ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     <c>true</c> when ab_server is reachable at this fixture's Host/Port. Used by
+    ///     <see cref="AbServerFactAttribute"/> / <see cref="AbServerTheoryAttribute"/>
+    ///     to decide whether to skip tests on a fresh clone without a running container.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static bool IsServerAvailable() =>
+        TcpProbe(ResolveHost(), ResolvePort());
+
+    private static string ResolveHost() =>
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EndpointEnvVar)?.Split(':', 2)[0] ?? "127.0.0.1";
+
+    private static int ResolvePort()
+    {
+        var raw = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EndpointEnvVar);
+        if (raw is null) return AbServerProfile.DefaultPort;
+        var parts = raw.Split(':', 2);
+        return parts.Length == 2 && int.TryParse(parts[1], out var p) ? p : AbServerProfile.DefaultPort;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>One-shot TCP probe; 500 ms budget so a missing container fails the probe fast.</summary>
+    private static bool TcpProbe(string host, int port)
     {
         try
         {
-            if (_proc is { HasExited: false })
-            {
-                _proc.Kill(entireProcessTree: true);
-                _proc.WaitForExit(5_000);
-            }
+            using var client = new TcpClient();
+            var task = client.ConnectAsync(host, port);
+            return task.Wait(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500)) && client.Connected;
         }
-        catch { /* best-effort cleanup */ }
-        _proc?.Dispose();
-        return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Locate <c>ab_server</c> on PATH. Returns <c>null</c> when missing — tests that
-    ///     depend on it should use <see cref="AbServerFactAttribute"/> so CI runs without the binary
-    ///     simply skip rather than fail.
-    /// </summary>
-    public static string? LocateBinary()
-    {
-        var names = new[] { "ab_server.exe", "ab_server" };
-        var path = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH") ?? "";
-        foreach (var dir in path.Split(Path.PathSeparator))
-        {
-            foreach (var name in names)
-            {
-                var candidate = Path.Combine(dir, name);
-                if (File.Exists(candidate)) return candidate;
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
+        catch { return false; }
     }
 }
 
 /// <summary>
-///     <c>[Fact]</c>-equivalent that skips when <c>ab_server</c> is not available on PATH.
-///     Integration tests use this instead of <c>[Fact]</c> so a developer box without
-///     <c>ab_server</c> installed still gets a green run.
+///     <c>[Fact]</c>-equivalent that skips when ab_server isn't reachable — accepts a
+///     live Docker listener on <c>localhost:44818</c> or an <c>AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT</c>
+///     override pointing at a real PLC.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class AbServerFactAttribute : FactAttribute
 {
     public AbServerFactAttribute()
     {
-        if (AbServerFixture.LocateBinary() is null)
-            Skip = "ab_server not on PATH; install libplctag test binaries to run.";
+        if (!AbServerFixture.IsServerAvailable())
+            Skip = "ab_server not reachable. Start the Docker container " +
+                   "(docker compose -f Docker/docker-compose.yml --profile controllogix up) " +
+                   "or set AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT to a real PLC.";
     }
 }
 
 /// <summary>
-///     <c>[Theory]</c>-equivalent that skips when <c>ab_server</c> is not on PATH. Pair with
-///     <c>[MemberData(nameof(KnownProfiles.All))]</c>-style providers to run one theory row per
-///     profile so a single test covers all four families.
+///     <c>[Theory]</c>-equivalent with the same availability rules as
+///     <see cref="AbServerFactAttribute"/>. Pair with
+///     <c>[MemberData(nameof(KnownProfiles.All))]</c>-style providers to run one theory
+///     row per family.
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class AbServerTheoryAttribute : TheoryAttribute
 {
     public AbServerTheoryAttribute()
     {
-        if (AbServerFixture.LocateBinary() is null)
-            Skip = "ab_server not on PATH; install libplctag test binaries to run.";
+        if (!AbServerFixture.IsServerAvailable())
+            Skip = "ab_server not reachable. Start the Docker container " +
+                   "(docker compose -f Docker/docker-compose.yml --profile controllogix up) " +
+                   "or set AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT to a real PLC.";
     }
 }

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/AbServerProfile.cs

@@ -3,130 +3,51 @@ using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests;
 
 /// <summary>
-///     Per-family provisioning profile for the <c>ab_server</c> simulator. Instead of hard-coding
-///     one fixture shape + one set of CLI args, each integration test picks a profile matching the
-///     family it wants to exercise — ControlLogix / CompactLogix / Micro800 / GuardLogix. The
-///     profile composes the CLI arg list passed to <c>ab_server</c> + the tag-definition set the
-///     driver uses to address the simulator's pre-provisioned tags.
+///     Per-family marker for the <c>ab_server</c> Docker compose profile a given test
+///     targets. The compose file (<c>Docker/docker-compose.yml</c>) is the canonical
+///     source of truth for which tags a family seeds + which <c>--plc</c> mode the
+///     simulator boots in; this record just ties a family enum to operator-facing
+///     notes so fixture + test code can filter / branch by family.
 /// </summary>
-/// <param name="Family">OtOpcUa driver family this profile targets. Drives
-///     <see cref="AbCipDeviceOptions.PlcFamily"/> + driver-side connection-parameter profile
-///     (ConnectionSize, unconnected-only, etc.) per decision #9.</param>
-/// <param name="AbServerPlcArg">The value passed to <c>ab_server --plc &lt;arg&gt;</c>. Some families
-///     map 1:1 (ControlLogix → "controllogix"); Micro800/GuardLogix fall back to the family whose
-///     CIP behavior ab_server emulates most faithfully (see per-profile Notes).</param>
-/// <param name="SeedTags">Tags to preseed on the simulator via <c>--tag &lt;name&gt;:&lt;type&gt;[:&lt;size&gt;]</c>
-///     flags. Each entry becomes one CLI arg; the driver-side <see cref="AbCipTagDefinition"/>
-///     list references the same names so tests can read/write without walking the @tags surface
-///     first.</param>
-/// <param name="Notes">Operator-facing description of what the profile covers + any quirks.</param>
+/// <param name="Family">OtOpcUa driver family this profile targets.</param>
+/// <param name="ComposeProfile">The <c>docker compose --profile</c> name that brings
+///     this family's ab_server up. Matches the service key in the compose file.</param>
+/// <param name="Notes">Operator-facing description of coverage + any quirks.</param>
 public sealed record AbServerProfile(
     AbCipPlcFamily Family,
-    string AbServerPlcArg,
-    IReadOnlyList<AbServerSeedTag> SeedTags,
+    string ComposeProfile,
     string Notes)
 {
-    /// <summary>Default port — every profile uses the same so parallel-runs-of-different-families
-    /// would conflict (deliberately — one simulator per test collection is the model).</summary>
+    /// <summary>Default ab_server port — matches the compose-file port-map + the
+    /// CIP / EtherNet/IP standard.</summary>
     public const int DefaultPort = 44818;
-
-    /// <summary>Compose the full <c>ab_server</c> CLI arg string for
-    /// <see cref="System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo.Arguments"/>.</summary>
-    public string BuildCliArgs(int port)
-    {
-        var parts = new List<string>
-        {
-            "--port", port.ToString(),
-            "--plc", AbServerPlcArg,
-        };
-        foreach (var tag in SeedTags)
-        {
-            parts.Add("--tag");
-            parts.Add(tag.ToCliSpec());
-        }
-        return string.Join(' ', parts);
-    }
-}
-
-/// <summary>One tag the simulator pre-creates. ab_server spec format:
-/// <c>&lt;name&gt;:&lt;type&gt;[:&lt;array_size&gt;]</c>.</summary>
-public sealed record AbServerSeedTag(string Name, string AbServerType, int? ArraySize = null)
-{
-    public string ToCliSpec() => ArraySize is { } n ? $"{Name}:{AbServerType}:{n}" : $"{Name}:{AbServerType}";
 }
 
 /// <summary>Canonical profiles covering every AB CIP family shipped in PRs 9–12.</summary>
 public static class KnownProfiles
 {
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     ControlLogix — the widest-coverage family: full CIP capabilities, generous connection
-    ///     size, @tags controller-walk supported. Tag shape covers atomic types + a Program-scoped
-    ///     tag so the Symbol-Object decoder's scope-split path is exercised.
-    /// </summary>
     public static readonly AbServerProfile ControlLogix = new(
         Family: AbCipPlcFamily.ControlLogix,
-        AbServerPlcArg: "controllogix",
-        SeedTags: new AbServerSeedTag[]
-        {
-            new("TestDINT",  "DINT"),
-            new("TestREAL",  "REAL"),
-            new("TestBOOL",  "BOOL"),
-            new("TestSINT",  "SINT"),
-            new("TestString","STRING"),
-            new("TestArray", "DINT", ArraySize: 16),
-        },
-        Notes: "Widest-coverage profile — PR 9 baseline. UDTs live in PR 6-shipped Template Object tests; ab_server lacks full UDT emulation.");
+        ComposeProfile: "controllogix",
+        Notes: "Widest-coverage profile — PR 9 baseline. UDTs unit-tested via golden Template Object buffers; ab_server lacks full UDT emulation.");
 
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     CompactLogix — narrower ConnectionSize quirk exercised here. ab_server doesn't
-    ///     enforce the narrower limit itself; the driver-side profile caps it + this simulator
-    ///     honors whatever the client asks for. Tag set is a subset of ControlLogix.
-    /// </summary>
     public static readonly AbServerProfile CompactLogix = new(
         Family: AbCipPlcFamily.CompactLogix,
-        AbServerPlcArg: "compactlogix",
-        SeedTags: new AbServerSeedTag[]
-        {
-            new("TestDINT",  "DINT"),
-            new("TestREAL",  "REAL"),
-            new("TestBOOL",  "BOOL"),
-        },
-        Notes: "Narrower ConnectionSize than ControlLogix — driver-side profile caps it per PR 10. Tag set mirrors the CompactLogix atomic subset.");
+        ComposeProfile: "compactlogix",
+        Notes: "ab_server doesn't enforce the narrower ConnectionSize; driver-side profile caps it per PR 10.");
 
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     Micro800 — unconnected-only family. ab_server has no explicit micro800 plc mode so
-    ///     we fall back to the nearest CIP-compatible emulation (controllogix) + document the
-    ///     discrepancy. Driver-side path enforcement (empty routing path, unconnected-only
-    ///     sessions) is exercised in the unit suite; this integration profile smoke-tests that
-    ///     reads work end-to-end against the unconnected path.
-    /// </summary>
     public static readonly AbServerProfile Micro800 = new(
         Family: AbCipPlcFamily.Micro800,
-        AbServerPlcArg: "controllogix", // ab_server lacks dedicated micro800 mode — see Notes
-        SeedTags: new AbServerSeedTag[]
-        {
-            new("TestDINT",  "DINT"),
-            new("TestREAL",  "REAL"),
-        },
-        Notes: "ab_server has no --plc micro800 — falls back to controllogix emulation. Driver side still enforces empty path + unconnected-only per PR 11. Real Micro800 coverage requires a 2080 on a lab rig.");
+        ComposeProfile: "micro800",
+        Notes: "--plc=Micro800 mode (unconnected-only, empty path). Driver-side enforcement verified in the unit suite.");
 
-    /// <summary>
-    ///     GuardLogix — safety-capable ControlLogix variant with ViewOnly safety tags. ab_server
-    ///     doesn't emulate the safety subsystem; we preseed a safety-suffixed name (<c>_S</c>) so
-    ///     the driver's read-only classification path is exercised against a real tag.
-    /// </summary>
     public static readonly AbServerProfile GuardLogix = new(
         Family: AbCipPlcFamily.GuardLogix,
-        AbServerPlcArg: "controllogix",
-        SeedTags: new AbServerSeedTag[]
-        {
-            new("TestDINT",  "DINT"),
-            new("SafetyDINT_S", "DINT"), // _S-suffixed → driver classifies as safety-ViewOnly per PR 12
-        },
-        Notes: "ab_server has no safety subsystem — this profile emulates the tag-naming contract. Real safety-lock behavior requires a physical GuardLogix 1756-L8xS rig.");
+        ComposeProfile: "guardlogix",
+        Notes: "ab_server has no safety subsystem — _S-suffixed seed tag triggers driver-side ViewOnly classification only.");
 
     public static IReadOnlyList<AbServerProfile> All { get; } =
-        new[] { ControlLogix, CompactLogix, Micro800, GuardLogix };
+        [ControlLogix, CompactLogix, Micro800, GuardLogix];
 
     public static AbServerProfile ForFamily(AbCipPlcFamily family) =>
         All.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Family == family)

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/AbServerProfileGate.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Runtime gate that lets an integration-test class declare which target-server tier
+///     it requires. Reads <c>AB_SERVER_PROFILE</c> from the environment; tests call
+///     <see cref="SkipUnless"/> with the profile names they support + skip otherwise.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>Two tiers today:</para>
+///     <list type="bullet">
+///       <item><c>abserver</c> (default) — the Dockerized libplctag <c>ab_server</c>
+///         simulator. Covers atomic reads / writes / basic discovery across the four
+///         families (ControlLogix / CompactLogix / Micro800 / GuardLogix).</item>
+///       <item><c>emulate</c> — Rockwell Studio 5000 Logix Emulate on an operator's
+///         Windows box, exposed via <c>AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT</c>. Adds real UDT / ALMD /
+///         AOI / Program-scoped-tag coverage that ab_server can't emulate. Tier-gated
+///         because Emulate is per-seat licensed + Windows-only + manually launched;
+///         a stock `dotnet test` run against ab_server must skip Emulate-only classes
+///         cleanly.</item>
+///     </list>
+///     <para>Tests assert their target tier at the top of each <c>[Fact]</c> /
+///     <c>[Theory]</c> body, mirroring the <c>MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE</c> gate pattern in
+///     <c>tests/.../Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205StringQuirkTests.cs</c>.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class AbServerProfileGate
+{
+    public const string Default = "abserver";
+    public const string Emulate = "emulate";
+
+    /// <summary>Active profile from <c>AB_SERVER_PROFILE</c>; defaults to <see cref="Default"/>.</summary>
+    public static string CurrentProfile =>
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AB_SERVER_PROFILE") is { Length: > 0 } raw
+            ? raw.Trim().ToLowerInvariant()
+            : Default;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Skip the calling test via <c>Assert.Skip</c> when <see cref="CurrentProfile"/>
+    ///     isn't in <paramref name="requiredProfiles"/>. Case-insensitive match.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static void SkipUnless(params string[] requiredProfiles)
+    {
+        foreach (var p in requiredProfiles)
+            if (string.Equals(p, CurrentProfile, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                return;
+        Assert.Skip(
+            $"Test requires AB_SERVER_PROFILE in {{{string.Join(", ", requiredProfiles)}}}; " +
+            $"current value is '{CurrentProfile}'. " +
+            $"Set AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate + point AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT at a Logix Emulate instance to run the golden-box-tier tests.");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/AbServerProfileTests.cs

@@ -5,61 +5,23 @@ using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests;
 
 /// <summary>
-///     Pure-unit tests for the profile → CLI arg composition. Runs without <c>ab_server</c>
-///     on PATH so CI without the binary still exercises these contracts + catches any
-///     profile-definition drift (e.g. a typo in <c>--plc</c> mapping would silently make the
-///     simulator boot with the wrong family).
+///     Pure-unit tests for the profile catalog. Verifies <see cref="KnownProfiles"/>
+///     stays in sync with <see cref="AbCipPlcFamily"/> + with the compose-file service
+///     names — a typo in either would surface as a test failure rather than a silent
+///     "wrong family booted" at runtime. Runs without Docker, so CI without the
+///     container still exercises these contracts.
 /// </summary>
 [Trait("Category", "Unit")]
 public sealed class AbServerProfileTests
 {
-    [Fact]
-    public void BuildCliArgs_Emits_Port_And_Plc_And_TagFlags()
-    {
-        var profile = new AbServerProfile(
-            Family: AbCipPlcFamily.ControlLogix,
-            AbServerPlcArg: "controllogix",
-            SeedTags: new AbServerSeedTag[]
-            {
-                new("A", "DINT"),
-                new("B", "REAL"),
-            },
-            Notes: "test");
-
-        profile.BuildCliArgs(44818).ShouldBe("--port 44818 --plc controllogix --tag A:DINT --tag B:REAL");
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public void BuildCliArgs_NoSeedTags_Emits_Just_Port_And_Plc()
-    {
-        var profile = new AbServerProfile(
-            AbCipPlcFamily.ControlLogix, "controllogix", [], "empty");
-
-        profile.BuildCliArgs(5000).ShouldBe("--port 5000 --plc controllogix");
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public void AbServerSeedTag_ArraySize_FormatsAsThirdSegment()
-    {
-        new AbServerSeedTag("TestArray", "DINT", ArraySize: 16)
-            .ToCliSpec().ShouldBe("TestArray:DINT:16");
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public void AbServerSeedTag_NoArraySize_TwoSegments()
-    {
-        new AbServerSeedTag("TestScalar", "REAL")
-            .ToCliSpec().ShouldBe("TestScalar:REAL");
-    }
-
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(AbCipPlcFamily.ControlLogix, "controllogix")]
     [InlineData(AbCipPlcFamily.CompactLogix, "compactlogix")]
-    [InlineData(AbCipPlcFamily.Micro800,     "controllogix")] // falls back — ab_server lacks dedicated mode
-    [InlineData(AbCipPlcFamily.GuardLogix,   "controllogix")] // falls back — ab_server lacks safety subsystem
-    public void KnownProfiles_ForFamily_Returns_Expected_AbServerPlcArg(AbCipPlcFamily family, string expected)
+    [InlineData(AbCipPlcFamily.Micro800,     "micro800")]
+    [InlineData(AbCipPlcFamily.GuardLogix,   "guardlogix")]
+    public void KnownProfiles_ForFamily_Returns_Expected_ComposeProfile(AbCipPlcFamily family, string expected)
     {
-        KnownProfiles.ForFamily(family).AbServerPlcArg.ShouldBe(expected);
+        KnownProfiles.ForFamily(family).ComposeProfile.ShouldBe(expected);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -71,20 +33,8 @@ public sealed class AbServerProfileTests
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void KnownProfiles_ControlLogix_Includes_AllAtomicTypes()
+    public void DefaultPort_Matches_EtherNetIP_Standard()
     {
-        var tags = KnownProfiles.ControlLogix.SeedTags.Select(t => t.AbServerType).ToHashSet();
-        tags.ShouldContain("DINT");
-        tags.ShouldContain("REAL");
-        tags.ShouldContain("BOOL");
-        tags.ShouldContain("SINT");
-        tags.ShouldContain("STRING");
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public void KnownProfiles_GuardLogix_SeedsSafetySuffixedTag()
-    {
-        KnownProfiles.GuardLogix.SeedTags
-            .ShouldContain(t => t.Name.EndsWith("_S"), "GuardLogix profile must seed at least one _S-suffixed tag for safety-classification coverage.");
+        AbServerProfile.DefaultPort.ShouldBe(44818);
     }
 }

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Docker/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# ab_server container for the AB CIP integration suite.
+#
+# ab_server is a C program in libplctag/libplctag under src/tools/ab_server.
+# We clone at a pinned commit, build just the ab_server target via CMake,
+# and copy the resulting binary into a slim runtime stage so the published
+# image stays small (~60MB vs ~350MB for the build stage).
+
+# -------- stage 1: build ab_server from source --------
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS build
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        git \
+        build-essential \
+        cmake \
+        ca-certificates \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Pinned tag matches the `ab_server` version AbServerFixture + CI treat as
+# canonical. Bump deliberately alongside a driver-side change that needs
+# something newer.
+ARG LIBPLCTAG_TAG=release
+RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch "${LIBPLCTAG_TAG}" https://github.com/libplctag/libplctag.git /src
+
+WORKDIR /src
+RUN cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+ && cmake --build build --target ab_server --parallel
+
+# -------- stage 2: runtime --------
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/dohertj2/lmxopcua" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.description="libplctag ab_server for OtOpcUa AB CIP driver integration tests"
+
+# libplctag's ab_server is statically linked against libc / libstdc++ on
+# Debian bookworm; no runtime dependencies beyond what the slim image
+# already has.
+COPY --from=build /src/build/bin_dist/ab_server /usr/local/bin/ab_server
+
+EXPOSE 44818
+
+# docker-compose.yml overrides the command with per-family flags.
+CMD ["ab_server", "--plc=ControlLogix", "--path=1,0", "--port=44818", \
+     "--tag=TestDINT:DINT[1]", "--tag=TestREAL:REAL[1]", "--tag=TestBOOL:BOOL[1]"]

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Docker/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# AB CIP integration-test fixture — `ab_server` (Docker)
+
+[libplctag](https://github.com/libplctag/libplctag)'s `ab_server` — a
+MIT-licensed C program that emulates a ControlLogix / CompactLogix CIP
+endpoint over EtherNet/IP. Docker is the only supported launch path;
+`ab_server` ships as a source-only tool under libplctag's
+`src/tools/ab_server/` so the Dockerfile's multi-stage build is the only
+reproducible way to get a working binary across developer boxes. A fresh
+clone needs Docker Desktop and nothing else.
+
+| File | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| [`Dockerfile`](Dockerfile) | Multi-stage: build from libplctag at pinned tag → copy binary into `debian:bookworm-slim` runtime image |
+| [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml) | One service per family (`controllogix` / `compactlogix` / `micro800` / `guardlogix`); all bind `:44818` |
+
+## Run
+
+From the repo root:
+
+```powershell
+# ControlLogix — widest-coverage profile
+docker compose -f tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile controllogix up
+
+# Per-family
+docker compose -f tests\...\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile compactlogix up
+docker compose -f tests\...\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile micro800 up
+docker compose -f tests\...\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile guardlogix up
+```
+
+Detached + stop:
+
+```powershell
+docker compose -f tests\...\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile controllogix up -d
+docker compose -f tests\...\Docker\docker-compose.yml --profile controllogix down
+```
+
+First run builds the image (~3-5 minutes — clones libplctag + compiles
+`ab_server` + its dependencies). Subsequent runs are fast because the
+multi-stage build layer-caches the checkout + compile.
+
+## Endpoint
+
+- Default: `localhost:44818` (EtherNet/IP standard; non-privileged)
+- Override with `AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT=host:port` to point at a real PLC.
+
+## Run the integration tests
+
+In a separate shell with a container up:
+
+```powershell
+cd C:\Users\dohertj2\Desktop\lmxopcua
+dotnet test tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests
+```
+
+`AbServerFixture` TCP-probes `localhost:44818` at collection init +
+records a skip reason when unreachable, so tests stay green on a fresh
+clone without the container running. Tests use `[AbServerFact]` /
+`[AbServerTheory]` which check the same probe.
+
+## What each family seeds
+
+Tag sets match `AbServerProfile.cs` exactly — changing seeds in one
+place means updating both.
+
+| Family | Seeded tags | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| ControlLogix | `TestDINT` `TestREAL` `TestBOOL` `TestSINT` `TestString` `TestArray` | Widest-coverage; PR 9 baseline. UDT emulation missing from ab_server |
+| CompactLogix | `TestDINT` `TestREAL` `TestBOOL` | Narrow ConnectionSize cap enforced driver-side; ab_server accepts any size |
+| Micro800 | `TestDINT` `TestREAL` | ab_server has no `micro800` mode; falls back to `controllogix` emulation |
+| GuardLogix | `TestDINT` `SafetyDINT_S` | ab_server has no safety subsystem; `_S` suffix triggers driver-side classification only |
+
+## Known limitations
+
+- **No UDT / CIP Template Object emulation** — `ab_server` covers atomic
+  types only. UDT reads + task #194 whole-UDT optimization verify via
+  unit tests with golden byte buffers.
+- **Family-specific quirks trust driver-side code** — ab_server emulates
+  a generic Logix CPU; the ConnectionSize cap, empty-path unconnected
+  mode, and safety-partition write rejection all need lab rigs for
+  wire-level proof.
+
+See [`docs/drivers/AbServer-Test-Fixture.md`](../../../docs/drivers/AbServer-Test-Fixture.md)
+for the full coverage map.
+
+## References
+
+- [libplctag on GitHub](https://github.com/libplctag/libplctag)
+- [`docs/drivers/AbServer-Test-Fixture.md`](../../../docs/drivers/AbServer-Test-Fixture.md) — coverage map
+- [`docs/v2/dev-environment.md`](../../../docs/v2/dev-environment.md) §Docker fixtures

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Docker/docker-compose.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# AB CIP integration-test fixture — ab_server (libplctag).
+#
+# One service per family. All bind :44818 on the host; only one runs at a
+# time. Commands mirror the CLI args AbServerProfile.cs constructs for the
+# native-binary path.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   docker compose --profile controllogix up
+#   docker compose --profile compactlogix up
+#   docker compose --profile micro800 up
+#   docker compose --profile guardlogix up
+services:
+  controllogix:
+    profiles: ["controllogix"]
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    image: otopcua-ab-server:libplctag-release
+    container_name: otopcua-ab-server-controllogix
+    restart: "no"
+    ports:
+      - "44818:44818"
+    command: [
+      "ab_server",
+      "--plc=ControlLogix",
+      "--path=1,0",
+      "--port=44818",
+      "--tag=TestDINT:DINT[1]",
+      "--tag=TestREAL:REAL[1]",
+      "--tag=TestBOOL:BOOL[1]",
+      "--tag=TestSINT:SINT[1]",
+      "--tag=TestString:STRING[1]",
+      "--tag=TestArray:DINT[16]"
+    ]
+
+  compactlogix:
+    profiles: ["compactlogix"]
+    image: otopcua-ab-server:libplctag-release
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: otopcua-ab-server-compactlogix
+    restart: "no"
+    ports:
+      - "44818:44818"
+    # ab_server doesn't distinguish CompactLogix from ControlLogix — no
+    # dedicated --plc mode. Driver-side ConnectionSize cap is enforced
+    # separately (see AbServerProfile.CompactLogix Notes).
+    command: [
+      "ab_server",
+      "--plc=ControlLogix",
+      "--path=1,0",
+      "--port=44818",
+      "--tag=TestDINT:DINT[1]",
+      "--tag=TestREAL:REAL[1]",
+      "--tag=TestBOOL:BOOL[1]"
+    ]
+
+  micro800:
+    profiles: ["micro800"]
+    image: otopcua-ab-server:libplctag-release
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: otopcua-ab-server-micro800
+    restart: "no"
+    ports:
+      - "44818:44818"
+    # ab_server does have a Micro800 plc mode (unconnected-only, empty path).
+    command: [
+      "ab_server",
+      "--plc=Micro800",
+      "--port=44818",
+      "--tag=TestDINT:DINT[1]",
+      "--tag=TestREAL:REAL[1]"
+    ]
+
+  guardlogix:
+    profiles: ["guardlogix"]
+    image: otopcua-ab-server:libplctag-release
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: otopcua-ab-server-guardlogix
+    restart: "no"
+    ports:
+      - "44818:44818"
+    # ab_server has no safety subsystem — _S suffix triggers driver-side
+    # classification only.
+    command: [
+      "ab_server",
+      "--plc=ControlLogix",
+      "--path=1,0",
+      "--port=44818",
+      "--tag=TestDINT:DINT[1]",
+      "--tag=SafetyDINT_S:DINT[1]"
+    ]

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Emulate/AbCipEmulateAlmdTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests.Emulate;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Golden-box-tier ALMD alarm projection tests against Logix Emulate.
+///     Promotes the feature-flagged ALMD projection (task #177) from unit-only coverage
+///     (<c>AbCipAlarmProjectionTests</c> with faked InFaulted sequences) to end-to-end
+///     wire-level coverage — Emulate runs the real ALMD instruction, with real
+///     rising-edge semantics on <c>InFaulted</c> + <c>Ack</c>, so the driver's poll-based
+///     projection gets validated against the actual behaviour shops running FT View see.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para><b>Required Emulate project state</b> (see <c>LogixProject/README.md</c>):</para>
+///     <list type="bullet">
+///       <item>Controller-scope ALMD tag <c>HighTempAlarm</c> — a standard ALMD instruction
+///         with default member set (<c>In</c>, <c>InFaulted</c>, <c>Acked</c>,
+///         <c>Severity</c>, <c>Cfg_ProgTime</c>, …).</item>
+///       <item>A periodic task that drives <c>HighTempAlarm.In</c> false→true→false at a
+///         cadence the operator can script via a one-shot routine (e.g. a
+///         <c>SimulateAlarm</c> bit the test case pulses through
+///         <c>IWritable.WriteAsync</c>).</item>
+///       <item>Operator writes <c>1</c> to <c>SimulateAlarm</c> to trigger the rising
+///         edge on <c>HighTempAlarm.In</c>; ladder uses that as the alarm input.</item>
+///     </list>
+///     <para>Runs only when <c>AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate</c>. ab_server has no ALMD
+///     instruction + no alarm subsystem, so this tier-gated class couldn't produce a
+///     meaningful result against the default simulator.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection("AbServerEmulate")]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Tier", "Emulate")]
+public sealed class AbCipEmulateAlmdTests
+{
+    [AbServerFact]
+    public async Task Real_ALMD_raise_fires_OnAlarmEvent_through_the_driver_projection()
+    {
+        AbServerProfileGate.SkipUnless(AbServerProfileGate.Emulate);
+
+        var endpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT")
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT must be set to the Logix Emulate instance when AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate.");
+
+        var options = new AbCipDriverOptions
+        {
+            Devices = [new AbCipDeviceOptions($"ab://{endpoint}/1,0")],
+            EnableAlarmProjection = true,
+            AlarmPollInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200),
+            Tags = [
+                new AbCipTagDefinition(
+                    Name: "HighTempAlarm",
+                    DeviceHostAddress: $"ab://{endpoint}/1,0",
+                    TagPath: "HighTempAlarm",
+                    DataType: AbCipDataType.Structure,
+                    Members: [
+                        new AbCipStructureMember("InFaulted", AbCipDataType.DInt),
+                        new AbCipStructureMember("Acked",     AbCipDataType.DInt),
+                        new AbCipStructureMember("Severity",  AbCipDataType.DInt),
+                        new AbCipStructureMember("In",        AbCipDataType.DInt),
+                    ]),
+                // The "simulate the alarm input" bit the ladder watches.
+                new AbCipTagDefinition(
+                    Name: "SimulateAlarm",
+                    DeviceHostAddress: $"ab://{endpoint}/1,0",
+                    TagPath: "SimulateAlarm",
+                    DataType: AbCipDataType.Bool,
+                    Writable: true),
+            ],
+        };
+
+        await using var drv = new AbCipDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "emulate-almd");
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var raised = new TaskCompletionSource<AlarmEventArgs>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+        drv.OnAlarmEvent += (_, e) =>
+        {
+            if (e.Message.Contains("raised")) raised.TrySetResult(e);
+        };
+
+        var sub = await drv.SubscribeAlarmsAsync(
+            ["HighTempAlarm"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        // Pulse the input bit the ladder watches, then wait for the driver's poll loop
+        // to see InFaulted rise + fire the raise event.
+        _ = await drv.WriteAsync(
+            [new WriteRequest("SimulateAlarm", true)],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var got = await Task.WhenAny(raised.Task, Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)));
+        got.ShouldBe(raised.Task, "driver must surface the ALMD raise within 5 s of the ladder-driven edge");
+        var args = await raised.Task;
+        args.SourceNodeId.ShouldBe("HighTempAlarm");
+        args.AlarmType.ShouldBe("ALMD");
+
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAlarmsAsync(sub, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        // Reset the bit so the next test run starts from a known state.
+        _ = await drv.WriteAsync(
+            [new WriteRequest("SimulateAlarm", false)],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/Emulate/AbCipEmulateUdtReadTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests.Emulate;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Golden-box-tier UDT read tests against Rockwell Studio 5000 Logix Emulate.
+///     Promotes the whole-UDT-read optimization (task #194) from unit-only coverage
+///     (golden Template Object byte buffers + <see cref="AbCipUdtMemberLayoutTests"/>)
+///     to end-to-end wire-level coverage — Emulate's firmware speaks the same CIP
+///     Template Object responses real hardware does, so the member-offset math + the
+///     <c>AbCipUdtReadPlanner</c> grouping get validated against production semantics.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para><b>Required Emulate project state</b> (see <c>LogixProject/README.md</c>
+///     for the L5X export that seeds this; ship the project once Emulate is on the
+///     integration host):</para>
+///     <list type="bullet">
+///       <item>UDT <c>Motor_UDT</c> with members <c>Speed : DINT</c>, <c>Torque : REAL</c>,
+///         <c>Status : DINT</c> — the member set <see cref="AbCipUdtMemberLayoutTests"/>
+///         uses as its declared-layout golden reference.</item>
+///       <item>Controller-scope tag <c>Motor1 : Motor_UDT</c> with seed values
+///         Speed=<c>1800</c>, Torque=<c>42.5f</c>, Status=<c>0x0001</c>.</item>
+///     </list>
+///     <para>Runs only when <c>AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate</c>. With ab_server
+///     (the default), skips cleanly — ab_server lacks UDT / Template Object emulation
+///     so this wire-level test couldn't pass against it regardless.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection("AbServerEmulate")]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Tier", "Emulate")]
+public sealed class AbCipEmulateUdtReadTests
+{
+    [AbServerFact]
+    public async Task WholeUdt_read_decodes_each_member_at_its_Template_Object_offset()
+    {
+        AbServerProfileGate.SkipUnless(AbServerProfileGate.Emulate);
+
+        var endpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT")
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT must be set to the Logix Emulate instance " +
+                "(e.g. '10.0.0.42:44818') when AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate.");
+
+        var options = new AbCipDriverOptions
+        {
+            Devices = [new AbCipDeviceOptions($"ab://{endpoint}/1,0")],
+            Tags = [
+                new AbCipTagDefinition(
+                    Name: "Motor1",
+                    DeviceHostAddress: $"ab://{endpoint}/1,0",
+                    TagPath: "Motor1",
+                    DataType: AbCipDataType.Structure,
+                    Members: [
+                        new AbCipStructureMember("Speed",  AbCipDataType.DInt),
+                        new AbCipStructureMember("Torque", AbCipDataType.Real),
+                        new AbCipStructureMember("Status", AbCipDataType.DInt),
+                    ]),
+            ],
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5),
+        };
+
+        await using var drv = new AbCipDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "emulate-udt-smoke");
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        // Whole-UDT read optimization from task #194: one libplctag read on the
+        // parent tag, three decodes from the buffer at member offsets. Asserts
+        // Emulate's Template Object response matches what AbCipUdtMemberLayout
+        // computes from the declared member set.
+        var snapshots = await drv.ReadAsync(
+            ["Motor1.Speed", "Motor1.Torque", "Motor1.Status"],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        snapshots.Count.ShouldBe(3);
+        foreach (var s in snapshots) s.StatusCode.ShouldBe(AbCipStatusMapper.Good);
+        Convert.ToInt32(snapshots[0].Value).ShouldBe(1800);
+        Convert.ToSingle(snapshots[1].Value).ShouldBe(42.5f, tolerance: 0.001f);
+        Convert.ToInt32(snapshots[2].Value).ShouldBe(0x0001);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/LogixProject/README.md

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+# Logix Emulate project stub
+
+This folder holds the Studio 5000 project that Logix Emulate loads when running
+the Emulate-tier integration tests
+(`tests/.../AbCip.IntegrationTests/Emulate/*.cs`, gated on
+`AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate`).
+
+**Status today**: stub. The actual `.L5X` export isn't committed yet; once
+the Emulate PC is running + a project with the required state exists,
+export to L5X + drop it here as `OtOpcUaAbCipFixture.L5X`.
+
+## Why L5X, not .ACD
+
+Studio 5000 ships two save formats: `.ACD` (binary, the runtime project)
+and `.L5X` (XML export). Ship the L5X because:
+
+- Text format — reviewable in PR diffs, diffable in git
+- Reproducible import across Studio 5000 versions
+- Doesn't carry per-installation state (license watermarks, revision history)
+
+Reconstruction workflow: Studio 5000 → open project → File → Save As
+→ `.L5X`. On a fresh Emulate install: File → Open → select the L5X → it
+rebuilds the ACD from the XML.
+
+## Required project state
+
+The Emulate-tier tests rely on this exact tag / UDT set. Missing any of
+these makes the dependent test fail loudly (TagNotFound, wrong value,
+wrong type), not skip silently — Emulate is a tier above the Docker
+simulator; operators who opted into it get opt-in-level coverage
+expectations.
+
+### UDT definitions
+
+| UDT name | Members | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `Motor_UDT` | `Speed : DINT`, `Torque : REAL`, `Status : DINT` | Matches `AbCipUdtMemberLayoutTests` declared-layout golden. Member order fixed — Logix Template Object offsets depend on it |
+
+### Controller tags
+
+| Tag | Type | Seed value | Purpose |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `Motor1` | `Motor_UDT` | `{Speed=1800, Torque=42.5, Status=0x0001}` | `AbCipEmulateUdtReadTests.WholeUdt_read_decodes_each_member_at_its_Template_Object_offset` |
+| `HighTempAlarm` | `ALMD` | default ALMD config, `In` tied to `SimulateAlarm` bit | `AbCipEmulateAlmdTests.Real_ALMD_raise_fires_OnAlarmEvent_through_the_driver_projection` |
+| `SimulateAlarm` | `BOOL` | `0` | Operator-writable bit the ladder routes into `HighTempAlarm.In` — gives the test a clean way to drive the alarm edge without scripting Emulate directly |
+
+### Program structure
+
+- One periodic task `MainTask` @ 100 ms
+- One program `MainProgram`
+- One routine `MainRoutine` (Ladder) with a single rung:
+  `XIC SimulateAlarm OTE HighTempAlarm.In`
+
+That's enough ladder for `SimulateAlarm := 1` to raise the alarm + for
+`SimulateAlarm := 0` to clear it.
+
+## Tier-level behaviours this project enables
+
+Coverage the existing Dockerized `ab_server` fixture can't produce —
+each verified by an `Emulate/*Tests.cs` class gated on
+`AB_SERVER_PROFILE=emulate`:
+
+- **CIP Template Object round-trip** — real Logix template bytes,
+  reads produce the same offset layout the CIP Symbol Object decoder +
+  `AbCipUdtMemberLayout` expect.
+- **ALMD rising-edge semantics** — real Logix ALMD instruction fires
+  `InFaulted` / `Acked` transitions at cycle boundaries, not at our
+  unit-test fake's timer boundaries.
+- **Optimized vs unoptimized DB behaviour** — Logix 5380/5580 series
+  runs the Studio 5000 project with optimized-DB-equivalent member
+  access; the driver's read path exercises that wire surface.
+
+Not in scope even with Emulate — needs real hardware:
+
+- EtherNet/IP embedded-switch behaviour (Stratix 5700, 1756-EN4TR)
+- CIP Safety across partitions (Emulate 5580 emulates safety within
+  the chassis but not across nodes)
+- Redundant chassis failover (1756-RM)
+- Motion control timing
+- High-speed discrete-input scheduling
+
+## How to run the Emulate-tier tests
+
+On the dev box:
+
+```powershell
+$env:AB_SERVER_PROFILE  = 'emulate'
+$env:AB_SERVER_ENDPOINT = '10.0.0.42:44818'   # replace with the Emulate PC IP
+dotnet test tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests
+```
+
+With `AB_SERVER_PROFILE` unset or `abserver`, the `Emulate/*Tests.cs`
+classes skip cleanly; ab_server-backed tests run as usual.
+
+## See also
+
+- [`docs/drivers/AbServer-Test-Fixture.md`](../../../docs/drivers/AbServer-Test-Fixture.md)
+  §Logix Emulate golden-box tier — coverage map
+- [`docs/v2/dev-environment.md`](../../../docs/v2/dev-environment.md)
+  §Integration host — license + networking notes
+- Studio 5000 Logix Designer + Logix Emulate product pages on the
+  Rockwell TechConnect portal (licensed; internal link only).

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.IntegrationTests.csproj

@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.csproj"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <None Update="Docker\**\*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
+        <None Update="LogixProject\**\*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
     <ItemGroup>
         <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gx-xxp4-5rgx"/>
         <NuGetAuditSuppress Include="https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3x6-4m5h-cxqf"/>

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests/AbCipAlarmProjectionTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Task #177 — tests covering ALMD projection detection, feature-flag gate,
+///     subscribe/unsubscribe lifecycle, state-transition event emission, and acknowledge.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class AbCipAlarmProjectionTests
+{
+    private const string Device = "ab://10.0.0.5/1,0";
+
+    private static AbCipTagDefinition AlmdTag(string name) => new(
+        name, Device, name, AbCipDataType.Structure, Members:
+        [
+            new AbCipStructureMember("InFaulted", AbCipDataType.DInt), // Logix stores ALMD bools as DINT
+            new AbCipStructureMember("Acked", AbCipDataType.DInt),
+            new AbCipStructureMember("Severity", AbCipDataType.DInt),
+            new AbCipStructureMember("In", AbCipDataType.DInt),
+        ]);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void AbCipAlarmDetector_Flags_AlmdSignature_As_Alarm()
+    {
+        var almd = AlmdTag("HighTemp");
+        AbCipAlarmDetector.IsAlmd(almd).ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        var plainUdt = new AbCipTagDefinition("Plain", Device, "Plain", AbCipDataType.Structure, Members:
+            [new AbCipStructureMember("X", AbCipDataType.DInt)]);
+        AbCipAlarmDetector.IsAlmd(plainUdt).ShouldBeFalse();
+
+        var atomic = new AbCipTagDefinition("Plain", Device, "Plain", AbCipDataType.DInt);
+        AbCipAlarmDetector.IsAlmd(atomic).ShouldBeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Severity_Mapping_Matches_OPC_UA_Convention()
+    {
+        // Logix severity 1–1000 — mirror the OpcUaClient ACAndC bucketing.
+        AbCipAlarmProjection.MapSeverity(100).ShouldBe(AlarmSeverity.Low);
+        AbCipAlarmProjection.MapSeverity(400).ShouldBe(AlarmSeverity.Medium);
+        AbCipAlarmProjection.MapSeverity(600).ShouldBe(AlarmSeverity.High);
+        AbCipAlarmProjection.MapSeverity(900).ShouldBe(AlarmSeverity.Critical);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FeatureFlag_Off_SubscribeAlarms_Returns_Handle_But_Never_Polls()
+    {
+        var factory = new FakeAbCipTagFactory();
+        var opts = new AbCipDriverOptions
+        {
+            Devices = [new AbCipDeviceOptions(Device)],
+            Tags = [AlmdTag("HighTemp")],
+            EnableAlarmProjection = false, // explicit; also the default
+        };
+        var drv = new AbCipDriver(opts, "drv-1", factory);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var handle = await drv.SubscribeAlarmsAsync(["HighTemp"], CancellationToken.None);
+        handle.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        handle.DiagnosticId.ShouldContain("abcip-alarm-sub-");
+
+        // Wait a touch — if polling were active, a fake member-read would be triggered.
+        await Task.Delay(100);
+        factory.Tags.ShouldNotContainKey("HighTemp.InFaulted");
+        factory.Tags.ShouldNotContainKey("HighTemp.Severity");
+
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAlarmsAsync(handle, CancellationToken.None);
+        await drv.ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FeatureFlag_On_Subscribe_Starts_Polling_And_Fires_Raise_On_0_to_1()
+    {
+        var factory = new FakeAbCipTagFactory();
+        var opts = new AbCipDriverOptions
+        {
+            Devices = [new AbCipDeviceOptions(Device)],
+            Tags = [AlmdTag("HighTemp")],
+            EnableAlarmProjection = true,
+            AlarmPollInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(20),
+        };
+        var drv = new AbCipDriver(opts, "drv-1", factory);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var events = new List<AlarmEventArgs>();
+        drv.OnAlarmEvent += (_, e) => { lock (events) events.Add(e); };
+
+        var handle = await drv.SubscribeAlarmsAsync(["HighTemp"], CancellationToken.None);
+
+        // The ALMD UDT is declared so whole-UDT grouping kicks in; the parent HighTemp runtime
+        // gets created + polled. Set InFaulted offset-value to 0 first (clear), wait a tick,
+        // then flip to 1 (fault) + wait for the raise event.
+        await WaitForTagCreation(factory, "HighTemp");
+        factory.Tags["HighTemp"].ValuesByOffset[0] = 0;  // InFaulted=false at offset 0
+        factory.Tags["HighTemp"].ValuesByOffset[8] = 500; // Severity at offset 8 (after InFaulted+Acked)
+        await Task.Delay(80); // let a tick seed the "last-seen false" state
+
+        factory.Tags["HighTemp"].ValuesByOffset[0] = 1; // flip to faulted
+        await Task.Delay(200); // allow several polls to be safe
+
+        lock (events)
+        {
+            events.ShouldContain(e => e.SourceNodeId == "HighTemp" && e.AlarmType == "ALMD"
+                && e.Message.Contains("raised"));
+        }
+
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAlarmsAsync(handle, CancellationToken.None);
+        await drv.ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Clear_Event_Fires_On_1_to_0_Transition()
+    {
+        var factory = new FakeAbCipTagFactory();
+        var opts = new AbCipDriverOptions
+        {
+            Devices = [new AbCipDeviceOptions(Device)],
+            Tags = [AlmdTag("HighTemp")],
+            EnableAlarmProjection = true,
+            AlarmPollInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(20),
+        };
+        var drv = new AbCipDriver(opts, "drv-1", factory);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var events = new List<AlarmEventArgs>();
+        drv.OnAlarmEvent += (_, e) => { lock (events) events.Add(e); };
+
+        var handle = await drv.SubscribeAlarmsAsync(["HighTemp"], CancellationToken.None);
+        await WaitForTagCreation(factory, "HighTemp");
+
+        factory.Tags["HighTemp"].ValuesByOffset[0] = 1;
+        factory.Tags["HighTemp"].ValuesByOffset[8] = 500;
+        await Task.Delay(80); // observe raise
+
+        factory.Tags["HighTemp"].ValuesByOffset[0] = 0;
+        await Task.Delay(200);
+
+        lock (events)
+        {
+            events.ShouldContain(e => e.Message.Contains("raised"));
+            events.ShouldContain(e => e.Message.Contains("cleared"));
+        }
+
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAlarmsAsync(handle, CancellationToken.None);
+        await drv.ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Unsubscribe_Stops_The_Poll_Loop()
+    {
+        var factory = new FakeAbCipTagFactory();
+        var opts = new AbCipDriverOptions
+        {
+            Devices = [new AbCipDeviceOptions(Device)],
+            Tags = [AlmdTag("HighTemp")],
+            EnableAlarmProjection = true,
+            AlarmPollInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(20),
+        };
+        var drv = new AbCipDriver(opts, "drv-1", factory);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var handle = await drv.SubscribeAlarmsAsync(["HighTemp"], CancellationToken.None);
+        await WaitForTagCreation(factory, "HighTemp");
+        var preUnsubReadCount = factory.Tags["HighTemp"].ReadCount;
+
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAlarmsAsync(handle, CancellationToken.None);
+        await Task.Delay(100); // well past several poll intervals if the loop were still alive
+
+        var postDelayReadCount = factory.Tags["HighTemp"].ReadCount;
+        // Allow at most one straggler read between the unsubscribe-cancel + the loop exit.
+        (postDelayReadCount - preUnsubReadCount).ShouldBeLessThanOrEqualTo(1);
+
+        await drv.ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+    }
+
+    private static async Task WaitForTagCreation(FakeAbCipTagFactory factory, string tagName)
+    {
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(2);
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+        {
+            if (factory.Tags.ContainsKey(tagName)) return;
+            await Task.Delay(10);
+        }
+        throw new TimeoutException($"Tag {tagName} was never created by the fake factory.");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests/AbCipDriverWholeUdtReadTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Task #194 — ReadAsync integration tests for the whole-UDT grouping path. The fake
+///     runtime records ReadCount + surfaces member values by byte offset so we can assert
+///     both "one read per parent UDT" and "each member decoded at the correct offset."
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class AbCipDriverWholeUdtReadTests
+{
+    private const string Device = "ab://10.0.0.5/1,0";
+
+    private static (AbCipDriver drv, FakeAbCipTagFactory factory) NewDriver(params AbCipTagDefinition[] tags)
+    {
+        var factory = new FakeAbCipTagFactory();
+        var opts = new AbCipDriverOptions
+        {
+            Devices = [new AbCipDeviceOptions(Device)],
+            Tags = tags,
+        };
+        return (new AbCipDriver(opts, "drv-1", factory), factory);
+    }
+
+    private static AbCipTagDefinition MotorUdt() => new(
+        "Motor", Device, "Motor", AbCipDataType.Structure, Members:
+        [
+            new AbCipStructureMember("Speed", AbCipDataType.DInt),   // offset 0
+            new AbCipStructureMember("Torque", AbCipDataType.Real),  // offset 4
+        ]);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Two_members_of_same_udt_trigger_one_parent_read()
+    {
+        var (drv, factory) = NewDriver(MotorUdt());
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var snapshots = await drv.ReadAsync(["Motor.Speed", "Motor.Torque"], CancellationToken.None);
+
+        snapshots.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        snapshots[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(AbCipStatusMapper.Good);
+        snapshots[1].StatusCode.ShouldBe(AbCipStatusMapper.Good);
+
+        // Factory should have created ONE runtime (for the parent "Motor") + issued ONE read.
+        // Without the optimization two runtimes (one per member) + two reads would appear.
+        factory.Tags.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        factory.Tags.ShouldContainKey("Motor");
+        factory.Tags["Motor"].ReadCount.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Each_member_decodes_at_its_own_offset()
+    {
+        var (drv, factory) = NewDriver(MotorUdt());
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        // Arrange the offset-keyed values before the read fires — the planner places
+        // Speed at offset 0 (DInt) and Torque at offset 4 (Real).
+        // The fake records CreationParams so we fetch it up front by the parent name.
+        var snapshotsTask = drv.ReadAsync(["Motor.Speed", "Motor.Torque"], CancellationToken.None);
+        // The factory creates the runtime inside ReadAsync; we need to set the offset map
+        // AFTER creation. Easier path: create the runtime on demand by reading once then
+        // re-arming. Instead: seed via a pre-read by constructing the fake in the factory's
+        // customise hook.
+        var snapshots = await snapshotsTask;
+
+        // First run establishes the runtime + gives the fake a chance to hold its reference.
+        factory.Tags["Motor"].ValuesByOffset[0] = 1234; // Speed
+        factory.Tags["Motor"].ValuesByOffset[4] = 9.5f; // Torque
+
+        snapshots = await drv.ReadAsync(["Motor.Speed", "Motor.Torque"], CancellationToken.None);
+        snapshots[0].Value.ShouldBe(1234);
+        snapshots[1].Value.ShouldBe(9.5f);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Parent_read_failure_stamps_every_grouped_member_Bad()
+    {
+        var (drv, factory) = NewDriver(MotorUdt());
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        // Prime runtime existence via a first (successful) read so we can flip it to error.
+        await drv.ReadAsync(["Motor.Speed", "Motor.Torque"], CancellationToken.None);
+        factory.Tags["Motor"].Status = -3; // libplctag BadTimeout — mapped in AbCipStatusMapper
+
+        var snapshots = await drv.ReadAsync(["Motor.Speed", "Motor.Torque"], CancellationToken.None);
+
+        snapshots.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        snapshots[0].StatusCode.ShouldNotBe(AbCipStatusMapper.Good);
+        snapshots[0].Value.ShouldBeNull();
+        snapshots[1].StatusCode.ShouldNotBe(AbCipStatusMapper.Good);
+        snapshots[1].Value.ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mixed_batch_groups_udt_and_falls_back_atomics()
+    {
+        var plain = new AbCipTagDefinition("PlainDint", Device, "PlainDint", AbCipDataType.DInt);
+        var (drv, factory) = NewDriver(MotorUdt(), plain);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var snapshots = await drv.ReadAsync(
+            ["Motor.Speed", "PlainDint", "Motor.Torque"], CancellationToken.None);
+
+        snapshots.Count.ShouldBe(3);
+        // Motor parent ran one read, PlainDint ran its own read = 2 runtimes, 2 reads total.
+        factory.Tags.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        factory.Tags.ShouldContainKey("Motor");
+        factory.Tags.ShouldContainKey("PlainDint");
+        factory.Tags["Motor"].ReadCount.ShouldBe(1);
+        factory.Tags["PlainDint"].ReadCount.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Single_member_of_Udt_uses_per_tag_read_path()
+    {
+        // One member of a UDT doesn't benefit from grouping — the planner demotes to
+        // fallback so the member-level runtime (distinct from the parent runtime) is used,
+        // matching pre-#194 behavior.
+        var (drv, factory) = NewDriver(MotorUdt());
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        await drv.ReadAsync(["Motor.Speed"], CancellationToken.None);
+
+        factory.Tags.ShouldContainKey("Motor.Speed");
+        factory.Tags.ShouldNotContainKey("Motor");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests/AbCipUdtMemberLayoutTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class AbCipUdtMemberLayoutTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Packed_Atomics_Get_Natural_Alignment_Offsets()
+    {
+        // DInt (4 align) + Real (4) + Int (2) + LInt (8 — forces 2-byte pad before it)
+        var members = new[]
+        {
+            new AbCipStructureMember("A", AbCipDataType.DInt),
+            new AbCipStructureMember("B", AbCipDataType.Real),
+            new AbCipStructureMember("C", AbCipDataType.Int),
+            new AbCipStructureMember("D", AbCipDataType.LInt),
+        };
+
+        var offsets = AbCipUdtMemberLayout.TryBuild(members);
+        offsets.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        offsets!["A"].ShouldBe(0);
+        offsets["B"].ShouldBe(4);
+        offsets["C"].ShouldBe(8);
+        // cursor at 10 after Int; LInt needs 8-byte alignment → pad to 16
+        offsets["D"].ShouldBe(16);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SInt_Packed_Without_Padding()
+    {
+        var members = new[]
+        {
+            new AbCipStructureMember("X", AbCipDataType.SInt),
+            new AbCipStructureMember("Y", AbCipDataType.SInt),
+            new AbCipStructureMember("Z", AbCipDataType.SInt),
+        };
+        var offsets = AbCipUdtMemberLayout.TryBuild(members);
+        offsets!["X"].ShouldBe(0);
+        offsets["Y"].ShouldBe(1);
+        offsets["Z"].ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Returns_Null_When_Member_Is_Bool()
+    {
+        // BOOL storage in Logix UDTs is packed into a hidden host byte; declaration-only
+        // layout can't place it. Grouping opts out; per-tag read path handles the member.
+        var members = new[]
+        {
+            new AbCipStructureMember("A", AbCipDataType.DInt),
+            new AbCipStructureMember("Flag", AbCipDataType.Bool),
+        };
+        AbCipUdtMemberLayout.TryBuild(members).ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Returns_Null_When_Member_Is_String_Or_Structure()
+    {
+        AbCipUdtMemberLayout.TryBuild(
+            new[] { new AbCipStructureMember("Name", AbCipDataType.String) }).ShouldBeNull();
+        AbCipUdtMemberLayout.TryBuild(
+            new[] { new AbCipStructureMember("Nested", AbCipDataType.Structure) }).ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Returns_Null_On_Empty_Members()
+    {
+        AbCipUdtMemberLayout.TryBuild(Array.Empty<AbCipStructureMember>()).ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+}