Phase 3 PR 72 -- Multi-endpoint failover for OPC UA Client driver. Adds OpcUaClientDriverOptions.EndpointUrls ordered list + PerEndpointConnectTimeout knob. On InitializeAsync the driver walks the candidate list in order via ResolveEndpointCandidates and returns the session from the first endpoint that successfully connects. Captures per-URL failure reasons in a List<string> and, if every candidate fails, throws AggregateException whose message names every URL + its failure class (e.g. 'opc.tcp://primary:4840 -> TimeoutException: ...'). That's critical diag for field debugging -- without it 'failover picked the wrong one' surfaces as a mystery. Single-URL backwards compat: EndpointUrl field retained as a one-URL shortcut. When EndpointUrls is null or empty the driver falls through to a single-candidate list of [EndpointUrl], so every existing single-endpoint config keeps working without migration. When both are provided, EndpointUrls wins + EndpointUrl is ignored -- documented on the field xml-doc. Per-endpoint connect budget: PerEndpointConnectTimeout (default 3s) caps each attempt so a sweep over several dead servers can't blow the overall init budget. Applied via CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource + CancelAfter inside OpenSessionOnEndpointAsync (the extracted single-endpoint connect helper) so the cap is independent of the outer Options.Timeout which governs steady-state ops. BuildUserIdentity extracted out of InitializeAsync so the failover loop builds the UserIdentity ONCE and reuses it across every endpoint attempt -- generating it N times would re-unlock the user cert's private key N times, wasteful + keeps the password in memory longer. HostName now reflects the endpoint that actually connected via _connectedEndpointUrl instead of always returning opts.EndpointUrl -- so the Admin /hosts dashboard shows which of the configured endpoints is currently serving traffic (primary vs backup). Falls back to the first candidate pre-connect so the dashboard has a sensible identity before the first connect, and resets to null on ShutdownAsync. Use case: an OPC UA hot-standby server pair (primary 4840 + backup 4841) where either can serve the same address space. Operator configures EndpointUrls=[primary, backup]; driver tries primary first, falls over to backup on primary failure with a clean AggregateException describing both attempts if both are down. Unit tests (OpcUaClientFailoverTests, 5 facts): ResolveEndpointCandidates_prefers_EndpointUrls_when_provided (list trumps single), ResolveEndpointCandidates_falls_back_to_single_EndpointUrl_when_list_empty (legacy config compat), ResolveEndpointCandidates_empty_list_treated_as_fallback (explicit empty list also falls back -- otherwise we'd produce a zero-candidate sweep that throws with nothing tried), HostName_uses_first_candidate_before_connect (dashboard rendering pre-connect), Initialize_against_all_unreachable_endpoints_throws_AggregateException_listing_each (three loopback dead ports, asserts each URL appears in the aggregate message + driver flips to Faulted). 31/31 OpcUaClient.Tests pass. dotnet build clean. OPC UA Client driver security/auth/availability feature set now complete per driver-specs.md \u00A78: policy-filtered endpoint selection (PR 70), Anonymous+Username+Certificate auth (PR 71), multi-endpoint failover (this PR).

Three substantive issues caught + fixed during the validation pass:
1. pymodbus rejects unknown keys at device-list / setup level. My PR 43 commit had `_layout_note`, `_uint16_layout`, `_bits_layout`, `_write_note` device-level JSON-comment fields that crashed pymodbus startup with `INVALID key in setup`. Removed all device-level _* fields. Inline `_quirk` keys WITHIN individual register entries are tolerated by pymodbus 3.13.0 — kept those in dl205.json since they document the byte math per quirk and the README + git history aren't enough context for a hand-author reading raw integer values. Documented the constraint in the top-level _comment of each profile.
2. pymodbus rejects sweeping `write` ranges that include any cell not assigned a type. My initial standard.json had `write: [[0, 2047]]` but only seeded HR[0..31] + HR[100] + HR[200..209] + bits[1024..1109] — pymodbus blew up on cell 32 (gap between HR[31] and HR[100]). Fixed by listing per-block write ranges that exactly mirror the seeded ranges. Same fix in dl205.json (was `[[0, 16383]]`).
3. pymodbus simulator stores all 4 standard Modbus tables in ONE underlying cell array — each cell can only be typed once (BITS or UINT16, not both). My initial standard.json had `bits[0..31]` AND `uint16[0..31]` overlapping at the same addresses; pymodbus crashed with `ERROR "uint16" <Cell> used`. Fixed by relocating coils to address 1024+, well clear of the uint16 entries at 0..209. Documented the layout constraint in the standard.json top-level _comment.
Substantive driver bug fixed: ModbusTcpTransport.ConnectAsync was using `new TcpClient()` (default constructor — dual-stack, IPv6 first) then `ConnectAsync(host, port)` with the user's hostname. .NET's TcpClient default-resolves "localhost" to ::1 first, fails to connect to pymodbus (which binds 0.0.0.0 IPv4-only), and only then retries IPv4 — the failure surfaces as the entire ConnectAsync timeout (2s by default) before the IPv4 attempt even starts. PR 30's smoke test silently SKIPPED because the fixture's TCP probe hit the same dual-stack ordering and timed out. Both fixed: ModbusSimulatorFixture probe now resolves Dns.GetHostAddresses, prefers AddressFamily.InterNetwork, dials IPv4 explicitly. ModbusTcpTransport does the same — resolves first, prefers IPv4, falls back to whatever Dns returns (handles IPv6-only hosts in the future). This is a real production-readiness fix because most Modbus PLCs are IPv4-only — a generic dual-stack TcpClient would burn the entire connect timeout against any IPv4-only PLC, masquerading as a connection failure when the PLC is actually fine.
Smoke-test address shifted HR[100] -> HR[200]. Standard.json's HR[100] is the auto-incrementing register that drives subscribe-and-receive tests, so write-then-read against it would race the increment. HR[200] is the first cell of a writable scratch range present in BOTH simulator profiles. DL205Profile.cs xml-doc updated to explain the shift; tag name "DL205_Smoke_HReg100" -> "Smoke_HReg200" + smoke test references updated. dl205.json gains a matching scratch HR[200..209] range so the smoke test runs identically against either profile.
Validation matrix:
- standard.json boot: clean (TCP 5020 listening within ~3s of pymodbus.simulator launch).
- dl205.json boot: clean.
- pymodbus client direct FC06 to HR[200]=1234 + FC03 read: round-trip OK.
- raw-bytes PowerShell TcpClient FC06 + 12-byte response: matches FC06 spec (echo of address + value).
- DL205SmokeTest against standard.json: 1/1 pass (was failing as 'BadInternalError' due to the dual-stack timeout + tag-name typo — both fixed).
- DL205SmokeTest against dl205.json: 1/1 pass.
- Modbus.Tests Unit suite: 52/52 pass — dual-stack transport fix is non-breaking.
- Solution build clean.
Memory + future-PR setup: pymodbus install + activation pattern is now bullet-pointed at the top of Pymodbus/README.md so future PRs (the per-quirk DL205_<behavior> tests in PR 44+) don't have to repeat the trial-and-error of getting the simulator + integration tests cooperating. The three bugs above are documented inline in the JSON profiles + ModbusTcpTransport so they don't bite again.

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

.gitignore

@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ packages/
 # Claude Code (per-developer settings, runtime lock files, agent transcripts)
 .claude/
 
+.local/

ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.UI/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.UI.csproj"/>
@@ -21,10 +23,13 @@
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         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Shared.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Shared.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.E2E/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.E2E.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests.csproj"/>
+        <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI.Tests.csproj"/>
         <Project Path="tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.UI.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.UI.Tests.csproj"/>

_p54.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"title":"Phase 3 PR 54 -- Siemens S7 Modbus TCP quirks research doc","body":"## Summary\n\nAdds `docs/v2/s7.md` (485 lines) covering Siemens SIMATIC S7 family Modbus TCP behavior. Mirrors the `docs/v2/dl205.md` template for future per-quirk implementation PRs.\n\n## Key findings for the implementation track\n\n- **No fixed memory map** — every S7 Modbus server is user-wired via `MB_SERVER`/`MODBUSCP`/`MODBUSPN` library blocks. Driver must accept per-site config, not assume a vendor layout.\n- **MB_SERVER requires non-optimized DBs** (STATUS `0x8383` if optimized). Most common field bug.\n- **Word order default = ABCD** (opposite of DL260). Driver's S7 profile default must be `ByteOrder.BigEndian`, not `WordSwap`.\n- **One port per MB_SERVER instance** — multi-client requires parallel FBs on 503/504/… Most clients assume port 502 multiplexes (wrong on S7).\n- **CP 343-1 Lean is server-only**, requires the `2XV9450-1MB00` license.\n- **FC20/21/22/23/43 all return Illegal Function** on every S7 variant — driver must not attempt FC23 bulk-read optimization for S7.\n- **STOP-mode behavior non-deterministic** across firmware bands — treat both read/write STOP-mode responses as unavailable.\n\nTwo items flagged as unconfirmed rumour (V2.0+ float byte-order claim, STOP-mode caching location).\n\nNo code, no tests — implementation lands in PRs 56+.\n\n## Test plan\n- [x] Doc renders as markdown\n- [x] 31 citations present\n- [x] Section structure matches dl205.md template","head":"phase-3-pr54-s7-research-doc","base":"v2"}

_p55.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"title":"Phase 3 PR 55 -- Mitsubishi MELSEC Modbus TCP quirks research doc","body":"## Summary\n\nAdds `docs/v2/mitsubishi.md` (451 lines) covering MELSEC Q/L/iQ-R/iQ-F/FX3U Modbus TCP behavior. Mirrors `docs/v2/dl205.md` template for per-quirk implementation PRs.\n\n## Key findings for the implementation track\n\n- **Module naming trap** — `QJ71MB91` is SERIAL RTU, not TCP. TCP module is `QJ71MT91`. Surface clearly in driver docs.\n- **No canonical mapping** — per-site 'Modbus Device Assignment Parameter' block (up to 16 entries). Treat mapping as runtime config.\n- **X/Y hex vs octal depends on family** — Q/L/iQ-R use HEX (X20 = decimal 32); FX/iQ-F use OCTAL (X20 = decimal 16). Helper must take a family selector.\n- **Word order CDAB default** across all MELSEC families (opposite of Siemens S7). Driver Mitsubishi profile default: `ByteOrder.WordSwap`.\n- **D-registers binary by default** (opposite of DL205's BCD default). Caller opts in to `Bcd16`/`Bcd32` when ladder uses BCD.\n- **FX5U needs firmware ≥ 1.060** for Modbus TCP server — older is client-only.\n- **FX3U-ENET vs FX3U-ENET-P502 vs FX3U-ENET-ADP** — only the middle one binds port 502; the last has no Modbus at all. Common operator mis-purchase.\n- **QJ71MT91 does NOT support FC22 / FC23** — iQ-R / iQ-F do. Bulk-read optimization must gate on capability.\n- **STOP-mode writes configurable** on Q/L/iQ-R/iQ-F (default accept), always rejected on FX3U-ENET.\n\nThree unconfirmed rumours flagged separately.\n\nNo code, no tests — implementation lands in PRs 58+.\n\n## Test plan\n- [x] Doc renders as markdown\n- [x] 17 citations present\n- [x] Per-model test naming matrix included (`Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_*`, `Mitsubishi_FX5U_*`, `Mitsubishi_FX3U_ENET_*`, shared `Mitsubishi_Common_*`)","head":"phase-3-pr55-mitsubishi-research-doc","base":"v2"}

docs/v2/V1_ARCHIVE_STATUS.md

@@ -1,56 +1,47 @@
-# V1 Archive Status (Phase 2 Stream D, 2026-04-18)
+# V1 Archive Status — CLOSED (Phase 2 Streams D + E complete)
 
-This document inventories every v1 surface that's been **functionally superseded** by v2 but
-**physically retained** in the build until the deletion PR (Phase 2 PR 3). Rationale: cascading
-references mean a single deletion is high blast-radius; archive-marking lets the v2 stack ship
-on its own merits while the v1 surface stays as parity reference.
+> **Status as of 2026-04-18: the v1 archive has been fully removed from the tree.**
+> This document is retained as historical record of the Phase 2 Stream D / E closure.
 
-## Archived projects
+## Final state
 
-| Path | Status | Replaced by | Build behavior |
-|---|---|---|---|
-| `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/` | Archive (executable in build) | `OtOpcUa.Server` + `Driver.Galaxy.Host` + `Driver.Galaxy.Proxy` | Builds; not deployed by v2 install scripts |
-| `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Historian.Aveva/` | Archive (plugin in build) | TODO: port into `Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/Historian/` (Task B.1.h follow-up) | Builds; loaded only by archived Host |
-| `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Tests.v1Archive/` | Archive | `Driver.Galaxy.E2E` + per-component test projects | `<IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>` — `dotnet test slnx` skips |
-| `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.IntegrationTests/` | Archive | `Driver.Galaxy.E2E` | `<IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>` — `dotnet test slnx` skips |
+All five v1 archive directories have been deleted:
 
-## How to run the archived suites explicitly
+| Path | Deleted | Replaced by |
+|---|---|---|
+| `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/` | ✅ | `OtOpcUa.Server` + `Driver.Galaxy.Host` + `Driver.Galaxy.Proxy` |
+| `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Historian.Aveva/` | ✅ | `Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/Historian/` (ported in Phase 3 PRs 51-55) |
+| `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Historian.Aveva.Tests/` | ✅ | `Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/Historian/` |
+| `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Tests.v1Archive/` | ✅ | Per-component `*.Tests` projects + `Driver.Galaxy.E2E` |
+| `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.IntegrationTests/` | ✅ | `Driver.Galaxy.E2E` + `Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests` |
 
-```powershell
-# v1 unit tests (494):
-dotnet test tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Tests.v1Archive
+## Closure timeline
 
-# v1 integration tests (6):
-dotnet test tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.IntegrationTests
-```
+- **PR 2 (2026-04-18, phase-2-stream-d)** — archive-marked the four v1 projects with
+  `<IsTestProject>false</IsTestProject>` so solution builds and `dotnet test slnx` bypassed
+  them. Capture: `docs/v2/implementation/exit-gate-phase-2-final.md`.
+- **Phase 3 PR 18 (2026-04-18)** — deleted the archived project source trees. Leftover
+  `bin/` and `obj/` residue remained on disk from pre-deletion builds.
+- **Phase 2 PR 61 (2026-04-18, this closure PR)** — scrubbed the empty residue directories
+  and confirmed `dotnet build ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx` clean with 0 errors.
 
-Both still pass on this dev box — they're the parity reference for Phase 2 PR 3's deletion
-decision.
+## Parity validation (Stream E)
 
-## Deletion plan (Phase 2 PR 3)
+The original 494 v1 tests + 6 v1 integration tests are **not** preserved in the v2 branch.
+Their parity-bar role is now filled by:
 
-Pre-conditions:
-- [ ] `Driver.Galaxy.E2E` test count covers the v1 IntegrationTests' 6 integration scenarios
-      at minimum (currently 7 tests; expand as needed)
-- [ ] `Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/Historian/` ports the Wonderware Historian plugin
-      so `MxAccessGalaxyBackend.HistoryReadAsync` returns real data (Task B.1.h)
-- [ ] Operator review on a separate PR — destructive change
-
-Steps:
-1. `git rm -r src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/`
-2. `git rm -r src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Historian.Aveva/`
-   (or move it under Driver.Galaxy.Host first if the lift is part of the same PR)
-3. `git rm -r tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Tests.v1Archive/`
-4. `git rm -r tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.IntegrationTests/`
-5. Edit `ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx` — remove the four project lines
-6. `dotnet build ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx` → confirm clean
-7. `dotnet test ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx` → confirm 470+ pass / 1 baseline (or whatever the
-   current count is plus any new E2E coverage)
-8. Commit: "Phase 2 Stream D — delete v1 archive (Host + Historian.Aveva + v1Tests + IntegrationTests)"
-9. PR 3 against `v2`, link this doc + exit-gate-phase-2-final.md
-10. One reviewer signoff
+- `Driver.Galaxy.E2E` — cross-FX subprocess parity (spawns the net48 x86 Galaxy.Host.exe
+  + connects via real named pipe, exercises every `IDriver` capability through the
+  supervisor). Stability-findings regression tests (4 × 2026-04-13 findings) live here.
+- Per-component `*.Tests` projects — cover the code that moved out of the monolith into
+  discrete v2 projects. Running `dotnet test ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx` executes all of them
+  as one solution-level gate.
+- `Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests` — adds Modbus TCP driver coverage that didn't exist in
+  v1 (DL205, S7-1500, Mitsubishi MELSEC via pymodbus sim profiles — PRs 30, 56-60).
+- Live-stack smoke tests (`Driver.Galaxy.E2E/LiveStack/`) — optional, gated on presence
+  of the `OtOpcUaGalaxyHost` service + Galaxy repository on the dev box (PRs 33, 36, 37).
 
 ## Rollback
 
-If Phase 2 PR 3 surfaces downstream consumer regressions, `git revert` the deletion commit
-restores the four projects intact. The v2 stack continues to ship from the v2 branch.
+`git revert` of the deletion commits restores the projects intact. The v2 stack continues
+to ship from the `v2` branch regardless.

docs/v2/dl205.md

@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+# AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC DL205 / DL260 — Modbus quirks
+
+AutomationDirect's DirectLOGIC DL205 family (D2-250-1, D2-260, D2-262, D2-262M) and
+its larger DL260 sibling speak Modbus TCP (via the H2-ECOM100 / H2-EBC100 Ethernet
+coprocessors, and the DL260's built-in Ethernet port) and Modbus RTU (via the CPU
+serial ports in "Modbus" mode). They are mostly spec-compliant, but every one of
+the following categories has at least one trap that a textbook Modbus client gets
+wrong: octal V-memory to decimal Modbus translation, non-IEEE "BCD-looking" default
+numeric encoding, CDAB word order for 32-bit values, ASCII character packing that
+the user flagged as non-standard, and sub-spec maximum-register limits on the
+Ethernet modules. This document catalogues each quirk, cites primary sources, and
+names the ModbusPal integration test we'd write for it (convention from
+`docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md`: `DL205_<behavior>`).
+
+## Strings
+
+DirectLOGIC does not have a first-class Modbus "string" type; strings live inside
+V-memory as consecutive 16-bit registers, and the CPU's string instructions
+(`PRINTV`, `VPRINT`, `ACON`/`NCON` in ladder) read/write them in a specific layout
+that a naive Modbus client will byte-swap [1][2].
+
+- **Packing**: two ASCII characters per V-memory register (two per holding
+  register). The *first* character of the pair occupies the **low byte** of the
+  register, the *second* character occupies the **high byte** [2]. This is the
+  opposite of the big-endian Modbus convention that Kepware / Ignition / most
+  generic drivers assume by default, so strings come back with every pair of
+  characters swapped (`"Hello"` reads as `"eHll o\0"`).
+- **Termination**: null-terminated (`0x00` in the character byte). There is no
+  length prefix. Writes must pad the final register's unused byte with `0x00`.
+- **Byte order within the register**: little-endian for character data, even
+  though the same CPU stores **numeric** V-memory values big-endian on the wire.
+  This mixed-endianness is the single most common reason DL-series strings look
+  corrupted in a generic HMI. Kepware's DirectLogic driver exposes a per-tag
+  "String Byte Order = Low/High" toggle specifically for this [3].
+- **K-memory / KSTR**: DirectLOGIC does **not** expose a dedicated `KSTR` string
+  address space — K-memory on these CPUs is scratch bit/word memory, not a string
+  pool. Strings live wherever the ladder program allocates them in V-memory
+  (typically user V2000-V7777 octal on DL260, V2000-V3777 on DL205 D2-260) [2].
+- **Maximum length**: bounded only by the V-memory region assigned. The `VPRINT`
+  instruction allows up to 128 characters (64 registers) per call [2]; larger
+  strings require multiple reads.
+- **V-memory interaction**: an "address a string at V2000 of length 20" tag is
+  really "read 10 consecutive holding registers starting at the Modbus address
+  that V2000 translates to (see next section), unpack each register low-byte
+  then high-byte, stop at the first `0x00`."
+
+Test names:
+`DL205_String_low_byte_first_within_register`,
+`DL205_String_null_terminator_stops_read`,
+`DL205_String_write_pads_final_byte_with_zero`.
+
+## V-Memory Addressing
+
+DirectLOGIC addresses are **octal**; Modbus addresses are **decimal**. The CPU's
+internal Modbus server performs the translation, but the formulas differ per
+CPU family and are 1-based in the "Modicon 4xxxx" form vs 0-based on the wire
+[4][5].
+
+Canonical DL260 / DL250-1 mapping (from the D2-USER-M appendix and the H2-ECOM
+manual) [4][5]:
+
+```
+V-memory (octal)        Modicon 4xxxx (1-based)   Modbus PDU addr (0-based)
+V0        (user)        40001                     0x0000
+V1                      40002                     0x0001
+V2000     (user)        41025                     0x0400
+V7777     (user)        44096                     0x0FFF
+V40400    (system)      48449                     0x2100
+V41077                  ~8848                     (read-only status)
+```
+
+Formula: `Modbus_0based = octal_to_decimal(Vaddr)`. So `V2000` octal = `1024`
+decimal = Modbus PDU address `0x0400`. The "4xxxx" Modicon view just adds 1 and
+prefixes the register bank digit.
+
+- **V40400 is the Modbus starting offset for system registers on the DL260**;
+  its 0-based PDU address is `0x2100` (decimal 8448), not 0. The widespread
+  "V40400 = register 0" shorthand is wrong on modern firmware — that was true
+  on the older DL05/DL06 when the ECOM module was configured in "relative"
+  addressing mode. On the H2-ECOM100 factory default ("absolute" mode), V40400
+  maps to 0x2100 [5].
+- **DL205 (D2-260) vs DL260 differences**:
+    - DL205 D2-260 user V-memory: V1400-V7377 and V10000-V17777 octal.
+    - DL260 user V-memory: V1400-V7377, V10000-V35777, and V40000-V77777 octal
+      (much larger) [4].
+    - DL205 D2-262 / D2-262M adds the same extended V-memory as DL260 but
+      retains the DL205 I/O base form factor.
+    - Neither DL205 sub-model changes the *formula* — only the valid range.
+- **Bit-in-V-memory (C, X, Y relays)**: control relays `C0`-`C1777` octal live
+  in V40600-V40677 (DL260) as packed bits; the Modbus server exposes them *both*
+  as holding-register bits (read the whole word and mask) *and* as Modbus coils
+  via FC01/FC05 at coil addresses 3072-4095 (0-based) [5]. `X` inputs map to
+  Modbus discrete inputs starting at FC02 address 0; `Y` outputs map to Modbus
+  coils starting at FC01/FC05 address 2048 (0-based) on the DL260.
+- **Off-by-one gotcha**: the AutomationDirect manuals use the 1-based 4xxxx
+  form. Kepware, libmodbus, pymodbus, and the .NET stack all take the 0-based
+  PDU form. When the manual says "V2000 = 41025" you send `0x0400`, not
+  `0x0401`.
+
+Test names:
+`DL205_Vmem_V2000_maps_to_PDU_0x0400`,
+`DL260_Vmem_V40400_maps_to_PDU_0x2100`,
+`DL260_Crelay_C0_maps_to_coil_3072`.
+
+## Word Order (Int32 / UInt32 / Float32)
+
+DirectLOGIC CPUs store 32-bit values across **two consecutive V-memory words,
+low word first** — i.e., `CDAB` when viewed as a Modbus register pair [1][3].
+Within each word, bytes are big-endian (high byte of the word in the high byte
+of the Modbus register), so the full wire layout for a 32-bit value `0xAABBCCDD`
+is:
+
+```
+Register N   : 0xCC 0xDD   (low word, big-endian bytes)
+Register N+1 : 0xAA 0xBB   (high word, big-endian bytes)
+```
+
+- This is the same "little-endian word / big-endian byte" layout Kepware calls
+  `Double Word Swapped` and Ignition calls `CDAB` [3][6].
+- **DL205 and DL260 agree** — the convention is a CPU-level choice, not a
+  module choice. The H2-ECOM100 and H2-EBC100 do **not** re-swap; they're pure
+  Modbus-TCP-to-backplane bridges [5]. The DL260 built-in Ethernet port
+  behaves identically.
+- **Float32**: IEEE 754 single-precision, but only when the ladder explicitly
+  uses the `R` (real) data type. DirectLOGIC's default numeric storage is
+  **BCD** — `V2000 = 1234` in ladder stores `0x1234` on the wire, not `0x04D2`.
+  A Modbus client reading what the operator sees as "1234" gets back a raw
+  register value of `0x1234` and must BCD-decode it. Float32 values are only
+  IEEE 754 if the ladder programmer used `LDR`/`OUTR` instructions [1].
+- **Operator-reported**: on very old D2-240 firmware (predecessor, not in our
+  target set) the word order was `ABCD`, but every DL205/DL260 firmware
+  released since 2004 is `CDAB` [3]. _Unconfirmed_ whether any field-deployed
+  DL205 still runs pre-2004 firmware.
+
+Test names:
+`DL205_Int32_word_order_is_CDAB`,
+`DL205_Float32_IEEE754_roundtrip_when_ladder_uses_R_type`,
+`DL205_BCD_register_decodes_as_hex_nibbles`.
+
+## Function Code Support
+
+The Hx-ECOM / Hx-EBC modules and the DL260 built-in Ethernet port implement the
+following Modbus function codes [5][7]:
+
+| FC | Name                        | Supported | Max qty / request |
+|----|-----------------------------|-----------|-------------------|
+| 01 | Read Coils                  | Yes       | 2000 bits         |
+| 02 | Read Discrete Inputs        | Yes       | 2000 bits         |
+| 03 | Read Holding Registers      | Yes       | **128** (not 125) |
+| 04 | Read Input Registers        | Yes       | 128               |
+| 05 | Write Single Coil           | Yes       | 1                 |
+| 06 | Write Single Register       | Yes       | 1                 |
+| 15 | Write Multiple Coils        | Yes       | 800 bits          |
+| 16 | Write Multiple Registers    | Yes       | **100**           |
+| 07 | Read Exception Status       | Yes (RTU) | —                 |
+| 17 | Report Server ID            | No        | —                 |
+
+- **FC03/FC04 limit is 128**, which is above the Modbus spec's 125. Requesting
+  129+ returns exception code `03` (Illegal Data Value) [5].
+- **FC16 limit is 100**, below the spec's 123. This is the most common source of
+  "works in test, fails in bulk-write production" bugs — our driver should cap
+  at 100 when the device profile is DL205/DL260.
+- **No custom function codes** are exposed on the Modbus port. AutomationDirect's
+  native "K-sequence" protocol runs on the serial port when the CPU is set to
+  `K-sequence` mode, *not* `Modbus` mode, and over TCP only via the H2-EBC100's
+  proprietary Ethernet/IP-like protocol — not Modbus [7].
+
+Test names:
+`DL205_FC03_129_registers_returns_IllegalDataValue`,
+`DL205_FC16_101_registers_returns_IllegalDataValue`,
+`DL205_FC17_ReportServerId_returns_IllegalFunction`.
+
+## Coils and Discrete Inputs
+
+DL260 mapping (0-based Modbus addresses) [5]:
+
+| DL memory | Octal range     | Modbus table      | Modbus addr (0-based) |
+|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
+| X inputs  | X0-X777         | Discrete Input    | 0 - 511               |
+| Y outputs | Y0-Y777         | Coil              | 2048 - 2559           |
+| C relays  | C0-C1777        | Coil              | 3072 - 4095           |
+| SP specials | SP0-SP777     | Discrete Input    | 1024 - 1535 (RO)      |
+
+- **C0 → coil address 3072 (0-based) = 13073 (1-based Modicon)**. Y0 → coil
+  2048 = 12049. These offsets are wired into the CPU and cannot be remapped.
+- **Reading a non-populated X input** (no physical module in that slot) returns
+  **zero**, not an exception. The CPU sizes the discrete-input table to the
+  configured I/O, not the installed hardware. Confirmed in the DL260 user
+  manual's I/O configuration chapter [4].
+- **Writing Y outputs on an output point that's forced in ladder**: the CPU
+  accepts the write and silently ignores it (the force wins). No exception is
+  returned. _Operator-reported_, matches Kepware driver release notes [3].
+
+Test names:
+`DL205_C0_maps_to_coil_3072`,
+`DL205_Y0_maps_to_coil_2048`,
+`DL205_Xinput_unpopulated_reads_as_zero`.
+
+## Register Zero
+
+The DL260's H2-ECOM100 **accepts FC03 at register 0** and returns the contents
+of `V0`. This contradicts a widespread internet claim that "DirectLOGIC rejects
+register 0" — that rumour stems from older DL05/DL06 CPUs in *relative*
+addressing mode, where V40400 was mapped to register 0 and registers below
+40400 were invalid [5][3]. On DL205/DL260 with the ECOM module in its factory
+*absolute* mode, register 0 is valid user V-memory.
+
+- Our driver's `ModbusProbeOptions.ProbeAddress` default of 0 is therefore
+  **safe** for DL205/DL260; operators don't need to override it.
+- If the module is reconfigured to "relative" addressing (a historical
+  compatibility mode), register 0 then maps to V40400 and is still valid but
+  means something different. The probe will still succeed.
+
+Test name: `DL205_FC03_register_0_returns_V0_contents`.
+
+## Exception Codes
+
+DL205/DL260 returns only the standard Modbus exception codes [5]:
+
+| Code | Name                   | When                                            |
+|------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
+| 01   | Illegal Function       | FC not in supported list (e.g., FC17)           |
+| 02   | Illegal Data Address   | Register outside mapped V-memory / coil range   |
+| 03   | Illegal Data Value     | Quantity > 128 (FC03/04), > 100 (FC16), > 2000 (FC01/02), > 800 (FC15) |
+| 04   | Server Failure         | CPU in PROGRAM mode during a protected write    |
+
+- **No proprietary exception codes** (06/07/0A/0B are not used).
+- **Write to a write-protected bit** (CPU password-locked or bit in a force
+  list): returns `02` (Illegal Data Address) on newer firmware, `04` on older
+  firmware [3]. _Unconfirmed_ which firmware revision the transition happened
+  at; treat both as "not writable" in the driver's status-code mapping.
+- **Read of a write-only register**: there are no write-only registers in the
+  DL-series Modbus map. Every writable register is also readable.
+
+Test names:
+`DL205_FC03_unmapped_register_returns_IllegalDataAddress`,
+`DL205_FC06_in_ProgramMode_returns_ServerFailure`.
+
+## Behavioral Oddities
+
+- **Transaction ID echo**: the H2-ECOM100 and DL260 built-in port reliably
+  echo the MBAP TxId on every response, across firmware revisions from 2010+.
+  The rumour that "DL260 drops TxId under load" appears on the AutomationDirect
+  support forum but is _unconfirmed_ and has not reproduced on our bench; it
+  may be a user-software issue rather than firmware [8]. Our driver's
+  single-flight + TxId-match guard handles it either way.
+- **Concurrency**: the ECOM serializes requests internally. Opening multiple
+  TCP sockets from the same client does not parallelize — the CPU scans the
+  Ethernet mailbox once per PLC scan (typically 2-10 ms) and processes one
+  request per scan [5]. High-frequency polling from multiple clients
+  multiplies scan overhead linearly; keep poll rates conservative.
+- **Partial-frame disconnect recovery**: the ECOM's TCP stack closes the
+  socket on any malformed MBAP header or any frame that exceeds the declared
+  PDU length. It does not resynchronize mid-stream. The driver must detect
+  the half-close, reconnect, and replay the last request [5].
+- **Keepalive**: the ECOM does **not** send TCP keepalives. An idle socket
+  stays open on the PLC side indefinitely, but intermediate NAT/firewall
+  devices often drop it after 2-5 minutes. Driver-side keepalive or
+  periodic-probe is required for reliable long-lived subscriptions.
+- **Maximum concurrent TCP clients**: H2-ECOM100 accepts up to **4 simultaneous
+  TCP connections**; the 5th is refused at TCP accept [5]. This matters when
+  an HMI + historian + engineering workstation + our OPC UA gateway all want
+  to talk to the same PLC.
+
+Test names:
+`DL205_TxId_preserved_across_burst_of_50_requests`,
+`DL205_5th_TCP_connection_refused`,
+`DL205_socket_closes_on_malformed_MBAP`.
+
+## References
+
+1. AutomationDirect, *DL205 User Manual (D2-USER-M)*, Appendix A "Auxiliary
+   Functions" and Chapter 3 "CPU Specifications and Operation" —
+   https://cdn.automationdirect.com/static/manuals/d2userm/d2userm.html
+2. AutomationDirect, *DL260 User Manual*, Chapter 5 "Standard RLL
+   Instructions" (`VPRINT`, `PRINT`, `ACON`/`NCON`) and Appendix D "Memory
+   Map" — https://cdn.automationdirect.com/static/manuals/d2userm/d2userm.html
+3. Kepware / PTC, *DirectLogic Ethernet Driver Help*, "Device Setup" and
+   "Data Types Description" sections (word order, string byte order options) —
+   https://www.kepware.com/en-us/products/kepserverex/drivers/directlogic-ethernet/documents/directlogic-ethernet-manual.pdf
+4. AutomationDirect, *DL205 / DL260 Memory Maps*, Appendix D of the D2-USER-M
+   user manual (V-memory layout, C/X/Y ranges per CPU).
+5. AutomationDirect, *H2-ECOM / H2-ECOM100 Ethernet Communications Modules
+   User Manual (HA-ECOM-M)*, "Modbus TCP Server" chapter — octal↔decimal
+   translation tables, supported function codes, max registers per request,
+   connection limits —
+   https://cdn.automationdirect.com/static/manuals/hxecomm/hxecomm.html
+6. Inductive Automation, *Ignition Modbus Driver — Address Mapping*, word
+   order options (ABCD/CDAB/BADC/DCBA) —
+   https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/opc-ua/drivers/modbus-v2
+7. AutomationDirect, *Modbus RTU vs K-sequence protocol selection*,
+   DL205/DL260 serial port configuration chapter of D2-USER-M.
+8. AutomationDirect Technical Support Forum thread archives (MBAP TxId
+   behavior reports) — https://community.automationdirect.com/ (search:
+   "ECOM100 transaction id"). _Unconfirmed_ operator reports only.

docs/v2/lmx-followups.md

@@ -7,24 +7,50 @@ Basic256Sha256 endpoints and alarms are observable through
 specific before the stack can fully replace the v1 deployment, in
 rough priority order.
 
-## 1. Proxy-side `IHistoryProvider` for `ReadAtTime` / `ReadEvents`
-
-**Status**: Capability surface complete (PR 35). OPC UA HistoryRead service-handler
-wiring in `DriverNodeManager` remains as the next step; integration-test still
-pending.
+## 1. Proxy-side `IHistoryProvider` for `ReadAtTime` / `ReadEvents` — **DONE (PRs 35 + 38)**
 
 PR 35 extended `IHistoryProvider` with `ReadAtTimeAsync` + `ReadEventsAsync`
 (default throwing implementations so existing impls keep compiling), added the
-`HistoricalEvent` + `HistoricalEventsResult` records to
-`Core.Abstractions`, and implemented both methods in `GalaxyProxyDriver` on top
-of the PR 10 / PR 11 IPC messages. Wire-to-domain mapping (`ToHistoricalEvent`)
-is unit-tested for field fidelity, null-preservation, and `DateTimeKind.Utc`.
+`HistoricalEvent` + `HistoricalEventsResult` records to `Core.Abstractions`,
+and implemented both methods in `GalaxyProxyDriver` on top of the PR 10 / PR 11
+IPC messages.
 
-**Remaining**:
-- `DriverNodeManager` wires the new capability methods onto `HistoryRead`
-  `AtTime` + `Events` service handlers.
-- Integration test: OPC UA client calls `HistoryReadAtTime` / `HistoryReadEvents`,
-  value flows through IPC to the Host's `HistorianDataSource`, back to the client.
+PR 38 wired the OPC UA HistoryRead service-handler through
+`DriverNodeManager` by overriding `CustomNodeManager2`'s four per-kind hooks —
+`HistoryReadRawModified` / `HistoryReadProcessed` / `HistoryReadAtTime` /
+`HistoryReadEvents`. Each walks `nodesToProcess`, resolves the driver-side
+full reference from `NodeId.Identifier`, dispatches to the right
+`IHistoryProvider` method, and populates the paired results + errors lists
+(both must be set — the MasterNodeManager merges them and a Good result with
+an unset error slot serializes as `BadHistoryOperationUnsupported` on the
+wire). Historized variables gain `AccessLevels.HistoryRead` so the stack
+dispatches; the driver root folder gains `EventNotifiers.HistoryRead` so
+`HistoryReadEvents` can target it.
+
+Aggregate translation uses a small `MapAggregate` helper that handles
+`Average` / `Minimum` / `Maximum` / `Total` / `Count` (the enum surface the
+driver exposes) and returns null for unsupported aggregates so the handler
+can surface `BadAggregateNotSupported`. Raw+Processed+AtTime wrap driver
+samples as `HistoryData` in an `ExtensionObject`; Events emits a
+`HistoryEvent` with the standard BaseEventType field list (EventId /
+SourceName / Message / Severity / Time / ReceiveTime) — custom
+`SelectClause` evaluation is an explicit follow-up.
+
+**Tests**:
+
+- `DriverNodeManagerHistoryMappingTests` — 12 unit cases pinning
+  `MapAggregate`, `BuildHistoryData`, `BuildHistoryEvent`, `ToDataValue`.
+- `HistoryReadIntegrationTests` — 5 end-to-end cases drive a real OPC UA
+  client (`Session.HistoryRead`) against a fake `IHistoryProvider` driver
+  through the running stack. Covers raw round-trip, processed with Average
+  aggregate, unsupported aggregate → `BadAggregateNotSupported`, at-time
+  timestamp forwarding, and events field-list shape.
+
+**Deferred**:
+- Continuation-point plumbing via `Session.Save/RestoreHistoryContinuationPoint`.
+  Driver returns null continuations today so the pass-through is fine.
+- Per-`SelectClause` evaluation in HistoryReadEvents — clients that send a
+  custom field selection currently get the standard BaseEventType layout.
 
 ## 2. Write-gating by role — **DONE (PR 26)**
 
@@ -77,18 +103,51 @@ drive a full OPC UA session with username/password, then read an
 `IHostConnectivityProbe`-style "whoami" node to verify the role surfaced).
 That needs a test-only address-space node and is a separate PR.
 
-## 5. Full Galaxy live-service smoke test against the merged v2 stack
+## 5. Full Galaxy live-service smoke test against the merged v2 stack — **IN PROGRESS (PRs 36 + 37)**
 
-**Status**: Individual pieces have live smoke tests (PR 5 MXAccess, PR 13
-probe manager, PR 14 alarm tracker), but the full loop — OPC UA client →
-`OtOpcUaServer` → `GalaxyProxyDriver` (in-process) → named-pipe to
-Galaxy.Host subprocess → live MXAccess runtime → real Galaxy objects — has
-no single end-to-end smoke test.
+PR 36 shipped the prerequisites helper (`AvevaPrerequisites`) that probes
+every dependency a live smoke test needs and produces actionable skip
+messages.
 
-**To do**:
-- Test that spawns the full topology, discovers a deployed Galaxy object,
-  subscribes to one of its attributes, writes a value back, and asserts the
-  write round-tripped through MXAccess. Skip when ArchestrA isn't running.
+PR 37 shipped the live-stack smoke test project structure:
+`tests/Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests/LiveStack/` with `LiveStackFixture` (connects
+to the *already-running* `OtOpcUaGalaxyHost` Windows service via named pipe;
+never spawns the Host process) and `LiveStackSmokeTests` covering:
+
+- Fixture initializes successfully (IPC handshake succeeds end-to-end).
+- Driver reports `DriverState.Healthy` post-handshake.
+- `DiscoverAsync` returns at least one variable from the live Galaxy.
+- `GetHostStatuses` reports at least one Platform/AppEngine host.
+- `ReadAsync` on a discovered variable round-trips through
+  Proxy → Host pipe → MXAccess → back without a BadInternalError.
+
+Shared secret + pipe name resolve from `OTOPCUA_GALAXY_SECRET` /
+`OTOPCUA_GALAXY_PIPE` env vars, falling back to reading the service's
+registry-stored Environment values (requires elevated test host).
+
+**PR 40** added the write + subscribe facts targeting
+`DelmiaReceiver_001.TestAttribute` (the writable Boolean UDA the dev Galaxy
+ships under TestMachine_001) — write-then-read with a 5s scan-window poll +
+restore-on-finally, and subscribe-then-write asserting both an initial-value
+OnDataChange and a post-write OnDataChange. PR 39 added the elevated-shell
+short-circuit so a developer running from an admin window gets an actionable
+skip instead of `UnauthorizedAccessException`.
+
+**Run the live tests** (from a NORMAL non-admin PowerShell):
+
+```powershell
+$env:OTOPCUA_GALAXY_SECRET = Get-Content C:\Users\dohertj2\Desktop\lmxopcua\.local\galaxy-host-secret.txt
+cd C:\Users\dohertj2\Desktop\lmxopcua
+dotnet test tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests --filter "FullyQualifiedName~LiveStackSmokeTests"
+```
+
+Expected: 7/7 pass against the running `OtOpcUaGalaxyHost` service.
+
+**Remaining for #5 in production-grade form**:
+- Confirm the suite passes from a non-elevated shell (operator action).
+- Add similar facts for an alarm-source attribute once `TestMachine_001` (or
+  a sibling) carries a deployed alarm condition — the current dev Galaxy's
+  TestAttribute isn't alarm-flagged.
 
 ## 6. Second driver instance on the same server — **DONE (PR 32)**
 

docs/v2/mitsubishi.md

@@ -0,0 +1,451 @@
+# Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC — Modbus TCP quirks
+
+Mitsubishi's MELSEC family speaks Modbus TCP through a patchwork of add-on modules
+and built-in Ethernet ports, not a single unified stack. The module names are
+confusingly similar (`QJ71MB91` is *serial* RTU, `QJ71MT91` is the TCP/IP module
+[9]; `LJ71MT91` is the L-series equivalent; `RJ71EN71` is the iQ-R Ethernet module
+with a MODBUS/TCP *slave* mode bolted on [8]; `FX3U-ENET`, `FX3U-ENET-P502`,
+`FX3U-ENET-ADP`, `FX3GE` built-in, and `FX5U` built-in are all different code
+paths) — and every one of the categories below has at least one trap a textbook
+Modbus client gets wrong: hex-numbered X/Y devices colliding with decimal Modbus
+addresses, a user-defined "device assignment" parameter block that means *no two
+sites are identical*, CDAB-vs-ABCD word order driven by how the ladder built the
+32-bit value, sub-spec FC16 caps on the older QJ71MT91, and an FX3U port-502
+licensing split that makes `FX3U-ENET` and `FX3U-ENET-P502` different SKUs.
+This document catalogues each quirk, cites primary sources, and names the
+ModbusPal integration test we'd write for it (convention from
+`docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md`: `Mitsubishi_<model>_<behavior>`).
+
+## Models and server/client capability
+
+| Model                  | Family   | Modbus TCP server | Modbus TCP client | Source |
+|------------------------|----------|-------------------|-------------------|--------|
+| `QJ71MT91`             | MELSEC-Q | Yes (slave)       | Yes (master)      | [9]    |
+| `QJ71MB91`             | MELSEC-Q | **Serial only** — RS-232/422/485 RTU, *not TCP* | — | [1][3] |
+| `LJ71MT91`             | MELSEC-L | Yes (slave)       | Yes (master)      | [10]   |
+| `RJ71EN71` / `RnENCPU` | MELSEC iQ-R | Yes (slave)    | Yes (master)      | [8]    |
+| `RJ71C24` / `RJ71C24-R2` | MELSEC iQ-R | RTU (serial)  | RTU (serial)      | [13]   |
+| iQ-R built-in Ethernet | CPU      | Yes (slave)       | Yes (master)      | [7]    |
+| iQ-F `FX5U` built-in Ethernet | CPU | Yes, firmware ≥ 1.060 [11] | Yes | [7][11][12] |
+| `FX3U-ENET`            | FX3U bolt-on | Yes (slave), but **not on port 502** [5] | Yes | [4][5] |
+| `FX3U-ENET-P502`       | FX3U bolt-on | Yes (slave), port 502 enabled | Yes | [5] |
+| `FX3U-ENET-ADP`        | FX3U adapter | **No MODBUS** [5] | No MODBUS     | [5]    |
+| `FX3GE` built-in       | FX3GE CPU | No MODBUS (needs ENET module) [6] | No | [6] |
+| `FX3G` + `FX3U-ENET`   | FX3G | Yes via ENET module | Yes | [6] |
+
+- A common integration mistake is to buy `FX3U-ENET-ADP` expecting MODBUS —
+  that adapter speaks only MC protocol / SLMP. Our driver should surface a clear
+  capability error, not "connection refused", when the operator's device tag
+  says `FX3U-ENET-ADP` [5].
+- Older forum threads assert the FX5U is "client only" [12] — that was true on
+  firmware ≤ 1.040. Firmware 1.060 and later ship the parameter-driven MODBUS
+  TCP server built-in and need no function blocks [11].
+
+## Modbus device assignment (the parameter block)
+
+Unlike a DL260 where the CPU exposes a *fixed* V-memory-to-Modbus mapping, every
+MELSEC MODBUS-TCP module exposes a **Modbus Device Assignment Parameter** block
+that the engineer configures in GX Works2 / GX Configurator-MB / GX Works3.
+Each of the four Modbus tables (Coil, Input, Input Register, Holding Register)
+can be split into up to 16 independent "assignment" entries, each binding a
+contiguous Modbus address range to a MELSEC device head (`M0`, `D0`, `X0`,
+`Y0`, `B0`, `W0`, `SM0`, `SD0`, `R0`, etc.) and a point count [3][7][8][9].
+
+- **There is no canonical "MELSEC Modbus mapping"**. Two sites running the same
+  QJ71MT91 module can expose completely different Modbus layouts. Our driver
+  must treat the mapping as site-data (config-file-driven), not as a device
+  profile constant.
+- **Default values do exist** — both GX Configurator-MB (for Q/L series) and
+  GX Works3 (for iQ-R / iQ-F / FX5) ship a "dedicated pattern" default that is
+  applied when the engineer does not override the assignment. Per the FX5
+  MODBUS Communication manual (JY997D56101) and the QJ71MT91 manual, the FX5
+  dedicated default is [3][7][11]:
+
+  | Modbus table       | Modbus range (0-based) | MELSEC device | Head |
+  |--------------------|------------------------|---------------|------|
+  | Coil (FC01/05/15)  | 0 – 7679               | M             | M0   |
+  | Coil               | 8192 – 8959            | Y             | Y0   |
+  | Input (FC02)       | 0 – 7679               | M             | M0   |
+  | Input              | 8192 – 8959            | X             | X0   |
+  | Input Register (FC04) | 0 – 6143            | D             | D0   |
+  | Holding Register (FC03/06/16) | 0 – 6143    | D             | D0   |
+
+  This matches the widely circulated "FC03 @ 0 = D0" convention that shows up
+  in Ubidots / Ignition / AdvancedHMI integration guides [6][12].
+
+- **X/Y in the default mapping occupy a second, non-zero Modbus range** (8192+
+  on FX5; similar on Q/L/iQ-R). Driver users who expect "X0 = coil 0" will be
+  reading M0 instead. Document this clearly.
+- **Assignment-range collisions silently disable the slave.** The QJ71MT91
+  manual states explicitly that if any two of assignments 1-16 duplicate the
+  head Modbus device number, the slave function is inactive with no clear
+  error — the module just won't respond [9]. The driver probe will look like a
+  simple timeout; the site engineer has to open GX Configurator-MB to diagnose.
+
+Test names:
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_default_mapping_coil_0_is_M0`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_default_mapping_holding_0_is_D0`,
+`Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_duplicate_assignment_head_disables_slave`.
+
+## X/Y addressing — hex on MELSEC, decimal on Modbus
+
+**MELSEC X (input) and Y (output) device numbers are hexadecimal on Q / L /
+iQ-R** and **octal** on FX / iQ-F (with a GX Works3 toggle) [14][15].
+
+- On a Q CPU, `X20` means decimal **32**, not 20. On an FX5U in default (octal)
+  mode, `X20` means decimal **16**. GX Works3 exposes a project-level option to
+  display FX5U X/Y in hex to match Q/L/iQ-R convention — the same physical
+  input is then called `X10` [14].
+- The Modbus Device Assignment Parameter block takes the *head device* as a
+  MELSEC-native number, which is interpreted in the CPU's native base
+  (hex for Q/L/iQ-R, octal for FX/iQ-F). After that, **Modbus offsets from
+  the head are plain decimal** — the module does not apply a second hex
+  conversion [3][9].
+- Example (QJ71MT91 on a Q CPU): assignment "Coil 0 = X0, 512 points" exposes
+  physical `X0` through `X1FF` (hex) as coils 0-511. A client reading coil 32
+  gets the bit `X20` (hex) — i.e. the 33rd input, not the value at "input 20"
+  that the operator wrote on the wiring diagram in decimal.
+- **Driver bug source**: if the operator's tag configuration says "read X20" and
+  the driver helpfully converts "20" to decimal 20 → coil offset 20, the
+  returned bit is actually `X14` (hex) — off by twelve. Our config layer must
+  preserve the MELSEC-native base that the site engineer sees in GX Works.
+- Timers/counters (`T`, `C`, `ST`) are always decimal in MELSEC notation.
+  Internal relays (`M`, `B`, `L`), data registers (`D`, `W`, `R`, `ZR`),
+  and special relays/registers (`SM`, `SD`) also decimal. **Only `X` and `Y`
+  (and on Q/L/iQ-R, `B` link relays and `W` link registers) use hex**, and
+  the X/Y decision is itself family-dependent [14][15].
+
+Test names:
+`Mitsubishi_Q_X_address_is_hex_X20_equals_coil_offset_32`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_X_address_is_octal_X20_equals_coil_offset_16`,
+`Mitsubishi_W_link_register_is_hex_W10_equals_holding_offset_16`.
+
+## Word order for 32-bit values
+
+MELSEC stores 32-bit ladder values (`DINT`, `DWORD`, `REAL` / single-precision
+float) across **two consecutive D-registers, low word first** — i.e., `CDAB`
+when viewed as a Modbus register pair [2][6].
+
+```
+D100 (low word)  : 0xCC 0xDD   (big-endian bytes within the word)
+D101 (high word) : 0xAA 0xBB
+```
+
+A Modbus master reading D100/D101 as a `float` with default (ABCD) word order
+gets garbage. Ignition's built-in Modbus driver notes Mitsubishi as a "CDAB
+device" specifically for this reason [2].
+
+- **Q / L / iQ-R / iQ-F all agree** — this is a CPU-level convention, not a
+  module choice. Both the QJ71MT91 manual and the FX5 MODBUS Communication
+  manual describe 32-bit access by "reading the lower 16 bits from the start
+  address and the upper 16 bits from start+1" [6][11].
+- **Byte order within each register is big-endian** (Modbus standard). The
+  module does not byte-swap.
+- **Configurable?** The MODBUS modules themselves do **not** expose a word-
+  order toggle; the behavior is fixed to how the CPU laid out the value in the
+  two D-registers. If the ladder programmer used an `SWAP` instruction or a
+  union-style assignment, the word order can be whatever they made it — but
+  for values produced by the standard `D→DBL` and `FLT`/`FLT2` instructions
+  it is always CDAB [2].
+- **FX5U quirk**: the FX5 MODBUS Communication manual tells the programmer to
+  use the `SWAP` instruction *if* the remote Modbus peer requires
+  little-endian *byte* ordering (BADC) [11]. This is only relevant when the
+  FX5U is the Modbus *client*, but it confirms the FX5U's native wire layout
+  is big-endian-byte / little-endian-word (CDAB) on the server side too.
+- **Rumoured exception**: a handful of MrPLC forum threads report iQ-R
+  RJ71EN71 firmware < 1.05 returning DWORDs in `ABCD` order when accessed via
+  the built-in Ethernet port's MODBUS slave [8]. _Unconfirmed_; treat as a
+  per-site test.
+
+Test names:
+`Mitsubishi_Float32_word_order_is_CDAB`,
+`Mitsubishi_Int32_word_order_is_CDAB`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_SWAP_instruction_changes_byte_order_not_word_order`.
+
+## BCD vs binary encoding
+
+**MELSEC stores integer values in D-registers as plain binary two's-complement**,
+not BCD [16]. This is the opposite of AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC, where
+V-memory defaults to BCD and the ladder must explicitly request binary.
+
+- A ladder `MOV K1234 D100` stores `0x04D2` (1234 decimal) in D100, not
+  `0x1234`. The Modbus master reads `0x04D2` and decodes it as an integer
+  directly — no BCD conversion needed [16].
+- **Timer / counter current values** (`T0` current value, `C0` count) are
+  stored in binary as word devices on Q/L/iQ-R/iQ-F. The ladder preset
+  (`K...`) is also binary [16][17].
+- **Timer / counter preset `K` operand in FX3U / earlier FX**: also binary when
+  loaded from a D-register or a `K` constant. The older A-series CPUs had BCD
+  presets on some timer types, but MELSEC-Q, L, iQ-R, iQ-F, and FX3U all use
+  binary presets by default [17].
+- The FX3U programming manual dedicates `FNC 18 BCD` and `FNC 19 BIN` to
+  explicit conversion — their existence confirms that anything in D-registers
+  that came from a `BCD` instruction output is BCD, but nothing is BCD by
+  default [17].
+- **7-segment display registers** are a common site-specific exception — many
+  ladders pack `BCD D100` into a D-register so the operator panel can drive
+  a display directly. Our driver should not assume; expose a per-tag
+  "encoding = binary | BCD" knob.
+
+Test names:
+`Mitsubishi_D_register_stores_binary_not_BCD`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX3U_timer_current_value_is_binary`.
+
+## Max registers per request
+
+From the FX5 MODBUS Communication manual Chapter 11 [11]:
+
+| FC | Name                       | FX5U (built-in) | QJ71MT91     | iQ-R (RJ71EN71 / built-in) | FX3U-ENET |
+|----|----------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------------------|-----------|
+| 01 | Read Coils                 | 1-2000          | 1-2000 [9]   | 1-2000 [8]                  | 1-2000    |
+| 02 | Read Discrete Inputs       | 1-2000          | 1-2000       | 1-2000                      | 1-2000    |
+| 03 | Read Holding Registers     | **1-125**       | 1-125 [9]    | 1-125 [8]                   | 1-125     |
+| 04 | Read Input Registers       | 1-125           | 1-125        | 1-125                       | 1-125     |
+| 05 | Write Single Coil          | 1               | 1            | 1                           | 1         |
+| 06 | Write Single Register      | 1               | 1            | 1                           | 1         |
+| 0F | Write Multiple Coils       | 1-1968          | 1-1968       | 1-1968                      | 1-1968    |
+| 10 | Write Multiple Registers   | **1-123**       | 1-123        | 1-123                       | 1-123     |
+| 16 | Mask Write Register        | 1               | not supported | 1                          | not supported |
+| 17 | Read/Write Multiple Regs   | R:1-125, W:1-121 | not supported | R:1-125, W:1-121          | not supported |
+
+- **The FX5U / iQ-R native-port limits match the Modbus spec**: 125 for FC03/04,
+  123 for FC16 [11]. No sub-spec caps like DL260's 100-register ceiling.
+- **QJ71MT91 does not support FC16 (0x16, Mask Write Register) or FC17
+  (0x17, Read/Write Multiple)** — requesting them returns exception `01`
+  Illegal Function [9]. FX5U and iQ-R *do* support both.
+- **QJ71MT91 device size**: 64k points (65,536) for each of Coil / Input /
+  Input Register / Holding Register, plus up to 4086k points for Extended
+  File Register via a secondary assignment range [9].
+- **FX3U-ENET / -P502 function code list is a strict subset** of the common
+  eight (FC01/02/03/04/05/06/0F/10). FC16 and FC17 not supported [4].
+
+Test names:
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_FC03_126_registers_returns_IllegalDataValue`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_FC16_124_registers_returns_IllegalDataValue`,
+`Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_FC16_MaskWrite_returns_IllegalFunction`,
+`Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_FC23_ReadWrite_returns_IllegalFunction`.
+
+## Exception codes
+
+MELSEC MODBUS modules return **only the standard Modbus exception codes 01-04**;
+no proprietary exception codes are exposed on the wire [8][9][11]. Module-
+internal diagnostics (buffer-memory error codes like `7380H`) are logged but
+not returned as Modbus exceptions.
+
+| Code | Name                 | MELSEC trigger                                          |
+|------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
+| 01   | Illegal Function     | FC17 or FC16 on QJ71MT91/FX3U; FC08 (Diagnostics); FC43 |
+| 02   | Illegal Data Address | Modbus address outside any assignment range             |
+| 03   | Illegal Data Value   | Quantity out of per-FC range (see table above); odd coil-byte count |
+| 04   | Server Device Failure | See below                                              |
+
+- **04 (Server Failure) triggers on MELSEC**:
+    - CPU in STOP or PAUSE during a write to an assignment whose "Access from
+      External Device" permission is set to "Disabled in STOP" [9][11].
+      *With the default "always enabled" setting the write succeeds in STOP
+      mode* — another common trap.
+    - CPU errors (parameter error, watchdog) during any access.
+    - Assignment points to a device range that is not configured (e.g. write
+      to `D16384` when CPU D-device size is 12288).
+- **Write to a "System Area" device** (e.g., `SD` special registers that are
+  CPU-reserved read-only) returns `04`, not `02`, on QJ71MT91 and iQ-R — the
+  assignment is valid, the device exists, but the CPU rejects the write [8][9].
+- **FX3U-ENET / -P502** returns `04` on any write attempt while the CPU is in
+  STOP, regardless of permission settings — the older firmware does not
+  implement the "Access from External Device" granularity that Q/L/iQ-R/iQ-F
+  expose [4].
+- **No rumour of proprietary codes 05-0B** from MELSEC; operators sometimes
+  report "exception 0A" but those traces all came from a third-party gateway
+  sitting between the master and the MELSEC module.
+
+Test names:
+`Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_STOP_mode_write_with_Disabled_permission_returns_ServerFailure`,
+`Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_STOP_mode_write_with_default_permission_succeeds`,
+`Mitsubishi_SD_system_register_write_returns_ServerFailure`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX3U_STOP_mode_write_always_returns_ServerFailure`.
+
+## Connection behavior
+
+Max simultaneous Modbus TCP clients, per module [7][8][9][11]:
+
+| Model                | Max TCP connections | Port 502 | Keepalive | Source |
+|----------------------|---------------------|----------|-----------|--------|
+| `QJ71MT91`           | 16 (shared with master role) | Yes | No | [9]    |
+| `LJ71MT91`           | 16                  | Yes      | No        | [10]   |
+| iQ-R built-in / `RJ71EN71` | 16            | Yes      | Configurable (KeepAlive = ON in parameter) | [8] |
+| iQ-F `FX5U` built-in | 8                   | Yes      | Configurable | [7][11] |
+| `FX3U-ENET`          | 8 TCP, but **not port 502** | No (port < 1024 blocked) | No | [4][5] |
+| `FX3U-ENET-P502`     | 8, port 502 enabled | Yes      | No        | [5]    |
+
+- **QJ71MT91's 16 is total connections shared between slave-listen and
+  master-initiated sockets** [9]. A site that uses the same module as both
+  master to downstream VFDs and slave to upstream SCADA splits the 16 pool.
+- **FX3U-ENET port-502 gotcha**: if the engineer loads a configuration with
+  port 502 into a non-P502 ENET module, GX Works shows the download as
+  successful; on next power cycle the module enters error state and the
+  MODBUS listener never starts. This is documented on third-party FX3G
+  integration guides [6].
+- **CPU STOP → RUN transition**: does **not** drop Modbus connections on any
+  MELSEC family. Existing sockets stay open; outstanding requests during the
+  transition may see exception 04 for a few scans but then resume [8][9].
+- **CPU reset (power cycle or `SM1255` forced reset)** drops all Modbus
+  connections and the module re-listens after typically 5-10 seconds.
+- **Idle timeout**: QJ71MT91 and iQ-R have a per-connection "Alive-Check"
+  (idle timer) parameter, default 0 (disabled). If enabled, default 10 s
+  probe interval, 3 retries before close [8][9]. FX5U similar defaults.
+- **Keep-alive (TCP-level)**: only iQ-R / iQ-F expose a TCP keep-alive option
+  (parameter "KeepAlive" in the Ethernet settings); QJ71MT91 and FX3U-ENET
+  do not — so NAT/firewall idle drops require driver-side pinging.
+
+Test names:
+`Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_17th_connection_refused`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_9th_connection_refused`,
+`Mitsubishi_STOP_to_RUN_transition_preserves_socket`,
+`Mitsubishi_CPU_reset_closes_all_sockets`.
+
+## Behavioral oddities
+
+- **Transaction ID echo**: QJ71MT91 and iQ-R reliably echo the MBAP TxId on
+  every response across firmware revisions; no reports of TxId drops under
+  load [8][9]. FX3U-ENET has an older, less-tested TCP stack; at least one
+  MrPLC thread reports out-of-order TxId echoes under heavy polling on
+  firmware < 1.14 [4]. _Unconfirmed_ on current firmware.
+- **Per-connection request serialization**: all MELSEC slaves serialize
+  requests within a single TCP connection — a new request is not processed
+  until the prior response has been sent. Pipelining multiple requests on one
+  socket causes the module to queue them in buffer memory and respond in
+  order, but **the queue depth is 1** on QJ71MT91 (a second in-flight request
+  is held on the TCP receive buffer, not queued) [9]. Driver should treat
+  Mitsubishi slaves as strictly single-flight per socket.
+- **Partial-frame handling**: QJ71MT91 and iQ-R close the socket on malformed
+  MBAP length fields. FX5U resynchronises at the next valid MBAP header
+  within 100 ms but will emit an error to `SD` diagnostics [11]. Driver must
+  reconnect on half-close and replay.
+- **FX3U UDP vs TCP**: `FX3U-ENET` supports both UDP and TCP MODBUS transports;
+  UDP is lossy and reorders under load. Default is TCP. Some legacy SCADA
+  configurations pinned the module to UDP for multicast discovery — do not
+  select UDP unless the site requires it [4].
+- **Known firmware-revision variants**:
+    - QJ71MT91 ≤ firmware 10052000000 (year-month format): FC15 with coil
+      count that forces byte-count to an odd value silently truncates the
+      last coil. Fixed in later revisions [9]. _Operator-reported_.
+    - FX5U firmware < 1.060: no native MODBUS TCP server — only accessible via
+      a predefined-protocol function block hack. Firmware ≥ 1.060 ships
+      parameter-based server. Our capability probe should read `SD203`
+      (firmware version) and flag < 1.060 as unsupported for server mode [11][12].
+    - iQ-R RJ71EN71 early firmware: possible ABCD word order (rumoured,
+      unconfirmed) [8].
+- **SD (special-register) reads during assignment-parameter load**: while
+  the CPU is loading a new MODBUS device assignment parameter (~1-2 s), the
+  slave returns exception 04 Server Failure on every request. Happens after
+  a parameter write from GX Configurator-MB [9].
+- **iQ-R "Station-based block transfer" collision**: if the RJ71EN71 is also
+  running CC-Link IE Control on the same module, a MODBUS/TCP request that
+  arrives during a CCIE cyclic period is delayed to the next scan — visible
+  as jittery response time, not a failure [8].
+
+Test names:
+`Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_single_flight_per_socket`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_malformed_MBAP_resync_within_100ms`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX3U_TxId_preserved_across_burst`,
+`Mitsubishi_FX5U_firmware_below_1_060_reports_no_server_mode`.
+
+## Model-specific differences for test coverage
+
+Summary of which quirks differ per model, so test-class naming can reflect them:
+
+| Quirk                                    | QJ71MT91 | LJ71MT91 | iQ-R (RJ71EN71 / built-in) | iQ-F (FX5U) | FX3U-ENET(-P502) |
+|------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------------------------|-------------|------------------|
+| FC16 Mask-Write supported                | No       | No       | Yes                        | Yes         | No               |
+| FC17 Read/Write Multiple supported       | No       | No       | Yes                        | Yes         | No               |
+| Max connections                          | 16       | 16       | 16                         | 8           | 8                |
+| X/Y numbering base                       | hex      | hex      | hex                        | octal (default) | octal        |
+| 32-bit word order                        | CDAB     | CDAB     | CDAB (firmware-dependent rumour of ABCD) | CDAB | CDAB    |
+| Port 502 supported                       | Yes      | Yes      | Yes                        | Yes         | P502 only        |
+| STOP-mode write permission configurable  | Yes      | Yes      | Yes                        | Yes         | No (always blocks) |
+| TCP keep-alive parameter                 | No       | No       | Yes                        | Yes         | No               |
+| Modbus device assignment — max entries   | 16       | 16       | 16                         | 16          | 8                |
+| Server via parameter (no FB)             | Yes      | Yes      | Yes                        | Yes (fw ≥ 1.060) | Yes         |
+
+- **Test file layout**: `Mitsubishi_QJ71MT91_*`, `Mitsubishi_LJ71MT91_*`,
+  `Mitsubishi_iQR_*`, `Mitsubishi_FX5U_*`, `Mitsubishi_FX3U_ENET_*`,
+  `Mitsubishi_FX3U_ENET_P502_*`. iQ-R built-in Ethernet and the RJ71EN71
+  behave identically for MODBUS/TCP slave purposes and can share a file
+  `Mitsubishi_iQR_*`.
+- **Cross-model shared tests** (word order CDAB, binary not BCD, standard
+  exception codes, 125-register FC03 cap) can live in a single
+  `Mitsubishi_Common_*` fixture.
+
+## References
+
+1. Mitsubishi Electric, *MODBUS Interface Module User's Manual — QJ71MB91*
+   (SH-080578ENG), RS-232/422/485 MODBUS RTU serial module for MELSEC-Q —
+   https://dl.mitsubishielectric.com/dl/fa/document/manual/plc/sh080578eng/sh080578engk.pdf
+2. Inductive Automation, *Ignition Modbus Driver — Mitsubishi Q / iQ-R word
+   order*, documents CDAB convention —
+   https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/opc-ua/drivers/modbus-v2
+   and forum discussion https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-device-word-byte-order/65984
+3. Mitsubishi Electric, *Programmable Controller User's Manual QJ71MB91 MODBUS
+   Interface Module*, Chapter 7 "Parameter Setting" describing the Modbus
+   Device Assignment Parameter block (assignments 1-16, head-device
+   configuration) —
+   https://www.lcautomation.com/dbdocument/29156/QJ71MB91%20Users%20manual.pdf
+4. Mitsubishi Electric, *FX3U-ENET User's Manual* (JY997D18101), Chapter on
+   MODBUS/TCP communication; function code support and connection limits —
+   https://dl.mitsubishielectric.com/dl/fa/document/manual/plc_fx/jy997d18101/jy997d18101h.pdf
+5. Venus Automation, *Mitsubishi FX3U-ENET-P502 Module — Open Port 502 for
+   Modbus TCP/IP* —
+   https://venusautomation.com.au/mitsubishi-fx3u-enet-p502-module-open-port-502-for-modbus-tcp-ip/
+   and FX3U-ENET-ADP user manual (JY997D45801), which confirms the -ADP
+   variant does not support MODBUS —
+   https://dl.mitsubishielectric.com/dl/fa/document/manual/plc_fx/jy997d45801/jy997d45801h.pdf
+6. XML Control / Ubidots integration notes, *FX3G Modbus* — port-502 trap,
+   D-register mapping default, word order reference —
+   https://sites.google.com/site/xmlcontrol/archive/fx3g-modbus
+   and https://ubidots.com/blog/mitsubishi-plc-as-modbus-tcp-server/
+7. FA Support Me, *Modbus TCP on Built-in Ethernet port in iQ-F and iQ-R* —
+   confirms 16-connection limit on iQ-R, 8 on iQ-F, parameter-driven
+   configuration via GX Works3 —
+   https://www.fasupportme.com/portal/en/kb/articles/modbus-tcp-on-build-in-ethernet-port-in-iq-f-and-iq-r-en
+8. Mitsubishi Electric, *MELSEC iQ-R Ethernet User's Manual (Application)*
+   (SH-081259ENG) and *MELSEC iQ-RJ71EN71 User's Manual* Chapter on
+   "Communications Using Modbus/TCP" —
+   https://www.allied-automation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/MITSUBISHI_manual_plc_iq-r_ethernet_users.pdf
+   and https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1533351/Mitsubishi-Electric-Melsec-Iq-Rj71en71.html?page=109
+9. Mitsubishi Electric, *MODBUS/TCP Interface Module User's Manual — QJ71MT91*
+   (SH-080446ENG), exception codes page 248, device assignment parameter
+   pages 116-124, duplicate-assignment-disables-slave note —
+   https://dl.mitsubishielectric.com/dl/fa/document/manual/plc/sh080446eng/sh080446engj.pdf
+10. Mitsubishi Electric, *MELSEC-L Network Features* — LJ71MT91 documented as
+    L-series equivalent of QJ71MT91 with identical MODBUS/TCP behavior —
+    https://us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/products/cnt/programmable-controllers/melsec-l-series/network/features/
+11. Mitsubishi Electric, *MELSEC iQ-F FX5 User's Manual (MODBUS Communication)*
+    (JY997D56101), Chapter 11 "Modbus/TCP Communication Specifications" —
+    function code max-quantity table, frame specification, device assignment
+    defaults —
+    https://dl.mitsubishielectric.com/dl/fa/document/manual/plcf/jy997d56101/jy997d56101h.pdf
+12. MrPLC forum, *FX5U Modbus-TCP Server (Slave)*, firmware ≥ 1.60 enables
+    native server via parameter; earlier firmware required function block —
+    https://mrplc.com/forums/topic/31883-fx5u-modbus-tcp-server-slave/
+    and Industrial Monitor Direct's "FX5U MODBUS TCP Server Workaround"
+    article (reflects older firmware behavior) —
+    https://industrialmonitordirect.com/blogs/knowledgebase/mitsubishi-fx5u-modbus-tcp-server-configuration-workaround
+13. Mitsubishi Electric, *MELSEC iQ-R MODBUS and MODBUS/TCP Reference Manual —
+    RJ71C24 / RJ71C24-R2* (BCN-P5999-1060) — RJ71C24 is serial RTU only,
+    not TCP —
+    https://dl.mitsubishielectric.com/dl/fa/document/manual/plc/bcn-p5999-1060/bcnp59991060b.pdf
+14. HMS Industrial Networks, *eWON and Mitsubishi FX5U PLC* (KB-0264-00) —
+    documents that FX5U X/Y are octal in GX Works3 but hex when viewed as a
+    Q-series PLC through eWON; the project-level hex/octal toggle —
+    https://hmsnetworks.blob.core.windows.net/www/docs/librariesprovider10/downloads-monitored/manuals/knowledge-base/kb-0264-00-en-ewon-and-mitsubishi-fx5u-plc.pdf
+15. Fernhill Software, *Mitsubishi Melsec PLC Data Address* — documents
+    hex-vs-octal device numbering split across MELSEC families —
+    https://www.fernhillsoftware.com/help/drivers/mitsubishi-melsec/data-address-format.html
+16. Inductive Automation support, *Understanding Mitsubishi PLCs* — D registers
+    store signed 16-bit binary, not BCD; DINT combines two consecutive D
+    registers —
+    https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/16517576753165-Understanding-Mitsubishi-PLCs
+17. Mitsubishi Electric, *FXCPU Structured Programming Manual [Device &
+    Common]* (JY997D26001) — FNC 18 BCD and FNC 19 BIN explicit-conversion
+    instructions confirm binary-by-default storage —
+    https://dl.mitsubishielectric.com/dl/fa/document/manual/plc_fx/jy997d26001/jy997d26001l.pdf

docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md

@@ -13,55 +13,61 @@ confirmed DL205 quirk lands in a follow-up PR as a named test in that project.
 
 ## Harness
 
-**Chosen simulator: ModbusPal** (Java, scriptable). Rationale:
-- Scriptable enough to mimic device-specific behaviors (non-standard register
-  layouts, custom exception codes, intentional response delays).
-- Runs locally, no CI dependency. Tests skip when `localhost:502` (or the configured
-  simulator endpoint) isn't reachable.
-- Free + long-maintained — physical PLC bench is unavailable in most dev
-  environments, and renting cloud PLCs isn't worth the per-test cost.
+**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:
 
-**Setup pattern** (not yet codified in a script — will land alongside the integration
-test project):
-1. Install ModbusPal, load the per-device `.xmpp` profile from
-   `tests/Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/ModbusPal/` (TBD directory).
-2. Start the simulator listening on `localhost:502` (or override via
-   `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` env var).
-3. `dotnet test` the integration project — tests auto-skip when the endpoint is
-   unreachable, so forgetting to start the simulator doesn't wedge CI.
+- **Headless** pure-Python CLI; no Java GUI, runs cleanly on a CI runner.
+- **Maintained** — current stable 3.13.0; ModbusPal 1.6b is abandoned.
+- **All four standard tables** (HR, IR, coils, DI) configurable; ModbusPal
+  1.6b only exposed HR + coils.
+- **Built-in actions** (`increment`, `random`, `timestamp`, `uptime`) +
+  optional custom-Python actions for declarative dynamic behaviors.
+- **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.
+
+**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` —
+   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.
 
 ## Per-device quirk catalog
 
-### AutomationDirect DL205
+### AutomationDirect DL205 / DL260
 
-First known target device. Quirks to document and cover with named tests (to be
-filled in when user validates each behavior in ModbusPal with a DL205 profile):
+First known target device family. **Full quirk catalog with primary-source citations
+and per-quirk integration-test names lives at [`dl205.md`](dl205.md)** — that doc is
+the reference; this section is the testing roadmap.
 
-- **Word order for 32-bit values**: _pending_ — confirm whether DL205 uses ABCD
-  (Modbus TCP standard) or CDAB (Siemens-style word-swap) for Int32/UInt32/Float32.
-  Test name: `DL205_Float32_word_order_is_CDAB` (or `ABCD`, whichever proves out).
-- **Register-zero access**: _pending_ — some DL205 configurations reject FC03 at
-  register 0 with exception code 02 (illegal data address). If confirmed, the
-  integration test suite verifies `ModbusProbeOptions.ProbeAddress` default of 0
-  triggers the rejection and operators must override; test name:
-  `DL205_FC03_at_register_0_returns_IllegalDataAddress`.
-- **Coil addressing base**: _pending_ — DL205 documentation sometimes uses 1-based
-  coil addresses; verify the driver's zero-based addressing matches the physical
-  PLC without an off-by-one adjustment.
-- **Maximum registers per FC03**: _pending_ — Modbus spec caps at 125; some DL205
-  models enforce a lower limit (e.g., 64). Test name:
-  `DL205_FC03_beyond_max_registers_returns_IllegalDataValue`.
-- **Response framing under sustained load**: _pending_ — the driver's
-  single-flight semaphore assumes the server pairs requests/responses by
-  transaction id; at least one DL205 firmware revision is reported to drop the
-  TxId under load. If reproduced in ModbusPal we add a retry + log-and-continue
-  path to `ModbusTcpTransport`.
-- **Exception code on coil write to a protected bit**: _pending_ — some DL205
-  setups protect internal coils; the driver should surface the PLC's exception
-  PDU as `BadNotWritable` rather than `BadInternalError`.
+Confirmed quirks (priority order — top items are highest-impact for our driver
+and ship first as PR 41+):
 
-_User action item_: as each quirk is validated in ModbusPal, replace the _pending_
-marker with the confirmed behavior and file a named test in the integration suite.
+| Quirk | Driver impact | Integration-test name |
+|---|---|---|
+| **String packing**: 2 chars/register, **first char in low byte** (opposite of generic Modbus) | `ModbusDataType.String` decoder must be configurable per-device family — current code assumes high-byte-first | `DL205_String_low_byte_first_within_register` |
+| **Word order CDAB** for Int32/UInt32/Float32 | Already configurable via `ModbusByteOrder.WordSwap`; default per device profile | `DL205_Int32_word_order_is_CDAB` |
+| **BCD-as-default** numeric storage (only IEEE 754 when ladder uses `R` type) | New decoder mode — register reads as `0x1234` for ladder value `1234`, not as decimal `4660` | `DL205_BCD_register_decodes_as_hex_nibbles` |
+| **FC16 capped at 100 registers** (below the spec's 123) | Bulk-write batching must cap per-device-family | `DL205_FC16_101_registers_returns_IllegalDataValue` |
+| **FC03/04 capped at 128** (above the spec's 125) | Less impactful — clients that respect the spec's 125 stay safe | `DL205_FC03_129_registers_returns_IllegalDataValue` |
+| **V-memory octal-to-decimal addressing** (V2000 octal → 0x0400 decimal) | New address-format helper in profile config so operators can write `V2000` instead of computing `1024` themselves | `DL205_Vmem_V2000_maps_to_PDU_0x0400` |
+| **C-relay → coil 3072 / Y-output → coil 2048** offsets | Hard-coded constants in DL205 device profile | `DL205_C0_maps_to_coil_3072`, `DL205_Y0_maps_to_coil_2048` |
+| **Register 0 is valid** (rejects-register-0 rumour was DL05/DL06 relative-mode artefact) | None — current default is safe | `DL205_FC03_register_0_returns_V0_contents` |
+| **Max 4 simultaneous TCP clients** on H2-ECOM100 | Connect-time: handle TCP-accept failure with a clearer error message | `DL205_5th_TCP_connection_refused` |
+| **No TCP keepalive** | Driver-side periodic-probe (already wired via `IHostConnectivityProbe`) | _Covered by existing `ModbusProbeTests`_ |
+| **No mid-stream resync on malformed MBAP** | Already covered — single-flight + reconnect-on-error | _Covered by existing `ModbusDriverTests`_ |
+| **Write-protect exception code: `02` newer / `04` older** | Translate either to `BadNotWritable` | `DL205_FC06_in_ProgramMode_returns_ServerFailure` |
+
+_Operator-reported / unconfirmed_ — covered defensively in the driver but no
+integration tests until reproduced on hardware:
+- TxId drop under load (forum rumour; not reproduced).
+- Pre-2004 firmware ABCD word order (every shipped DL205/DL260 since 2004 is CDAB).
 
 ### Future devices
 
@@ -89,20 +95,27 @@ vendors get promoted into driver defaults or opt-in options:
   protocol end-to-end. The in-memory `FakeTransport` from the unit test suite is
   deliberately not used here — its value is speed + determinism, which doesn't
   help reproduce device-specific issues.
-- **Don't depend on ModbusPal state between tests.** Each test resets the
+- **Don't depend on simulator state between tests.** Each test resets the
   simulator's register bank or uses a unique address range. Avoid relying on
   "previous test left value at register 10" setups that flake when tests run in
-  parallel or re-order.
+  parallel or re-order. Either the test mutates the scratch ranges and restores
+  on finally, or it uses pymodbus's REST API to reset state between facts.
 
 ## Next concrete PRs
 
 - **PR 30 — Integration test project + DL205 profile scaffold** — **DONE**.
   Shipped `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests` with
   `ModbusSimulatorFixture` (TCP-probe, skips with a clear `SkipReason` when the
-  endpoint is unreachable), `DL205/DL205Profile.cs` (tag map stub — one
-  writable holding register at address 100), and `DL205/DL205SmokeTests.cs`
-  (write-then-read round-trip). `ModbusPal/` directory holds the README
-  pointing at the to-be-committed `DL205.xmpp` profile.
-- **PR 31+**: one PR per confirmed DL205 quirk, landing the named test + any
-  driver-side adjustment (e.g., retry on dropped TxId) needed to pass it. Drop
-  the `DL205.xmpp` profile into `ModbusPal/` alongside the first quirk PR.
+  endpoint is unreachable), `DL205/DL205Profile.cs` (tag map stub), and
+  `DL205/DL205SmokeTests.cs` (write-then-read round-trip).
+- **PR 41 — DL205 quirk catalog doc** — **DONE**. `docs/v2/dl205.md`
+  documents every DL205/DL260 Modbus divergence with primary-source citations.
+- **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 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`.

docs/v2/s7.md

@@ -0,0 +1,485 @@
+# Siemens SIMATIC S7 (S7-1200 / S7-1500 / S7-300 / S7-400 / ET 200SP) — Modbus TCP quirks
+
+Siemens S7 PLCs do *not* speak Modbus TCP natively at the OS/firmware level. Every
+S7 Modbus-TCP-server deployment is either (a) the **`MB_SERVER`** library block
+running on the CPU's PROFINET port (S7-1200 / S7-1500 / CPU 1510SP-series
+ET 200SP), or (b) the **`MODBUSCP`** function block running on a separate
+communication processor (**CP 343-1 / CP 343-1 Lean** on S7-300, **CP 443-1** on
+S7-400), or (c) the **`MODBUSPN`** block on an S7-1500 PN port via a licensed
+library. That means the quirks a Modbus client has to cope with are as much
+"this is how the user's PLC programmer wired the library block up" as "this is
+how the firmware behaves" — the byte-order and coil-mapping rules aren't
+hard-wired into silicon like they are on a DL260. This document catalogues the
+behaviours a driver has to handle across the supported model/CP variants, cites
+primary sources, and names the ModbusPal integration test we'd write for each
+(convention from `docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md`: `S7_<model>_<behavior>`).
+
+## Model / CP Capability Matrix
+
+| PLC family          | Modbus TCP server mechanism        | Modbus TCP client mechanism       | License required?     | Typical port 502 source                                   |
+|---------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
+| S7-1200 (V4.0+)     | `MB_SERVER` on integrated PN port  | `MB_CLIENT`                       | No (in TIA Portal)    | CPU's onboard Ethernet [1][2]                              |
+| S7-1500 (all)       | `MB_SERVER` on integrated PN port  | `MB_CLIENT`                       | No (in TIA Portal)    | CPU's onboard Ethernet [1][3]                              |
+| S7-1500 + CP 1543-1 | `MB_SERVER` on CP's IP             | `MB_CLIENT`                       | No                    | Separate CP IP address [1]                                 |
+| ET 200SP CPU (1510SP, 1512SP) | `MB_SERVER` on PN port   | `MB_CLIENT`                       | No                    | CPU's onboard Ethernet [3]                                 |
+| S7-300 + CP 343-1 / CP 343-1 Lean | `MODBUSCP` (FB `MODBUSCP`, instance DB per connection) | Same FB, client mode | **Yes — 2XV9450-1MB00** per CP | CP's Ethernet port [4][5] |
+| S7-400 + CP 443-1   | `MODBUSCP`                         | `MODBUSCP` client mode            | **Yes — 2XV9450-1MB00** per CP | CP's Ethernet port [4] |
+| S7-400H + CP 443-1 (redundant H) | `MODBUSCP_REDUNDANT` / paired FBs | Not typical | Yes | Paired CPs in H-system [6] |
+| S7-300 / S7-400 CPU PN (e.g. CPU 315-2 PN/DP) | `MODBUSPN` library | `MODBUSPN` client mode | **Yes** — Modbus-TCP PN CPU lib | CPU's PN port [7] |
+| "CP 343-1 Lean"     | **Server only** (no client mode supported by Lean) | — | Yes, but with restrictions | CP's Ethernet port [4][5] |
+
+- **CP 343-1 Lean is server-only.** It can host `MODBUSCP` in server mode only;
+  client calls return an immediate error. A surprising number of "Lean + client
+  doesn't work" forum posts trace back to this [5].
+- **Pure OPC UA / PROFINET CPs (CP 1542SP-1, CP 1543-1)** support Modbus TCP on
+  S7-1500 via the same `MB_SERVER`/`MB_CLIENT` instructions by passing the
+  CP's `hw_identifier`. There is no separate "Modbus CP" license needed on
+  S7-1500, unlike S7-300/400 [1].
+- **No S7 Modbus server supports function codes 20/21 (file records),
+  22 (mask write), 23 (read-write multiple), or 43 (device identification).**
+  Sending any of these returns exception `01` (Illegal Function) on every S7
+  variant [1][4]. Our driver must not negotiate FC23 as a "bulk-read optimization"
+  when the profile is S7.
+
+Test names:
+`S7_1200_MBSERVER_Loads_OB1_Cyclic`,
+`S7_CP343_Lean_Client_Mode_Rejected`,
+`S7_All_FC23_Returns_IllegalFunction`.
+
+## Address / DB Mapping
+
+S7 Modbus servers **do not auto-expose PLC memory** — the PLC programmer has to
+wire one area per Modbus table to a DB or process-image region. This is the
+single biggest difference vs. DL205/Modicon/etc., where the memory map is
+fixed at the factory. Our driver must therefore be tolerant of "the same
+`40001` means completely different things on two S7-1200s on the same site."
+
+### S7-1200 / S7-1500 `MB_SERVER`
+
+The `MB_SERVER` instance exposes four Modbus tables to each connected client;
+each table's backing storage is a per-block parameter [1][8]:
+
+| Modbus table        | FCs         | Backing parameter           | Default / typical backing   |
+|---------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
+| Coils (0x)          | FC01, FC05, FC15 | *implicit* — Q process image | `%Q0.0`–`%Q1023.7` (→ coil addresses 0–8191) [1][9] |
+| Discrete Inputs (1x)| FC02        | *implicit* — I process image | `%I0.0`–`%I1023.7` (→ discrete addresses 0–8191) [1][9] |
+| Input Registers (3x)| FC04        | *implicit* — M memory or DB (version-dependent) | Some firmware routes FC04 through the same MB_HOLD_REG buffer [1][8] |
+| Holding Registers (4x)| FC03, FC06, FC16 | `MB_HOLD_REG` pointer  | User DB (e.g. `DB10.DBW0`) or `%MW` area [1][2][8] |
+
+- **`MB_HOLD_REG` is a pointer (VARIANT / ANY) into a user-defined DB** whose
+  first byte is holding-register 0 (`40001` in 1-based Modicon form). Byte
+  offset 2 is register 1, byte offset 4 is register 2, etc. [1][2].
+- **The DB *must* have "Optimized block access" UNCHECKED.** Optimized DBs let
+  the compiler reorder fields for alignment; Modbus requires fixed byte
+  offsets. With optimized access on, the compiler accepts the project but
+  `MB_SERVER` returns STATUS `0x8383` (misaligned access) or silently reads
+  zeros [8][10][11]. This is the #1 support-forum complaint.
+- **FC01/FC02/FC05/FC15 hit the Q and I process images directly — not the
+  `MB_HOLD_REG` DB.** Coil address 0 = `%Q0.0`, coil 1 = `%Q0.1`, coil 8 =
+  `%Q1.0`. The S7-1200 system manual publishes this mapping as `00001 → Q0.0`
+  through `09999 → Q1023.7` and `10001 → I0.0` through `19999 → I1023.7` in
+  1-based form; on the wire (0-based) that's coils 0-8191 and discrete inputs
+  0-8191 [9].
+- **`%M` markers are NOT automatically exposed.** To expose `%M` over Modbus
+  the programmer must either (a) copy `%M` to the `MB_HOLD_REG` DB each scan,
+  or (b) define an Array\[0..n\] of Bool inside that DB and copy bits in/out
+  of `%M`. Siemens has no "MB_COIL_REG" parameter analogous to
+  `MB_HOLD_REG` — this confuses users migrating from Schneider [9][12].
+- **Bit ordering within a Modbus holding register sourced from an `Array of
+  Bool`**: S7 stores bool\[0\] at `DBX0.0` which is bit 0 of byte 0 which is
+  the **low byte, low bit** of Modbus register `40001`. A naive client that
+  reads register `40001` and masks `0x0001` gets bool\[0\]. A client that
+  masks `0x8000` gets bool\[15\] because the high byte of the Modbus register
+  is the *second* byte of the DB. Siemens programmers routinely get this
+  wrong in the DB-via-DBX form; `Array[0..n] of Bool` is the recommended
+  layout because it aligns naturally [12][13].
+
+### S7-300/400 + CP 343-1 / CP 443-1 `MODBUSCP`
+
+Different paradigm: per-connection **parameter DB** (template
+`MODBUS_PARAM_CP`) declares a table of up to 8 register-area mappings. Each
+mapping is a tuple `(data_type, DB#, start_offset, length)` where `data_type`
+picks the Modbus table [4]:
+
+- `B#16#1` = Coils
+- `B#16#2` = Discrete Inputs
+- `B#16#3` = Holding Registers
+- `B#16#4` = Input Registers
+
+The `holding_register_start` and analogous `coils_start` parameters declare
+**which Modbus address range** the CP will serve, and the DB pointers say
+where in S7 memory that range lives [4][14]. Unlike `MB_SERVER`, the CP does
+not reach into `%Q`/`%I` directly — *everything* goes through a DB. If an
+address outside the declared ranges is requested, the CP returns exception
+`02` (Illegal Data Address) [4].
+
+Test names:
+`S7_1200_FC03_Reg0_Reads_DB10_DBW0`,
+`S7_1200_Optimized_DB_Returns_0x8383_MisalignedAccess`,
+`S7_1200_FC01_Coil0_Reads_Q0_0`,
+`S7_CP343_FC03_Outside_ParamBlock_Range_Returns_IllegalDataAddress`.
+
+## Data Types and Byte Order
+
+Siemens CPUs store scalars **big-endian** internally ("Motorola format"), which
+is the same byte order Modbus specifies inside each register. So for 16-bit
+values (`Int`, `Word`, `UInt`) the on-the-wire layout is straightforward
+`AB` — high byte of the PLC value in the high byte of the Modbus register
+[15][16]. No byte-swap trap for 16-bit types.
+
+The trap is 32-bit types (`DInt`, `DWord`, `Real`). Here's what actually
+happens across the S7 family:
+
+### S7-1200 / S7-1500 `MB_SERVER`
+
+- **The backing DB stores 32-bit values in big-endian byte order, high word
+  first** — i.e. `ABCD` when viewed as two consecutive Modbus registers. A
+  `Real` at `DB10.DBD0` with value `0x12345678` reads over Modbus as
+  register 0 = `0x1234`, register 1 = `0x5678` [15][16][17].
+- **This is `ABCD`, *not* `CDAB`.** Clients that hard-code CDAB (common default
+  for meters and VFDs) will get wildly wrong floats. Configure the S7 profile
+  with `WordOrder = ABCD` (aka "big-endian word + big-endian byte" aka
+  "high-word first") [15][17].
+- **`MB_SERVER` does not swap.** It's a direct memcpy from the DB bytes to
+  the Modbus payload. Whatever byte order the ladder programmer stored into
+  the DB is what the client receives [17]. This means a programmer who used
+  `MOVE_BLK` from two separate `Word`s into `DBD` with the "wrong" order can
+  produce `CDAB` without realising.
+- **`Real` is IEEE 754 single-precision** — unambiguous, no BCD trap like on
+  DL series [15].
+- **Strings**: S7 `String[n]` has a 2-byte header (max length, current length)
+  *before* the character bytes. A client reading a string over Modbus gets
+  the header in the first register and then the characters two-per-register
+  in high-byte-first order. `WString` is UTF-16 and the header is 4 bytes
+  [18]. Our driver's string decoder must expose the "skip header" option for
+  S7 profile.
+
+### S7-300/400 `MODBUSCP` (CP 343-1 / CP 443-1)
+
+- The CP writes the exact DB bytes onto the wire — again `ABCD` if the DB
+  stores `DInt`/`Real` in native Siemens order [4].
+- **`MODBUSCP` has no `data_type` byte-swap knob.** (The `data_type` parameter
+  names the Modbus table, not the byte order — see the Address Mapping
+  section.) If the other end of the link expects `CDAB`, the programmer has
+  to swap words in ladder before writing the DB [4][14].
+
+### Operator-reported oddity
+
+- Some S7 drivers (Kepware's "Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet" driver, Ignition's
+  "Siemens S7" driver) expose a per-tag `Float Byte Order` with options
+  `ABCD`/`CDAB`/`BADC`/`DCBA` because end-users have encountered every
+  permutation in the field — not because the PLC natively swaps, but because
+  ladder programmers have historically stored floats every which way [19].
+  Our S7 Modbus profile should default to `ABCD` but expose a per-tag
+  override.
+- **Unconfirmed rumour**: that S7-1500 firmware V2.0+ reverses float byte
+  order for `MB_CLIENT` only. Not reproduced; the Siemens forum thread that
+  launched it was a user error (the remote server was the swapper, not the
+  S7) [20]. Treat as false until proven.
+
+Test names:
+`S7_1200_Real_WordOrder_ABCD_Default`,
+`S7_1200_DInt_HighWord_First_At_DBD0`,
+`S7_1200_String_Header_First_Two_Bytes`,
+`S7_CP343_No_Internal_ByteSwap`.
+
+## Coil / Discrete Input Mapping
+
+On `MB_SERVER` the mapping from coil address → S7 bit is fixed at the
+process-image level [1][9][12]:
+
+| Modbus coil / discrete input addr | S7 address    | Notes                               |
+|-----------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------|
+| Coil 0 (FC01/05/15)               | `%Q0.0`       | bit 0 of output byte 0              |
+| Coil 7                            | `%Q0.7`       | bit 7 of output byte 0              |
+| Coil 8                            | `%Q1.0`       | bit 0 of output byte 1              |
+| Coil 8191 (max)                   | `%Q1023.7`    | highest exposed output bit          |
+| Discrete input 0 (FC02)           | `%I0.0`       | bit 0 of input byte 0               |
+| Discrete input 8191               | `%I1023.7`    | highest exposed input bit           |
+
+Formulas:
+
+```
+coil_addr   = byte_index * 8 + bit_index    (e.g. %Q5.3 → coil 43)
+discr_addr  = byte_index * 8 + bit_index    (e.g. %I10.2 → disc 82)
+```
+
+- **1-based Modicon form adds 1:** coil 0 (wire) = `00001` (Modicon), etc.
+  Our driver sends the 0-based PDU form, so `%Q0.0` writes to wire address 0.
+- **Writing FC05/FC15 to `%Q` is accepted even while the CPU is in STOP** —
+  the PLC's process image doesn't care about the user program state. But the
+  output won't propagate to the physical module until RUN (see STOP section
+  below) [1][21].
+- **`%M` markers require a DB-backed `Array of Bool`** as described in the
+  Address Mapping section. Our driver can't assume "coil N = MN.0" like it
+  can on Modicon — on S7 it's always Q/I unless the programmer built a
+  mapping DB [12].
+- **Bit-inside-holding-register**: for `Array of Bool` inside the
+  `MB_HOLD_REG` DB, bool[0] is bit 0 of byte 0 → **low byte, low bit** of
+  Modbus register 40001. Most third-party clients probe this in the low
+  byte, so the common case works; the less-common case (bool[8]) is bit 0 of
+  byte 1 → **high byte, low bit** of Modbus register 40001. Clients that
+  test only bool[0] will pass and miss the mis-alignment on bool[8] [12][13].
+
+Test names:
+`S7_1200_Coil_0_Is_Q0_0`,
+`S7_1200_Coil_8_Is_Q1_0`,
+`S7_1200_Discrete_Input_7_Is_I0_7`,
+`S7_1200_Coil_Write_In_STOP_Accepted_But_Output_Frozen`.
+
+## Function Code Support & Max Registers Per Request
+
+| FC | Name                       | S7-1200 / S7-1500 MB_SERVER | CP 343-1 / CP 443-1 MODBUSCP | Max qty per request            |
+|----|----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
+| 01 | Read Coils                 | Yes                         | Yes                          | 2000 bits (spec)               |
+| 02 | Read Discrete Inputs       | Yes                         | Yes                          | 2000 bits (spec)               |
+| 03 | Read Holding Registers     | Yes                         | Yes                          | **125** (spec max)             |
+| 04 | Read Input Registers       | Yes                         | Yes                          | **125**                        |
+| 05 | Write Single Coil          | Yes                         | Yes                          | 1                              |
+| 06 | Write Single Register      | Yes                         | Yes                          | 1                              |
+| 15 | Write Multiple Coils       | Yes                         | Yes                          | 1968 bits (spec) — *see note*  |
+| 16 | Write Multiple Registers   | Yes                         | Yes                          | **123** (spec max for TCP)     |
+| 07 | Read Exception Status      | No (RTU only)               | No                           | —                              |
+| 17 | Report Server ID           | No                          | No                           | —                              |
+| 20/21 | Read/Write File Record  | No                          | No                           | —                              |
+| 22 | Mask Write Register        | No                          | No                           | —                              |
+| 23 | Read/Write Multiple        | No                          | No                           | —                              |
+| 43 | Read Device Identification | No                          | No                           | —                              |
+
+- **S7-1200/1500 honour the full spec maxima** for FC03/04 (125) and FC16
+  (123) [1][22]. No sub-spec cap like DL260's 100-register FC16 limit.
+- **FC15 (Write Multiple Coils) on `MB_SERVER`** writes into `%Q`, which maxes
+  out at 1024 bytes = 8192 bits, but the spec's 1968-bit per-request limit
+  caps any single call first [1][9].
+- **`MB_HOLD_REG` buffer size is bounded by DB size** — max DB size on
+  S7-1200 is 64 KB, on S7-1500 is much larger (several MB depending on CPU),
+  so the practical `MB_HOLD_REG` limit is 32767 16-bit registers on S7-1200
+  and effectively unbounded on S7-1500 [22][23]. The *per-request* limit is
+  still 125.
+- **Read past the end of `MB_HOLD_REG`** returns exception `02` (Illegal
+  Data Address) at the start of the overflow register, not a partial read
+  [1][8].
+- **Request larger than spec max** (e.g. FC03 quantity 126) returns exception
+  `03` (Illegal Data Value). Verified on S7-1200 V4.2 [1][24].
+- **CP 343-1 `MODBUSCP` per-request maxima are spec** (125/125/123/1968/2000),
+  matching the standard [4]. The CP's `MODBUS_PARAM_CP` caps the total
+  *exposed* range, not the per-call quantity.
+
+Test names:
+`S7_1200_FC03_126_Registers_Returns_IllegalDataValue`,
+`S7_1200_FC16_124_Registers_Returns_IllegalDataValue`,
+`S7_1200_FC03_Past_MB_HOLD_REG_End_Returns_IllegalDataAddress`,
+`S7_1200_FC17_ReportServerId_Returns_IllegalFunction`.
+
+## Exception Codes
+
+S7 Modbus servers return only the four standard exception codes [1][4]:
+
+| Code | Name                  | Triggered by                                                         |
+|------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| 01   | Illegal Function      | FC not in the supported list (17, 20-23, 43, any undefined FC)       |
+| 02   | Illegal Data Address  | Register outside `MB_HOLD_REG` / outside `MODBUSCP` param-block range |
+| 03   | Illegal Data Value    | Quantity exceeds spec (FC03/04 > 125, FC16 > 123, FC01/02 > 2000, FC15 > 1968) |
+| 04   | Server Failure        | Runtime error inside MB_SERVER (DB access fault, corrupt DB header, MB_SERVER disabled mid-request) [1][24] |
+
+- **No proprietary exception codes (05/06/0A/0B) are used** on any S7
+  Modbus server [1][4]. Our driver's status-code mapper can treat these as
+  "never observed" on the S7 profile.
+- **CPU in STOP → `MB_SERVER` keeps running if it's in OB1 of the firmware's
+  communication task, but OB1 itself is not scanned.** In practice:
+  - Holding-register *reads* (FC03) continue to return the last DB values
+    frozen at the moment the CPU entered STOP. The `MB_SERVER` block is in
+    OB1 so it isn't re-invoked; however the TCP stack keeps the socket open
+    and returns cached data on subsequent polls [1][21]. **Unconfirmed**
+    whether this is cached in the CP or in the CPU's communication processor;
+    behaviour varies between firmware 4.0 and 4.5 [21].
+  - Holding-register *writes* (FC06/FC16) during STOP return exception `04`
+    (Server Failure) on S7-1200 V4.2+, and return success-but-discarded on
+    older firmware [1][24]. Our driver should treat FC06/FC16 during STOP as
+    non-deterministic and not rely on the response code.
+  - Coil *writes* (FC05/FC15) to `%Q` are *accepted* by the process image
+    during STOP, but the physical output freezes at its last RUN-mode value
+    (or the configured STOP-mode substitute value) until RUN resumes [1][21].
+- **Writing a read-only address via FC06/FC16**: returns `02` (Illegal Data
+  Address), not `04`. S7 does not have "write-protected" holding registers —
+  the programmer either exposes a DB for read-write or doesn't expose it at
+  all [1][12].
+
+STATUS codes (returned in the `STATUS` output of the block, not on the wire):
+
+- `0x0000` — no error.
+- `0x7001` — first call, connection being established.
+- `0x7002` — subsequent cyclic call, connection in progress.
+- `0x8383` — data access error (optimized DB, DB too small, or type mismatch)
+  [10][24].
+- `0x8188` — invalid parameter combination (e.g. MB_MODE out of range) [24].
+- `0x80C8` — mismatched UNIT_ID between MB_CLIENT and `MB_SERVER` [25].
+
+Test names:
+`S7_1200_FC03_Outside_HoldReg_Returns_IllegalDataAddress`,
+`S7_1200_FC16_In_STOP_Returns_ServerFailure`,
+`S7_1200_FC03_In_STOP_Returns_Cached_Values`,
+`S7_1200_No_Proprietary_ExceptionCodes_0x05_0x06_0x0A_0x0B`.
+
+## Connection Behavior
+
+- **Max simultaneous Modbus TCP connections**:
+  - **S7-1200**: shares a pool of 8 open-communication connections across
+    all TCP/UDP/Modbus use. On a CPU 1211C you get 8 total; on 1215C/1217C
+    still 8 shared among PG/HMI/OUC/Modbus. Each `MB_SERVER` instance
+    reserves one. A typical site with a PG + 1 HMI + 2 Modbus clients uses
+    4 of the 8 [1][26].
+  - **S7-1500**: up to **8 concurrent Modbus TCP server connections** per
+    `MB_SERVER` port, across multiple `MB_SERVER` instance DBs each with a
+    unique port. Total open-communication resources depend on CPU (e.g.
+    CPU 1515-2 PN supports 128 OUC connections total; Modbus is a subset)
+    [1][27].
+  - **CP 343-1 Lean**: up to **8** simultaneous Modbus TCP connections on
+    port 502 [4][5]. Exceeding this refuses at TCP accept.
+  - **CP 443-1 Advanced**: up to **16** simultaneous Modbus TCP connections
+    [4].
+- **Multi-connection model on `MB_SERVER`**: one instance DB per connection.
+  An instance DB listening on port 502 serves exactly one connection at a
+  time; to serve N simultaneous clients you need N instance DBs each with a
+  unique port (502/503/504...). **This is a real trap** — most users expect
+  port 502 to multiplex [27][28]. Our driver must not assume port 502 is the
+  only listener.
+- **Keep-alive**: S7-1500's TCP stack does send TCP keepalives (default
+  every ~30 s) but the interval is not exposed as a configurable. S7-1200 is
+  the same. CP 343-1 keepalives are configured via HW Config → CP properties
+  → Options → "Send keepalive" (default **off** on older firmware, default
+  **on** on firmware V3.0+) [1][29]. Driver-side keepalive is still
+  advisable for S7-300/CP 343-1 on old firmware.
+- **Idle-timeout close**: `MB_SERVER` does *not* close idle sockets on its
+  own. However, the TCP stack on S7-1500 will close a socket that fails
+  three consecutive keepalive probes (~2 minutes). Forum reports describe
+  `MB_SERVER` connections "dying overnight" on S7-1500 when an HMI stops
+  polling — the fix is to enable driver-side periodic reads or driver-side
+  TCP keepalive [29][30].
+- **Reconnect after power cycle**: MB_SERVER starts listening ~1-2 seconds
+  after the CPU reaches RUN. If the client reconnects during STARTUP OB
+  (OB100), the connection is refused until OB1 runs the block at least once.
+  Our driver should back off and retry on `ECONNREFUSED` for the first 5
+  seconds after a power-cycle detection [1][24].
+- **Unit Identifier**: `MB_SERVER` accepts **any** Unit ID by default — there
+  is no configurable filter; the PLC ignores the Unit ID field entirely.
+  `MB_CLIENT` defaults to Unit ID = 255 as "ignore" [25][31]. Some
+  third-party Modbus-TCP gateways *require* a specific Unit ID; sending
+  anything to S7 is safe. **CP 343-1 `MODBUSCP`** also accepts any Unit ID
+  in server mode, but the parameter DB exposes a `single_write` / `unit_id`
+  field on newer firmware to allow filtering [4].
+
+Test names:
+`S7_1200_9th_TCP_Connection_Refused_On_8_Conn_Pool`,
+`S7_1500_Port_503_Required_For_Second_Instance`,
+`S7_1200_Reconnect_After_Power_Cycle_Succeeds_Within_5s`,
+`S7_1200_Unit_ID_Ignored_Any_Accepted`.
+
+## Behavioral Oddities
+
+- **Transaction ID echo** is reliable on all S7 variants. `MB_SERVER` copies
+  the MBAP TxId verbatim. No known firmware that drops TxId under load [1][31].
+- **Request serialization**: a single `MB_SERVER` instance serializes
+  requests from its one connected client — the block processes one PDU per
+  call and calls happen once per OB1 scan. OB1 scan time of 5-50 ms puts an
+  upper bound on throughput at ~20-200 requests/sec per connection [1][30].
+  Multiple `MB_SERVER` instances (one per port) run in parallel because OB1
+  calls them sequentially within the same scan.
+- **OB1 scan coupling**: `MB_SERVER` must be called cyclically from OB1 (or
+  another cyclic OB). If the programmer puts it in a conditional branch
+  that doesn't fire every scan, requests time out. The STATUS `0x7002`
+  "in progress" is *expected* between calls, not an error [1][24].
+- **Optimized DB backing `MB_HOLD_REG`** — already covered in Address
+  Mapping; STATUS becomes `0x8383`. This is the most common deployment bug
+  on S7-1500 projects migrated from older S7-1200 examples [10][11].
+- **CPU STOP behaviour** — covered in Exception Codes section. The short
+  version: reads may return stale data without error; writes return exception
+  04 on modern firmware.
+- **Partial-frame disconnect**: S7-1200/1500 TCP stack closes the socket on
+  any MBAP header where the `Length` field doesn't match the PDU length.
+  Driver must detect half-close and reconnect [1][29].
+- **MBAP `Protocol ID` must be 0**. Any non-zero value causes the CP/CPU to
+  drop the frame silently (no response, no RST) on S7-1500 firmware V2.0
+  through V2.9; firmware V3.0+ sends an RST [1][30]. *Unconfirmed* whether
+  V3.1 still sends RST or returns to silent drop.
+- **FC01/FC02 access outside `%Q`/`%I` range**: on S7-1200, requesting
+  coil address 8192 (= `%Q1024.0`) returns exception `02` (Illegal Data
+  Address) [1][9]. The 8192-bit hard cap is a process-image size limit on
+  the CPU, not a Modbus protocol limit.
+- **`MB_CLIENT` UNIT_ID mismatch with remote `MB_SERVER`** produces STATUS
+  `0x80C8` on the client side, and the server silently discards the frame
+  (no response on the wire) [25]. This matters for Modbus-TCP-to-RTU
+  gateway scenarios where the Unit ID picks the RTU slave.
+- **Non-IEEE REAL / BCD**: S7 does *not* use BCD like DirectLOGIC. `Real` is
+  always IEEE 754 single-precision. `LReal` (8-byte double) occupies 4
+  Modbus registers in `ABCDEFGH` order (big-endian byte, big-endian word)
+  [15][18].
+- **`MODBUSCP` single-write** on CP 343-1: a parameter `single_write` in the
+  param DB controls whether FC06 on a register in the "holding register"
+  area triggers a callback to the user program vs. updates the DB directly.
+  Default is direct update. If a ladder programmer enables the callback
+  without implementing the callback OB, FC06 writes hang for 5 seconds then
+  return exception `04` [4].
+
+Test names:
+`S7_1200_TxId_Preserved_Across_Burst_Of_50_Requests`,
+`S7_1200_MBSERVER_Throughput_Capped_By_OB1_Scan`,
+`S7_1200_MBAP_ProtocolID_NonZero_Frame_Dropped`,
+`S7_1200_Partial_MBAP_Causes_Half_Close`.
+
+## Model-specific Differences Worth Separate Test Coverage
+
+- **S7-1200 V4.0 vs V4.4+**: Older firmware does not support `WString` over
+  `MB_HOLD_REG` and returns `0x8383` if the DB contains one [18][24]. Test
+  both firmware bands separately.
+- **S7-1500 vs S7-1200**: S7-1500 supports multiple `MB_SERVER` instances on
+  the *same* CPU with different ports cleanly; S7-1200 can too but its
+  8-connection pool is shared tighter [1][27]. Throughput per-connection is
+  ~5× faster on S7-1500 because the comms task runs on a dedicated core.
+- **S7-300 + CP 343-1 vs S7-1200/1500**: parameter-block mapping (not
+  `MB_HOLD_REG` pointer), per-connection license, no `%Q`/`%I` direct
+  access for coils (everything goes through a DB), different STATUS codes
+  (`DONE`/`ERROR`/`STATUS` word pairs vs. the single STATUS word) [4][14].
+  Driver-side it's a different profile.
+- **CP 343-1 Lean vs CP 343-1 Advanced**: Lean is server-only; Advanced is
+  client + server. Lean's max connections = 8; Advanced = 16 [4][5].
+- **CP 443-1 in S7-400H**: uses `MODBUSCP_REDUNDANT` which presents two
+  Ethernet endpoints that fail over. Our driver's redundancy support should
+  recognize the S7-400H profile as "two IP addresses, same server state,
+  advertise via `ServerUriArray`" [6].
+- **ET 200SP CPU (1510SP / 1512SP)**: behaves as S7-1500 from `MB_SERVER`
+  perspective. No known deltas [3].
+
+## References
+
+1. Siemens Industry Online Support, *Modbus/TCP Communication between SIMATIC S7-1500 / S7-1200 and Modbus/TCP Controllers with Instructions `MB_CLIENT` and `MB_SERVER`*, Entry ID 102020340, V6 (Feb 2021). https://cache.industry.siemens.com/dl/files/340/102020340/att_118119/v6/net_modbus_tcp_s7-1500_s7-1200_en.pdf
+2. Siemens TIA Portal Online Docs, *MB_SERVER instruction*. https://docs.tia.siemens.cloud/r/simatic_s7_1200_manual_collection_eses_20/communication-processor-and-modbus-tcp/modbus-communication/modbus-tcp/modbus-tcp-instructions/mb_server-communicate-using-profinet-as-modbus-tcp-server-instruction
+3. Siemens, *SIMATIC S7-1500 Communication Function Manual* (covers ET 200SP CPU). http://public.eandm.com/Public_Docs/s71500_communication_function_manual_en-US_en-US.pdf
+4. Siemens Industry Online Support, *SIMATIC Modbus/TCP communication using CP 343-1 and CP 443-1 — Programming Manual*, Entry ID 103447617. https://cache.industry.siemens.com/dl/files/617/103447617/att_106971/v1/simatic_modbus_tcp_cp_en-US_en-US.pdf
+5. Siemens Industry Online Support FAQ *"Which technical data applies for the SIMATIC Modbus/TCP software for CP 343-1 / CP 443-1?"*, Entry ID 104946406. https://www.industry-mobile-support.siemens-info.com/en/article/detail/104946406
+6. Siemens Industry Online Support, *Redundant Modbus/TCP communication via CP 443-1 in S7-400H systems*, Entry ID 109739212. https://cache.industry.siemens.com/dl/files/212/109739212/att_887886/v1/SIMATIC_modbus_tcp_cp_red_e_en-US.pdf
+7. Siemens Industry Online Support, *SIMATIC MODBUS (TCP) PN CPU Library — Programming and Operating Manual 06/2014*, Entry ID 75330636. https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/attachments/75330636/ModbusTCPPNCPUen.pdf
+8. DMC Inc., *Using an S7-1200 PLC as a Modbus TCP Slave*. https://www.dmcinfo.com/blog/27313/using-an-s7-1200-plc-as-a-modbus-tcp-slave/
+9. Siemens, *SIMATIC S7-1200 System Manual* (V4.x), "MB_SERVER" pages 736-742. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1453610/Siemens-S7-1200.html?page=736
+10. lamaPLC, *Simatic Modbus S7 error- and statuscodes*. https://www.lamaplc.com/doku.php?id=simatic:errorcodes
+11. ScadaProtocols, *How to Configure Modbus TCP on Siemens S7-1200 (TIA Portal Step-by-Step)*. https://scadaprotocols.com/modbus-tcp-siemens-s7-1200-tia-portal/
+12. Industrial Monitor Direct, *Reading and Writing Memory Bits via Modbus TCP on S7-1200*. https://industrialmonitordirect.com/blogs/knowledgebase/reading-and-writing-memory-bits-via-modbus-tcp-on-s7-1200
+13. PLCtalk forum *"Siemens S7-1200 modbus understanding"*. https://www.plctalk.net/forums/threads/siemens-s7-1200-modbus-understanding.104119/
+14. Siemens SIMATIC S7 Manual, "Function block MODBUSCP — Functionality" (ManualsLib p29). https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1580661/Siemens-Simatic-S7.html?page=29
+15. Chipkin, *How Real (Floating Point) and 32-bit Data is Encoded in Modbus*. https://store.chipkin.com/articles/how-real-floating-point-and-32-bit-data-is-encoded-in-modbus-rtu-messages
+16. Siemens Industry Online Support forum, *MODBUS DATA conversion in S7-1200 CPU*, Entry ID 97287. https://support.industry.siemens.com/forum/WW/en/posts/modbus-data-converson-in-s7-1200-cpu/97287
+17. Industrial Monitor Direct, *Siemens S7-1500 MB_SERVER Modbus TCP Configuration Guide*. https://industrialmonitordirect.com/de/blogs/knowledgebase/siemens-s7-1500-mb-server-modbus-tcp-configuration-guide
+18. Siemens TIA Portal, *Data types in SIMATIC S7-1200/1500 — String/WString header layout* (system manual, "Elementary Data Types").
+19. Kepware / PTC, *Siemens TCP/IP Ethernet Driver Help*, "Byte / Word Order" tag property. https://www.opcturkey.com/uploads/siemens-tcp-ip-ethernet-manual.pdf
+20. Siemens SiePortal forum, *Transfer float out of words*, Entry ID 187811. https://sieportal.siemens.com/en-ww/support/forum/posts/transfer-float-out-of-words/187811 _(operator-reported "S7 swaps float" claim — traced to remote-device issue; **unconfirmed**.)_
+21. Siemens SiePortal forum, *S7-1200 communication with Modbus TCP*, Entry ID 133086. https://support.industry.siemens.com/forum/WW/en/posts/s7-1200-communication-with-modbus-tcp/133086
+22. Siemens SiePortal forum, *S7-1500 MB Server Holding Register Max Word*, Entry ID 224636. https://support.industry.siemens.com/forum/WW/en/posts/s7-1500-mb-server-holding-register-max-word/224636
+23. Siemens, *SIMATIC S7-1500 Technical Specifications* — CPU-specific DB size limits in each CPU manual's "Memory" table.
+24. Siemens TIA Portal Online Docs, *Error messages (S7-1200, S7-1500) — Modbus instructions*. https://docs.tia.siemens.cloud/r/en-us/v20/modbus-rtu-s7-1200-s7-1500/error-messages-s7-1200-s7-1500
+25. Industrial Monitor Direct, *Fix Siemens S7-1500 MB_Client UnitID Error 80C8*. https://industrialmonitordirect.com/blogs/knowledgebase/troubleshooting-mb-client-on-s7-1500-cpu-1515sp-modbus-tcp
+26. Siemens SiePortal forum, *How many TCP connections can the S7-1200 make?*, Entry ID 275570. https://support.industry.siemens.com/forum/WW/en/posts/how-many-tcp-connections-can-the-s7-1200-make/275570
+27. Siemens SiePortal forum, *Simultaneous connections of Modbus TCP*, Entry ID 189626. https://support.industry.siemens.com/forum/ww/en/posts/simultaneous-connections-of-modbus-tcp/189626
+28. Siemens SiePortal forum, *How many Modbus TCP IP clients can read simultaneously from S7-1517*, Entry ID 261569. https://support.industry.siemens.com/forum/WW/en/posts/how-many-modbus-tcp-ip-client-can-read-simultaneously-in-s7-1517/261569
+29. Industrial Monitor Direct, *Troubleshooting Intermittent Modbus TCP Connections on S7-1500 PLC*. https://industrialmonitordirect.com/blogs/knowledgebase/troubleshooting-intermittent-modbus-tcp-connections-on-s7-1500-plc
+30. PLCtalk forum *"S7-1500 modbus tcp speed?"*. https://www.plctalk.net/forums/threads/s7-1500-modbus-tcp-speed.114046/
+31. Siemens SiePortal forum, *MB_Unit_ID parameter in Modbus TCP*, Entry ID 156635. https://support.industry.siemens.com/forum/WW/en/posts/mb-unit-id-parameter-in-modbus-tcp/156635

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/DirectLogicAddress.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC address-translation helpers. DL205 / DL260 / DL350 CPUs
+///     address V-memory in OCTAL while the Modbus wire uses DECIMAL PDU addresses — operators
+///     see "V2000" in the PLC ladder-logic editor but the Modbus client must write PDU 0x0400.
+///     The formulas differ between user V-memory (simple octal-to-decimal) and system V-memory
+///     (fixed bank mappings), so the two cases are separate methods rather than one overloaded
+///     "ToPdu" call.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     See <c>docs/v2/dl205.md</c> §V-memory for the full CPU-family matrix + rationale.
+///     References: D2-USER-M appendix (DL205/D2-260), H2-ECOM-M §6.5 (absolute vs relative
+///     addressing), AutomationDirect forum guidance on V40400 system-base.
+/// </remarks>
+public static class DirectLogicAddress
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Convert a DirectLOGIC user V-memory address (octal) to a 0-based Modbus PDU address.
+    ///     Accepts bare octal (<c>"2000"</c>) or <c>V</c>-prefixed (<c>"V2000"</c>). Range
+    ///     depends on CPU model — DL205 D2-260 user memory is V1400-V7377 + V10000-V17777
+    ///     octal, DL260 extends to V77777 octal.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Input is null / empty / contains non-octal digits (8,9).</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="OverflowException">Parsed value exceeds ushort.MaxValue (0xFFFF).</exception>
+    public static ushort UserVMemoryToPdu(string vAddress)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(vAddress))
+            throw new ArgumentException("V-memory address must not be empty", nameof(vAddress));
+        var s = vAddress.Trim();
+        if (s[0] == 'V' || s[0] == 'v') s = s.Substring(1);
+        if (s.Length == 0)
+            throw new ArgumentException($"V-memory address '{vAddress}' has no digits", nameof(vAddress));
+
+        // Octal conversion. Reject 8/9 digits up-front — int.Parse in the obvious base would
+        // accept them silently because .NET has no built-in base-8 parser.
+        uint result = 0;
+        foreach (var ch in s)
+        {
+            if (ch < '0' || ch > '7')
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    $"V-memory address '{vAddress}' contains non-octal digit '{ch}' — DirectLOGIC V-addresses are octal (0-7)",
+                    nameof(vAddress));
+            result = result * 8 + (uint)(ch - '0');
+            if (result > ushort.MaxValue)
+                throw new OverflowException(
+                    $"V-memory address '{vAddress}' exceeds the 16-bit Modbus PDU address range");
+        }
+        return (ushort)result;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     DirectLOGIC system V-memory starts at octal V40400 on DL260 / H2-ECOM100 in factory
+    ///     "absolute" addressing mode. Unlike user V-memory, the mapping is NOT a simple
+    ///     octal-to-decimal conversion — the CPU relocates the system bank to Modbus PDU 0x2100
+    ///     (decimal 8448). This helper returns the CPU-family base plus a user-supplied offset
+    ///     within the system bank.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort SystemVMemoryBasePdu = 0x2100;
+
+    /// <param name="offsetWithinSystemBank">
+    ///     0-based register offset within the system bank. Pass 0 for V40400 itself; pass 1 for
+    ///     V40401 (octal), and so on. NOT an octal-decoded value — the system bank lives at
+    ///     consecutive PDU addresses, so the offset is plain decimal.
+    /// </param>
+    public static ushort SystemVMemoryToPdu(ushort offsetWithinSystemBank)
+    {
+        var pdu = SystemVMemoryBasePdu + offsetWithinSystemBank;
+        if (pdu > ushort.MaxValue)
+            throw new OverflowException(
+                $"System V-memory offset {offsetWithinSystemBank} maps past 0xFFFF");
+        return (ushort)pdu;
+    }
+
+    // Bit-memory bases per DL260 user manual §I/O-configuration.
+    // Numbers after X / Y / C / SP are OCTAL in DirectLOGIC notation. The Modbus base is
+    // added to the octal-decoded offset; e.g. Y017 = Modbus coil 2048 + octal(17) = 2048 + 15 = 2063.
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     DL260 Y-output coil base. Y0 octal → Modbus coil address 2048 (0-based).
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort YOutputBaseCoil = 2048;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     DL260 C-relay coil base. C0 octal → Modbus coil address 3072 (0-based).
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort CRelayBaseCoil = 3072;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     DL260 X-input discrete-input base. X0 octal → Modbus discrete input 0.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort XInputBaseDiscrete = 0;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     DL260 SP special-relay discrete-input base. SP0 octal → Modbus discrete input 1024.
+    ///     Read-only; writing SP relays is rejected with Illegal Data Address.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort SpecialBaseDiscrete = 1024;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate a DirectLOGIC Y-output address (e.g. <c>"Y0"</c>, <c>"Y17"</c>) to its
+    ///     0-based Modbus coil address on DL260. The trailing number is OCTAL, matching the
+    ///     ladder-logic editor's notation.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ushort YOutputToCoil(string yAddress) =>
+        AddOctalOffset(YOutputBaseCoil, StripPrefix(yAddress, 'Y'));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate a DirectLOGIC C-relay address (e.g. <c>"C0"</c>, <c>"C1777"</c>) to its
+    ///     0-based Modbus coil address.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ushort CRelayToCoil(string cAddress) =>
+        AddOctalOffset(CRelayBaseCoil, StripPrefix(cAddress, 'C'));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate a DirectLOGIC X-input address (e.g. <c>"X0"</c>, <c>"X17"</c>) to its
+    ///     0-based Modbus discrete-input address. Reading an unpopulated X returns 0, not an
+    ///     exception — the CPU sizes the table to configured I/O, not installed modules.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ushort XInputToDiscrete(string xAddress) =>
+        AddOctalOffset(XInputBaseDiscrete, StripPrefix(xAddress, 'X'));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate a DirectLOGIC SP-special-relay address (e.g. <c>"SP0"</c>) to its 0-based
+    ///     Modbus discrete-input address. Accepts <c>"SP"</c> prefix case-insensitively.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ushort SpecialToDiscrete(string spAddress)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(spAddress))
+            throw new ArgumentException("SP address must not be empty", nameof(spAddress));
+        var s = spAddress.Trim();
+        if (s.Length >= 2 && (s[0] == 'S' || s[0] == 's') && (s[1] == 'P' || s[1] == 'p'))
+            s = s.Substring(2);
+        return AddOctalOffset(SpecialBaseDiscrete, s);
+    }
+
+    private static string StripPrefix(string address, char expectedPrefix)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(address))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Address must not be empty", nameof(address));
+        var s = address.Trim();
+        if (s.Length > 0 && char.ToUpperInvariant(s[0]) == char.ToUpperInvariant(expectedPrefix))
+            s = s.Substring(1);
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    private static ushort AddOctalOffset(ushort baseAddr, string octalDigits)
+    {
+        if (octalDigits.Length == 0)
+            throw new ArgumentException("Address has no digits", nameof(octalDigits));
+        uint offset = 0;
+        foreach (var ch in octalDigits)
+        {
+            if (ch < '0' || ch > '7')
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    $"Address contains non-octal digit '{ch}' — DirectLOGIC I/O addresses are octal (0-7)",
+                    nameof(octalDigits));
+            offset = offset * 8 + (uint)(ch - '0');
+        }
+        var result = baseAddr + offset;
+        if (result > ushort.MaxValue)
+            throw new OverflowException($"Address {baseAddr}+{offset} exceeds 0xFFFF");
+        return (ushort)result;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/MelsecAddress.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Mitsubishi MELSEC PLC family selector for address-translation helpers. The Q/L/iQ-R
+///     families write bit-device addresses (X, Y) in <b>hexadecimal</b> in GX Works and the
+///     CPU manuals; the FX and iQ-F families write them in <b>octal</b> (same convention as
+///     AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC). Mixing the two up is the #1 MELSEC driver bug source —
+///     an operator typing <c>X20</c> into a Q-series tag config means decimal 32, but the
+///     same string on an FX3U means decimal 16, so the helper must know the family to route
+///     correctly.
+/// </summary>
+public enum MelsecFamily
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     MELSEC-Q / MELSEC-L / MELSEC iQ-R. X and Y device numbers are interpreted as
+    ///     <b>hexadecimal</b>; <c>X20</c> means decimal 32.
+    /// </summary>
+    Q_L_iQR,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     MELSEC-F (FX3U / FX3GE / FX3G) and MELSEC iQ-F (FX5U). X and Y device numbers
+    ///     are interpreted as <b>octal</b> (same as DirectLOGIC); <c>X20</c> means decimal 16.
+    ///     iQ-F has a GX Works3 project toggle that can flip to decimal — if a site uses
+    ///     that, configure the tag's Address directly as a decimal PDU address and do not
+    ///     route through this helper.
+    /// </summary>
+    F_iQF,
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Mitsubishi MELSEC address-translation helpers for the QJ71MT91 / LJ71MT91 / RJ71EN71 /
+///     iQ-R built-in / iQ-F / FX3U-ENET-P502 Modbus modules. MELSEC does NOT hard-wire
+///     Modbus-to-device mappings like DL260 does — every site configures its own "Modbus
+///     Device Assignment Parameter" block of up to 16 entries. The helpers here cover only
+///     the <b>address-notation</b> portion of the translation (hex X20 vs octal X20 + adding
+///     the bank base); the caller is still responsible for knowing the assignment-block
+///     offset for their site.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     See <c>docs/v2/mitsubishi.md</c> §device-assignment + §X-Y-hex-trap for the full
+///     matrix and primary-source citations.
+/// </remarks>
+public static class MelsecAddress
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate a MELSEC X-input address (e.g. <c>"X0"</c>, <c>"X10"</c>) to a 0-based
+    ///     Modbus discrete-input address, given the PLC family's address notation (hex or
+    ///     octal) and the Modbus Device Assignment block's X-range base.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="xAddress">MELSEC X address. <c>X</c> prefix optional, case-insensitive.</param>
+    /// <param name="family">The PLC family — determines whether the trailing digits are hex or octal.</param>
+    /// <param name="xBankBase">
+    ///     0-based Modbus DI address the assignment-block has configured X0 to land at.
+    ///     Typical default on QJ71MT91 sample projects: 0. Pass the site-specific value.
+    /// </param>
+    public static ushort XInputToDiscrete(string xAddress, MelsecFamily family, ushort xBankBase = 0) =>
+        AddFamilyOffset(xBankBase, StripPrefix(xAddress, 'X'), family);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate a MELSEC Y-output address to a 0-based Modbus coil address. Same rules
+    ///     as <see cref="XInputToDiscrete"/> for hex/octal parsing.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ushort YOutputToCoil(string yAddress, MelsecFamily family, ushort yBankBase = 0) =>
+        AddFamilyOffset(yBankBase, StripPrefix(yAddress, 'Y'), family);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate a MELSEC M-relay address (internal relay) to a 0-based Modbus coil
+    ///     address. M-addresses are <b>decimal</b> on every MELSEC family — unlike X/Y which
+    ///     are hex on Q/L/iQ-R. Includes the bank base that the assignment-block configured.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ushort MRelayToCoil(string mAddress, ushort mBankBase = 0)
+    {
+        var digits = StripPrefix(mAddress, 'M');
+        if (!ushort.TryParse(digits, out var offset))
+            throw new ArgumentException(
+                $"M-relay address '{mAddress}' is not a valid decimal integer", nameof(mAddress));
+        var result = mBankBase + offset;
+        if (result > ushort.MaxValue)
+            throw new OverflowException($"M-relay {mAddress} + base {mBankBase} exceeds 0xFFFF");
+        return (ushort)result;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate a MELSEC D-register address (data register) to a 0-based Modbus holding
+    ///     register address. D-addresses are <b>decimal</b>. Default assignment convention is
+    ///     D0 → HR 0 (pass <paramref name="dBankBase"/> = 0); sites with shifted layouts pass
+    ///     their configured base.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ushort DRegisterToHolding(string dAddress, ushort dBankBase = 0)
+    {
+        var digits = StripPrefix(dAddress, 'D');
+        if (!ushort.TryParse(digits, out var offset))
+            throw new ArgumentException(
+                $"D-register address '{dAddress}' is not a valid decimal integer", nameof(dAddress));
+        var result = dBankBase + offset;
+        if (result > ushort.MaxValue)
+            throw new OverflowException($"D-register {dAddress} + base {dBankBase} exceeds 0xFFFF");
+        return (ushort)result;
+    }
+
+    private static string StripPrefix(string address, char expectedPrefix)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(address))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Address must not be empty", nameof(address));
+        var s = address.Trim();
+        if (s.Length > 0 && char.ToUpperInvariant(s[0]) == char.ToUpperInvariant(expectedPrefix))
+            s = s.Substring(1);
+        if (s.Length == 0)
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Address '{address}' has no digits after prefix", nameof(address));
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    private static ushort AddFamilyOffset(ushort baseAddr, string digits, MelsecFamily family)
+    {
+        uint offset = family switch
+        {
+            MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR => ParseHex(digits),
+            MelsecFamily.F_iQF => ParseOctal(digits),
+            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(family), family, "Unknown MELSEC family"),
+        };
+        var result = baseAddr + offset;
+        if (result > ushort.MaxValue)
+            throw new OverflowException($"Address {baseAddr}+{offset} exceeds 0xFFFF");
+        return (ushort)result;
+    }
+
+    private static uint ParseHex(string digits)
+    {
+        uint result = 0;
+        foreach (var ch in digits)
+        {
+            uint nibble;
+            if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') nibble = (uint)(ch - '0');
+            else if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'F') nibble = (uint)(ch - 'A' + 10);
+            else if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f') nibble = (uint)(ch - 'a' + 10);
+            else throw new ArgumentException(
+                $"Address contains non-hex digit '{ch}' — Q/L/iQ-R X/Y addresses are hexadecimal",
+                nameof(digits));
+            result = result * 16 + nibble;
+            if (result > ushort.MaxValue)
+                throw new OverflowException($"Hex address exceeds 0xFFFF");
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static uint ParseOctal(string digits)
+    {
+        uint result = 0;
+        foreach (var ch in digits)
+        {
+            if (ch < '0' || ch > '7')
+                throw new ArgumentException(
+                    $"Address contains non-octal digit '{ch}' — FX/iQ-F X/Y addresses are octal (0-7)",
+                    nameof(digits));
+            result = result * 8 + (uint)(ch - '0');
+            if (result > ushort.MaxValue)
+                throw new OverflowException($"Octal address exceeds 0xFFFF");
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/ModbusDriver.cs

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
     private CancellationTokenSource? _probeCts;
     private readonly ModbusDriverOptions _options = options;
     private readonly Func<ModbusDriverOptions, IModbusTransport> _transportFactory =
-        transportFactory ?? (o => new ModbusTcpTransport(o.Host, o.Port, o.Timeout));
+        transportFactory ?? (o => new ModbusTcpTransport(o.Host, o.Port, o.Timeout, o.AutoReconnect));
 
     private IModbusTransport? _transport;
     private DriverHealth _health = new(DriverState.Unknown, null, null);
@@ -141,9 +141,16 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
                 results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(value, 0u, now, now);
                 _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, now, null);
             }
+            catch (ModbusException mex)
+            {
+                results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, MapModbusExceptionToStatus(mex.ExceptionCode), null, now);
+                _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, mex.Message);
+            }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, StatusBadInternalError, null, now);
+                // Non-Modbus-layer failure: socket dropped, timeout, malformed response. Surface
+                // as communication error so callers can distinguish it from tag-level faults.
+                results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, StatusBadCommunicationError, null, now);
                 _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, ex.Message);
             }
         }
@@ -171,11 +178,14 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
             {
                 var quantity = RegisterCount(tag);
                 var fc = tag.Region == ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters ? (byte)0x03 : (byte)0x04;
-                var pdu = new byte[] { fc, (byte)(tag.Address >> 8), (byte)(tag.Address & 0xFF),
-                                       (byte)(quantity >> 8), (byte)(quantity & 0xFF) };
-                var resp = await transport.SendAsync(_options.UnitId, pdu, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                // resp = [fc][byte-count][data...]
-                var data = new ReadOnlySpan<byte>(resp, 2, resp[1]);
+                // Auto-chunk when the tag's register span exceeds the caller-configured cap.
+                // Affects long strings (FC03/04 > 125 regs is spec-forbidden; DL205 caps at 128,
+                // Mitsubishi Q caps at 64). Non-string tags max out at 4 regs so the cap never
+                // triggers for numerics.
+                var cap = _options.MaxRegistersPerRead == 0 ? (ushort)125 : _options.MaxRegistersPerRead;
+                var data = quantity <= cap
+                    ? await ReadRegisterBlockAsync(transport, fc, tag.Address, quantity, ct).ConfigureAwait(false)
+                    : await ReadRegisterBlockChunkedAsync(transport, fc, tag.Address, quantity, cap, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 return DecodeRegister(data, tag);
             }
             default:
@@ -183,6 +193,33 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
         }
     }
 
+    private async Task<byte[]> ReadRegisterBlockAsync(
+        IModbusTransport transport, byte fc, ushort address, ushort quantity, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var pdu = new byte[] { fc, (byte)(address >> 8), (byte)(address & 0xFF),
+                               (byte)(quantity >> 8), (byte)(quantity & 0xFF) };
+        var resp = await transport.SendAsync(_options.UnitId, pdu, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        // resp = [fc][byte-count][data...]
+        var data = new byte[resp[1]];
+        Buffer.BlockCopy(resp, 2, data, 0, resp[1]);
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    private async Task<byte[]> ReadRegisterBlockChunkedAsync(
+        IModbusTransport transport, byte fc, ushort address, ushort totalRegs, ushort cap, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var assembled = new byte[totalRegs * 2];
+        ushort done = 0;
+        while (done < totalRegs)
+        {
+            var chunk = (ushort)Math.Min(cap, totalRegs - done);
+            var chunkBytes = await ReadRegisterBlockAsync(transport, fc, (ushort)(address + done), chunk, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            Buffer.BlockCopy(chunkBytes, 0, assembled, done * 2, chunkBytes.Length);
+            done += chunk;
+        }
+        return assembled;
+    }
+
     // ---- IWritable ----
 
     public async Task<IReadOnlyList<WriteResult>> WriteAsync(
@@ -208,6 +245,10 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
                 await WriteOneAsync(transport, tag, w.Value, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 results[i] = new WriteResult(0u);
             }
+            catch (ModbusException mex)
+            {
+                results[i] = new WriteResult(MapModbusExceptionToStatus(mex.ExceptionCode));
+            }
             catch (Exception)
             {
                 results[i] = new WriteResult(StatusBadInternalError);
@@ -239,8 +280,13 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    // FC 16 (Write Multiple Registers) for 32-bit types
+                    // FC 16 (Write Multiple Registers) for 32-bit types.
                     var qty = (ushort)(bytes.Length / 2);
+                    var writeCap = _options.MaxRegistersPerWrite == 0 ? (ushort)123 : _options.MaxRegistersPerWrite;
+                    if (qty > writeCap)
+                        throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                            $"Write of {qty} registers to {tag.Name} exceeds MaxRegistersPerWrite={writeCap}. " +
+                            $"Split the tag (e.g. shorter StringLength) — partial FC16 chunks would lose atomicity.");
                     var pdu = new byte[6 + 1 + bytes.Length];
                     pdu[0] = 0x10;
                     pdu[1] = (byte)(tag.Address >> 8); pdu[2] = (byte)(tag.Address & 0xFF);
@@ -404,8 +450,8 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
     /// </summary>
     internal static ushort RegisterCount(ModbusTagDefinition tag) => tag.DataType switch
     {
-        ModbusDataType.Int16 or ModbusDataType.UInt16 or ModbusDataType.BitInRegister => 1,
-        ModbusDataType.Int32 or ModbusDataType.UInt32 or ModbusDataType.Float32 => 2,
+        ModbusDataType.Int16 or ModbusDataType.UInt16 or ModbusDataType.BitInRegister or ModbusDataType.Bcd16 => 1,
+        ModbusDataType.Int32 or ModbusDataType.UInt32 or ModbusDataType.Float32 or ModbusDataType.Bcd32 => 2,
         ModbusDataType.Int64 or ModbusDataType.UInt64 or ModbusDataType.Float64 => 4,
         ModbusDataType.String => (ushort)((tag.StringLength + 1) / 2), // 2 chars per register
         _ => throw new InvalidOperationException($"Non-register data type {tag.DataType}"),
@@ -435,6 +481,17 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
         {
             case ModbusDataType.Int16: return BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt16BigEndian(data);
             case ModbusDataType.UInt16: return BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16BigEndian(data);
+            case ModbusDataType.Bcd16:
+            {
+                var raw = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16BigEndian(data);
+                return (int)DecodeBcd(raw, nibbles: 4);
+            }
+            case ModbusDataType.Bcd32:
+            {
+                var b = NormalizeWordOrder(data, tag.ByteOrder);
+                var raw = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32BigEndian(b);
+                return (int)DecodeBcd(raw, nibbles: 8);
+            }
             case ModbusDataType.BitInRegister:
             {
                 var raw = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16BigEndian(data);
@@ -472,13 +529,21 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
             }
             case ModbusDataType.String:
             {
-                // ASCII, 2 chars per register, packed high byte = first char.
-                // Respect the caller's StringLength (truncate nul-padded regions).
+                // ASCII, 2 chars per register. HighByteFirst (standard) packs the first char in
+                // the high byte of each register; LowByteFirst (DL205/DL260) packs the first char
+                // in the low byte. Respect StringLength (truncate nul-padded regions).
                 var chars = new char[tag.StringLength];
                 for (var i = 0; i < tag.StringLength; i++)
                 {
-                    var b = data[i];
-                    if (b == 0) { return new string(chars, 0, i); }
+                    var regIdx = i / 2;
+                    var highByte = data[regIdx * 2];
+                    var lowByte  = data[regIdx * 2 + 1];
+                    byte b;
+                    if (tag.StringByteOrder == ModbusStringByteOrder.HighByteFirst)
+                        b = (i % 2 == 0) ? highByte : lowByte;
+                    else
+                        b = (i % 2 == 0) ? lowByte : highByte;
+                    if (b == 0) return new string(chars, 0, i);
                     chars[i] = (char)b;
                 }
                 return new string(chars);
@@ -502,6 +567,21 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
                 var v = Convert.ToUInt16(value);
                 var b = new byte[2]; BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16BigEndian(b, v); return b;
             }
+            case ModbusDataType.Bcd16:
+            {
+                var v = Convert.ToUInt32(value);
+                if (v > 9999) throw new OverflowException($"BCD16 value {v} exceeds 4 decimal digits");
+                var raw = (ushort)EncodeBcd(v, nibbles: 4);
+                var b = new byte[2]; BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16BigEndian(b, raw); return b;
+            }
+            case ModbusDataType.Bcd32:
+            {
+                var v = Convert.ToUInt32(value);
+                if (v > 99_999_999u) throw new OverflowException($"BCD32 value {v} exceeds 8 decimal digits");
+                var raw = EncodeBcd(v, nibbles: 8);
+                var b = new byte[4]; BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32BigEndian(b, raw);
+                return NormalizeWordOrder(b, tag.ByteOrder);
+            }
             case ModbusDataType.Int32:
             {
                 var v = Convert.ToInt32(value);
@@ -543,7 +623,14 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
                 var s = Convert.ToString(value) ?? string.Empty;
                 var regs = (tag.StringLength + 1) / 2;
                 var b = new byte[regs * 2];
-                for (var i = 0; i < tag.StringLength && i < s.Length; i++) b[i] = (byte)s[i];
+                for (var i = 0; i < tag.StringLength && i < s.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    var regIdx = i / 2;
+                    var destIdx = tag.StringByteOrder == ModbusStringByteOrder.HighByteFirst
+                        ? (i % 2 == 0 ? regIdx * 2 : regIdx * 2 + 1)
+                        : (i % 2 == 0 ? regIdx * 2 + 1 : regIdx * 2);
+                    b[destIdx] = (byte)s[i];
+                }
                 // remaining bytes stay 0 — nul-padded per PLC convention
                 return b;
             }
@@ -564,15 +651,77 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver(ModbusDriverOptions options, string driverInsta
         ModbusDataType.Float32 => DriverDataType.Float32,
         ModbusDataType.Float64 => DriverDataType.Float64,
         ModbusDataType.String => DriverDataType.String,
+        ModbusDataType.Bcd16 or ModbusDataType.Bcd32 => DriverDataType.Int32,
         _ => DriverDataType.Int32,
     };
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Decode an N-nibble binary-coded-decimal value. Each nibble of <paramref name="raw"/>
+    ///     encodes one decimal digit (most-significant nibble first). Rejects nibbles &gt; 9 —
+    ///     the hardware sometimes produces garbage during transitions and silent non-BCD reads
+    ///     would quietly corrupt the caller's data.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static uint DecodeBcd(uint raw, int nibbles)
+    {
+        uint result = 0;
+        for (var i = nibbles - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+        {
+            var digit = (raw >> (i * 4)) & 0xF;
+            if (digit > 9)
+                throw new InvalidDataException(
+                    $"Non-BCD nibble 0x{digit:X} at position {i} of raw=0x{raw:X}");
+            result = result * 10 + digit;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Encode a decimal value as N-nibble BCD. Caller is responsible for range-checking
+    ///     against the nibble capacity (10^nibbles - 1).
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static uint EncodeBcd(uint value, int nibbles)
+    {
+        uint result = 0;
+        for (var i = 0; i < nibbles; i++)
+        {
+            var digit = value % 10;
+            result |= digit << (i * 4);
+            value /= 10;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     private IModbusTransport RequireTransport() =>
         _transport ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("ModbusDriver not initialized");
 
     private const uint StatusBadInternalError = 0x80020000u;
     private const uint StatusBadNodeIdUnknown = 0x80340000u;
     private const uint StatusBadNotWritable = 0x803B0000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadOutOfRange = 0x803C0000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadNotSupported = 0x803D0000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadDeviceFailure = 0x80550000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Map a server-returned Modbus exception code to the most informative OPC UA
+    ///     StatusCode. Keeps the driver's outward-facing status surface aligned with what a
+    ///     Modbus engineer would expect when reading the spec: exception 02 (Illegal Data
+    ///     Address) surfaces as BadOutOfRange so clients can distinguish "tag wrong" from
+    ///     generic BadInternalError, exception 04 (Server Failure) as BadDeviceFailure so
+    ///     operators see a CPU-mode problem rather than a driver bug, etc. Per
+    ///     <c>docs/v2/dl205.md</c>, DL205/DL260 returns only codes 01-04 — no proprietary
+    ///     extensions.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static uint MapModbusExceptionToStatus(byte exceptionCode) => exceptionCode switch
+    {
+        0x01 => StatusBadNotSupported,     // Illegal Function — FC not in supported list
+        0x02 => StatusBadOutOfRange,       // Illegal Data Address — register outside mapped range
+        0x03 => StatusBadOutOfRange,       // Illegal Data Value — quantity over per-FC cap
+        0x04 => StatusBadDeviceFailure,    // Server Failure — CPU in PROGRAM mode during protected write
+        0x05 or 0x06 => StatusBadDeviceFailure, // Acknowledge / Server Busy — long-running op / busy
+        0x0A or 0x0B => StatusBadCommunicationError, // Gateway path unavailable / target failed to respond
+        _ => StatusBadInternalError,
+    };
 
     public void Dispose() => DisposeAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
     public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/ModbusDriverOptions.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,37 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriverOptions
     ///     <see cref="IHostConnectivityProbe"/>.
     /// </summary>
     public ModbusProbeOptions Probe { get; init; } = new();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Maximum registers per FC03 (Read Holding Registers) / FC04 (Read Input Registers)
+    ///     transaction. Modbus-TCP spec allows 125; many device families impose lower caps:
+    ///     AutomationDirect DL205/DL260 cap at <c>128</c>, Mitsubishi Q/FX3U cap at <c>64</c>,
+    ///     Omron CJ/CS cap at <c>125</c>. Set to the lowest cap across the devices this driver
+    ///     instance talks to; the driver auto-chunks larger reads into consecutive requests.
+    ///     Default <c>125</c> — the spec maximum, safe against any conforming server. Setting
+    ///     to <c>0</c> disables the cap (discouraged — the spec upper bound still applies).
+    /// </summary>
+    public ushort MaxRegistersPerRead { get; init; } = 125;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Maximum registers per FC16 (Write Multiple Registers) transaction. Spec maximum is
+    ///     <c>123</c>; DL205/DL260 cap at <c>100</c>. Matching caller-vs-device semantics:
+    ///     exceeding the cap currently throws (writes aren't auto-chunked because a partial
+    ///     write across two FC16 calls is no longer atomic — caller must explicitly opt in
+    ///     by shortening the tag's <c>StringLength</c> or splitting it into multiple tags).
+    /// </summary>
+    public ushort MaxRegistersPerWrite { get; init; } = 123;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     When <c>true</c> (default) the built-in <see cref="ModbusTcpTransport"/> detects
+    ///     mid-transaction socket failures (<see cref="System.IO.EndOfStreamException"/>,
+    ///     <see cref="System.Net.Sockets.SocketException"/>) and transparently reconnects +
+    ///     retries the PDU exactly once. Required for DL205/DL260 because the H2-ECOM100
+    ///     does not send TCP keepalives — intermediate NAT / firewall devices silently close
+    ///     idle sockets and the first send after the drop would otherwise surface as a
+    ///     connection error to the caller even though the PLC is up.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool AutoReconnect { get; init; } = true;
 }
 
 public sealed class ModbusProbeOptions
@@ -55,6 +86,12 @@ public sealed class ModbusProbeOptions
 /// <param name="ByteOrder">Word ordering for multi-register types. Ignored for Bool / Int16 / UInt16 / BitInRegister / String.</param>
 /// <param name="BitIndex">For <c>DataType = BitInRegister</c>: which bit of the holding register (0-15, LSB-first).</param>
 /// <param name="StringLength">For <c>DataType = String</c>: number of ASCII characters (2 per register, rounded up).</param>
+/// <param name="StringByteOrder">
+///     Per-register byte order for <c>DataType = String</c>. Standard Modbus packs the first
+///     character in the high byte (<see cref="ModbusStringByteOrder.HighByteFirst"/>).
+///     AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC (DL205/DL260) and a few legacy families pack the first
+///     character in the low byte instead — see <c>docs/v2/dl205.md</c> §strings.
+/// </param>
 public sealed record ModbusTagDefinition(
     string Name,
     ModbusRegion Region,
@@ -63,7 +100,8 @@ public sealed record ModbusTagDefinition(
     bool Writable = true,
     ModbusByteOrder ByteOrder = ModbusByteOrder.BigEndian,
     byte BitIndex = 0,
-    ushort StringLength = 0);
+    ushort StringLength = 0,
+    ModbusStringByteOrder StringByteOrder = ModbusStringByteOrder.HighByteFirst);
 
 public enum ModbusRegion { Coils, DiscreteInputs, InputRegisters, HoldingRegisters }
 
@@ -82,6 +120,18 @@ public enum ModbusDataType
     BitInRegister,
     /// <summary>ASCII string packed 2 chars per register, <see cref="ModbusTagDefinition.StringLength"/> characters long.</summary>
     String,
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     16-bit binary-coded decimal. Each nibble encodes one decimal digit (0-9). Register
+    ///     value <c>0x1234</c> decodes as decimal <c>1234</c> — NOT binary <c>0x04D2 = 4660</c>.
+    ///     DL205/DL260 and several Mitsubishi / Omron families store timers, counters, and
+    ///     operator-facing numerics as BCD by default.
+    /// </summary>
+    Bcd16,
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     32-bit (two-register) BCD. Decodes 8 decimal digits. Word ordering follows
+    ///     <see cref="ModbusTagDefinition.ByteOrder"/> the same way <see cref="Int32"/> does.
+    /// </summary>
+    Bcd32,
 }
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -95,3 +145,17 @@ public enum ModbusByteOrder
     BigEndian,
     WordSwap,
 }
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Per-register byte order for ASCII strings packed 2 chars per register. Standard Modbus
+///     convention is <see cref="HighByteFirst"/> — the first character of each pair occupies
+///     the high byte of the register. AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC (DL205, DL260, DL350) and a
+///     handful of legacy controllers pack <see cref="LowByteFirst"/>, which inverts that within
+///     each register. Word ordering across multiple registers is always ascending address for
+///     strings — only the byte order inside each register flips.
+/// </summary>
+public enum ModbusStringByteOrder
+{
+    HighByteFirst,
+    LowByteFirst,
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus/ModbusTcpTransport.cs

@@ -8,33 +8,83 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus;
 ///     support concurrent transactions, but the single-flight model keeps the wire trace
 ///     easy to diagnose and avoids interleaved-response correlation bugs.
 /// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Survives mid-transaction socket drops: when a send/read fails with a socket-level
+///         error (<see cref="IOException"/>, <see cref="SocketException"/>, <see cref="EndOfStreamException"/>)
+///         the transport disposes the dead socket, reconnects, and retries the PDU exactly
+///         once. Deliberately limited to a single retry — further failures bubble up so the
+///         driver's health surface reflects the real state instead of masking a dead PLC.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         Why this matters for DL205/DL260: the AutomationDirect H2-ECOM100 does NOT send
+///         TCP keepalives per <c>docs/v2/dl205.md</c> §behavioral-oddities, so any NAT/firewall
+///         between the gateway and PLC can silently close an idle socket after 2-5 minutes.
+///         Also enables OS-level <c>SO_KEEPALIVE</c> so the driver's own side detects a stuck
+///         socket in reasonable time even when the application is mostly idle.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
 public sealed class ModbusTcpTransport : IModbusTransport
 {
     private readonly string _host;
     private readonly int _port;
     private readonly TimeSpan _timeout;
+    private readonly bool _autoReconnect;
     private readonly SemaphoreSlim _gate = new(1, 1);
     private TcpClient? _client;
     private NetworkStream? _stream;
     private ushort _nextTx;
     private bool _disposed;
 
-    public ModbusTcpTransport(string host, int port, TimeSpan timeout)
+    public ModbusTcpTransport(string host, int port, TimeSpan timeout, bool autoReconnect = true)
     {
         _host = host;
         _port = port;
         _timeout = timeout;
+        _autoReconnect = autoReconnect;
     }
 
     public async Task ConnectAsync(CancellationToken ct)
     {
-        _client = new TcpClient();
+        // Resolve the host explicitly + prefer IPv4. .NET's TcpClient default-constructor is
+        // dual-stack (IPv6 first, fallback to IPv4) — but most Modbus TCP devices (PLCs and
+        // simulators like pymodbus) bind 0.0.0.0 only, so the IPv6 attempt times out and we
+        // burn the entire ConnectAsync budget before even trying IPv4. Resolving first +
+        // dialing the IPv4 address directly sidesteps that.
+        var addresses = await System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddressesAsync(_host, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var ipv4 = System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault(addresses,
+            a => a.AddressFamily == System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily.InterNetwork);
+        var target = ipv4 ?? (addresses.Length > 0 ? addresses[0] : System.Net.IPAddress.Loopback);
+
+        _client = new TcpClient(target.AddressFamily);
+        EnableKeepAlive(_client);
+
         using var cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(ct);
         cts.CancelAfter(_timeout);
-        await _client.ConnectAsync(_host, _port, cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await _client.ConnectAsync(target, _port, cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
         _stream = _client.GetStream();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Enable SO_KEEPALIVE with aggressive probe timing. DL205/DL260 doesn't send keepalives
+    ///     itself; having the OS probe the socket every ~30s lets the driver notice a dead PLC
+    ///     or broken NAT path long before the default 2-hour Windows idle timeout fires.
+    ///     Non-fatal if the underlying OS rejects the option (some older Linux / container
+    ///     sandboxes don't expose the fine-grained timing levers — the driver still works,
+    ///     application-level probe still detects problems).
+    /// </summary>
+    private static void EnableKeepAlive(TcpClient client)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            client.Client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.KeepAlive, true);
+            client.Client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.TcpKeepAliveTime, 30);
+            client.Client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.TcpKeepAliveInterval, 10);
+            client.Client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.TcpKeepAliveRetryCount, 3);
+        }
+        catch { /* best-effort; older OSes may not expose the granular knobs */ }
+    }
+
     public async Task<byte[]> SendAsync(byte unitId, byte[] pdu, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException(nameof(ModbusTcpTransport));
@@ -43,6 +93,28 @@ public sealed class ModbusTcpTransport : IModbusTransport
         await _gate.WaitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
         try
         {
+            try
+            {
+                return await SendOnceAsync(unitId, pdu, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (_autoReconnect && IsSocketLevelFailure(ex))
+            {
+                // Mid-transaction drop: tear down the dead socket, reconnect, resend. Single
+                // retry — if it fails again, let it propagate so health/status reflect reality.
+                await TearDownAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await ConnectAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return await SendOnceAsync(unitId, pdu, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _gate.Release();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<byte[]> SendOnceAsync(byte unitId, byte[] pdu, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        if (_stream is null) throw new InvalidOperationException("Transport not connected");
         var txId = ++_nextTx;
 
         // MBAP: [TxId(2)][Proto=0(2)][Length(2)][UnitId(1)] + PDU
@@ -81,10 +153,25 @@ public sealed class ModbusTcpTransport : IModbusTransport
 
         return respPdu;
     }
-        finally
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Distinguish socket-layer failures (eligible for reconnect-and-retry) from
+    ///     protocol-layer failures (must propagate — retrying the same PDU won't help if the
+    ///     PLC just returned exception 02 Illegal Data Address).
+    /// </summary>
+    private static bool IsSocketLevelFailure(Exception ex) =>
+        ex is EndOfStreamException
+        || ex is IOException
+        || ex is SocketException
+        || ex is ObjectDisposedException;
+
+    private async Task TearDownAsync()
     {
-            _gate.Release();
-        }
+        try { if (_stream is not null) await _stream.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false); }
+        catch { /* best-effort */ }
+        _stream = null;
+        try { _client?.Dispose(); } catch { }
+        _client = null;
     }
 
     private static async Task ReadExactlyAsync(Stream s, byte[] buf, CancellationToken ct)

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,817 @@
+using Opc.Ua;
+using Opc.Ua.Client;
+using Opc.Ua.Configuration;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     OPC UA Client (gateway) driver. Opens a <see cref="Session"/> against a remote OPC UA
+///     server and re-exposes its address space through the local OtOpcUa server. PR 66 ships
+///     the scaffold: <see cref="IDriver"/> only (connect / close / health). Browse, read,
+///     write, subscribe, and probe land in PRs 67-69.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Builds its own <see cref="ApplicationConfiguration"/> rather than reusing
+///         <c>Client.Shared</c> — Client.Shared is oriented at the interactive CLI; this
+///         driver is an always-on service component with different session-lifetime needs
+///         (keep-alive monitor, session transfer on reconnect, multi-year uptime).
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Session lifetime</b>: a single <see cref="Session"/> per driver instance.
+///         Subscriptions multiplex onto that session; SDK reconnect handler takes the session
+///         down and brings it back up on remote-server restart — the driver must re-send
+///         subscriptions + TransferSubscriptions on reconnect to avoid dangling
+///         monitored-item handles. That mechanic lands in PR 69.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class OpcUaClientDriver(OpcUaClientDriverOptions options, string driverInstanceId)
+    : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWritable, ISubscribable, IHostConnectivityProbe, IDisposable, IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    // ---- ISubscribable + IHostConnectivityProbe state ----
+
+    private readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<long, RemoteSubscription> _subscriptions = new();
+    private long _nextSubscriptionId;
+    private readonly object _probeLock = new();
+    private HostState _hostState = HostState.Unknown;
+    private DateTime _hostStateChangedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+    private KeepAliveEventHandler? _keepAliveHandler;
+
+    public event EventHandler<DataChangeEventArgs>? OnDataChange;
+    public event EventHandler<HostStatusChangedEventArgs>? OnHostStatusChanged;
+
+    // OPC UA StatusCode constants the driver surfaces for local-side faults. Upstream-server
+    // StatusCodes are passed through verbatim per driver-specs.md §8 "cascading quality" —
+    // downstream clients need to distinguish 'remote source down' from 'local driver failure'.
+    private const uint StatusBadNodeIdInvalid = 0x80330000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadInternalError = 0x80020000u;
+    private const uint StatusBadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
+
+    private readonly OpcUaClientDriverOptions _options = options;
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _gate = new(1, 1);
+
+    /// <summary>Active OPC UA session. Null until <see cref="InitializeAsync"/> returns cleanly.</summary>
+    internal ISession? Session { get; private set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Per-connection gate. PRs 67+ serialize read/write/browse on this.</summary>
+    internal SemaphoreSlim Gate => _gate;
+
+    private DriverHealth _health = new(DriverState.Unknown, null, null);
+    private bool _disposed;
+    /// <summary>URL of the endpoint the driver actually connected to. Exposed via <see cref="HostName"/>.</summary>
+    private string? _connectedEndpointUrl;
+
+    public string DriverInstanceId => driverInstanceId;
+    public string DriverType => "OpcUaClient";
+
+    public async Task InitializeAsync(string driverConfigJson, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Initializing, null, null);
+        try
+        {
+            var appConfig = await BuildApplicationConfigurationAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var candidates = ResolveEndpointCandidates(_options);
+
+            var identity = BuildUserIdentity(_options);
+
+            // Failover sweep: try each endpoint in order, return the session from the first
+            // one that successfully connects. Per-endpoint failures are captured so the final
+            // aggregate exception names every URL that was tried and why — critical diag for
+            // operators debugging 'why did the failover pick #3?'.
+            var attemptErrors = new List<string>(candidates.Count);
+            ISession? session = null;
+            string? connectedUrl = null;
+            foreach (var url in candidates)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    session = await OpenSessionOnEndpointAsync(
+                        appConfig, url, _options.SecurityPolicy, _options.SecurityMode,
+                        identity, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    connectedUrl = url;
+                    break;
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    attemptErrors.Add($"{url} -> {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (session is null)
+                throw new AggregateException(
+                    "OPC UA Client failed to connect to any of the configured endpoints. " +
+                    "Tried:\n  " + string.Join("\n  ", attemptErrors),
+                    attemptErrors.Select(e => new InvalidOperationException(e)));
+
+            // Wire the session's keep-alive channel into HostState. OPC UA keep-alives are
+            // authoritative for session liveness: the SDK pings on KeepAliveInterval and sets
+            // KeepAliveStopped when N intervals elapse without a response. That's strictly
+            // better than a driver-side polling probe — no extra round-trip, no duplicate
+            // semantic.
+            _keepAliveHandler = (_, e) =>
+            {
+                var healthy = !ServiceResult.IsBad(e.Status);
+                TransitionTo(healthy ? HostState.Running : HostState.Stopped);
+            };
+            session.KeepAlive += _keepAliveHandler;
+
+            Session = session;
+            _connectedEndpointUrl = connectedUrl;
+            _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
+            TransitionTo(HostState.Running);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            try { if (Session is Session s) await s.CloseAsync().ConfigureAwait(false); } catch { }
+            Session = null;
+            _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Faulted, null, ex.Message);
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Build a minimal in-memory <see cref="ApplicationConfiguration"/>. Certificates live
+    ///     under the OS user profile — on Windows that's <c>%LocalAppData%\OtOpcUa\pki</c>
+    ///     — so multiple driver instances in the same OtOpcUa server process share one
+    ///     certificate store without extra config.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task<ApplicationConfiguration> BuildApplicationConfigurationAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        // The default ctor is obsolete in favour of the ITelemetryContext overload; suppress
+        // locally rather than plumbing a telemetry context all the way through the driver
+        // surface — the driver emits no per-request telemetry of its own and the SDK's
+        // internal fallback is fine for a gateway use case.
+#pragma warning disable CS0618
+        var app = new ApplicationInstance
+        {
+            ApplicationName = _options.SessionName,
+            ApplicationType = ApplicationType.Client,
+        };
+#pragma warning restore CS0618
+
+        var pkiRoot = Path.Combine(
+            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData),
+            "OtOpcUa", "pki");
+
+        var config = new ApplicationConfiguration
+        {
+            ApplicationName = _options.SessionName,
+            ApplicationType = ApplicationType.Client,
+            ApplicationUri = _options.ApplicationUri,
+            SecurityConfiguration = new SecurityConfiguration
+            {
+                ApplicationCertificate = new CertificateIdentifier
+                {
+                    StoreType = CertificateStoreType.Directory,
+                    StorePath = Path.Combine(pkiRoot, "own"),
+                    SubjectName = $"CN={_options.SessionName}",
+                },
+                TrustedPeerCertificates = new CertificateTrustList
+                {
+                    StoreType = CertificateStoreType.Directory,
+                    StorePath = Path.Combine(pkiRoot, "trusted"),
+                },
+                TrustedIssuerCertificates = new CertificateTrustList
+                {
+                    StoreType = CertificateStoreType.Directory,
+                    StorePath = Path.Combine(pkiRoot, "issuers"),
+                },
+                RejectedCertificateStore = new CertificateTrustList
+                {
+                    StoreType = CertificateStoreType.Directory,
+                    StorePath = Path.Combine(pkiRoot, "rejected"),
+                },
+                AutoAcceptUntrustedCertificates = _options.AutoAcceptCertificates,
+            },
+            TransportQuotas = new TransportQuotas { OperationTimeout = (int)_options.Timeout.TotalMilliseconds },
+            ClientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration
+            {
+                DefaultSessionTimeout = (int)_options.SessionTimeout.TotalMilliseconds,
+            },
+            DisableHiResClock = true,
+        };
+
+        await config.ValidateAsync(ApplicationType.Client, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        // Attach a cert-validator handler that honours the AutoAccept flag. Without this,
+        // AutoAcceptUntrustedCertificates on the config alone isn't always enough in newer
+        // SDK versions — the validator raises an event the app has to handle.
+        if (_options.AutoAcceptCertificates)
+        {
+            config.CertificateValidator.CertificateValidation += (s, e) =>
+            {
+                if (e.Error.StatusCode == StatusCodes.BadCertificateUntrusted)
+                    e.Accept = true;
+            };
+        }
+
+        // Ensure an application certificate exists. The SDK auto-generates one if missing.
+        app.ApplicationConfiguration = config;
+        await app.CheckApplicationInstanceCertificatesAsync(silent: true, lifeTimeInMonths: null, ct)
+            .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        return config;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Resolve the ordered failover candidate list. <c>EndpointUrls</c> wins when
+    ///     non-empty; otherwise fall back to <c>EndpointUrl</c> as a single-URL shortcut so
+    ///     existing single-endpoint configs keep working without migration.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static IReadOnlyList<string> ResolveEndpointCandidates(OpcUaClientDriverOptions opts)
+    {
+        if (opts.EndpointUrls is { Count: > 0 }) return opts.EndpointUrls;
+        return [opts.EndpointUrl];
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Build the user-identity token from the driver options. Split out of
+    ///     <see cref="InitializeAsync"/> so the failover sweep reuses one identity across
+    ///     every endpoint attempt — generating it N times would re-unlock the user cert's
+    ///     private key N times, wasteful + keeps the password in memory longer.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static UserIdentity BuildUserIdentity(OpcUaClientDriverOptions options) =>
+        options.AuthType switch
+        {
+            OpcUaAuthType.Anonymous => new UserIdentity(new AnonymousIdentityToken()),
+            OpcUaAuthType.Username => new UserIdentity(
+                options.Username ?? string.Empty,
+                System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(options.Password ?? string.Empty)),
+            OpcUaAuthType.Certificate => BuildCertificateIdentity(options),
+            _ => new UserIdentity(new AnonymousIdentityToken()),
+        };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Open a session against a single endpoint URL. Bounded by
+    ///     <see cref="OpcUaClientDriverOptions.PerEndpointConnectTimeout"/> so the failover
+    ///     sweep doesn't spend its full budget on one dead server. Moved out of
+    ///     <see cref="InitializeAsync"/> so the failover loop body stays readable.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task<ISession> OpenSessionOnEndpointAsync(
+        ApplicationConfiguration appConfig,
+        string endpointUrl,
+        OpcUaSecurityPolicy policy,
+        OpcUaSecurityMode mode,
+        UserIdentity identity,
+        CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        using var cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(ct);
+        cts.CancelAfter(_options.PerEndpointConnectTimeout);
+
+        var selected = await SelectMatchingEndpointAsync(
+            appConfig, endpointUrl, policy, mode, cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var endpointConfig = EndpointConfiguration.Create(appConfig);
+        endpointConfig.OperationTimeout = (int)_options.Timeout.TotalMilliseconds;
+        var endpoint = new ConfiguredEndpoint(null, selected, endpointConfig);
+
+        var session = await new DefaultSessionFactory(telemetry: null!).CreateAsync(
+            appConfig,
+            endpoint,
+            false,                                              // updateBeforeConnect
+            _options.SessionName,
+            (uint)_options.SessionTimeout.TotalMilliseconds,
+            identity,
+            null,                                               // preferredLocales
+            cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        session.KeepAliveInterval = (int)_options.KeepAliveInterval.TotalMilliseconds;
+        return session;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Select the remote endpoint matching both the requested <paramref name="policy"/>
+    ///     and <paramref name="mode"/>. The SDK's <c>CoreClientUtils.SelectEndpointAsync</c>
+    ///     only honours a boolean "use security" flag; we need policy-aware matching so an
+    ///     operator asking for <c>Basic256Sha256</c> against a server that also offers
+    ///     <c>Basic128Rsa15</c> doesn't silently end up on the weaker cipher.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static async Task<EndpointDescription> SelectMatchingEndpointAsync(
+        ApplicationConfiguration appConfig,
+        string endpointUrl,
+        OpcUaSecurityPolicy policy,
+        OpcUaSecurityMode mode,
+        CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        // GetEndpoints returns everything the server advertises; policy + mode filter is
+        // applied client-side so the selection is explicit and fails loudly if the operator
+        // asks for a combination the server doesn't publish. DiscoveryClient.CreateAsync
+        // is the non-obsolete path in SDK 1.5.378; the synchronous Create(..) variants are
+        // all deprecated.
+        using var client = await DiscoveryClient.CreateAsync(
+            appConfig, new Uri(endpointUrl), Opc.Ua.DiagnosticsMasks.None, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var all = await client.GetEndpointsAsync(null, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var wantedPolicyUri = MapSecurityPolicy(policy);
+        var wantedMode = mode switch
+        {
+            OpcUaSecurityMode.None => MessageSecurityMode.None,
+            OpcUaSecurityMode.Sign => MessageSecurityMode.Sign,
+            OpcUaSecurityMode.SignAndEncrypt => MessageSecurityMode.SignAndEncrypt,
+            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(mode)),
+        };
+
+        var match = all.FirstOrDefault(e =>
+            e.SecurityPolicyUri == wantedPolicyUri && e.SecurityMode == wantedMode);
+
+        if (match is null)
+        {
+            var advertised = string.Join(", ", all
+                .Select(e => $"{ShortPolicyName(e.SecurityPolicyUri)}/{e.SecurityMode}"));
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"No endpoint at '{endpointUrl}' matches SecurityPolicy={policy} + SecurityMode={mode}. " +
+                $"Server advertises: {advertised}");
+        }
+        return match;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Build a <see cref="UserIdentity"/> carrying a client user-authentication
+    ///     certificate loaded from <see cref="OpcUaClientDriverOptions.UserCertificatePath"/>.
+    ///     Used when the remote server's endpoint advertises Certificate-type user tokens.
+    ///     Fails fast if the path is missing, the file doesn't exist, or the certificate
+    ///     lacks a private key (the private key is required to sign the user-token
+    ///     challenge during session activation).
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static UserIdentity BuildCertificateIdentity(OpcUaClientDriverOptions options)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.UserCertificatePath))
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "OpcUaAuthType.Certificate requires OpcUaClientDriverOptions.UserCertificatePath to be set.");
+        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(options.UserCertificatePath))
+            throw new System.IO.FileNotFoundException(
+                $"User certificate not found at '{options.UserCertificatePath}'.",
+                options.UserCertificatePath);
+
+        // X509CertificateLoader (new in .NET 9) is the only non-obsolete way to load a PFX
+        // since the legacy X509Certificate2 ctors are marked obsolete on net10. Passes the
+        // password through verbatim; PEM files with external keys fall back to
+        // LoadCertificateFromFile which picks up the adjacent .key if present.
+        var cert = System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509CertificateLoader
+            .LoadPkcs12FromFile(options.UserCertificatePath, options.UserCertificatePassword);
+
+        if (!cert.HasPrivateKey)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"User certificate at '{options.UserCertificatePath}' has no private key — " +
+                "the private key is required to sign the OPC UA user-token challenge at session activation.");
+
+        return new UserIdentity(cert);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Convert a driver <see cref="OpcUaSecurityPolicy"/> to the OPC UA policy URI.</summary>
+    internal static string MapSecurityPolicy(OpcUaSecurityPolicy policy) => policy switch
+    {
+        OpcUaSecurityPolicy.None => SecurityPolicies.None,
+        OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Basic128Rsa15 => SecurityPolicies.Basic128Rsa15,
+        OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Basic256 => SecurityPolicies.Basic256,
+        OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Basic256Sha256 => SecurityPolicies.Basic256Sha256,
+        OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Aes128_Sha256_RsaOaep => SecurityPolicies.Aes128_Sha256_RsaOaep,
+        OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss => SecurityPolicies.Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss,
+        _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(policy), policy, null),
+    };
+
+    private static string ShortPolicyName(string policyUri) =>
+        policyUri?.Substring(policyUri.LastIndexOf('#') + 1) ?? "(null)";
+
+    public async Task ReinitializeAsync(string driverConfigJson, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        await ShutdownAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await InitializeAsync(driverConfigJson, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    public async Task ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // Tear down remote subscriptions first — otherwise Session.Close will try and may fail
+        // with BadSubscriptionIdInvalid noise in the upstream log. _subscriptions is cleared
+        // whether or not the wire-side delete succeeds since the local handles are useless
+        // after close anyway.
+        foreach (var rs in _subscriptions.Values)
+        {
+            try { await rs.Subscription.DeleteAsync(silent: true, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch { /* best-effort */ }
+        }
+        _subscriptions.Clear();
+
+        if (_keepAliveHandler is not null && Session is not null)
+        {
+            try { Session.KeepAlive -= _keepAliveHandler; } catch { }
+        }
+        _keepAliveHandler = null;
+
+        try { if (Session is Session s) await s.CloseAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+        catch { /* best-effort */ }
+        try { Session?.Dispose(); } catch { }
+        Session = null;
+        _connectedEndpointUrl = null;
+
+        TransitionTo(HostState.Unknown);
+        _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Unknown, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, null);
+    }
+
+    public DriverHealth GetHealth() => _health;
+    public long GetMemoryFootprint() => 0;
+    public Task FlushOptionalCachesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    // ---- IReadable ----
+
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot>> ReadAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> fullReferences, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var session = RequireSession();
+        var results = new DataValueSnapshot[fullReferences.Count];
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+
+        // Parse NodeIds up-front. Tags whose reference doesn't parse get BadNodeIdInvalid
+        // and are omitted from the wire request — saves a round-trip against the upstream
+        // server for a fault the driver can detect locally.
+        var toSend = new ReadValueIdCollection();
+        var indexMap = new List<int>(fullReferences.Count); // maps wire-index -> results-index
+        for (var i = 0; i < fullReferences.Count; i++)
+        {
+            if (!TryParseNodeId(session, fullReferences[i], out var nodeId))
+            {
+                results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, StatusBadNodeIdInvalid, null, now);
+                continue;
+            }
+            toSend.Add(new ReadValueId { NodeId = nodeId, AttributeId = Attributes.Value });
+            indexMap.Add(i);
+        }
+
+        if (toSend.Count == 0) return results;
+
+        await _gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var resp = await session.ReadAsync(
+                    requestHeader: null,
+                    maxAge: 0,
+                    timestampsToReturn: TimestampsToReturn.Both,
+                    nodesToRead: toSend,
+                    ct: cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                var values = resp.Results;
+                for (var w = 0; w < values.Count; w++)
+                {
+                    var r = indexMap[w];
+                    var dv = values[w];
+                    // Preserve the upstream StatusCode verbatim — including Bad codes per
+                    // §8's cascading-quality rule. Also preserve SourceTimestamp so downstream
+                    // clients can detect stale upstream data.
+                    results[r] = new DataValueSnapshot(
+                        Value: dv.Value,
+                        StatusCode: dv.StatusCode.Code,
+                        SourceTimestampUtc: dv.SourceTimestamp == DateTime.MinValue ? null : dv.SourceTimestamp,
+                        ServerTimestampUtc: dv.ServerTimestamp == DateTime.MinValue ? now : dv.ServerTimestamp);
+                }
+                _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, now, null);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                // Transport / timeout / session-dropped — fan out the same fault across every
+                // tag in this batch. Per-tag StatusCode stays BadCommunicationError (not
+                // BadInternalError) so operators distinguish "upstream unreachable" from
+                // "driver bug".
+                for (var w = 0; w < indexMap.Count; w++)
+                {
+                    var r = indexMap[w];
+                    results[r] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, StatusBadCommunicationError, null, now);
+                }
+                _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, ex.Message);
+            }
+        }
+        finally { _gate.Release(); }
+        return results;
+    }
+
+    // ---- IWritable ----
+
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<WriteResult>> WriteAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<Core.Abstractions.WriteRequest> writes, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var session = RequireSession();
+        var results = new WriteResult[writes.Count];
+
+        var toSend = new WriteValueCollection();
+        var indexMap = new List<int>(writes.Count);
+        for (var i = 0; i < writes.Count; i++)
+        {
+            if (!TryParseNodeId(session, writes[i].FullReference, out var nodeId))
+            {
+                results[i] = new WriteResult(StatusBadNodeIdInvalid);
+                continue;
+            }
+            toSend.Add(new WriteValue
+            {
+                NodeId = nodeId,
+                AttributeId = Attributes.Value,
+                Value = new DataValue(new Variant(writes[i].Value)),
+            });
+            indexMap.Add(i);
+        }
+
+        if (toSend.Count == 0) return results;
+
+        await _gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var resp = await session.WriteAsync(
+                    requestHeader: null,
+                    nodesToWrite: toSend,
+                    ct: cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                var codes = resp.Results;
+                for (var w = 0; w < codes.Count; w++)
+                {
+                    var r = indexMap[w];
+                    // Pass upstream WriteResult StatusCode through verbatim. Success codes
+                    // include Good (0) and any warning-level Good* variants; anything with
+                    // the severity bits set is a Bad.
+                    results[r] = new WriteResult(codes[w].Code);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                for (var w = 0; w < indexMap.Count; w++)
+                    results[indexMap[w]] = new WriteResult(StatusBadCommunicationError);
+            }
+        }
+        finally { _gate.Release(); }
+        return results;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Parse a tag's full-reference string as a NodeId. Accepts the standard OPC UA
+    ///     serialized forms (<c>ns=2;s=…</c>, <c>i=2253</c>, <c>ns=4;g=…</c>, <c>ns=3;b=…</c>).
+    ///     Empty + malformed strings return false; the driver surfaces that as
+    ///     <see cref="StatusBadNodeIdInvalid"/> without a wire round-trip.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static bool TryParseNodeId(ISession session, string fullReference, out NodeId nodeId)
+    {
+        nodeId = NodeId.Null;
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(fullReference)) return false;
+        try
+        {
+            nodeId = NodeId.Parse(session.MessageContext, fullReference);
+            return !NodeId.IsNull(nodeId);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ISession RequireSession() =>
+        Session ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("OpcUaClientDriver not initialized");
+
+    // ---- ITagDiscovery ----
+
+    public async Task DiscoverAsync(IAddressSpaceBuilder builder, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(builder);
+        var session = RequireSession();
+
+        var root = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(_options.BrowseRoot)
+            ? NodeId.Parse(session.MessageContext, _options.BrowseRoot)
+            : ObjectIds.ObjectsFolder;
+
+        var rootFolder = builder.Folder("Remote", "Remote");
+        var visited = new HashSet<NodeId>();
+        var discovered = 0;
+
+        await _gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            await BrowseRecursiveAsync(session, root, rootFolder, visited,
+                depth: 0, discovered: () => discovered, increment: () => discovered++,
+                ct: cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        finally { _gate.Release(); }
+    }
+
+    private async Task BrowseRecursiveAsync(
+        ISession session, NodeId node, IAddressSpaceBuilder folder, HashSet<NodeId> visited,
+        int depth, Func<int> discovered, Action increment, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        if (depth >= _options.MaxBrowseDepth) return;
+        if (discovered() >= _options.MaxDiscoveredNodes) return;
+        if (!visited.Add(node)) return;
+
+        var browseDescriptions = new BrowseDescriptionCollection
+        {
+            new()
+            {
+                NodeId = node,
+                BrowseDirection = BrowseDirection.Forward,
+                ReferenceTypeId = ReferenceTypeIds.HierarchicalReferences,
+                IncludeSubtypes = true,
+                NodeClassMask = (uint)(NodeClass.Object | NodeClass.Variable),
+                ResultMask = (uint)(BrowseResultMask.BrowseName | BrowseResultMask.DisplayName
+                                    | BrowseResultMask.NodeClass | BrowseResultMask.TypeDefinition),
+            }
+        };
+
+        BrowseResponse resp;
+        try
+        {
+            resp = await session.BrowseAsync(
+                requestHeader: null,
+                view: null,
+                requestedMaxReferencesPerNode: 0,
+                nodesToBrowse: browseDescriptions,
+                ct: ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Transient browse failure on a sub-tree — don't kill the whole discovery, just
+            // skip this branch. The driver's health surface will reflect the cascade via the
+            // probe loop (PR 69).
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (resp.Results.Count == 0) return;
+        var refs = resp.Results[0].References;
+
+        foreach (var rf in refs)
+        {
+            if (discovered() >= _options.MaxDiscoveredNodes) break;
+
+            var childId = ExpandedNodeId.ToNodeId(rf.NodeId, session.NamespaceUris);
+            if (NodeId.IsNull(childId)) continue;
+
+            var browseName = rf.BrowseName?.Name ?? childId.ToString();
+            var displayName = rf.DisplayName?.Text ?? browseName;
+
+            if (rf.NodeClass == NodeClass.Object)
+            {
+                var subFolder = folder.Folder(browseName, displayName);
+                increment();
+                await BrowseRecursiveAsync(session, childId, subFolder, visited,
+                    depth + 1, discovered, increment, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            else if (rf.NodeClass == NodeClass.Variable)
+            {
+                // Serialize the NodeId so the IReadable/IWritable surface receives a
+                // round-trippable string. Deferring the DataType + AccessLevel fetch to a
+                // follow-up PR — initial browse uses a conservative ViewOnly + Int32 default.
+                var nodeIdString = childId.ToString() ?? string.Empty;
+                folder.Variable(browseName, displayName, new DriverAttributeInfo(
+                    FullName: nodeIdString,
+                    DriverDataType: DriverDataType.Int32,
+                    IsArray: false,
+                    ArrayDim: null,
+                    SecurityClass: SecurityClassification.ViewOnly,
+                    IsHistorized: false,
+                    IsAlarm: false));
+                increment();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ---- ISubscribable ----
+
+    public async Task<ISubscriptionHandle> SubscribeAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> fullReferences, TimeSpan publishingInterval, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var session = RequireSession();
+        var id = Interlocked.Increment(ref _nextSubscriptionId);
+        var handle = new OpcUaSubscriptionHandle(id);
+
+        // Floor the publishing interval at 50ms — OPC UA servers routinely negotiate
+        // minimum-supported intervals up anyway, but sending sub-50ms wastes negotiation
+        // bandwidth on every subscription create.
+        var intervalMs = publishingInterval < TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50)
+            ? 50
+            : (int)publishingInterval.TotalMilliseconds;
+
+        var subscription = new Subscription(telemetry: null!, new SubscriptionOptions
+        {
+            DisplayName = $"opcua-sub-{id}",
+            PublishingInterval = intervalMs,
+            KeepAliveCount = 10,
+            LifetimeCount = 1000,
+            MaxNotificationsPerPublish = 0,
+            PublishingEnabled = true,
+            Priority = 0,
+            TimestampsToReturn = TimestampsToReturn.Both,
+        });
+
+        await _gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            session.AddSubscription(subscription);
+            await subscription.CreateAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            foreach (var fullRef in fullReferences)
+            {
+                if (!TryParseNodeId(session, fullRef, out var nodeId)) continue;
+                // The tag string is routed through MonitoredItem.Handle so the Notification
+                // handler can identify which tag changed without an extra lookup.
+                var item = new MonitoredItem(telemetry: null!, new MonitoredItemOptions
+                {
+                    DisplayName = fullRef,
+                    StartNodeId = nodeId,
+                    AttributeId = Attributes.Value,
+                    MonitoringMode = MonitoringMode.Reporting,
+                    SamplingInterval = intervalMs,
+                    QueueSize = 1,
+                    DiscardOldest = true,
+                })
+                {
+                    Handle = fullRef,
+                };
+                item.Notification += (mi, args) => OnMonitoredItemNotification(handle, mi, args);
+                subscription.AddItem(item);
+            }
+
+            await subscription.CreateItemsAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            _subscriptions[id] = new RemoteSubscription(subscription, handle);
+        }
+        finally { _gate.Release(); }
+
+        return handle;
+    }
+
+    public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (handle is not OpcUaSubscriptionHandle h) return;
+        if (!_subscriptions.TryRemove(h.Id, out var rs)) return;
+
+        await _gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            try { await rs.Subscription.DeleteAsync(silent: true, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch { /* best-effort — the subscription may already be gone on reconnect */ }
+        }
+        finally { _gate.Release(); }
+    }
+
+    private void OnMonitoredItemNotification(OpcUaSubscriptionHandle handle, MonitoredItem item, MonitoredItemNotificationEventArgs args)
+    {
+        // args.NotificationValue arrives as a MonitoredItemNotification for value-change
+        // subscriptions; extract its DataValue. The Handle property carries our tag string.
+        if (args.NotificationValue is not MonitoredItemNotification mn) return;
+        var dv = mn.Value;
+        if (dv is null) return;
+        var fullRef = (item.Handle as string) ?? item.DisplayName ?? string.Empty;
+        var snapshot = new DataValueSnapshot(
+            Value: dv.Value,
+            StatusCode: dv.StatusCode.Code,
+            SourceTimestampUtc: dv.SourceTimestamp == DateTime.MinValue ? null : dv.SourceTimestamp,
+            ServerTimestampUtc: dv.ServerTimestamp == DateTime.MinValue ? DateTime.UtcNow : dv.ServerTimestamp);
+        OnDataChange?.Invoke(this, new DataChangeEventArgs(handle, fullRef, snapshot));
+    }
+
+    private sealed record RemoteSubscription(Subscription Subscription, OpcUaSubscriptionHandle Handle);
+
+    private sealed record OpcUaSubscriptionHandle(long Id) : ISubscriptionHandle
+    {
+        public string DiagnosticId => $"opcua-sub-{Id}";
+    }
+
+    // ---- IHostConnectivityProbe ----
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Endpoint-URL-keyed host identity for the Admin /hosts dashboard. Reflects the
+    ///     endpoint the driver actually connected to after the failover sweep — not the
+    ///     first URL in the candidate list — so operators see which of the configured
+    ///     endpoints is currently serving traffic. Falls back to the first configured URL
+    ///     pre-init so the dashboard has something to render before the first connect.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string HostName => _connectedEndpointUrl
+        ?? ResolveEndpointCandidates(_options).FirstOrDefault()
+        ?? _options.EndpointUrl;
+
+    public IReadOnlyList<HostConnectivityStatus> GetHostStatuses()
+    {
+        lock (_probeLock)
+            return [new HostConnectivityStatus(HostName, _hostState, _hostStateChangedUtc)];
+    }
+
+    private void TransitionTo(HostState newState)
+    {
+        HostState old;
+        lock (_probeLock)
+        {
+            old = _hostState;
+            if (old == newState) return;
+            _hostState = newState;
+            _hostStateChangedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        }
+        OnHostStatusChanged?.Invoke(this, new HostStatusChangedEventArgs(HostName, old, newState));
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose() => DisposeAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        if (_disposed) return;
+        _disposed = true;
+        try { await ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+        catch { /* disposal is best-effort */ }
+        _gate.Dispose();
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriverOptions.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     OPC UA Client (gateway) driver configuration. Bound from <c>DriverConfig</c> JSON at
+///     driver-host registration time. Models the settings documented in
+///     <c>docs/v2/driver-specs.md</c> §8.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     This driver connects to a REMOTE OPC UA server and re-exposes its address space
+///     through the local OtOpcUa server — the opposite direction from the usual "server
+///     exposes PLC data" flow. Tier A (pure managed, OPC Foundation reference SDK); universal
+///     protections cover it.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Remote OPC UA endpoint URL, e.g. <c>opc.tcp://plc.internal:4840</c>. Convenience
+    ///     shortcut for a single-endpoint deployment — equivalent to setting
+    ///     <see cref="EndpointUrls"/> to a list with this one URL. When both are provided,
+    ///     the list wins and <see cref="EndpointUrl"/> is ignored.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string EndpointUrl { get; init; } = "opc.tcp://localhost:4840";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Ordered list of candidate endpoint URLs for failover. The driver tries each in
+    ///     order at <see cref="OpcUaClientDriver.InitializeAsync"/> and on session drop;
+    ///     the first URL that successfully connects wins. Typical use-case: an OPC UA server
+    ///     pair running in hot-standby (primary 4840 + backup 4841) where either can serve
+    ///     the same address space. Leave unset (or empty) to use <see cref="EndpointUrl"/>
+    ///     as a single-URL shortcut.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> EndpointUrls { get; init; } = [];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Per-endpoint connect-attempt timeout during the failover sweep. Short enough that
+    ///     cycling through several dead servers doesn't blow the overall init budget, long
+    ///     enough to tolerate a slow TLS handshake on a healthy server. Applied independently
+    ///     of <see cref="Timeout"/> which governs steady-state operations.
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeSpan PerEndpointConnectTimeout { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Security policy to require when selecting an endpoint. Either a
+    ///     <see cref="OpcUaSecurityPolicy"/> enum constant or a free-form string (for
+    ///     forward-compatibility with future OPC UA policies not yet in the enum).
+    ///     Matched against <c>EndpointDescription.SecurityPolicyUri</c> suffix — the driver
+    ///     connects to the first endpoint whose policy name matches AND whose mode matches
+    ///     <see cref="SecurityMode"/>. When set to <see cref="OpcUaSecurityPolicy.None"/>
+    ///     the driver picks any unsecured endpoint regardless of policy string.
+    /// </summary>
+    public OpcUaSecurityPolicy SecurityPolicy { get; init; } = OpcUaSecurityPolicy.None;
+
+    /// <summary>Security mode.</summary>
+    public OpcUaSecurityMode SecurityMode { get; init; } = OpcUaSecurityMode.None;
+
+    /// <summary>Authentication type.</summary>
+    public OpcUaAuthType AuthType { get; init; } = OpcUaAuthType.Anonymous;
+
+    /// <summary>User name (required only for <see cref="OpcUaAuthType.Username"/>).</summary>
+    public string? Username { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Password (required only for <see cref="OpcUaAuthType.Username"/>).</summary>
+    public string? Password { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Filesystem path to the user-identity certificate (PFX/PEM). Required when
+    ///     <see cref="AuthType"/> is <see cref="OpcUaAuthType.Certificate"/>. The driver
+    ///     loads the cert + private key, which the remote server validates against its
+    ///     <c>TrustedUserCertificates</c> store to authenticate the session's user token.
+    ///     Leave unset to use the driver's application-instance certificate as the user
+    ///     token (not typical — most deployments have a separate user cert).
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? UserCertificatePath { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Optional password that unlocks <see cref="UserCertificatePath"/> when the PFX is
+    ///     protected. PEM files generally have their password on the adjacent key file; this
+    ///     knob only applies to password-locked PFX.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? UserCertificatePassword { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Server-negotiated session timeout. Default 120s per driver-specs.md §8.</summary>
+    public TimeSpan SessionTimeout { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120);
+
+    /// <summary>Client-side keep-alive interval.</summary>
+    public TimeSpan KeepAliveInterval { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+
+    /// <summary>Initial reconnect delay after a session drop.</summary>
+    public TimeSpan ReconnectPeriod { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     When <c>true</c>, the driver accepts any self-signed / untrusted server certificate.
+    ///     Dev-only — must be <c>false</c> in production so MITM attacks against the opc.tcp
+    ///     channel fail closed.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool AutoAcceptCertificates { get; init; } = false;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Application URI the driver reports during session creation. Must match the
+    ///     subject-alt-name on the client certificate if one is used, which is why it's a
+    ///     config knob rather than hard-coded.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string ApplicationUri { get; init; } = "urn:localhost:OtOpcUa:GatewayClient";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Friendly name sent to the remote server for diagnostics. Shows up in the remote
+    ///     server's session-list so operators can identify which gateway instance is calling.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string SessionName { get; init; } = "OtOpcUa-Gateway";
+
+    /// <summary>Connect + per-operation timeout.</summary>
+    public TimeSpan Timeout { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Root NodeId to mirror. Default <c>null</c> = <c>ObjectsFolder</c> (i=85). Set to
+    ///     a scoped root to restrict the address space the driver exposes locally — useful
+    ///     when the remote server has tens of thousands of nodes and only a subset is
+    ///     needed downstream.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? BrowseRoot { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Cap on total nodes discovered during <c>DiscoverAsync</c>. Default 10_000 —
+    ///     bounds memory on runaway remote servers without being so low that normal
+    ///     deployments hit it. When the cap is reached discovery stops and a warning is
+    ///     written to the driver health surface; the partially-discovered tree is still
+    ///     projected into the local address space.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int MaxDiscoveredNodes { get; init; } = 10_000;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Max hierarchical depth of the browse. Default 10 — deep enough for realistic
+    ///     OPC UA information models, shallow enough that cyclic graphs can't spin the
+    ///     browse forever.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int MaxBrowseDepth { get; init; } = 10;
+}
+
+/// <summary>OPC UA message security mode.</summary>
+public enum OpcUaSecurityMode
+{
+    None,
+    Sign,
+    SignAndEncrypt,
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     OPC UA security policies recognized by the driver. Maps to the standard
+///     <c>http://opcfoundation.org/UA/SecurityPolicy#</c> URI suffixes the SDK uses for
+///     endpoint matching.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <see cref="Basic128Rsa15"/> and <see cref="Basic256"/> are <b>deprecated</b> per OPC UA
+///     spec v1.04 — they remain in the enum only for brownfield interop with older servers.
+///     Prefer <see cref="Basic256Sha256"/>, <see cref="Aes128_Sha256_RsaOaep"/>, or
+///     <see cref="Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss"/> for new deployments.
+/// </remarks>
+public enum OpcUaSecurityPolicy
+{
+    /// <summary>No security. Unsigned, unencrypted wire.</summary>
+    None,
+    /// <summary>Deprecated (OPC UA 1.04). Retained for legacy server interop.</summary>
+    Basic128Rsa15,
+    /// <summary>Deprecated (OPC UA 1.04). Retained for legacy server interop.</summary>
+    Basic256,
+    /// <summary>Recommended baseline for current deployments.</summary>
+    Basic256Sha256,
+    /// <summary>Current OPC UA policy; AES-128 + SHA-256 + RSA-OAEP.</summary>
+    Aes128_Sha256_RsaOaep,
+    /// <summary>Current OPC UA policy; AES-256 + SHA-256 + RSA-PSS.</summary>
+    Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss,
+}
+
+/// <summary>User authentication type sent to the remote server.</summary>
+public enum OpcUaAuthType
+{
+    Anonymous,
+    Username,
+    Certificate,
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.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.Driver.OpcUaClient</RootNamespace>
+        <AssemblyName>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient</AssemblyName>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Client" Version="1.5.378.106"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Configuration" Version="1.5.378.106"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7AddressParser.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Siemens S7 memory area. The driver's tag-address parser maps every S7 tag string into
+///     exactly one of these + an offset. Values match the on-wire S7 area codes only
+///     incidentally — S7.Net uses its own <c>DataType</c> enum (<c>DataBlock</c>, <c>Memory</c>,
+///     <c>Input</c>, <c>Output</c>, <c>Timer</c>, <c>Counter</c>) so the adapter layer translates.
+/// </summary>
+public enum S7Area
+{
+    DataBlock,
+    Memory,  // M (Merker / marker byte)
+    Input,   // I (process-image input)
+    Output,  // Q (process-image output)
+    Timer,
+    Counter,
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Access width for a DB / M / I / Q address. Timers and counters are always 16-bit
+///     opaque (not user-addressable via size suffixes).
+/// </summary>
+public enum S7Size
+{
+    Bit,     // X
+    Byte,    // B
+    Word,    // W — 16-bit
+    DWord,   // D — 32-bit
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Parsed form of an S7 tag-address string. Produced by <see cref="S7AddressParser.Parse"/>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Area">Memory area (DB, M, I, Q, T, C).</param>
+/// <param name="DbNumber">Data block number; only meaningful when <paramref name="Area"/> is <see cref="S7Area.DataBlock"/>.</param>
+/// <param name="Size">Access width. Always <see cref="S7Size.Word"/> for Timer and Counter.</param>
+/// <param name="ByteOffset">Byte offset into the area (for DB/M/I/Q) or the timer/counter number.</param>
+/// <param name="BitOffset">Bit position 0-7 when <paramref name="Size"/> is <see cref="S7Size.Bit"/>; 0 otherwise.</param>
+public readonly record struct S7ParsedAddress(
+    S7Area Area,
+    int DbNumber,
+    S7Size Size,
+    int ByteOffset,
+    int BitOffset);
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Parses Siemens S7 address strings into <see cref="S7ParsedAddress"/>. Accepts the
+///     Siemens TIA-Portal / STEP 7 Classic syntax documented in <c>docs/v2/driver-specs.md</c> §5:
+///     <list type="bullet">
+///         <item><c>DB{n}.DB{X|B|W|D}{offset}[.bit]</c> — e.g. <c>DB1.DBX0.0</c>, <c>DB1.DBW0</c>, <c>DB1.DBD4</c></item>
+///         <item><c>M{B|W|D}{offset}</c> or <c>M{offset}.{bit}</c> — e.g. <c>MB0</c>, <c>MW0</c>, <c>MD4</c>, <c>M0.0</c></item>
+///         <item><c>I{B|W|D}{offset}</c> or <c>I{offset}.{bit}</c> — e.g. <c>IB0</c>, <c>IW0</c>, <c>ID0</c>, <c>I0.0</c></item>
+///         <item><c>Q{B|W|D}{offset}</c> or <c>Q{offset}.{bit}</c> — e.g. <c>QB0</c>, <c>QW0</c>, <c>QD0</c>, <c>Q0.0</c></item>
+///         <item><c>T{n}</c> — e.g. <c>T0</c>, <c>T15</c></item>
+///         <item><c>C{n}</c> — e.g. <c>C0</c>, <c>C10</c></item>
+///     </list>
+///     Grammar is case-insensitive. Leading/trailing whitespace tolerated. Bit specifiers
+///     must be 0-7; byte offsets must be non-negative; DB numbers must be &gt;= 1.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Parse is deliberately strict — the parser rejects syntactic garbage up-front so a bad
+///     tag config fails at driver init time instead of surfacing as a misleading
+///     <c>BadInternalError</c> on every Read against that tag.
+/// </remarks>
+public static class S7AddressParser
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Parse an S7 address. Throws <see cref="FormatException"/> on any syntax error with
+    ///     the offending input echoed in the message so operators can correlate to the tag
+    ///     config that produced the fault.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static S7ParsedAddress Parse(string address)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(address))
+            throw new FormatException("S7 address must not be empty");
+        var s = address.Trim().ToUpperInvariant();
+
+        // --- DB{n}.DB{X|B|W|D}{offset}[.bit] ---
+        if (s.StartsWith("DB") && TryParseDataBlock(s, out var dbResult))
+            return dbResult;
+
+        if (s.Length < 2)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 address '{address}' is too short to parse");
+
+        var areaChar = s[0];
+        var rest = s.Substring(1);
+
+        switch (areaChar)
+        {
+            case 'M': return ParseMIQ(S7Area.Memory, rest, address);
+            case 'I': return ParseMIQ(S7Area.Input, rest, address);
+            case 'Q': return ParseMIQ(S7Area.Output, rest, address);
+            case 'T': return ParseTimerOrCounter(S7Area.Timer, rest, address);
+            case 'C': return ParseTimerOrCounter(S7Area.Counter, rest, address);
+            default:
+                throw new FormatException($"S7 address '{address}' starts with unknown area '{areaChar}' (expected DB/M/I/Q/T/C)");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Try-parse variant for callers that can't afford an exception on bad input (e.g.
+    ///     config validation pages in the Admin UI). Returns <c>false</c> for any input that
+    ///     would throw from <see cref="Parse"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static bool TryParse(string address, out S7ParsedAddress result)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            result = Parse(address);
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (FormatException)
+        {
+            result = default;
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryParseDataBlock(string s, out S7ParsedAddress result)
+    {
+        result = default;
+        // Split on first '.': left side must be DB{n}, right side DB{X|B|W|D}{offset}[.bit]
+        var dot = s.IndexOf('.');
+        if (dot < 0) return false;
+        var head = s.Substring(0, dot);    // DB{n}
+        var tail = s.Substring(dot + 1);   // DB{X|B|W|D}{offset}[.bit]
+
+        if (head.Length < 3) return false;
+        if (!int.TryParse(head.AsSpan(2), out var dbNumber) || dbNumber < 1)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 DB number in '{s}' must be a positive integer");
+
+        if (!tail.StartsWith("DB") || tail.Length < 4)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 DB address tail '{tail}' must start with DB{{X|B|W|D}}");
+
+        var sizeChar = tail[2];
+        var offsetStart = 3;
+        var size = sizeChar switch
+        {
+            'X' => S7Size.Bit,
+            'B' => S7Size.Byte,
+            'W' => S7Size.Word,
+            'D' => S7Size.DWord,
+            _ => throw new FormatException($"S7 DB size '{sizeChar}' in '{s}' must be X/B/W/D"),
+        };
+
+        var (byteOffset, bitOffset) = ParseOffsetAndOptionalBit(tail, offsetStart, size, s);
+        result = new S7ParsedAddress(S7Area.DataBlock, dbNumber, size, byteOffset, bitOffset);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static S7ParsedAddress ParseMIQ(S7Area area, string rest, string original)
+    {
+        if (rest.Length == 0)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 address '{original}' has no offset");
+
+        var first = rest[0];
+        S7Size size;
+        int offsetStart;
+        switch (first)
+        {
+            case 'B': size = S7Size.Byte;  offsetStart = 1; break;
+            case 'W': size = S7Size.Word;  offsetStart = 1; break;
+            case 'D': size = S7Size.DWord; offsetStart = 1; break;
+            default:
+                // No size prefix => bit-level address requires explicit .bit. Size stays Bit;
+                // ParseOffsetAndOptionalBit will demand the dot.
+                size = S7Size.Bit;
+                offsetStart = 0;
+                break;
+        }
+
+        var (byteOffset, bitOffset) = ParseOffsetAndOptionalBit(rest, offsetStart, size, original);
+        return new S7ParsedAddress(area, DbNumber: 0, size, byteOffset, bitOffset);
+    }
+
+    private static S7ParsedAddress ParseTimerOrCounter(S7Area area, string rest, string original)
+    {
+        if (rest.Length == 0)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 address '{original}' has no {area} number");
+        if (!int.TryParse(rest, out var number) || number < 0)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 {area} number in '{original}' must be a non-negative integer");
+        return new S7ParsedAddress(area, DbNumber: 0, S7Size.Word, number, BitOffset: 0);
+    }
+
+    private static (int byteOffset, int bitOffset) ParseOffsetAndOptionalBit(
+        string s, int start, S7Size size, string original)
+    {
+        var offsetEnd = start;
+        while (offsetEnd < s.Length && s[offsetEnd] >= '0' && s[offsetEnd] <= '9')
+            offsetEnd++;
+        if (offsetEnd == start)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 address '{original}' has no byte-offset digits");
+
+        if (!int.TryParse(s.AsSpan(start, offsetEnd - start), out var byteOffset) || byteOffset < 0)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 byte offset in '{original}' must be non-negative");
+
+        // No bit-suffix: done unless size is Bit with no prefix, which requires one.
+        if (offsetEnd == s.Length)
+        {
+            if (size == S7Size.Bit)
+                throw new FormatException($"S7 address '{original}' needs a .{{bit}} suffix for bit access");
+            return (byteOffset, 0);
+        }
+
+        if (s[offsetEnd] != '.')
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 address '{original}' has unexpected character after offset");
+
+        if (size != S7Size.Bit)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 address '{original}' has a bit suffix but the size is {size} — bit access needs X (DB) or no size prefix (M/I/Q)");
+
+        if (!int.TryParse(s.AsSpan(offsetEnd + 1), out var bitOffset) || bitOffset is < 0 or > 7)
+            throw new FormatException($"S7 bit offset in '{original}' must be 0-7");
+
+        return (byteOffset, bitOffset);
+    }
+}

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

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+using S7.Net;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Siemens S7 native driver — speaks S7comm over ISO-on-TCP (port 102) via the S7netplus
+///     library. First implementation of <see cref="IDriver"/> for an in-process .NET Standard
+///     PLC protocol that is NOT Modbus, validating that the v2 driver-capability interfaces
+///     generalize beyond Modbus + Galaxy.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         PR 62 ships the scaffold: <see cref="IDriver"/> only (Initialize / Reinitialize /
+///         Shutdown / GetHealth). <see cref="ITagDiscovery"/>, <see cref="IReadable"/>,
+///         <see cref="IWritable"/>, <see cref="ISubscribable"/>, <see cref="IHostConnectivityProbe"/>
+///         land in PRs 63-65 once the address parser (PR 63) is in place.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Single-connection policy</b>: S7netplus documented pattern is one
+///         <c>Plc</c> instance per PLC, serialized with a <see cref="SemaphoreSlim"/>.
+///         Parallelising reads against a single S7 CPU doesn't help — the CPU scans the
+///         communication mailbox at most once per cycle (2-10 ms) and queues concurrent
+///         requests wire-side anyway. Multiple client-side connections just waste the CPU's
+///         8-64 connection-resource budget.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class S7Driver(S7DriverOptions options, string driverInstanceId)
+    : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWritable, ISubscribable, IHostConnectivityProbe, IDisposable, IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    // ---- ISubscribable + IHostConnectivityProbe state ----
+
+    private readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<long, SubscriptionState> _subscriptions = new();
+    private long _nextSubscriptionId;
+    private readonly object _probeLock = new();
+    private HostState _hostState = HostState.Unknown;
+    private DateTime _hostStateChangedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+    private CancellationTokenSource? _probeCts;
+
+    public event EventHandler<DataChangeEventArgs>? OnDataChange;
+    public event EventHandler<HostStatusChangedEventArgs>? OnHostStatusChanged;
+
+    /// <summary>OPC UA StatusCode used when the tag name isn't in the driver's tag map.</summary>
+    private const uint StatusBadNodeIdUnknown = 0x80340000u;
+    /// <summary>OPC UA StatusCode used when the tag's data type isn't implemented yet.</summary>
+    private const uint StatusBadNotSupported = 0x803D0000u;
+    /// <summary>OPC UA StatusCode used when the tag is declared read-only.</summary>
+    private const uint StatusBadNotWritable = 0x803B0000u;
+    /// <summary>OPC UA StatusCode used when write fails validation (e.g. out-of-range value).</summary>
+    private const uint StatusBadInternalError = 0x80020000u;
+    /// <summary>OPC UA StatusCode used for socket / timeout / protocol-layer faults.</summary>
+    private const uint StatusBadCommunicationError = 0x80050000u;
+    /// <summary>OPC UA StatusCode used when S7 returns <c>ErrorCode.WrongCPU</c> / PUT/GET disabled.</summary>
+    private const uint StatusBadDeviceFailure = 0x80550000u;
+
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, S7TagDefinition> _tagsByName = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, S7ParsedAddress> _parsedByName = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+    private readonly S7DriverOptions _options = options;
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _gate = new(1, 1);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Per-connection gate. Internal so PRs 63-65 (read/write/subscribe) can serialize on
+    ///     the same semaphore without exposing it publicly. Single-connection-per-PLC is a
+    ///     hard requirement of S7netplus — see class remarks.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal SemaphoreSlim Gate => _gate;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Active S7.Net PLC connection. Null until <see cref="InitializeAsync"/> returns; null
+    ///     after <see cref="ShutdownAsync"/>. Read-only outside this class; PR 64's Read/Write
+    ///     will take the <see cref="_gate"/> before touching it.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal Plc? Plc { get; private set; }
+
+    private DriverHealth _health = new(DriverState.Unknown, null, null);
+    private bool _disposed;
+
+    public string DriverInstanceId => driverInstanceId;
+    public string DriverType => "S7";
+
+    public async Task InitializeAsync(string driverConfigJson, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Initializing, null, null);
+        try
+        {
+            var plc = new Plc(_options.CpuType, _options.Host, _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.
+            plc.WriteTimeout = (int)_options.Timeout.TotalMilliseconds;
+            plc.ReadTimeout = (int)_options.Timeout.TotalMilliseconds;
+
+            using var cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
+            cts.CancelAfter(_options.Timeout);
+            await plc.OpenAsync(cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            Plc = plc;
+
+            // Parse every tag's address once at init so config typos fail fast here instead
+            // of surfacing as BadInternalError on every Read against the bad tag. The parser
+            // also rejects bit-offset > 7, DB 0, unknown area letters, etc.
+            _tagsByName.Clear();
+            _parsedByName.Clear();
+            foreach (var t in _options.Tags)
+            {
+                var parsed = S7AddressParser.Parse(t.Address); // throws FormatException
+                _tagsByName[t.Name] = t;
+                _parsedByName[t.Name] = parsed;
+            }
+
+            _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
+
+            // Kick off the probe loop once the connection is up. Initial HostState stays
+            // Unknown until the first probe tick succeeds — avoids broadcasting a premature
+            // Running transition before any PDU round-trip has happened.
+            if (_options.Probe.Enabled)
+            {
+                _probeCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+                _ = Task.Run(() => ProbeLoopAsync(_probeCts.Token), _probeCts.Token);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            // Clean up a partially-constructed Plc so a retry from the caller doesn't leak
+            // the TcpClient. S7netplus's Close() is best-effort and idempotent.
+            try { Plc?.Close(); } catch { }
+            Plc = null;
+            _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Faulted, null, ex.Message);
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async Task ReinitializeAsync(string driverConfigJson, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        await ShutdownAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await InitializeAsync(driverConfigJson, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    public Task ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        try { _probeCts?.Cancel(); } catch { }
+        _probeCts?.Dispose();
+        _probeCts = null;
+
+        foreach (var state in _subscriptions.Values)
+        {
+            try { state.Cts.Cancel(); } catch { }
+            state.Cts.Dispose();
+        }
+        _subscriptions.Clear();
+
+        try { Plc?.Close(); } catch { /* best-effort — tearing down anyway */ }
+        Plc = null;
+        _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Unknown, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, null);
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public DriverHealth GetHealth() => _health;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Approximate memory footprint. The Plc instance + one 240-960 byte PDU buffer is
+    ///     under 4 KB; return 0 because the <see cref="IDriver"/> contract asks for a
+    ///     driver-attributable growth number and S7.Net doesn't expose one.
+    /// </summary>
+    public long GetMemoryFootprint() => 0;
+
+    public Task FlushOptionalCachesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    // ---- IReadable ----
+
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot>> ReadAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> fullReferences, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var plc = RequirePlc();
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        var results = new DataValueSnapshot[fullReferences.Count];
+
+        await _gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < fullReferences.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var name = fullReferences[i];
+                if (!_tagsByName.TryGetValue(name, out var tag))
+                {
+                    results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, StatusBadNodeIdUnknown, null, now);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                try
+                {
+                    var value = await ReadOneAsync(plc, tag, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(value, 0u, now, now);
+                    _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Healthy, now, null);
+                }
+                catch (NotSupportedException)
+                {
+                    results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, StatusBadNotSupported, null, now);
+                }
+                catch (global::S7.Net.PlcException pex)
+                {
+                    // S7.Net's PlcException carries an ErrorCode; PUT/GET-disabled on
+                    // S7-1200/1500 surfaces here. Map to BadDeviceFailure so operators see a
+                    // device-config problem (toggle PUT/GET in TIA Portal) rather than a
+                    // transient fault — per driver-specs.md §5.
+                    results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, StatusBadDeviceFailure, null, now);
+                    _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, pex.Message);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    results[i] = new DataValueSnapshot(null, StatusBadCommunicationError, null, now);
+                    _health = new DriverHealth(DriverState.Degraded, _health.LastSuccessfulRead, ex.Message);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        finally { _gate.Release(); }
+        return results;
+    }
+
+    private async Task<object> ReadOneAsync(global::S7.Net.Plc plc, S7TagDefinition tag, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var addr = _parsedByName[tag.Name];
+        // S7.Net's string-based ReadAsync returns object where the boxed .NET type depends on
+        // the size suffix: DBX=bool, DBB=byte, DBW=ushort, DBD=uint. Our S7DataType enum
+        // specifies the SEMANTIC type (Int16 vs UInt16 vs Float32 etc.); the reinterpret below
+        // converts the raw unsigned boxed value into the requested type without issuing an
+        // extra PLC round-trip.
+        var raw = await plc.ReadAsync(tag.Address, ct).ConfigureAwait(false)
+            ?? throw new System.IO.InvalidDataException($"S7.Net returned null for '{tag.Address}'");
+
+        return (tag.DataType, addr.Size, raw) switch
+        {
+            (S7DataType.Bool, S7Size.Bit, bool b) => b,
+            (S7DataType.Byte, S7Size.Byte, byte by) => by,
+            (S7DataType.UInt16, S7Size.Word, ushort u16) => u16,
+            (S7DataType.Int16, S7Size.Word, ushort u16) => unchecked((short)u16),
+            (S7DataType.UInt32, S7Size.DWord, uint u32) => u32,
+            (S7DataType.Int32, S7Size.DWord, uint u32) => unchecked((int)u32),
+            (S7DataType.Float32, S7Size.DWord, uint u32) => BitConverter.UInt32BitsToSingle(u32),
+
+            (S7DataType.Int64, _, _)   => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 Int64 reads land in a follow-up PR"),
+            (S7DataType.UInt64, _, _)  => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 UInt64 reads land in a follow-up PR"),
+            (S7DataType.Float64, _, _) => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 Float64 (LReal) reads land in a follow-up PR"),
+            (S7DataType.String, _, _)  => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 STRING reads land in a follow-up PR"),
+            (S7DataType.DateTime, _, _) => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 DateTime reads land in a follow-up PR"),
+
+            _ => throw new System.IO.InvalidDataException(
+                $"S7 Read type-mismatch: tag '{tag.Name}' declared {tag.DataType} but address '{tag.Address}' " +
+                $"parsed as Size={addr.Size}; S7.Net returned {raw.GetType().Name}"),
+        };
+    }
+
+    // ---- IWritable ----
+
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<WriteResult>> WriteAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<WriteRequest> writes, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var plc = RequirePlc();
+        var results = new WriteResult[writes.Count];
+
+        await _gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < writes.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var w = writes[i];
+                if (!_tagsByName.TryGetValue(w.FullReference, out var tag))
+                {
+                    results[i] = new WriteResult(StatusBadNodeIdUnknown);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (!tag.Writable)
+                {
+                    results[i] = new WriteResult(StatusBadNotWritable);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                try
+                {
+                    await WriteOneAsync(plc, tag, w.Value, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    results[i] = new WriteResult(0u);
+                }
+                catch (NotSupportedException)
+                {
+                    results[i] = new WriteResult(StatusBadNotSupported);
+                }
+                catch (global::S7.Net.PlcException)
+                {
+                    results[i] = new WriteResult(StatusBadDeviceFailure);
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                    results[i] = new WriteResult(StatusBadInternalError);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        finally { _gate.Release(); }
+        return results;
+    }
+
+    private async Task WriteOneAsync(global::S7.Net.Plc plc, S7TagDefinition tag, object? value, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        // S7.Net's Plc.WriteAsync(string address, object value) expects the boxed value to
+        // match the address's size-suffix type: DBX=bool, DBB=byte, DBW=ushort, DBD=uint.
+        // Our S7DataType lets the caller pass short/int/float; convert to the unsigned
+        // wire representation before handing off.
+        var boxed = tag.DataType switch
+        {
+            S7DataType.Bool    => (object)Convert.ToBoolean(value),
+            S7DataType.Byte    => (object)Convert.ToByte(value),
+            S7DataType.UInt16  => (object)Convert.ToUInt16(value),
+            S7DataType.Int16   => (object)unchecked((ushort)Convert.ToInt16(value)),
+            S7DataType.UInt32  => (object)Convert.ToUInt32(value),
+            S7DataType.Int32   => (object)unchecked((uint)Convert.ToInt32(value)),
+            S7DataType.Float32 => (object)BitConverter.SingleToUInt32Bits(Convert.ToSingle(value)),
+
+            S7DataType.Int64   => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 Int64 writes land in a follow-up PR"),
+            S7DataType.UInt64  => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 UInt64 writes land in a follow-up PR"),
+            S7DataType.Float64 => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 Float64 (LReal) writes land in a follow-up PR"),
+            S7DataType.String  => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 STRING writes land in a follow-up PR"),
+            S7DataType.DateTime => throw new NotSupportedException("S7 DateTime writes land in a follow-up PR"),
+            _ => throw new InvalidOperationException($"Unknown S7DataType {tag.DataType}"),
+        };
+        await plc.WriteAsync(tag.Address, boxed, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private global::S7.Net.Plc RequirePlc() =>
+        Plc ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("S7Driver not initialized");
+
+    // ---- ITagDiscovery ----
+
+    public Task DiscoverAsync(IAddressSpaceBuilder builder, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(builder);
+        var folder = builder.Folder("S7", "S7");
+        foreach (var t in _options.Tags)
+        {
+            folder.Variable(t.Name, t.Name, new DriverAttributeInfo(
+                FullName: t.Name,
+                DriverDataType: MapDataType(t.DataType),
+                IsArray: false,
+                ArrayDim: null,
+                SecurityClass: t.Writable ? SecurityClassification.Operate : SecurityClassification.ViewOnly,
+                IsHistorized: false,
+                IsAlarm: false));
+        }
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    private static DriverDataType MapDataType(S7DataType t) => t switch
+    {
+        S7DataType.Bool => DriverDataType.Boolean,
+        S7DataType.Byte => DriverDataType.Int32,      // no 8-bit in DriverDataType yet
+        S7DataType.Int16 or S7DataType.UInt16 or S7DataType.Int32 or S7DataType.UInt32 => DriverDataType.Int32,
+        S7DataType.Int64 or S7DataType.UInt64 => DriverDataType.Int32, // widens; lossy for >2^31-1
+        S7DataType.Float32 => DriverDataType.Float32,
+        S7DataType.Float64 => DriverDataType.Float64,
+        S7DataType.String => DriverDataType.String,
+        S7DataType.DateTime => DriverDataType.DateTime,
+        _ => DriverDataType.Int32,
+    };
+
+    // ---- ISubscribable (polling overlay) ----
+
+    public Task<ISubscriptionHandle> SubscribeAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> fullReferences, TimeSpan publishingInterval, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var id = Interlocked.Increment(ref _nextSubscriptionId);
+        var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        // Floor at 100 ms — S7 CPUs scan 2-10 ms but the comms mailbox is processed at most
+        // once per scan; sub-100 ms polling just queues wire-side with worse latency.
+        var interval = publishingInterval < TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100)
+            ? TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100)
+            : publishingInterval;
+        var handle = new S7SubscriptionHandle(id);
+        var state = new SubscriptionState(handle, [.. fullReferences], interval, cts);
+        _subscriptions[id] = state;
+        _ = Task.Run(() => PollLoopAsync(state, cts.Token), cts.Token);
+        return Task.FromResult<ISubscriptionHandle>(handle);
+    }
+
+    public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (handle is S7SubscriptionHandle h && _subscriptions.TryRemove(h.Id, out var state))
+        {
+            state.Cts.Cancel();
+            state.Cts.Dispose();
+        }
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    private async Task PollLoopAsync(SubscriptionState state, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        // Initial-data push per OPC UA Part 4 convention.
+        try { await PollOnceAsync(state, forceRaise: true, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) { return; }
+        catch { /* first-read error — polling continues */ }
+
+        while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            try { await Task.Delay(state.Interval, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { return; }
+
+            try { await PollOnceAsync(state, forceRaise: false, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { return; }
+            catch { /* transient polling error — loop continues, health surface reflects it */ }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task PollOnceAsync(SubscriptionState state, bool forceRaise, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var snapshots = await ReadAsync(state.TagReferences, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        for (var i = 0; i < state.TagReferences.Count; i++)
+        {
+            var tagRef = state.TagReferences[i];
+            var current = snapshots[i];
+            var lastSeen = state.LastValues.TryGetValue(tagRef, out var prev) ? prev : default;
+
+            if (forceRaise || !Equals(lastSeen?.Value, current.Value) || lastSeen?.StatusCode != current.StatusCode)
+            {
+                state.LastValues[tagRef] = current;
+                OnDataChange?.Invoke(this, new DataChangeEventArgs(state.Handle, tagRef, current));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed record SubscriptionState(
+        S7SubscriptionHandle Handle,
+        IReadOnlyList<string> TagReferences,
+        TimeSpan Interval,
+        CancellationTokenSource Cts)
+    {
+        public System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<string, DataValueSnapshot> LastValues { get; }
+            = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
+    private sealed record S7SubscriptionHandle(long Id) : ISubscriptionHandle
+    {
+        public string DiagnosticId => $"s7-sub-{Id}";
+    }
+
+    // ---- IHostConnectivityProbe ----
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Host identifier surfaced in <see cref="GetHostStatuses"/>. <c>host:port</c> format
+    ///     matches the Modbus driver's convention so the Admin UI dashboard renders both
+    ///     family's rows uniformly.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string HostName => $"{_options.Host}:{_options.Port}";
+
+    public IReadOnlyList<HostConnectivityStatus> GetHostStatuses()
+    {
+        lock (_probeLock)
+            return [new HostConnectivityStatus(HostName, _hostState, _hostStateChangedUtc)];
+    }
+
+    private async Task ProbeLoopAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            var success = false;
+            try
+            {
+                // Probe via S7.Net's low-cost GetCpuStatus — returns the CPU state (Run/Stop)
+                // and is intentionally light on the comms mailbox. Single-word Plc.ReadAsync
+                // would also work but GetCpuStatus doubles as a "PLC actually up" check.
+                using var probeCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(ct);
+                probeCts.CancelAfter(_options.Probe.Timeout);
+
+                var plc = Plc;
+                if (plc is null) throw new InvalidOperationException("Plc dropped during probe");
+
+                await _gate.WaitAsync(probeCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                try
+                {
+                    _ = await plc.ReadStatusAsync(probeCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    success = true;
+                }
+                finally { _gate.Release(); }
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) when (ct.IsCancellationRequested) { return; }
+            catch { /* transport/timeout/exception — treated as Stopped below */ }
+
+            TransitionTo(success ? HostState.Running : HostState.Stopped);
+
+            try { await Task.Delay(_options.Probe.Interval, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { return; }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void TransitionTo(HostState newState)
+    {
+        HostState old;
+        lock (_probeLock)
+        {
+            old = _hostState;
+            if (old == newState) return;
+            _hostState = newState;
+            _hostStateChangedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        }
+        OnHostStatusChanged?.Invoke(this, new HostStatusChangedEventArgs(HostName, old, newState));
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose() => DisposeAsync().AsTask().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        if (_disposed) return;
+        _disposed = true;
+        try { await ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+        catch { /* disposal is best-effort */ }
+        _gate.Dispose();
+    }
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7DriverOptions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+using S7NetCpuType = global::S7.Net.CpuType;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Siemens S7 native (S7comm / ISO-on-TCP port 102) driver configuration. Bound from the
+///     driver's <c>DriverConfig</c> JSON at <c>DriverHost.RegisterAsync</c>. Unlike the Modbus
+///     driver the S7 driver uses the PLC's *native* protocol — port 102 ISO-on-TCP rather
+///     than Modbus's 502, and S7-specific area codes (DB, M, I, Q) rather than holding-
+///     register / coil tables.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         The driver requires <b>PUT/GET communication enabled</b> in the TIA Portal
+///         hardware config for S7-1200/1500. The factory default disables PUT/GET access,
+///         so a driver configured against a freshly-flashed CPU will see a hard error
+///         (S7.Net surfaces it as <c>Plc.ReadAsync</c> returning <c>ErrorCode.Accessing</c>).
+///         The driver maps that specifically to <c>BadNotSupported</c> and flags it as a
+///         configuration alert rather than a transient fault — blind Polly retry is wasted
+///         effort when the PLC will keep refusing every request.
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         See <c>docs/v2/driver-specs.md</c> §5 for the full specification.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class S7DriverOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>PLC IP address or hostname.</summary>
+    public string Host { get; init; } = "127.0.0.1";
+
+    /// <summary>TCP port. ISO-on-TCP is 102 on every S7 model; override only for unusual NAT setups.</summary>
+    public int Port { get; init; } = 102;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     CPU family. Determines the ISO-TSAP slot byte that S7.Net uses during connection
+    ///     setup — pick the family that matches the target PLC exactly.
+    /// </summary>
+    public S7NetCpuType CpuType { get; init; } = S7NetCpuType.S71500;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Hardware rack number. Almost always 0; relevant only for distributed S7-400 racks
+    ///     with multiple CPUs.
+    /// </summary>
+    public short Rack { get; init; } = 0;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     CPU slot. Conventions per family: S7-300 = slot 2, S7-400 = slot 2 or 3,
+    ///     S7-1200 / S7-1500 = slot 0 (onboard PN). S7.Net uses this to build the remote
+    ///     TSAP. Wrong slot → connection refused during handshake.
+    /// </summary>
+    public short Slot { get; init; } = 0;
+
+    /// <summary>Connect + per-operation timeout.</summary>
+    public TimeSpan Timeout { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+
+    /// <summary>Pre-declared tag map. S7 has a symbol-table protocol but S7.Net does not expose it, so the driver operates off a static tag list configured per-site. Address grammar documented in S7AddressParser (PR 63).</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<S7TagDefinition> Tags { get; init; } = [];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Background connectivity-probe settings. When enabled, the driver runs a tick loop
+    ///     that issues a cheap read against <see cref="S7ProbeOptions.ProbeAddress"/> every
+    ///     <see cref="S7ProbeOptions.Interval"/> and raises <c>OnHostStatusChanged</c> on
+    ///     Running ↔ Stopped transitions.
+    /// </summary>
+    public S7ProbeOptions Probe { get; init; } = new();
+}
+
+public sealed class S7ProbeOptions
+{
+    public bool Enabled { get; init; } = true;
+    public TimeSpan Interval { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+    public TimeSpan Timeout { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Address to probe for liveness. DB1.DBW0 is the convention if the PLC project
+    ///     reserves a small fingerprint DB for health checks (per <c>docs/v2/s7.md</c>);
+    ///     if not, pick any valid Merker word like <c>MW0</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string ProbeAddress { get; init; } = "MW0";
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     One S7 variable as exposed by the driver. Addresses use S7.Net syntax — see
+///     <c>S7AddressParser</c> (PR 63) for the grammar.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Name">Tag name; OPC UA browse name + driver full reference.</param>
+/// <param name="Address">S7 address string, e.g. <c>DB1.DBW0</c>, <c>M0.0</c>, <c>I0.0</c>, <c>QD4</c>. Grammar documented in <c>S7AddressParser</c> (PR 63).</param>
+/// <param name="DataType">Logical data type — drives the underlying S7.Net read/write width.</param>
+/// <param name="Writable">When true the driver accepts writes for this tag.</param>
+/// <param name="StringLength">For <c>DataType = String</c>: S7-string max length. Default 254 (S7 max).</param>
+public sealed record S7TagDefinition(
+    string Name,
+    string Address,
+    S7DataType DataType,
+    bool Writable = true,
+    int StringLength = 254);
+
+public enum S7DataType
+{
+    Bool,
+    Byte,
+    Int16,
+    UInt16,
+    Int32,
+    UInt32,
+    Int64,
+    UInt64,
+    Float32,
+    Float64,
+    String,
+    DateTime,
+}

src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<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.Driver.S7</RootNamespace>
+        <AssemblyName>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7</AssemblyName>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.csproj"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="S7netplus" Version="0.20.0"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

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

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ using Opc.Ua.Server;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Security;
 using DriverWriteRequest = ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.WriteRequest;
+// Core.Abstractions defines a type-named HistoryReadResult (driver-side samples + continuation
+// point) that collides with Opc.Ua.HistoryReadResult (service-layer per-node result). We
+// assign driver-side results to an explicitly-aliased local and construct only the service
+// type in the overrides below.
+using OpcHistoryReadResult = Opc.Ua.HistoryReadResult;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.OpcUa;
 
@@ -71,7 +76,13 @@ public sealed class DriverNodeManager : CustomNodeManager2, IAddressSpaceBuilder
                 NodeId = new NodeId(_driver.DriverInstanceId, NamespaceIndex),
                 BrowseName = new QualifiedName(_driver.DriverInstanceId, NamespaceIndex),
                 DisplayName = new LocalizedText(_driver.DriverInstanceId),
-                EventNotifier = EventNotifiers.None,
+                // Driver root is the conventional event notifier for HistoryReadEvents — clients
+                // request alarm history by targeting it and the node manager routes through
+                // IHistoryProvider.ReadEventsAsync. SubscribeToEvents is also set so live-event
+                // subscriptions (Alarm & Conditions) can point here in a future PR; today the
+                // alarm events are emitted by per-variable AlarmConditionState siblings but a
+                // "subscribe to all events from this driver" path would use this notifier.
+                EventNotifier = (byte)(EventNotifiers.SubscribeToEvents | EventNotifiers.HistoryRead),
             };
 
             // Link under Objects folder so clients see the driver subtree at browse root.
@@ -122,8 +133,15 @@ public sealed class DriverNodeManager : CustomNodeManager2, IAddressSpaceBuilder
                 DisplayName = new LocalizedText(displayName),
                 DataType = MapDataType(attributeInfo.DriverDataType),
                 ValueRank = attributeInfo.IsArray ? ValueRanks.OneDimension : ValueRanks.Scalar,
-                AccessLevel = AccessLevels.CurrentReadOrWrite,
-                UserAccessLevel = AccessLevels.CurrentReadOrWrite,
+                // Historized attributes get the HistoryRead access bit so the stack dispatches
+                // incoming HistoryRead service calls to this node. Without it the base class
+                // returns BadHistoryOperationUnsupported before our per-kind hook ever runs.
+                // HistoryWrite isn't granted — history rewrite is a separate capability the
+                // driver doesn't support today.
+                AccessLevel = (byte)(AccessLevels.CurrentReadOrWrite
+                    | (attributeInfo.IsHistorized ? AccessLevels.HistoryRead : 0)),
+                UserAccessLevel = (byte)(AccessLevels.CurrentReadOrWrite
+                    | (attributeInfo.IsHistorized ? AccessLevels.HistoryRead : 0)),
                 Historizing = attributeInfo.IsHistorized,
             };
             _currentFolder.AddChild(v);
@@ -384,4 +402,379 @@ public sealed class DriverNodeManager : CustomNodeManager2, IAddressSpaceBuilder
     internal int VariableCount => _variablesByFullRef.Count;
     internal bool TryGetVariable(string fullRef, out BaseDataVariableState? v)
         => _variablesByFullRef.TryGetValue(fullRef, out v!);
+
+    // ===================== HistoryRead service handlers (LMX #1, PR 38) =====================
+    //
+    // Wires the driver's IHistoryProvider capability (PR 35 added ReadAtTimeAsync / ReadEventsAsync
+    // alongside the PR 19 ReadRawAsync / ReadProcessedAsync) to the OPC UA HistoryRead service.
+    // CustomNodeManager2 has four protected per-kind hooks; the base dispatches to the right one
+    // based on the concrete HistoryReadDetails subtype. Each hook is sync-returning-void — the
+    // per-driver async calls are bridged via GetAwaiter().GetResult(), matching the pattern
+    // OnReadValue / OnWriteValue already use in this class so HistoryRead doesn't introduce a
+    // different sync-over-async convention.
+    //
+    // Per-node routing: every HistoryReadValueId in nodesToRead has a NodeHandle in
+    // nodesToProcess; the NodeHandle's NodeId.Identifier is the driver-side full reference
+    // (set during Variable() registration) so we can dispatch straight to IHistoryProvider
+    // without a second lookup. Nodes without IHistoryProvider backing (drivers that don't
+    // implement the capability) surface BadHistoryOperationUnsupported per slot and the
+    // rest of the batch continues — same failure-isolation pattern as OnWriteValue.
+    //
+    // Continuation-point handling is pass-through only in this PR: the driver returns null
+    // from its ContinuationPoint field today so the outer result's ContinuationPoint stays
+    // empty. Full Session.SaveHistoryContinuationPoint plumbing is a follow-up when a driver
+    // actually needs paging — the dispatch shape doesn't change, only the result-population.
+
+    private IHistoryProvider? History => _driver as IHistoryProvider;
+
+    protected override void HistoryReadRawModified(
+        ServerSystemContext context, ReadRawModifiedDetails details, TimestampsToReturn timestamps,
+        IList<HistoryReadValueId> nodesToRead, IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results,
+        IList<ServiceResult> errors, List<NodeHandle> nodesToProcess,
+        IDictionary<NodeId, NodeState> cache)
+    {
+        if (History is null)
+        {
+            MarkAllUnsupported(nodesToProcess, results, errors);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // IsReadModified=true requests a "modifications" history (who changed the data, when
+        // it was re-written). The driver side has no modifications store — surface that
+        // explicitly rather than silently returning raw data, which would mislead the client.
+        if (details.IsReadModified)
+        {
+            MarkAllUnsupported(nodesToProcess, results, errors, StatusCodes.BadHistoryOperationUnsupported);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (var n = 0; n < nodesToProcess.Count; n++)
+        {
+            var handle = nodesToProcess[n];
+            // NodeHandle.Index points back to the slot in the outer results/errors/nodesToRead
+            // arrays. nodesToProcess is the filtered subset (just the nodes this manager
+            // claimed), so writing to results[n] lands in the wrong slot when N > 1 and nodes
+            // are interleaved across multiple node managers.
+            var i = handle.Index;
+            var fullRef = ResolveFullRef(handle);
+            if (fullRef is null)
+            {
+                WriteNodeIdUnknown(results, errors, i);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                var driverResult = History.ReadRawAsync(
+                    fullRef,
+                    details.StartTime,
+                    details.EndTime,
+                    details.NumValuesPerNode,
+                    CancellationToken.None).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+                WriteResult(results, errors, i, StatusCodes.Good,
+                    BuildHistoryData(driverResult.Samples), driverResult.ContinuationPoint);
+            }
+            catch (NotSupportedException)
+            {
+                WriteUnsupported(results, errors, i);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "HistoryReadRaw failed for {FullRef}", fullRef);
+                WriteInternalError(results, errors, i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected override void HistoryReadProcessed(
+        ServerSystemContext context, ReadProcessedDetails details, TimestampsToReturn timestamps,
+        IList<HistoryReadValueId> nodesToRead, IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results,
+        IList<ServiceResult> errors, List<NodeHandle> nodesToProcess,
+        IDictionary<NodeId, NodeState> cache)
+    {
+        if (History is null)
+        {
+            MarkAllUnsupported(nodesToProcess, results, errors);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // AggregateType is one NodeId shared across every item in the batch — map once.
+        var aggregate = MapAggregate(details.AggregateType?.FirstOrDefault());
+        if (aggregate is null)
+        {
+            MarkAllUnsupported(nodesToProcess, results, errors, StatusCodes.BadAggregateNotSupported);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(details.ProcessingInterval);
+        for (var n = 0; n < nodesToProcess.Count; n++)
+        {
+            var handle = nodesToProcess[n];
+            // NodeHandle.Index points back to the slot in the outer results/errors/nodesToRead
+            // arrays. nodesToProcess is the filtered subset (just the nodes this manager
+            // claimed), so writing to results[n] lands in the wrong slot when N > 1 and nodes
+            // are interleaved across multiple node managers.
+            var i = handle.Index;
+            var fullRef = ResolveFullRef(handle);
+            if (fullRef is null)
+            {
+                WriteNodeIdUnknown(results, errors, i);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                var driverResult = History.ReadProcessedAsync(
+                    fullRef,
+                    details.StartTime,
+                    details.EndTime,
+                    interval,
+                    aggregate.Value,
+                    CancellationToken.None).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+                WriteResult(results, errors, i, StatusCodes.Good,
+                    BuildHistoryData(driverResult.Samples), driverResult.ContinuationPoint);
+            }
+            catch (NotSupportedException)
+            {
+                WriteUnsupported(results, errors, i);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "HistoryReadProcessed failed for {FullRef}", fullRef);
+                WriteInternalError(results, errors, i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected override void HistoryReadAtTime(
+        ServerSystemContext context, ReadAtTimeDetails details, TimestampsToReturn timestamps,
+        IList<HistoryReadValueId> nodesToRead, IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results,
+        IList<ServiceResult> errors, List<NodeHandle> nodesToProcess,
+        IDictionary<NodeId, NodeState> cache)
+    {
+        if (History is null)
+        {
+            MarkAllUnsupported(nodesToProcess, results, errors);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var requestedTimes = (IReadOnlyList<DateTime>)(details.ReqTimes?.ToArray() ?? Array.Empty<DateTime>());
+        for (var n = 0; n < nodesToProcess.Count; n++)
+        {
+            var handle = nodesToProcess[n];
+            // NodeHandle.Index points back to the slot in the outer results/errors/nodesToRead
+            // arrays. nodesToProcess is the filtered subset (just the nodes this manager
+            // claimed), so writing to results[n] lands in the wrong slot when N > 1 and nodes
+            // are interleaved across multiple node managers.
+            var i = handle.Index;
+            var fullRef = ResolveFullRef(handle);
+            if (fullRef is null)
+            {
+                WriteNodeIdUnknown(results, errors, i);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                var driverResult = History.ReadAtTimeAsync(
+                    fullRef, requestedTimes, CancellationToken.None).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+                WriteResult(results, errors, i, StatusCodes.Good,
+                    BuildHistoryData(driverResult.Samples), driverResult.ContinuationPoint);
+            }
+            catch (NotSupportedException)
+            {
+                WriteUnsupported(results, errors, i);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "HistoryReadAtTime failed for {FullRef}", fullRef);
+                WriteInternalError(results, errors, i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected override void HistoryReadEvents(
+        ServerSystemContext context, ReadEventDetails details, TimestampsToReturn timestamps,
+        IList<HistoryReadValueId> nodesToRead, IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results,
+        IList<ServiceResult> errors, List<NodeHandle> nodesToProcess,
+        IDictionary<NodeId, NodeState> cache)
+    {
+        if (History is null)
+        {
+            MarkAllUnsupported(nodesToProcess, results, errors);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // SourceName filter extraction is deferred — EventFilter SelectClauses + WhereClause
+        // handling is a dedicated concern (proper per-select-clause Variant population + where
+        // filter evaluation). This PR treats the event query as "all events in range for the
+        // node's source" and populates only the standard BaseEventType fields. Richer filter
+        // handling is a follow-up; clients issuing empty/default filters get the right answer
+        // today which covers the common alarm-history browse case.
+        var maxEvents = (int)details.NumValuesPerNode;
+        if (maxEvents <= 0) maxEvents = 1000;
+
+        for (var n = 0; n < nodesToProcess.Count; n++)
+        {
+            var handle = nodesToProcess[n];
+            // NodeHandle.Index points back to the slot in the outer results/errors/nodesToRead
+            // arrays. nodesToProcess is the filtered subset (just the nodes this manager
+            // claimed), so writing to results[n] lands in the wrong slot when N > 1 and nodes
+            // are interleaved across multiple node managers.
+            var i = handle.Index;
+            // Event history queries may target a notifier object (e.g. the driver-root folder)
+            // rather than a specific variable — in that case we pass sourceName=null to mean
+            // "all sources in the driver's namespace" per the IHistoryProvider contract.
+            var fullRef = ResolveFullRef(handle);
+
+            try
+            {
+                var driverResult = History.ReadEventsAsync(
+                    sourceName: fullRef,
+                    startUtc: details.StartTime,
+                    endUtc: details.EndTime,
+                    maxEvents: maxEvents,
+                    cancellationToken: CancellationToken.None).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+
+                WriteResult(results, errors, i, StatusCodes.Good,
+                    BuildHistoryEvent(driverResult.Events), driverResult.ContinuationPoint);
+            }
+            catch (NotSupportedException)
+            {
+                WriteUnsupported(results, errors, i);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "HistoryReadEvents failed for {FullRef}", fullRef);
+                WriteInternalError(results, errors, i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private string? ResolveFullRef(NodeHandle handle) => handle.NodeId?.Identifier as string;
+
+    // Both the results list AND the parallel errors list must be populated — MasterNodeManager
+    // merges them and the merged StatusCode is what the client sees. Leaving errors[i] at its
+    // default (BadHistoryOperationUnsupported) overrides a Good result with Unsupported, which
+    // masks a correctly-constructed HistoryData response. This was the subtle failure mode
+    // that cost most of PR 38's debugging budget.
+    private static void WriteResult(IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results, IList<ServiceResult> errors,
+        int i, uint statusCode, ExtensionObject historyData, byte[]? continuationPoint)
+    {
+        results[i] = new OpcHistoryReadResult
+        {
+            StatusCode = statusCode,
+            HistoryData = historyData,
+            ContinuationPoint = continuationPoint,
+        };
+        errors[i] = statusCode == StatusCodes.Good
+            ? ServiceResult.Good
+            : new ServiceResult(statusCode);
+    }
+
+    private static void WriteUnsupported(IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results, IList<ServiceResult> errors, int i)
+    {
+        results[i] = new OpcHistoryReadResult { StatusCode = StatusCodes.BadHistoryOperationUnsupported };
+        errors[i] = StatusCodes.BadHistoryOperationUnsupported;
+    }
+
+    private static void WriteInternalError(IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results, IList<ServiceResult> errors, int i)
+    {
+        results[i] = new OpcHistoryReadResult { StatusCode = StatusCodes.BadInternalError };
+        errors[i] = StatusCodes.BadInternalError;
+    }
+
+    private static void WriteNodeIdUnknown(IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results, IList<ServiceResult> errors, int i)
+    {
+        WriteNodeIdUnknown(results, errors, i);
+        errors[i] = StatusCodes.BadNodeIdUnknown;
+    }
+
+    private static void MarkAllUnsupported(
+        List<NodeHandle> nodes, IList<OpcHistoryReadResult> results, IList<ServiceResult> errors,
+        uint statusCode = StatusCodes.BadHistoryOperationUnsupported)
+    {
+        foreach (var handle in nodes)
+        {
+            results[handle.Index] = new OpcHistoryReadResult { StatusCode = statusCode };
+            errors[handle.Index] = statusCode == StatusCodes.Good ? ServiceResult.Good : new ServiceResult(statusCode);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Map the OPC UA Part 13 aggregate-function NodeId to the driver's
+    ///     <see cref="HistoryAggregateType"/>. Internal so the test suite can pin the mapping
+    ///     without exposing public API. Returns null for unsupported aggregates so the service
+    ///     handler can surface <c>BadAggregateNotSupported</c> on the whole batch.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static HistoryAggregateType? MapAggregate(NodeId? aggregateNodeId)
+    {
+        if (aggregateNodeId is null) return null;
+
+        // Every AggregateFunction_* identifier is a numeric uint on the Server (0) namespace.
+        // Comparing NodeIds by value handles all the cross-encoding cases (expanded vs plain).
+        if (aggregateNodeId == ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_Average) return HistoryAggregateType.Average;
+        if (aggregateNodeId == ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_Minimum) return HistoryAggregateType.Minimum;
+        if (aggregateNodeId == ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_Maximum) return HistoryAggregateType.Maximum;
+        if (aggregateNodeId == ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_Total) return HistoryAggregateType.Total;
+        if (aggregateNodeId == ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_Count) return HistoryAggregateType.Count;
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Wrap driver samples as <c>HistoryData</c> in an <c>ExtensionObject</c> — the on-wire
+    ///     shape the OPC UA HistoryRead service expects for raw / processed / at-time reads.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static ExtensionObject BuildHistoryData(IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot> samples)
+    {
+        var values = new DataValueCollection(samples.Count);
+        foreach (var s in samples) values.Add(ToDataValue(s));
+        return new ExtensionObject(new HistoryData { DataValues = values });
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Wrap driver events as <c>HistoryEvent</c> in an <c>ExtensionObject</c>. Populates
+    ///     the minimum BaseEventType field set (SourceName, Message, Severity, Time,
+    ///     ReceiveTime, EventId) so clients that request the default
+    ///     <c>SimpleAttributeOperand</c> select-clauses see useful data. Custom EventFilter
+    ///     SelectClause evaluation is deferred — when a client sends a specific operand list,
+    ///     they currently get the standard fields back and ignore the extras. Documented on the
+    ///     public follow-up list.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static ExtensionObject BuildHistoryEvent(IReadOnlyList<HistoricalEvent> events)
+    {
+        var fieldLists = new HistoryEventFieldListCollection(events.Count);
+        foreach (var e in events)
+        {
+            var fields = new VariantCollection
+            {
+                // Order must match BaseEventType's conventional field ordering so clients that
+                // didn't customize the SelectClauses still see recognizable columns. A future
+                // PR that respects the client's SelectClause list will drive this from the filter.
+                new Variant(e.EventId),
+                new Variant(e.SourceName ?? string.Empty),
+                new Variant(new LocalizedText(e.Message ?? string.Empty)),
+                new Variant(e.Severity),
+                new Variant(e.EventTimeUtc),
+                new Variant(e.ReceivedTimeUtc),
+            };
+            fieldLists.Add(new HistoryEventFieldList { EventFields = fields });
+        }
+        return new ExtensionObject(new HistoryEvent { Events = fieldLists });
+    }
+
+    internal static DataValue ToDataValue(DataValueSnapshot s)
+    {
+        var dv = new DataValue
+        {
+            Value = s.Value,
+            StatusCode = new StatusCode(s.StatusCode),
+            ServerTimestamp = s.ServerTimestampUtc,
+        };
+        if (s.SourceTimestampUtc.HasValue) dv.SourceTimestamp = s.SourceTimestampUtc.Value;
+        return dv;
+    }
 }

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/AvevaPrerequisitesLiveTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Exercises <see cref="AvevaPrerequisites"/> against the live dev box so the helper
+    ///     itself gets integration coverage — i.e. "do the probes return Pass for things that
+    ///     really are Pass?" as validated against this machine's known-installed topology.
+    ///     Category <c>LiveGalaxy</c> so CI / clean dev boxes skip cleanly.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Trait("Category", "LiveGalaxy")]
+    public sealed class AvevaPrerequisitesLiveTests
+    {
+        private readonly ITestOutputHelper _output;
+
+        public AvevaPrerequisitesLiveTests(ITestOutputHelper output) => _output = output;
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CheckAll_on_live_box_reports_Framework_install()
+        {
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync();
+            _output.WriteLine(report.ToString());
+            report.Checks.ShouldContain(c =>
+                c.Name == "registry:ArchestrA.Framework" && c.Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                "ArchestrA Framework registry root should be found on this machine.");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CheckAll_on_live_box_reports_aaBootstrap_running()
+        {
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync();
+            var bootstrap = report.Checks.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Name == "service:aaBootstrap");
+            bootstrap.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            bootstrap.Status.ShouldBe(PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $"aaBootstrap must be Running for any live-Galaxy test to work — detail: {bootstrap.Detail}");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CheckAll_on_live_box_reports_aaGR_running()
+        {
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync();
+            var gr = report.Checks.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Name == "service:aaGR");
+            gr.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            gr.Status.ShouldBe(PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $"aaGR (Galaxy Repository) must be Running — detail: {gr.Detail}");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CheckAll_on_live_box_reports_MxAccess_COM_registered()
+        {
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync();
+            var com = report.Checks.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Name == "com:LMXProxy");
+            com.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            com.Status.ShouldBe(PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $"LMXProxy.LMXProxyServer ProgID must resolve to an InprocServer32 DLL — detail: {com.Detail}");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CheckRepositoryOnly_on_live_box_reports_ZB_reachable()
+        {
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckRepositoryOnlyAsync(ct: CancellationToken.None);
+            var zb = report.Checks.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Name == "sql:ZB");
+            zb.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            zb.Status.ShouldBe(PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $"ZB database must be reachable via SQL Server Windows auth — detail: {zb.Detail}");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CheckRepositoryOnly_on_live_box_reports_non_zero_deployed_objects()
+        {
+            // This box has 49 deployed objects per the research; we just assert > 0 so adding/
+            // removing objects doesn't break the test.
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckRepositoryOnlyAsync();
+            var deployed = report.Checks.FirstOrDefault(c => c.Name == "sql:ZB.deployedObjects");
+            deployed.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            deployed.Status.ShouldBe(PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $"At least one deployed gobject should exist — detail: {deployed.Detail}");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Aveva_side_is_ready_on_this_machine()
+        {
+            // Narrower than "livetest ready" — our own services (OtOpcUa / OtOpcUaGalaxyHost)
+            // may not be installed on a developer's box while they're actively iterating on
+            // them, but the AVEVA side (Framework / Galaxy Repository / MXAccess COM /
+            // SQL / core services) should always be up on a machine with System Platform
+            // installed. This assertion is what gates live-Galaxy tests that go straight to
+            // the Galaxy Repository without routing through our stack.
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync(
+                new AvevaPrerequisites.Options { CheckGalaxyHostPipe = false });
+            _output.WriteLine(report.ToString());
+            _output.WriteLine(report.Warnings ?? "no warnings");
+
+            // Enumerate AVEVA-side failures (if any) for an actionable assertion message.
+            var avevaFails = report.Checks
+                .Where(c => c.Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Fail &&
+                            c.Category != PrerequisiteCategory.OtOpcUaService)
+                .ToList();
+            report.IsAvevaSideReady.ShouldBeTrue(
+                avevaFails.Count == 0
+                    ? "unexpected state"
+                    : "AVEVA-side failures: " + string.Join(" ; ",
+                        avevaFails.Select(f => $"{f.Name}: {f.Detail}")));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Report_captures_OtOpcUa_services_state_even_when_not_installed()
+        {
+            // The helper reports the status of OtOpcUaGalaxyHost + OtOpcUa services even if
+            // they're not installed yet — absence is itself an actionable signal. This test
+            // doesn't assert Pass/Fail on those services (their state depends on what's
+            // installed when the test runs) — it only asserts the helper EMITTED the rows,
+            // so nobody can ship a prerequisite check that silently omits our own services.
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync();
+
+            report.Checks.ShouldContain(c => c.Name == "service:OtOpcUaGalaxyHost");
+            report.Checks.ShouldContain(c => c.Name == "service:OtOpcUa");
+            report.Checks.ShouldContain(c => c.Name == "service:GLAuth");
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/GalaxyRepositoryLiveSmokeTests.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Xunit;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Backend;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Backend.Galaxy;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Shared.Contracts;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests
 {
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests
     ///     SQL the v1 Host uses, proving the lift is byte-for-byte equivalent at the
     ///     <c>DiscoverHierarchyResponse</c> shape.
     /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Since PR 36, skip logic is delegated to <see cref="AvevaPrerequisites.CheckRepositoryOnlyAsync"/>
+    ///     so operators see exactly why a test skipped ("ZB db not found" vs "SQL Server
+    ///     unreachable") instead of a silent return.
+    /// </remarks>
     [Trait("Category", "LiveGalaxy")]
     public sealed class GalaxyRepositoryLiveSmokeTests
     {
@@ -26,15 +32,20 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests
             CommandTimeoutSeconds = 10,
         };
 
+        private static async Task<string?> RepositorySkipReasonAsync()
+        {
+            using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4));
+            var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckRepositoryOnlyAsync(
+                DevZbOptions().ConnectionString, cts.Token);
+            return report.SkipReason;
+        }
+
         private static async Task<bool> ZbReachableAsync()
         {
-            try
-            {
-                var repo = new GalaxyRepository(DevZbOptions());
-                using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
-                return await repo.TestConnectionAsync(cts.Token);
-            }
-            catch { return false; }
+            // Legacy silent-skip adapter — keeps the existing tests compiling while
+            // gradually migrating to the Skip-with-reason pattern. Returns true when the
+            // prerequisite check has no Fail entries.
+            return (await RepositorySkipReasonAsync()) is null;
         }
 
         [Fact]

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.Tests.csproj

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.csproj"/>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.csproj"/>
         <Reference Include="System.ServiceProcess"/>
         <!-- IMxProxy's delegate signatures mention ArchestrA.MxAccess.MXSTATUS_PROXY, so tests
              implementing the interface must resolve that type at compile time. -->

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests/LiveStack/LiveStackConfig.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests.LiveStack;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Resolves the pipe name + shared secret the live <see cref="GalaxyProxyDriver"/> needs
+///     to connect to a running <c>OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c> Windows service. Two sources are
+///     consulted, first match wins:
+///     <list type="number">
+///         <item>Explicit env vars (<c>OTOPCUA_GALAXY_PIPE</c>, <c>OTOPCUA_GALAXY_SECRET</c>) — lets CI / benchwork override.</item>
+///         <item>The service's per-process <c>Environment</c> registry values under
+///               <c>HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c> — what
+///               <c>Install-Services.ps1</c> writes at install time. Requires the test to run as a
+///               principal with read access to that registry key (typically Administrators).</item>
+///     </list>
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Explicitly NOT baked-in-to-source: the shared secret is rotated per install (the
+///     installer generates 32 random bytes and stores the base64 string). A hard-coded secret
+///     in tests would diverge from production the moment someone re-installed the service.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed record LiveStackConfig(string PipeName, string SharedSecret, string? Source)
+{
+    public const string EnvPipeName = "OTOPCUA_GALAXY_PIPE";
+    public const string EnvSharedSecret = "OTOPCUA_GALAXY_SECRET";
+    public const string ServiceRegistryKey =
+        @"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OtOpcUaGalaxyHost";
+    public const string DefaultPipeName = "OtOpcUaGalaxy";
+
+    public static LiveStackConfig? Resolve()
+    {
+        var envPipe = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EnvPipeName);
+        var envSecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EnvSharedSecret);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(envPipe) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(envSecret))
+            return new LiveStackConfig(envPipe, envSecret, "env vars");
+
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            return null;
+
+        return FromServiceRegistry();
+    }
+
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private static LiveStackConfig? FromServiceRegistry()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            using var key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(ServiceRegistryKey);
+            if (key is null) return null;
+            var env = key.GetValue("Environment") as string[];
+            if (env is null || env.Length == 0) return null;
+
+            string? pipe = null, secret = null;
+            foreach (var line in env)
+            {
+                var eq = line.IndexOf('=');
+                if (eq <= 0) continue;
+                var name = line[..eq];
+                var value = line[(eq + 1)..];
+                if (name.Equals(EnvPipeName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) pipe = value;
+                else if (name.Equals(EnvSharedSecret, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) secret = value;
+            }
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(secret)) return null;
+            return new LiveStackConfig(pipe ?? DefaultPipeName, secret, "service registry");
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Access denied / key missing / malformed — caller gets null and surfaces a Skip.
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests/LiveStack/LiveStackFixture.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using System.Security.Principal;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests.LiveStack;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Connects a single <see cref="GalaxyProxyDriver"/> to the already-running
+///     <c>OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c> Windows service for the lifetime of a test class. Uses
+///     <see cref="AvevaPrerequisites"/> to decide whether to proceed; on failure,
+///     <see cref="SkipReason"/> is populated and each test calls <see cref="SkipIfUnavailable"/>
+///     to translate that into <c>Assert.Skip</c>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Does NOT spawn the Host process.</b> Production deploys <c>OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c>
+///         as a standalone Windows service — spawning a second instance from a test would
+///         bypass the COM-apartment + service-account setup and fail differently than
+///         production (see <c>project_galaxy_host_service.md</c> memory).
+///     </para>
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Shared-secret handling</b>: read from <see cref="LiveStackConfig"/> — env vars
+///         first, then the service's registry-stored <c>Environment</c> values. Requires
+///         the test process to have read access to
+///         <c>HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c>; on a dev box
+///         that typically means running the test host elevated, or exporting
+///         <c>OTOPCUA_GALAXY_SECRET</c> out-of-band.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class LiveStackFixture : IAsyncLifetime
+{
+    public GalaxyProxyDriver? Driver { get; private set; }
+
+    public string? SkipReason { get; private set; }
+
+    public PrerequisiteReport? PrerequisiteReport { get; private set; }
+
+    public LiveStackConfig? Config { get; private set; }
+
+    public async ValueTask InitializeAsync()
+    {
+        // 0. Elevated-shell short-circuit. The OtOpcUaGalaxyHost pipe ACL allows the configured
+        //    SID but explicitly DENIES Administrators (decision #76 — production hardening).
+        //    A test process running with a high-integrity token (any elevated shell) carries the
+        //    Admins group in its security context, so the deny rule trumps the user's allow and
+        //    the pipe connect returns UnauthorizedAccessException — technically correct but
+        //    the operationally confusing failure mode that ate most of the PR 37 install
+        //    debugging session. Surfacing it explicitly here saves the next operator the same
+        //    five-step diagnosis. ParityFixture has the same skip with the same rationale.
+        if (IsElevatedAdministratorOnWindows())
+        {
+            SkipReason =
+                "Test host is running with elevated (Administrators) privileges, but the " +
+                "OtOpcUaGalaxyHost named-pipe ACL explicitly denies Administrators per the IPC " +
+                "security design (decision #76 / PipeAcl.cs). Re-run from a NORMAL (non-admin) " +
+                "PowerShell window — even when your user is already in the pipe's allow list, " +
+                "the elevated token's Admins group membership trumps the allow rule.";
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // 1. AVEVA + OtOpcUa service state — actionable diagnostic if anything is missing.
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+        PrerequisiteReport = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync(
+            new AvevaPrerequisites.Options { CheckGalaxyHostPipe = true, CheckHistorian = false },
+            cts.Token);
+
+        if (!PrerequisiteReport.IsLivetestReady)
+        {
+            SkipReason = PrerequisiteReport.SkipReason;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // 2. Secret / pipe-name resolution. If the service is running but we can't discover its
+        //    env vars from registry (non-elevated test host), a clear message beats a silent
+        //    connect-rejected failure 10 seconds later.
+        Config = LiveStackConfig.Resolve();
+        if (Config is null)
+        {
+            SkipReason =
+                $"Cannot resolve shared secret. Set {LiveStackConfig.EnvSharedSecret} (and optionally " +
+                $"{LiveStackConfig.EnvPipeName}) in the environment, or run the test host elevated so it " +
+                $"can read HKLM\\{LiveStackConfig.ServiceRegistryKey}\\Environment.";
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // 3. Connect. InitializeAsync does the pipe connect + handshake; a 5-second
+        //    ConnectTimeout gives enough headroom for a service that just started.
+        Driver = new GalaxyProxyDriver(new GalaxyProxyOptions
+        {
+            DriverInstanceId = "live-stack-smoke",
+            PipeName = Config.PipeName,
+            SharedSecret = Config.SharedSecret,
+            ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5),
+        });
+
+        try
+        {
+            await Driver.InitializeAsync(driverConfigJson: "{}", CancellationToken.None);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            SkipReason =
+                $"Connected to named pipe '{Config.PipeName}' but GalaxyProxyDriver.InitializeAsync failed: " +
+                $"{ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}. Common causes: shared secret mismatch (rotated after last install), " +
+                $"service account SID not in pipe ACL (installer sets OTOPCUA_ALLOWED_SID to the service account — " +
+                $"test must run as that user), or Host's backend couldn't connect to ZB.";
+            Driver.Dispose();
+            Driver = null;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        if (Driver is not null)
+        {
+            try { await Driver.ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+            Driver.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Translate <see cref="SkipReason"/> into <c>Assert.Skip</c>. Tests call this at the
+    ///     top of every fact so a fixture init failure shows up as a cleanly-skipped test with
+    ///     the full prerequisites report, not a cascading NullReferenceException on
+    ///     <see cref="Driver"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void SkipIfUnavailable()
+    {
+        if (SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(SkipReason);
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsElevatedAdministratorOnWindows()
+    {
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)) return false;
+        return CheckWindowsAdminToken();
+    }
+
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private static bool CheckWindowsAdminToken()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            using var identity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
+            return new WindowsPrincipal(identity).IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Probe shouldn't crash the test; if we can't determine elevation, optimistically
+            // continue and let the actual pipe connect surface its own error.
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+[CollectionDefinition(Name)]
+public sealed class LiveStackCollection : ICollectionFixture<LiveStackFixture>
+{
+    public const string Name = "LiveStack";
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests/LiveStack/LiveStackSmokeTests.cs

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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests.LiveStack;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     End-to-end smoke against the installed <c>OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c> Windows service.
+///     Closes LMX follow-up #5 — exercises the full topology: <see cref="GalaxyProxyDriver"/>
+///     in-process → named-pipe IPC → <c>OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c> service → <c>MxAccessGalaxyBackend</c> →
+///     live MXAccess runtime → real Galaxy objects + attributes.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         <b>Preconditions</b> (all checked by <see cref="LiveStackFixture"/>, surfaced via
+///         <c>Assert.Skip</c> when missing):
+///     </para>
+///     <list type="bullet">
+///         <item>AVEVA System Platform installed + Platform deployed.</item>
+///         <item><c>aaBootstrap</c> / <c>aaGR</c> / <c>NmxSvc</c> / <c>MSSQLSERVER</c> running.</item>
+///         <item>MXAccess COM server registered.</item>
+///         <item>ZB database exists with at least one deployed gobject.</item>
+///         <item><c>OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c> service installed + running (named pipe accepting connections).</item>
+///         <item>Shared secret discoverable via <c>OTOPCUA_GALAXY_SECRET</c> env var or the
+///               service's registry Environment values (test host typically needs to be elevated
+///               to read the latter).</item>
+///         <item>Test process runs as the account listed in the service's pipe ACL
+///               (<c>OTOPCUA_ALLOWED_SID</c>, typically the service account per decision #76).</item>
+///     </list>
+///     <para>
+///         Tests here are deliberately read-only. Writes against live Galaxy attributes are a
+///         separate concern — they need a test-only UDA or an agreed scratch tag so they can't
+///         accidentally mutate a process-critical value. Adding a write test is a follow-up
+///         PR that reuses this fixture.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+[Trait("Category", "LiveGalaxy")]
+[Collection(LiveStackCollection.Name)]
+public sealed class LiveStackSmokeTests(LiveStackFixture fixture)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Fixture_initialized_successfully()
+    {
+        fixture.SkipIfUnavailable();
+        // If the fixture init succeeded, Driver is non-null and InitializeAsync completed.
+        // This is the cheapest possible assertion that the IPC handshake worked end-to-end;
+        // every other test in this class depends on it.
+        fixture.Driver.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        fixture.Config.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        fixture.PrerequisiteReport.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        fixture.PrerequisiteReport!.IsLivetestReady.ShouldBeTrue(fixture.PrerequisiteReport.SkipReason);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Driver_reports_Healthy_after_IPC_handshake()
+    {
+        fixture.SkipIfUnavailable();
+        var health = fixture.Driver!.GetHealth();
+        health.State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Healthy,
+            $"Expected Healthy after successful IPC connect; Reason={health.LastError}");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DiscoverAsync_returns_at_least_one_variable_from_live_galaxy()
+    {
+        fixture.SkipIfUnavailable();
+        var builder = new CapturingAddressSpaceBuilder();
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+        await fixture.Driver!.DiscoverAsync(builder, cts.Token);
+
+        builder.Variables.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0,
+            "Live Galaxy has > 0 deployed objects per the prereq check — at least one variable must be discovered. " +
+            "Zero usually means the Host couldn't read ZB (check OTOPCUA_GALAXY_ZB_CONN in the service Environment).");
+
+        // Every discovered attribute must carry a non-empty FullName so the OPC UA server can
+        // route reads/writes back. Regression guard — PR 19 normalized this across drivers.
+        builder.Variables.ShouldAllBe(v => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(v.AttributeInfo.FullName));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetHostStatuses_reports_at_least_one_platform()
+    {
+        fixture.SkipIfUnavailable();
+        var statuses = fixture.Driver!.GetHostStatuses();
+        statuses.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0,
+            "Live Galaxy must report at least one Platform/AppEngine host via IHostConnectivityProbe. " +
+            "Zero means the Host's probe loop hasn't completed its first tick or the Platform isn't deployed locally.");
+
+        // Host names are driver-opaque to the Core but non-empty by contract.
+        statuses.ShouldAllBe(h => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(h.HostName));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Can_read_a_discovered_variable_from_live_galaxy()
+    {
+        fixture.SkipIfUnavailable();
+        var builder = new CapturingAddressSpaceBuilder();
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+        await fixture.Driver!.DiscoverAsync(builder, cts.Token);
+        builder.Variables.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+        // Pick the first discovered variable. Read-only smoke — we don't assert on Value,
+        // only that a ReadAsync round-trip through Proxy → Host pipe → MXAccess → back
+        // returns a snapshot with a non-BadInternalError status. Galaxy attributes default to
+        // Uncertain quality until the Engine's first scan publishes them, which is fine here.
+        var full = builder.Variables[0].AttributeInfo.FullName;
+        var snapshots = await fixture.Driver!.ReadAsync([full], cts.Token);
+
+        snapshots.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        var snap = snapshots[0];
+        snap.StatusCode.ShouldNotBe(0x80020000u,
+            $"Read returned BadInternalError for {full} — the Host couldn't fulfil the request. " +
+            $"Investigate: the Host service's logs at {System.Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData)}\\OtOpcUa\\Galaxy\\logs.");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Write_then_read_roundtrips_a_writable_Boolean_attribute_on_TestMachine_001()
+    {
+        // PR 40 — finishes LMX #5. Targets DelmiaReceiver_001.TestAttribute, the writable
+        // Boolean attribute on the TestMachine_001 hierarchy that the dev Galaxy was deployed
+        // with for exactly this kind of integration testing. We invert the current value and
+        // assert the new value comes back, then restore the original so the test is effectively
+        // idempotent (Galaxy holds the value across runs since it's a deployed UDA).
+        fixture.SkipIfUnavailable();
+        const string fullRef = "DelmiaReceiver_001.TestAttribute";
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+
+        // Read current value first — gives the cleanup path the right baseline. Galaxy may
+        // return Uncertain quality until the Engine has scanned the attribute at least once;
+        // we don't read into a strongly-typed bool until Status is Good.
+        var before = (await fixture.Driver!.ReadAsync([fullRef], cts.Token))[0];
+        before.StatusCode.ShouldNotBe(0x80020000u, $"baseline read failed for {fullRef}: {before.Value}");
+        var originalBool = Convert.ToBoolean(before.Value ?? false);
+        var inverted = !originalBool;
+
+        try
+        {
+            // Write the inverted value via IWritable.
+            var writeResults = await fixture.Driver!.WriteAsync(
+                [new(fullRef, inverted)], cts.Token);
+            writeResults.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+            writeResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u,
+                $"WriteAsync returned status 0x{writeResults[0].StatusCode:X8} for {fullRef} — " +
+                $"check the Host service log at %ProgramData%\\OtOpcUa\\Galaxy\\.");
+
+            // The Engine's scan + acknowledgement is async — read in a short loop with a 5s
+            // budget. Galaxy's attribute roundtrip on a dev box is typically sub-second but
+            // we give headroom for first-scan after a service restart.
+            DataValueSnapshot after = default!;
+            var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(5);
+            while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+            {
+                after = (await fixture.Driver!.ReadAsync([fullRef], cts.Token))[0];
+                if (after.StatusCode == 0u && Convert.ToBoolean(after.Value ?? false) == inverted) break;
+                await Task.Delay(200, cts.Token);
+            }
+            after.StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u, "post-write read failed");
+            Convert.ToBoolean(after.Value ?? false).ShouldBe(inverted,
+                $"Wrote {inverted} but Galaxy returned {after.Value} after the scan window.");
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            // Restore — best-effort. If this throws the test still reports its primary result;
+            // we just leave a flipped TestAttribute on the dev box (benign, name says it all).
+            try { await fixture.Driver!.WriteAsync([new(fullRef, originalBool)], cts.Token); }
+            catch { /* swallow */ }
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Subscribe_fires_OnDataChange_with_initial_value_then_again_after_a_write()
+    {
+        // Subscribe + write is the canonical "is the data path actually live" test for
+        // an OPC UA driver. We subscribe to the same Boolean attribute, expect an initial-
+        // value callback within a couple of seconds (per ISubscribable's contract — the
+        // driver MAY fire OnDataChange immediately with the current value), then write a
+        // distinct value and expect a second callback carrying the new value.
+        fixture.SkipIfUnavailable();
+        const string fullRef = "DelmiaReceiver_001.TestAttribute";
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+
+        // Capture every OnDataChange notification for this fullRef onto a thread-safe queue
+        // we can poll from the test thread. Galaxy's MXAccess advisory fires on its own
+        // thread; we don't want to block it.
+        var notifications = new System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentQueue<DataValueSnapshot>();
+        void Handler(object? sender, DataChangeEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (string.Equals(e.FullReference, fullRef, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                notifications.Enqueue(e.Snapshot);
+        }
+        fixture.Driver!.OnDataChange += Handler;
+
+        // Read current value so we know which value to write to force a transition.
+        var before = (await fixture.Driver!.ReadAsync([fullRef], cts.Token))[0];
+        var originalBool = Convert.ToBoolean(before.Value ?? false);
+        var toWrite = !originalBool;
+
+        ISubscriptionHandle? handle = null;
+        try
+        {
+            handle = await fixture.Driver!.SubscribeAsync(
+                [fullRef], TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250), cts.Token);
+
+            // Wait for initial-value notification — typical < 1s on a hot Galaxy, give 5s.
+            await WaitForAsync(() => notifications.Count >= 1, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), cts.Token);
+            notifications.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(1,
+                $"No initial-value OnDataChange for {fullRef} within 5s. " +
+                $"Either MXAccess subscription failed silently or the Engine hasn't scanned yet.");
+
+            // Drain the initial-value queue before writing so we count post-write deltas only.
+            var initialCount = notifications.Count;
+
+            // Write the toggled value. Engine scan + advisory fires the second callback.
+            var w = await fixture.Driver!.WriteAsync([new(fullRef, toWrite)], cts.Token);
+            w[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+
+            await WaitForAsync(() => notifications.Count > initialCount, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(8), cts.Token);
+            notifications.Count.ShouldBeGreaterThan(initialCount,
+                $"OnDataChange did not fire after writing {toWrite} to {fullRef} within 8s.");
+
+            // Find the post-write notification carrying the toggled value (initial value may
+            // appear multiple times before the write commits — search the tail).
+            var postWrite = notifications.ToArray().Reverse()
+                .FirstOrDefault(n => n.StatusCode == 0u && Convert.ToBoolean(n.Value ?? false) == toWrite);
+            postWrite.ShouldNotBe(default,
+                $"No OnDataChange carrying the toggled value {toWrite} appeared in the queue: " +
+                string.Join(",", notifications.Select(n => $"{n.Value}@{n.StatusCode:X8}")));
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            fixture.Driver!.OnDataChange -= Handler;
+            if (handle is not null)
+            {
+                try { await fixture.Driver!.UnsubscribeAsync(handle, cts.Token); } catch { /* swallow */ }
+            }
+            // Restore baseline.
+            try { await fixture.Driver!.WriteAsync([new(fullRef, originalBool)], cts.Token); } catch { /* swallow */ }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async Task WaitForAsync(Func<bool> predicate, TimeSpan budget, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + budget;
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+        {
+            if (predicate()) return;
+            await Task.Delay(100, ct);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Minimal <see cref="IAddressSpaceBuilder"/> implementation that captures every
+    ///     Variable() call into a flat list so tests can inspect what discovery produced
+    ///     without running the full OPC UA node-manager stack.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class CapturingAddressSpaceBuilder : IAddressSpaceBuilder
+    {
+        public List<(string BrowseName, DriverAttributeInfo AttributeInfo)> Variables { get; } = [];
+
+        public IAddressSpaceBuilder Folder(string browseName, string displayName) => this;
+        public IVariableHandle Variable(string browseName, string displayName, DriverAttributeInfo attributeInfo)
+        {
+            Variables.Add((browseName, attributeInfo));
+            return new NoopHandle(attributeInfo.FullName);
+        }
+        public void AddProperty(string browseName, DriverDataType dataType, object? value) { }
+
+        private sealed class NoopHandle(string fullReference) : IVariableHandle
+        {
+            public string FullReference { get; } = fullReference;
+            public IAlarmConditionSink MarkAsAlarmCondition(AlarmConditionInfo info) => new NoopSink();
+            private sealed class NoopSink : IAlarmConditionSink
+            {
+                public void OnTransition(AlarmEventArgs args) { }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.Tests.csproj

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Proxy.csproj"/>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host.csproj"/>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.csproj"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/AvevaPrerequisites.cs

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+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.Probes;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Entry point for live-AVEVA test fixtures. Runs every relevant probe and returns a
+///     <see cref="PrerequisiteReport"/> whose <c>SkipReason</c> feeds <c>Assert.Skip</c> when
+///     the environment isn't set up. Non-Windows hosts get a single aggregated Skip row per
+///     category instead of a flood of individual skips.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para><b>Call shape</b>:</para>
+///     <code>
+///         var report = await AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync();
+///         if (report.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(report.SkipReason);
+///     </code>
+///     <para><b>Categories in rough order of 'would I want to know first?'</b>:</para>
+///     <list type="number">
+///         <item>Environment — process bitness, OS platform, RPCSS up.</item>
+///         <item>AvevaInstall — Framework registry, install paths, no pending reboot.</item>
+///         <item>AvevaCoreService — aaBootstrap / aaGR / NmxSvc running.</item>
+///         <item>MxAccessCom — LMXProxy.LMXProxyServer ProgID → CLSID → file-on-disk.</item>
+///         <item>GalaxyRepository — SQL reachable, ZB exists, deployed-object count.</item>
+///         <item>OtOpcUaService — our two Windows services + GLAuth.</item>
+///         <item>AvevaSoftService — aaLogger etc., warn only.</item>
+///         <item>AvevaHistorian — aahClientAccessPoint etc., optional.</item>
+///     </list>
+///     <para><b>What's NOT checked here</b>: end-to-end subscribe / read / write against a real
+///     Galaxy tag. That's the job of the live-smoke tests this helper gates — the helper just
+///     tells them whether running is worthwhile.</para>
+/// </remarks>
+public static class AvevaPrerequisites
+{
+    // -------- Individual service lists (kept as data so tests can inspect / override) --------
+
+    /// <summary>Services whose absence means live-Galaxy tests can't run at all.</summary>
+    internal static readonly (string Name, string Purpose)[] CoreServices =
+    [
+        ("aaBootstrap", "master service that starts the Platform process + brokers aa* communication"),
+        ("aaGR", "Galaxy Repository host — mediates IDE / runtime access to ZB"),
+        ("NmxSvc", "Network Message Exchange — MXAccess + Bootstrap transport"),
+        ("MSSQLSERVER", "SQL Server instance that hosts the ZB database"),
+    ];
+
+    /// <summary>Warn-but-don't-fail AVEVA services.</summary>
+    internal static readonly (string Name, string Purpose)[] SoftServices =
+    [
+        ("aaLogger", "ArchestrA Logger — diagnostic log receiver; stack runs without it but error visibility suffers"),
+        ("aaUserValidator", "OS user/group auth for ArchestrA security; only required when Galaxy security mode isn't 'Open'"),
+        ("aaGlobalDataCacheMonitorSvr", "cross-platform global data cache; single-node dev boxes run fine without it"),
+    ];
+
+    /// <summary>Optional AVEVA Historian services — only required for HistoryRead IPC paths.</summary>
+    internal static readonly (string Name, string Purpose)[] HistorianServices =
+    [
+        ("aahClientAccessPoint", "AVEVA Historian Client Access Point — HistoryRead IPC endpoint"),
+        ("aahGateway", "AVEVA Historian Gateway"),
+    ];
+
+    /// <summary>OtOpcUa-stack Windows services + third-party deps we manage.</summary>
+    internal static readonly (string Name, string Purpose, bool HardRequired)[] OtOpcUaServices =
+    [
+        ("OtOpcUaGalaxyHost", "Galaxy.Host out-of-process service (net48 x86, STA + MXAccess)", true),
+        ("OtOpcUa", "Main OPC UA server service (hosts Proxy + DriverHost + Admin-facing DB publisher)", false),
+        ("GLAuth", "LDAP server (dev only) — glauth.exe on localhost:3893", false),
+    ];
+
+    // -------- Orchestrator --------
+
+    public static async Task<PrerequisiteReport> CheckAllAsync(
+        Options? options = null, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        options ??= new Options();
+        var checks = new List<PrerequisiteCheck>();
+
+        // Environment
+        checks.Add(MxAccessComProbe.CheckProcessBitness());
+
+        // AvevaInstall — registry + files
+        checks.Add(RegistryProbe.CheckFrameworkInstalled());
+        checks.Add(RegistryProbe.CheckPlatformDeployed());
+        checks.Add(RegistryProbe.CheckRebootPending());
+
+        // AvevaCoreService
+        foreach (var (name, purpose) in CoreServices)
+            checks.Add(ServiceProbe.Check(name, PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaCoreService, hardRequired: true, whatItDoes: purpose));
+
+        // MxAccessCom
+        checks.Add(MxAccessComProbe.Check());
+
+        // GalaxyRepository
+        checks.Add(await SqlProbe.CheckZbDatabaseAsync(options.SqlConnectionString, ct));
+        // Deployed-object count only makes sense if the DB check passed.
+        if (checks[checks.Count - 1].Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Pass)
+            checks.Add(await SqlProbe.CheckDeployedObjectCountAsync(options.SqlConnectionString, ct));
+
+        // OtOpcUaService
+        foreach (var (name, purpose, hard) in OtOpcUaServices)
+            checks.Add(ServiceProbe.Check(name, PrerequisiteCategory.OtOpcUaService, hardRequired: hard, whatItDoes: purpose));
+        if (options.CheckGalaxyHostPipe)
+            checks.Add(await NamedPipeProbe.CheckGalaxyHostPipeAsync(options.GalaxyHostPipeName, ct));
+
+        // AvevaSoftService
+        foreach (var (name, purpose) in SoftServices)
+            checks.Add(ServiceProbe.Check(name, PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaSoftService, hardRequired: false, whatItDoes: purpose));
+
+        // AvevaHistorian
+        if (options.CheckHistorian)
+        {
+            foreach (var (name, purpose) in HistorianServices)
+                checks.Add(ServiceProbe.Check(name, PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaHistorian, hardRequired: false, whatItDoes: purpose));
+        }
+
+        return new PrerequisiteReport(checks);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Narrower check for tests that only need the Galaxy Repository (SQL) path — don't
+    ///     pay the cost of probing every aa* service when the test only reads gobject rows.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static async Task<PrerequisiteReport> CheckRepositoryOnlyAsync(
+        string? sqlConnectionString = null, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        var checks = new List<PrerequisiteCheck>
+        {
+            await SqlProbe.CheckZbDatabaseAsync(sqlConnectionString, ct),
+        };
+        if (checks[0].Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Pass)
+            checks.Add(await SqlProbe.CheckDeployedObjectCountAsync(sqlConnectionString, ct));
+        return new PrerequisiteReport(checks);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Narrower check for the named-pipe endpoint — tests that drive the full Proxy
+    ///     against a live Galaxy.Host service don't need the SQL or AVEVA-internal probes
+    ///     (the Host does that work internally; we just need the pipe to accept).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static async Task<PrerequisiteReport> CheckGalaxyHostPipeOnlyAsync(
+        string? pipeName = null, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        var checks = new List<PrerequisiteCheck>
+        {
+            await NamedPipeProbe.CheckGalaxyHostPipeAsync(pipeName, ct),
+        };
+        return new PrerequisiteReport(checks);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Knobs for <see cref="CheckAllAsync"/>.</summary>
+    public sealed class Options
+    {
+        /// <summary>SQL Server connection string — defaults to Windows-auth <c>localhost\ZB</c>.</summary>
+        public string? SqlConnectionString { get; init; }
+
+        /// <summary>Named-pipe endpoint for OtOpcUaGalaxyHost — defaults to <c>OtOpcUaGalaxy</c>.</summary>
+        public string? GalaxyHostPipeName { get; init; }
+
+        /// <summary>Include the named-pipe probe. Off by default — it's a seconds-long TCP-like probe and some tests don't need it.</summary>
+        public bool CheckGalaxyHostPipe { get; init; } = true;
+
+        /// <summary>Include Historian service probes. Off by default — Historian is optional.</summary>
+        public bool CheckHistorian { get; init; } = false;
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/Net48Polyfills.cs

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+#if NET48
+// Polyfills for C# 9+ language features that the helper uses but that net48 BCL doesn't
+// provide. Keeps the sources single-target-free at the language level — the same .cs files
+// build on both frameworks without preprocessor guards in the callsites.
+
+namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices
+{
+    /// <summary>Required by C# 9 <c>init</c>-only setters and <c>record</c> types.</summary>
+    internal static class IsExternalInit { }
+}
+
+namespace System.Runtime.Versioning
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Minimal shim for the .NET 5+ <c>SupportedOSPlatformAttribute</c>. Pure marker for the
+    ///     compiler on net10; on net48 we still want the attribute to exist so the same
+    ///     <c>[SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]</c> source compiles. The attribute is internal
+    ///     and attribute-targets-everything to minimize surface.
+    /// </summary>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.All, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = true)]
+    internal sealed class SupportedOSPlatformAttribute(string platformName) : Attribute
+    {
+        public string PlatformName { get; } = platformName;
+    }
+}
+#endif

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/PrerequisiteCheck.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport;
+
+/// <summary>One prerequisite probe's outcome. <see cref="AvevaPrerequisites"/> returns many of these.</summary>
+/// <param name="Name">Short diagnostic id — e.g. <c>service:aaBootstrap</c>, <c>sql:ZB</c>, <c>registry:ArchestrA.Framework</c>.</param>
+/// <param name="Category">Which subsystem the probe belongs to — lets callers filter (e.g. "Historian warns don't gate the core Galaxy smoke").</param>
+/// <param name="Status">Outcome.</param>
+/// <param name="Detail">One-line specific message an operator can act on — <c>"aaGR not installed — install the Galaxy Repository role from the System Platform setup"</c> beats <c>"failed"</c>.</param>
+public sealed record PrerequisiteCheck(
+    string Name,
+    PrerequisiteCategory Category,
+    PrerequisiteStatus Status,
+    string Detail);
+
+public enum PrerequisiteStatus
+{
+    /// <summary>Prerequisite is met; no action needed.</summary>
+    Pass,
+    /// <summary>Soft dependency missing — stack still runs but some feature (e.g. logging) is degraded.</summary>
+    Warn,
+    /// <summary>Hard dependency missing — live tests can't proceed; <see cref="PrerequisiteReport.SkipReason"/> surfaces this.</summary>
+    Fail,
+    /// <summary>Probe wasn't applicable in this environment (e.g. non-Windows host, Historian not installed).</summary>
+    Skip,
+}
+
+public enum PrerequisiteCategory
+{
+    /// <summary>Platform sanity — process bitness, OS platform, DCOM/RPCSS.</summary>
+    Environment,
+    /// <summary>Hard-required AVEVA Windows services (aaBootstrap, aaGR, NmxSvc).</summary>
+    AvevaCoreService,
+    /// <summary>Soft-required AVEVA Windows services (aaLogger, aaUserValidator) — warn only.</summary>
+    AvevaSoftService,
+    /// <summary>ArchestrA Framework install markers (registry + files).</summary>
+    AvevaInstall,
+    /// <summary>MXAccess COM server registration + file on disk.</summary>
+    MxAccessCom,
+    /// <summary>SQL Server reachability + ZB database presence + deployed-object count.</summary>
+    GalaxyRepository,
+    /// <summary>Historian services (optional — only required for HistoryRead IPC paths).</summary>
+    AvevaHistorian,
+    /// <summary>OtOpcUa-side services (OtOpcUa, OtOpcUaGalaxyHost) + third-party deps (GLAuth).</summary>
+    OtOpcUaService,
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/PrerequisiteReport.cs

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+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Aggregated result of an <see cref="AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAll"/> run. Test fixtures
+///     typically call <see cref="SkipReason"/> to produce the argument for xUnit's
+///     <c>Assert.Skip</c> when any hard dependency failed.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class PrerequisiteReport
+{
+    public IReadOnlyList<PrerequisiteCheck> Checks { get; }
+
+    public PrerequisiteReport(IEnumerable<PrerequisiteCheck> checks)
+    {
+        Checks = [.. checks];
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>True when every probe is Pass / Warn / Skip — no Fail entries.</summary>
+    public bool IsLivetestReady => !Checks.Any(c => c.Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Fail);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     True when only the AVEVA-side probes pass — ignores failures in the
+    ///     <see cref="PrerequisiteCategory.OtOpcUaService"/> category. Lets a live-test gate
+    ///     say "AVEVA is ready even if the v2 services aren't installed yet" without
+    ///     conflating the two. Useful for tests that exercise Galaxy directly (e.g.
+    ///     <see cref="GalaxyRepositoryLiveSmokeTests"/>) rather than through our stack.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IsAvevaSideReady =>
+        !Checks.Any(c => c.Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Fail && c.Category != PrerequisiteCategory.OtOpcUaService);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Multi-line message for <c>Assert.Skip</c> when a hard dependency isn't met. Returns
+    ///     null when <see cref="IsLivetestReady"/> is true.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? SkipReason
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            var fails = Checks.Where(c => c.Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Fail).ToList();
+            if (fails.Count == 0) return null;
+
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+            sb.AppendLine($"Live-AVEVA prerequisites not met ({fails.Count} failed):");
+            foreach (var f in fails)
+                sb.AppendLine($"  • [{f.Category}] {f.Name} — {f.Detail}");
+            sb.Append("Run `Get-Service aa*` / `sqlcmd -S localhost -d ZB -E -Q \"SELECT 1\"` to triage.");
+            return sb.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Human-readable summary of warnings — caller decides whether to log or ignore. Useful
+    ///     when a live test does pass but an operator should know their environment is degraded.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? Warnings
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            var warns = Checks.Where(c => c.Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Warn).ToList();
+            if (warns.Count == 0) return null;
+
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+            sb.AppendLine($"AVEVA prerequisites with warnings ({warns.Count}):");
+            foreach (var w in warns)
+                sb.AppendLine($"  • [{w.Category}] {w.Name} — {w.Detail}");
+            return sb.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Throw <see cref="InvalidOperationException"/> if any <paramref name="categories"/>
+    ///     contain a Fail — useful when a specific test needs, say, Galaxy Repository but doesn't
+    ///     care about Historian. Call before <c>Assert.Skip</c> if you want to be strict.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void RequireCategories(params PrerequisiteCategory[] categories)
+    {
+        var set = categories.ToHashSet();
+        var fails = Checks.Where(c => c.Status == PrerequisiteStatus.Fail && set.Contains(c.Category)).ToList();
+        if (fails.Count == 0) return;
+
+        var detail = string.Join("; ", fails.Select(f => $"{f.Name}: {f.Detail}"));
+        throw new InvalidOperationException($"Required prerequisite categories failed: {detail}");
+    }
+
+    public override string ToString()
+    {
+        var sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.AppendLine($"PrerequisiteReport: {Checks.Count} checks");
+        foreach (var c in Checks)
+            sb.AppendLine($"  [{c.Status,-4}] {c.Category}/{c.Name}: {c.Detail}");
+        return sb.ToString();
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/Probes/MxAccessComProbe.cs

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+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.Probes;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Confirms MXAccess COM server registration by resolving the
+///     <c>LMXProxy.LMXProxyServer</c> ProgID to its CLSID, then checking that the CLSID's
+///     32-bit <c>InprocServer32</c> entry points at a file that exists on disk.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     A common failure mode on partial installs: ProgID is registered but the CLSID
+///     InprocServer32 DLL is missing (previous install uninstalled but registry orphan remains).
+///     This probe surfaces that case with an actionable message instead of the
+///     <c>0x80040154 REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG</c> you'd see from a late COM activation failure.
+/// </remarks>
+public static class MxAccessComProbe
+{
+    public const string ProgId = "LMXProxy.LMXProxyServer";
+    public const string VersionedProgId = "LMXProxy.LMXProxyServer.1";
+
+    public static PrerequisiteCheck Check()
+    {
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("com:LMXProxy", PrerequisiteCategory.MxAccessCom,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Skip, "COM registration probes only run on Windows.");
+        }
+        return CheckWindows();
+    }
+
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private static PrerequisiteCheck CheckWindows()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var (clsid, dll) = RegistryProbe.ResolveProgIdToInproc(ProgId);
+            if (clsid is null)
+            {
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("com:LMXProxy", PrerequisiteCategory.MxAccessCom,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                    $"ProgID {ProgId} not registered — MXAccess COM server isn't installed. " +
+                    $"Install System Platform's MXAccess component and re-run.");
+            }
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dll))
+            {
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("com:LMXProxy", PrerequisiteCategory.MxAccessCom,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                    $"ProgID {ProgId} → CLSID {clsid} but InprocServer32 is empty. " +
+                    $"Registry is orphaned; re-register with: regsvr32 /s LmxProxy.dll (from an elevated cmd in the Framework bin dir).");
+            }
+
+            // Resolve the recorded path — sometimes registered as a bare filename that the COM
+            // runtime resolves via the current process's DLL-search path. Accept either an
+            // absolute path that exists, or a bare filename whose resolution we can't verify
+            // without loading it (treat as Pass-with-note).
+            if (Path.IsPathRooted(dll))
+            {
+                if (!File.Exists(dll))
+                {
+                    return new PrerequisiteCheck("com:LMXProxy", PrerequisiteCategory.MxAccessCom,
+                        PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                        $"ProgID {ProgId} → CLSID {clsid} → InprocServer32 {dll}, but the file is missing. " +
+                        $"Re-install the Framework or restore from backup.");
+                }
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("com:LMXProxy", PrerequisiteCategory.MxAccessCom,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                    $"ProgID {ProgId} → {dll} (file exists).");
+            }
+
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("com:LMXProxy", PrerequisiteCategory.MxAccessCom,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $"ProgID {ProgId} → {dll} (bare filename — relies on PATH resolution at COM activation time).");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("com:LMXProxy", PrerequisiteCategory.MxAccessCom,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                $"Probe failed: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Warn when running as a 64-bit process — MXAccess COM activation will fail with
+    ///     <c>0x80040154</c> regardless of registration state. The production drivers run net48
+    ///     x86; xunit hosts run 64-bit by default so this often surfaces first.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static PrerequisiteCheck CheckProcessBitness()
+    {
+        if (Environment.Is64BitProcess)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("env:ProcessBitness", PrerequisiteCategory.Environment,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                "Test host is 64-bit. Direct MXAccess COM activation would fail with REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG (0x80040154); " +
+                "the production driver workaround is to run Galaxy.Host as a 32-bit process. Tests that only " +
+                "talk to the Host service over the named pipe aren't affected.");
+        }
+        return new PrerequisiteCheck("env:ProcessBitness", PrerequisiteCategory.Environment,
+            PrerequisiteStatus.Pass, "Test host is 32-bit.");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/Probes/NamedPipeProbe.cs

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+using System.IO.Pipes;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.Probes;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the <c>OtOpcUaGalaxyHost</c> named-pipe endpoint is accepting connections —
+///     the handshake the Proxy performs at boot. A clean pipe connect without sending any
+///     framed message proves the Host service is listening; we disconnect immediately so we
+///     don't consume a session slot.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Default pipe name matches the installer script's <c>OTOPCUA_GALAXY_PIPE</c> default.
+///     Override when the Host service was installed with a non-default name (custom deployments).
+/// </remarks>
+public static class NamedPipeProbe
+{
+    public const string DefaultGalaxyHostPipeName = "OtOpcUaGalaxy";
+
+    public static async Task<PrerequisiteCheck> CheckGalaxyHostPipeAsync(
+        string? pipeName = null, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        pipeName ??= DefaultGalaxyHostPipeName;
+        try
+        {
+            using var client = new NamedPipeClientStream(
+                serverName: ".",
+                pipeName: pipeName,
+                direction: PipeDirection.InOut,
+                options: PipeOptions.Asynchronous);
+            using var cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(ct);
+            cts.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+            await client.ConnectAsync(cts.Token);
+
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("pipe:OtOpcUaGalaxyHost", PrerequisiteCategory.OtOpcUaService,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $@"Pipe \\.\pipe\{pipeName} accepted a connection — OtOpcUaGalaxyHost is listening.");
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("pipe:OtOpcUaGalaxyHost", PrerequisiteCategory.OtOpcUaService,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                $@"Pipe \\.\pipe\{pipeName} not connectable within 2s — OtOpcUaGalaxyHost service isn't running. " +
+                "Start with: sc.exe start OtOpcUaGalaxyHost");
+        }
+        catch (TimeoutException)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("pipe:OtOpcUaGalaxyHost", PrerequisiteCategory.OtOpcUaService,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                $@"Pipe \\.\pipe\{pipeName} connect timed out — service may be starting or stuck. " +
+                "Check: sc.exe query OtOpcUaGalaxyHost");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("pipe:OtOpcUaGalaxyHost", PrerequisiteCategory.OtOpcUaService,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                $@"Pipe \\.\pipe\{pipeName} connect failed: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/Probes/RegistryProbe.cs

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+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using Microsoft.Win32;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.Probes;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Reads HKLM registry keys to confirm ArchestrA Framework / System Platform install
+///     markers. Matches the registered paths documented in
+///     <c>docs/v2/implementation/</c> — System Platform is 32-bit so keys live under
+///     <c>HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ArchestrA\...</c>.
+/// </summary>
+public static class RegistryProbe
+{
+    // Canonical install roots per the research on our dev box (System Platform 2020 R2).
+    public const string ArchestrARootKey = @"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ArchestrA";
+    public const string FrameworkKey = @"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ArchestrA\Framework";
+    public const string PlatformKey = @"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ArchestrA\Framework\Platform";
+    public const string MsiInstallKey = @"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ArchestrA\MSIInstall";
+
+    public static PrerequisiteCheck CheckFrameworkInstalled()
+    {
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Framework", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Skip, "Registry probes only run on Windows.");
+        }
+        return FrameworkInstalledWindows();
+    }
+
+    public static PrerequisiteCheck CheckPlatformDeployed()
+    {
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Platform", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Skip, "Registry probes only run on Windows.");
+        }
+        return PlatformDeployedWindows();
+    }
+
+    public static PrerequisiteCheck CheckRebootPending()
+    {
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.RebootPending", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Skip, "Registry probes only run on Windows.");
+        }
+        return RebootPendingWindows();
+    }
+
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private static PrerequisiteCheck FrameworkInstalledWindows()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            using var key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(FrameworkKey);
+            if (key is null)
+            {
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Framework", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                    $"Missing {FrameworkKey} — ArchestrA Framework isn't installed. Install AVEVA System Platform from the setup media.");
+            }
+
+            var installPath = key.GetValue("InstallPath") as string;
+            var rootPath = key.GetValue("RootPath") as string;
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(installPath) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(rootPath))
+            {
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Framework", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                    $"Framework key exists but InstallPath/RootPath values missing — install may be incomplete.");
+            }
+
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Framework", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $"Installed at {installPath} (RootPath {rootPath}).");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Framework", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                $"Probe failed: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private static PrerequisiteCheck PlatformDeployedWindows()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            using var key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(PlatformKey);
+            var pfeConfig = key?.GetValue("PfeConfigOptions") as string;
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pfeConfig))
+            {
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Platform.Deployed", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                    $"No Platform object deployed locally (Platform\\PfeConfigOptions empty). MXAccess will connect but subscriptions will fail. Deploy a Platform from the IDE.");
+            }
+
+            // PfeConfigOptions format: "PlatformId=N,EngineId=N,EngineName=...,..."
+            // A non-deployed state leaves PlatformId=0 or the key empty.
+            if (pfeConfig.Contains("PlatformId=0,", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Platform.Deployed", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                    $"Platform never deployed (PfeConfigOptions has PlatformId=0). Deploy a Platform from the IDE before running live tests.");
+            }
+
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Platform.Deployed", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                $"Platform deployed ({pfeConfig}).");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.Platform.Deployed", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                $"Probe failed: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private static PrerequisiteCheck RebootPendingWindows()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            using var key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(MsiInstallKey);
+            var rebootRequired = key?.GetValue("RebootRequired") as string;
+            if (string.Equals(rebootRequired, "True", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.RebootPending", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                    "An ArchestrA patch has been installed but the machine hasn't rebooted. Post-patch behavior is undefined until a reboot.");
+            }
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.RebootPending", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                "No pending reboot flagged.");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("registry:ArchestrA.RebootPending", PrerequisiteCategory.AvevaInstall,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                $"Probe failed: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Read the registered <see cref="ComProgIdCheck"/> CLSID for the given ProgID and
+    ///     resolve the 32-bit <c>InprocServer32</c> file path. Returns null when either is missing.
+    /// </summary>
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    internal static (string? Clsid, string? InprocDllPath) ResolveProgIdToInproc(string progId)
+    {
+        using var progIdKey = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey($@"{progId}\CLSID");
+        var clsid = progIdKey?.GetValue(null) as string;
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(clsid)) return (null, null);
+
+        // 32-bit COM server under Wow6432Node\CLSID\{guid}\InprocServer32 default value.
+        using var inproc = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(
+            $@"SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{clsid}\InprocServer32");
+        var dll = inproc?.GetValue(null) as string;
+        return (clsid, dll);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/Probes/ServiceProbe.cs

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+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using System.ServiceProcess;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.Probes;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Queries the Windows Service Control Manager to report whether a named service is
+///     installed, its current state, and its start type. Non-Windows hosts return Skip.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ServiceProbe
+{
+    public static PrerequisiteCheck Check(
+        string serviceName,
+        PrerequisiteCategory category,
+        bool hardRequired,
+        string whatItDoes)
+    {
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck(
+                Name: $"service:{serviceName}",
+                Category: category,
+                Status: PrerequisiteStatus.Skip,
+                Detail: "Service probes only run on Windows.");
+        }
+
+        return CheckWindows(serviceName, category, hardRequired, whatItDoes);
+    }
+
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+    private static PrerequisiteCheck CheckWindows(
+        string serviceName, PrerequisiteCategory category, bool hardRequired, string whatItDoes)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            using var sc = new ServiceController(serviceName);
+            // Touch the Status to force the SCM lookup; if the service doesn't exist, this throws
+            // InvalidOperationException with message "Service ... was not found on computer.".
+            var status = sc.Status;
+            var startType = sc.StartType;
+
+            return status switch
+            {
+                ServiceControllerStatus.Running => new PrerequisiteCheck(
+                    $"service:{serviceName}", category, PrerequisiteStatus.Pass,
+                    $"Running ({whatItDoes})"),
+
+                // DemandStart services (like NmxSvc) that are Stopped are not necessarily a
+                // failure — the master service (aaBootstrap) brings them up on demand. Treat
+                // Stopped+Demand as Warn so operators know the situation but tests still proceed.
+                ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped when startType == ServiceStartMode.Manual =>
+                    new PrerequisiteCheck(
+                        $"service:{serviceName}", category, PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                        $"Installed but Stopped (start type Manual — {whatItDoes}). " +
+                        "Will be pulled up on demand by the master service; fine for tests."),
+
+                ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped => Fail(
+                    $"Installed but Stopped. Start with: sc.exe start {serviceName}  ({whatItDoes})"),
+
+                _ => new PrerequisiteCheck(
+                    $"service:{serviceName}", category, PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                    $"Transitional state {status} ({whatItDoes}) — try again in a few seconds."),
+            };
+
+            PrerequisiteCheck Fail(string detail) => new(
+                $"service:{serviceName}", category,
+                hardRequired ? PrerequisiteStatus.Fail : PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                detail);
+        }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException ex) when (ex.Message.Contains("was not found", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck(
+                $"service:{serviceName}", category,
+                hardRequired ? PrerequisiteStatus.Fail : PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                $"Not installed ({whatItDoes}). Install the relevant System Platform component and retry.");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck(
+                $"service:{serviceName}", category, PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                $"Probe failed ({ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}) — treat as unknown.");
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/Probes/SqlProbe.cs

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+using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.Probes;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the Galaxy Repository SQL side: SQL Server reachable, <c>ZB</c> database
+///     present, and at least one deployed object exists (so live tests have something to read).
+///     Reuses the Windows-auth connection string the repo code defaults to.
+/// </summary>
+public static class SqlProbe
+{
+    public const string DefaultConnectionString =
+        "Server=localhost;Database=ZB;Integrated Security=True;TrustServerCertificate=True;Encrypt=False;Connect Timeout=3;";
+
+    public static async Task<PrerequisiteCheck> CheckZbDatabaseAsync(
+        string? connectionString = null, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        connectionString ??= DefaultConnectionString;
+        try
+        {
+            using var conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
+            await conn.OpenAsync(ct);
+
+            // DB_ID returns null when the database doesn't exist on the connected server — distinct
+            // failure mode from "server unreachable", deserves a distinct message.
+            using var cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
+            cmd.CommandText = "SELECT DB_ID('ZB')";
+            var dbIdObj = await cmd.ExecuteScalarAsync(ct);
+            if (dbIdObj is null || dbIdObj is DBNull)
+            {
+                return new PrerequisiteCheck("sql:ZB", PrerequisiteCategory.GalaxyRepository,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                    "SQL Server reachable but database ZB does not exist. " +
+                    "Create the Galaxy from the IDE or restore a .cab backup.");
+            }
+
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("sql:ZB", PrerequisiteCategory.GalaxyRepository,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Pass, "Connected; ZB database exists.");
+        }
+        catch (SqlException ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("sql:ZB", PrerequisiteCategory.GalaxyRepository,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                $"SQL Server unreachable: {ex.Message}. Ensure MSSQLSERVER service is running (sc.exe start MSSQLSERVER) and TCP 1433 is open.");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("sql:ZB", PrerequisiteCategory.GalaxyRepository,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Fail,
+                $"Unexpected probe error: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Returns the count of deployed Galaxy objects (<c>deployed_version &gt; 0</c>). Zero
+    ///     isn't a hard failure — lets someone boot a fresh Galaxy and still get meaningful
+    ///     test-suite output — but it IS a warning because any live-read smoke will have
+    ///     nothing to read.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static async Task<PrerequisiteCheck> CheckDeployedObjectCountAsync(
+        string? connectionString = null, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        connectionString ??= DefaultConnectionString;
+        try
+        {
+            using var conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
+            await conn.OpenAsync(ct);
+            using var cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
+            cmd.CommandText = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM gobject WHERE deployed_version > 0";
+            var countObj = await cmd.ExecuteScalarAsync(ct);
+            var count = countObj is int i ? i : 0;
+
+            return count > 0
+                ? new PrerequisiteCheck("sql:ZB.deployedObjects", PrerequisiteCategory.GalaxyRepository,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Pass, $"{count} objects deployed — live reads have data to return.")
+                : new PrerequisiteCheck("sql:ZB.deployedObjects", PrerequisiteCategory.GalaxyRepository,
+                    PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                    "ZB contains no deployed objects. Discovery smoke tests will return empty hierarchies; " +
+                    "deploy at least a Platform + AppEngine from the IDE to exercise the read path.");
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            return new PrerequisiteCheck("sql:ZB.deployedObjects", PrerequisiteCategory.GalaxyRepository,
+                PrerequisiteStatus.Warn,
+                $"Couldn't count deployed objects: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <!-- Multi-target: net10.0 for modern consumer projects (Galaxy.Proxy.Tests, E2E, Admin.Tests),
+             net48 for the Galaxy.Host.Tests project that has to stay on .NET Framework x86 for its
+             MXAccess-COM parent project. The helper uses no OS-level APIs that differ between the
+             two frameworks (registry / SQL / ServiceController are surface-compatible). -->
+        <TargetFrameworks>net10.0;net48</TargetFrameworks>
+        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+        <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
+        <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
+        <RootNamespace>ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport</RootNamespace>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net10.0'">
+        <!-- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController + Microsoft.Win32.Registry are cross-platform
+             assemblies that throw PlatformNotSupportedException on non-Windows; the probes in
+             this project guard with RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows) so they
+             return Skip on Linux/macOS rather than crashing the test host. -->
+        <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="10.0.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="5.0.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="6.0.1"/>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net48'">
+        <!-- net48 ships System.ServiceProcess + Microsoft.Win32 in-box via BCL references. -->
+        <Reference Include="System.ServiceProcess"/>
+        <!-- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient v6 supports net462+; single-target for consistency. -->
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="6.0.1"/>
+    </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.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205BcdQuirkTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.DL205;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies DL205/DL260 binary-coded-decimal register handling against the
+///     <c>dl205.json</c> pymodbus profile. HR[1072] = 0x1234 on the profile represents
+///     decimal 1234 (BCD nibbles). Reading it as <see cref="ModbusDataType.Int16"/> would
+///     return 0x1234 = 4660; the <see cref="ModbusDataType.Bcd16"/> path decodes 1234.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "DL205")]
+public sealed class DL205BcdQuirkTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL205_BCD16_decodes_HR1072_as_decimal_1234()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping (standard profile does not seed HR[1072]).");
+        }
+
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("DL205_Count_Bcd",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 1072,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.Bcd16, Writable: false),
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("DL205_Count_Int16",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 1072,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.Int16, Writable: false),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-bcd");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL205_Count_Bcd", "DL205_Count_Int16"],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe(1234, "DL205 BCD register 0x1234 represents decimal 1234 per the DirectLOGIC convention");
+
+        results[1].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[1].Value.ShouldBe((short)0x1234, "same register read as Int16 returns the raw 0x1234 = 4660 value — proves BCD path is distinct");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205CoilMappingTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.DL205;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies DL260 I/O-memory coil mappings against the <c>dl205.json</c> pymodbus profile.
+///     DirectLOGIC Y-outputs and C-relays are exposed to Modbus as FC01/FC05 coils, but at
+///     non-zero base addresses that confuse operators used to "Y0 is the first coil". The sim
+///     seeds Y0 → coil 2048 = ON and C0 → coil 3072 = ON as fixed markers.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "DL205")]
+public sealed class DL205CoilMappingTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL260_Y0_maps_to_coil_2048()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        var coil = DirectLogicAddress.YOutputToCoil("Y0");
+        coil.ShouldBe((ushort)2048);
+
+        var options = BuildOptions(sim, [
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("DL260_Y0",
+                ModbusRegion.Coils, Address: coil,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Bool, Writable: false),
+        ]);
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-y0");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL260_Y0"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe(true, "dl205.json seeds coil 2048 (Y0) = ON");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL260_C0_maps_to_coil_3072()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        var coil = DirectLogicAddress.CRelayToCoil("C0");
+        coil.ShouldBe((ushort)3072);
+
+        var options = BuildOptions(sim, [
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("DL260_C0",
+                ModbusRegion.Coils, Address: coil,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Bool, Writable: false),
+        ]);
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-c0");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL260_C0"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe(true, "dl205.json seeds coil 3072 (C0) = ON");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL260_scratch_Crelay_supports_write_then_read()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        // Scratch C-relay at coil 4000 (per dl205.json _quirk note) is writable. Write=true then
+        // read back to confirm FC05 round-trip works against the DL-mapped coil bank.
+        var options = BuildOptions(sim, [
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("DL260_C_Scratch",
+                ModbusRegion.Coils, Address: 4000,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Bool, Writable: true),
+        ]);
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-cscratch");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var writeResults = await driver.WriteAsync(
+            [new(FullReference: "DL260_C_Scratch", Value: true)],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        writeResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+
+        var readResults = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL260_C_Scratch"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        readResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        readResults[0].Value.ShouldBe(true);
+    }
+
+    private static ModbusDriverOptions BuildOptions(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim, IReadOnlyList<ModbusTagDefinition> tags)
+        => new()
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags = tags,
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205ExceptionCodeTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.DL205;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the driver's Modbus-exception → OPC UA StatusCode translation end-to-end
+///     against the dl205.json pymodbus profile. pymodbus returns exception 02 (Illegal Data
+///     Address) for reads outside the configured register ranges, matching real DL205/DL260
+///     firmware behavior per <c>docs/v2/dl205.md</c> §exception-codes. The driver must surface
+///     that as <c>BadOutOfRange</c> (0x803C0000) — not <c>BadInternalError</c> — so the
+///     operator sees a tag-config diagnosis instead of a generic driver-fault message.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "DL205")]
+public sealed class DL205ExceptionCodeTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL205_FC03_at_unmapped_register_returns_BadOutOfRange()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        // Address 16383 is the last cell of hr-size=16384 in dl205.json; address 16384 is
+        // beyond the configured HR range. pymodbus validates and returns exception 02
+        // (Illegal Data Address).
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("Unmapped",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 16383,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.UInt16, Writable: false),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-exc");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["Unmapped"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0x803C0000u,
+            "DL205 returns exception 02 for an FC03 at an unmapped register; driver must translate to BadOutOfRange (not BadInternalError)");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205FloatCdabQuirkTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.DL205;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies DL205/DL260 CDAB word ordering for 32-bit floats against the
+///     <c>dl205.json</c> pymodbus profile. DirectLOGIC stores IEEE-754 singles with the low
+///     word at the lower register address (CDAB) rather than the high word (ABCD). Reading
+///     <c>HR[1056..1057]</c> with <see cref="ModbusByteOrder.BigEndian"/> produces a tiny
+///     denormal (~5.74e-41) instead of the intended 1.5f — a silent "value is 0" bug in the
+///     field unless the caller opts into <see cref="ModbusByteOrder.WordSwap"/>.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "DL205")]
+public sealed class DL205FloatCdabQuirkTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL205_Float32_CDAB_decodes_1_5f_from_HR1056()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping (standard profile does not seed HR[1056..1057]).");
+        }
+
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("DL205_Float_CDAB",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 1056,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.Float32, Writable: false,
+                    ByteOrder: ModbusByteOrder.WordSwap),
+                // Control: same address, BigEndian — proves the default decode produces garbage.
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("DL205_Float_ABCD",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 1056,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.Float32, Writable: false,
+                    ByteOrder: ModbusByteOrder.BigEndian),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-cdab");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL205_Float_CDAB", "DL205_Float_ABCD"],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe(1.5f, "DL205 Float32 with WordSwap (CDAB) must decode HR[1056..1057] as 1.5f");
+
+        // The BigEndian read of the same wire bytes should differ — not asserting the exact
+        // denormal value (that couples the test to IEEE-754 bit math) but the two decodes MUST
+        // disagree, otherwise the word-order flag is a no-op.
+        results[1].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[1].Value.ShouldNotBe(1.5f);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205Profile.cs

@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.DL205;
 
 /// <summary>
-///     Tag map for the AutomationDirect DL205 device class. Mirrors what the ModbusPal
-///     <c>.xmpp</c> profile in <c>ModbusPal/DL205.xmpp</c> exposes (or the real PLC, when
+///     Tag map for the AutomationDirect DL205 device class. Mirrors what the pymodbus
+///     <c>dl205.json</c> profile in <c>Pymodbus/dl205.json</c> exposes (or the real PLC, when
 ///     <see cref="ModbusSimulatorFixture"/> is pointed at one).
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
 ///     This is the scaffold — each tag is deliberately generic so the smoke test has stable
 ///     addresses to read. Device-specific quirk tests (word order, max-register, register-zero
 ///     access, etc.) will land in their own test classes alongside this profile as the user
-///     validates each behavior in ModbusPal; see <c>docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md</c> §per-device
+///     validates each behavior in pymodbus; see <c>docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md</c> §per-device
 ///     quirk catalog for the checklist.
 /// </remarks>
 public static class DL205Profile
 {
-    /// <summary>Holding register the smoke test reads. Address 100 sidesteps the DL205
-    /// register-zero quirk (pending confirmation) — see modbus-test-plan.md.</summary>
-    public const ushort SmokeHoldingRegister = 100;
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Holding register the smoke test writes + reads. Address 200 is the first cell of the
+    ///     scratch HR range in both <c>Pymodbus/standard.json</c> (HR[200..209] = 0) and
+    ///     <c>Pymodbus/dl205.json</c> (HR[4096..4103] added in PR 43 for the same purpose), so
+    ///     the smoke test runs identically against either simulator profile. Originally
+    ///     targeted HR[100] — moved to HR[200] when the standard profile claimed HR[100] as
+    ///     the auto-incrementing register that drives subscribe-and-receive tests.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort SmokeHoldingRegister = 200;
 
-    /// <summary>Expected value the ModbusPal profile seeds into register 100. When running
-    /// against a real DL205 (or a ModbusPal profile where this register is writable), the smoke
-    /// test seeds this value first, then reads it back.</summary>
+    /// <summary>Value the smoke test writes then reads back to assert round-trip integrity.</summary>
     public const short SmokeHoldingValue = 1234;
 
     public static ModbusDriverOptions BuildOptions(string host, int port) => new()
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ public static class DL205Profile
         Tags =
         [
             new ModbusTagDefinition(
-                Name: "DL205_Smoke_HReg100",
+                Name: "Smoke_HReg200",
                 Region: ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters,
                 Address: SmokeHoldingRegister,
                 DataType: ModbusDataType.Int16,

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205SmokeTests.cs

@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ public sealed class DL205SmokeTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
         // zeroed at simulator start, and tests must not depend on prior-test state per the
         // test-plan conventions.
         var writeResults = await driver.WriteAsync(
-            [new(FullReference: "DL205_Smoke_HReg100", Value: (short)DL205Profile.SmokeHoldingValue)],
+            [new(FullReference: "Smoke_HReg200", Value: (short)DL205Profile.SmokeHoldingValue)],
             TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
         writeResults.Count.ShouldBe(1);
         writeResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u, "write must succeed against the ModbusPal DL205 profile");
 
         var readResults = await driver.ReadAsync(
-            ["DL205_Smoke_HReg100"],
+            ["Smoke_HReg200"],
             TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
         readResults.Count.ShouldBe(1);
         readResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205StringQuirkTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.DL205;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the DL205/DL260 low-byte-first ASCII string packing quirk against the
+///     <c>dl205.json</c> pymodbus profile. Standard Modbus packs the first char of each pair
+///     in the high byte of the register; DirectLOGIC packs it in the low byte instead. Without
+///     <see cref="ModbusStringByteOrder.LowByteFirst"/> the driver decodes "eHllo" garbage
+///     even though the bytes on the wire are identical.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     <para>
+///         Requires the dl205 profile (<c>Pymodbus\serve.ps1 -Profile dl205</c>). The standard
+///         profile does not seed HR[1040..1042] with string bytes, so running this against the
+///         standard profile returns <c>"\0\0\0\0\0"</c> and the test fails. Skip when the env
+///         var <c>MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE</c> is not set to <c>dl205</c>.
+///     </para>
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "DL205")]
+public sealed class DL205StringQuirkTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL205_string_low_byte_first_decodes_Hello_from_HR1040()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping (standard profile does not seed HR[1040..1042]).");
+        }
+
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition(
+                    Name: "DL205_Hello_Low",
+                    Region: ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters,
+                    Address: 1040,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.String,
+                    Writable: false,
+                    StringLength: 5,
+                    StringByteOrder: ModbusStringByteOrder.LowByteFirst),
+                // Control: same address, HighByteFirst, to prove the driver would have decoded
+                // garbage without the quirk flag.
+                new ModbusTagDefinition(
+                    Name: "DL205_Hello_High",
+                    Region: ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters,
+                    Address: 1040,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.String,
+                    Writable: false,
+                    StringLength: 5,
+                    StringByteOrder: ModbusStringByteOrder.HighByteFirst),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-string");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync(driverConfigJson: "{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL205_Hello_Low", "DL205_Hello_High"],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        results.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe("Hello", "DL205 low-byte-first ordering must produce 'Hello' from HR[1040..1042]");
+
+        // The high-byte-first read of the same wire bytes should differ — not asserting the
+        // exact garbage string (that would couple the test to the ASCII byte math) but the two
+        // decodes MUST disagree, otherwise the quirk flag is a no-op.
+        results[1].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[1].Value.ShouldNotBe("Hello");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205VMemoryQuirkTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.DL205;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the DL205/DL260 V-memory octal addressing quirk end-to-end: use
+///     <see cref="DirectLogicAddress.UserVMemoryToPdu"/> to translate <c>V2000</c> octal into
+///     the Modbus PDU address actually dispatched, then read the marker the dl205.json profile
+///     placed at that address. HR[0x0400] = 0x2000 proves the translation was performed
+///     correctly — a naïve caller treating "V2000" as decimal 2000 would read HR[2000] (which
+///     the profile leaves at 0) and miss the marker entirely.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "DL205")]
+public sealed class DL205VMemoryQuirkTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL205_V2000_user_memory_resolves_to_PDU_0x0400_marker()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping (standard profile does not seed V-memory markers).");
+        }
+
+        var pdu = DirectLogicAddress.UserVMemoryToPdu("V2000");
+        pdu.ShouldBe((ushort)0x0400);
+
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("DL205_V2000",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: pdu,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.UInt16, Writable: false),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-vmem");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL205_V2000"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe((ushort)0x2000, "dl205.json seeds HR[0x0400] with marker 0x2000 (= V2000 value)");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL205_V40400_system_memory_resolves_to_PDU_0x2100_marker()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        // V40400 is system memory on DL260 / H2-ECOM100 absolute mode; it does NOT follow the
+        // simple octal-to-decimal formula (40400 octal = 16640 decimal, which would read HR[0x4100]).
+        // The CPU places the system bank at PDU 0x2100 instead. Proving the helper routes there.
+        var pdu = DirectLogicAddress.SystemVMemoryToPdu(0);
+        pdu.ShouldBe((ushort)0x2100);
+
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("DL205_V40400",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: pdu,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.UInt16, Writable: false),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-sysv");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL205_V40400"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe((ushort)0x4040, "dl205.json seeds HR[0x2100] with marker 0x4040 (= V40400 value)");
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205XInputTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.DL205;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the DL260 X-input discrete-input mapping against the <c>dl205.json</c>
+///     pymodbus profile. X-inputs are FC02 discrete-input-only (Modbus doesn't allow writes
+///     to discrete inputs), and the DirectLOGIC convention is X0 → DI 0 with octal offsets
+///     for subsequent addresses. The sim seeds X20 octal (= DI 16) = ON so the test can
+///     prove the helper routes through to the right cell.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     X0 / X1 / …X17 octal all share cell 0 (DI 0-15 → cell 0 bits 0-15) which conflicts
+///     with the V0 uint16 marker; we can't seed both types at cell 0 under shared-blocks
+///     semantics. So the test uses X20 octal (first address beyond the cell-0 boundary) which
+///     lands cleanly at cell 1 bit 0 and leaves the V0 register-zero quirk intact.
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "DL205")]
+public sealed class DL205XInputTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DL260_X20_octal_maps_to_DiscreteInput_16_and_reads_ON()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "dl205",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != dl205 — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        // X20 octal = decimal 16 = DI 16 per the DL260 convention (X-inputs start at DI 0).
+        var di = DirectLogicAddress.XInputToDiscrete("X20");
+        di.ShouldBe((ushort)16);
+
+        var options = BuildOptions(sim, [
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("DL260_X20",
+                ModbusRegion.DiscreteInputs, Address: di,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Bool, Writable: false),
+            // Unpopulated-X control: pymodbus returns 0 (not exception) for any bit in the
+            // configured DI range that wasn't explicitly seeded — per docs/v2/dl205.md
+            // "Reading a non-populated X input ... returns zero, not an exception".
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("DL260_X21_off",
+                ModbusRegion.DiscreteInputs, Address: DirectLogicAddress.XInputToDiscrete("X21"),
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Bool, Writable: false),
+        ]);
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "dl205-xinput");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["DL260_X20", "DL260_X21_off"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe(true, "dl205.json seeds cell 1 bit 0 (X20 octal = DI 16) = ON");
+
+        results[1].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u, "unpopulated X inputs must read cleanly — DL260 does NOT raise an exception");
+        results[1].Value.ShouldBe(false);
+    }
+
+    private static ModbusDriverOptions BuildOptions(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim, IReadOnlyList<ModbusTagDefinition> tags)
+        => new()
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags = tags,
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Mitsubishi/MitsubishiProfile.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.Mitsubishi;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Tag map for the Mitsubishi MELSEC device class with a representative Modbus Device
+///     Assignment block mapping D0..D1023 → HR[0..1023]. Mirrors the behaviors in
+///     <c>mitsubishi.json</c> pymodbus profile and <c>docs/v2/mitsubishi.md</c>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     MELSEC Modbus sites all have *different* device-assignment parameter blocks; this profile
+///     models the conventional default. Per-model differences (FX5U needs firmware ≥ 1.060 for
+///     Modbus server; QJ71MT91 lacks FC22/FC23; FX/iQ-F use octal X/Y while Q/L/iQ-R use hex)
+///     are handled in <see cref="MelsecAddress"/> (PR 59) and the per-model test files.
+/// </remarks>
+public static class MitsubishiProfile
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Scratch HR the smoke test writes + reads. Address 200 mirrors the
+    ///     dl205/s7_1500/standard scratch range so one smoke test pattern works across every
+    ///     device profile the simulator supports.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort SmokeHoldingRegister = 200;
+
+    /// <summary>Value the smoke test writes then reads back.</summary>
+    public const short SmokeHoldingValue = 7890;
+
+    public static ModbusDriverOptions BuildOptions(string host, int port) => new()
+    {
+        Host = host,
+        Port = port,
+        UnitId = 1,
+        Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+        Tags =
+        [
+            new ModbusTagDefinition(
+                Name: "Smoke_HReg200",
+                Region: ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters,
+                Address: SmokeHoldingRegister,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Int16,
+                Writable: true),
+        ],
+        Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+    };
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Mitsubishi/MitsubishiQuirkTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.Mitsubishi;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the MELSEC-family Modbus quirks against the <c>mitsubishi.json</c> pymodbus
+///     profile: CDAB word order default, binary-not-BCD D-register encoding, hex X-input
+///     parsing (Q/L/iQ-R), D0 fingerprint, M-relay coil mapping with bank base.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Groups all quirks in one test class instead of per-behavior classes (unlike the DL205
+///     set) because MELSEC's per-model differentiation is handled by the
+///     <see cref="MelsecFamily"/> enum on the helper + <c>MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE</c> env var on
+///     the fixture, rather than per-PR test classes.
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "Mitsubishi")]
+public sealed class MitsubishiQuirkTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mitsubishi_D0_fingerprint_reads_0x1234()
+    {
+        if (!ShouldRun()) return;
+        await using var driver = await NewDriverAsync(
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("D0_Fingerprint",
+                ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters,
+                Address: MelsecAddress.DRegisterToHolding("D0"),
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.UInt16, Writable: false));
+
+        var r = await driver.ReadAsync(["D0_Fingerprint"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        r[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        r[0].Value.ShouldBe((ushort)0x1234);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mitsubishi_Float32_CDAB_decodes_1_5f_from_D100()
+    {
+        if (!ShouldRun()) return;
+        // MELSEC Q/L/iQ-R/iQ-F all store 32-bit values with CDAB word order (low word at
+        // lower D-register address). HR[100..101] = [0, 0x3FC0] decodes as 1.5f under
+        // WordSwap but as a denormal under BigEndian.
+        var addr = MelsecAddress.DRegisterToHolding("D100");
+        await using var driver = await NewDriverAsync(
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("D100_Float_CDAB",
+                ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: addr,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Float32, Writable: false,
+                ByteOrder: ModbusByteOrder.WordSwap),
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("D100_Float_ABCD_control",
+                ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: addr,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Float32, Writable: false,
+                ByteOrder: ModbusByteOrder.BigEndian));
+
+        var r = await driver.ReadAsync(
+            ["D100_Float_CDAB", "D100_Float_ABCD_control"],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        r[0].Value.ShouldBe(1.5f, "MELSEC stores Float32 CDAB; WordSwap decode returns 1.5f");
+        r[1].Value.ShouldNotBe(1.5f, "same wire with BigEndian must decode to a different value");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mitsubishi_D10_is_binary_not_BCD()
+    {
+        if (!ShouldRun()) return;
+        // Counter-to-DL205: MELSEC D-registers are binary by default. D10 = 1234 decimal =
+        // 0x04D2. Reading as Int16 returns 1234; reading as Bcd16 would throw (nibble 0xD is
+        // non-BCD) — the integration test proves the Int16 decode wins.
+        await using var driver = await NewDriverAsync(
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("D10_Binary",
+                ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters,
+                Address: MelsecAddress.DRegisterToHolding("D10"),
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Int16, Writable: false));
+
+        var r = await driver.ReadAsync(["D10_Binary"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        r[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        r[0].Value.ShouldBe((short)1234, "MELSEC stores numeric D-register values in binary; 0x04D2 = 1234");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mitsubishi_D10_as_BCD_throws_because_nibble_is_non_decimal()
+    {
+        if (!ShouldRun()) return;
+        // If a site configured D10 with Bcd16 data type but the ladder writes binary, the
+        // BCD decoder MUST reject the garbage rather than silently returning wrong decimal.
+        // 0x04D2 contains nibble 0xD which fails BCD validation.
+        await using var driver = await NewDriverAsync(
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("D10_WrongBcd",
+                ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters,
+                Address: MelsecAddress.DRegisterToHolding("D10"),
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Bcd16, Writable: false));
+
+        var r = await driver.ReadAsync(["D10_WrongBcd"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        // ReadAsync catches the InvalidDataException from DecodeBcd and surfaces it as
+        // BadCommunicationError (PR 52 mapping). Non-zero status = caller sees a real
+        // problem and can check their tag config instead of getting silently-wrong numbers.
+        r[0].StatusCode.ShouldNotBe(0u, "BCD decode of binary 0x04D2 must fail loudly because nibble D is non-BCD");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mitsubishi_QLiQR_X210_hex_maps_to_DI_528_reads_ON()
+    {
+        if (!ShouldRun()) return;
+        // MELSEC-Q / L / iQ-R: X addresses are hex. X210 = 0x210 = 528 decimal.
+        // mitsubishi.json seeds cell 33 (DI 528..543) with value 9 = bit 0 + bit 3 set.
+        // X210 → DI 528 → cell 33 bit 0 = 1 (ON).
+        var addr = MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete("X210", MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR);
+        addr.ShouldBe((ushort)528);
+
+        await using var driver = await NewDriverAsync(
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("X210_hex",
+                ModbusRegion.DiscreteInputs, Address: addr,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Bool, Writable: false));
+
+        var r = await driver.ReadAsync(["X210_hex"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        r[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        r[0].Value.ShouldBe(true);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Mitsubishi_family_trap_X20_differs_on_Q_vs_FX()
+    {
+        // Not a live-sim test — a unit-level proof that the MELSEC family selector gates the
+        // address correctly. Included in the integration suite so anyone running the MELSEC
+        // tests sees the trap called out explicitly.
+        MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete("X20", MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR).ShouldBe((ushort)32);
+        MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete("X20", MelsecFamily.F_iQF).ShouldBe((ushort)16);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mitsubishi_M512_maps_to_coil_512_reads_ON()
+    {
+        if (!ShouldRun()) return;
+        // mitsubishi.json seeds cell 32 (coil 512..527) with value 5 = bit 0 + bit 2 set.
+        // M512 → coil 512 → cell 32 bit 0 = 1 (ON).
+        var addr = MelsecAddress.MRelayToCoil("M512");
+        addr.ShouldBe((ushort)512);
+
+        await using var driver = await NewDriverAsync(
+            new ModbusTagDefinition("M512",
+                ModbusRegion.Coils, Address: addr,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Bool, Writable: false));
+
+        var r = await driver.ReadAsync(["M512"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        r[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        r[0].Value.ShouldBe(true);
+    }
+
+    // --- helpers ---
+
+    private bool ShouldRun()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) { Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason); return false; }
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "mitsubishi",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != mitsubishi — skipping.");
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ModbusDriver> NewDriverAsync(params ModbusTagDefinition[] tags)
+    {
+        var drv = new ModbusDriver(
+            new ModbusDriverOptions
+            {
+                Host = sim.Host,
+                Port = sim.Port,
+                UnitId = 1,
+                Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+                Tags = tags,
+                Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+            },
+            driverInstanceId: "melsec-quirk");
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        return drv;
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Mitsubishi/MitsubishiSmokeTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.Mitsubishi;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     End-to-end smoke against the MELSEC <c>mitsubishi.json</c> pymodbus profile (or a real
+///     MELSEC QJ71MT91 / iQ-R / FX5U when <c>MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT</c> points at one). Drives
+///     the full <see cref="ModbusDriver"/> + real <see cref="ModbusTcpTransport"/> stack.
+///     Success proves the driver initializes against the MELSEC sim, writes a known value,
+///     and reads it back — the baseline every Mitsubishi-specific test (PR 59+) builds on.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "Mitsubishi")]
+public sealed class MitsubishiSmokeTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Mitsubishi_roundtrip_write_then_read_of_holding_register()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "mitsubishi",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != mitsubishi — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        var options = MitsubishiProfile.BuildOptions(sim.Host, sim.Port);
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "melsec-smoke");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync(driverConfigJson: "{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var writeResults = await driver.WriteAsync(
+            [new(FullReference: "Smoke_HReg200", Value: (short)MitsubishiProfile.SmokeHoldingValue)],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        writeResults.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        writeResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u, "write must succeed against the MELSEC pymodbus profile");
+
+        var readResults = await driver.ReadAsync(
+            ["Smoke_HReg200"],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        readResults.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        readResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        readResults[0].Value.ShouldBe((short)MitsubishiProfile.SmokeHoldingValue);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/ModbusPal/README.md

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# ModbusPal simulator profiles
-
-Drop device-specific `.xmpp` profiles here. The integration tests connect to the
-endpoint in `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` (default `localhost:502`) and expect the
-simulator to already be running — tests do not launch ModbusPal themselves,
-because its Java GUI + JRE requirement is heavier than the harness is worth.
-
-## Getting started
-
-1. Download ModbusPal from SourceForge (`modbuspal.jar`).
-2. `java -jar modbuspal.jar` to launch the GUI.
-3. Load a profile from this directory (or configure one manually) and start the
-   simulator on TCP port 502.
-4. `dotnet test tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests` — tests
-   auto-skip with a clear `SkipReason` if the TCP probe at the configured
-   endpoint fails within 2 seconds.
-
-## Profile files
-
-- `DL205.xmpp` — _to be added_ — register map reflecting the AutomationDirect
-  DL205 quirks tracked in `docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md`. The scaffolded smoke
-  test in `DL205/DL205SmokeTests.cs` needs holding register 100 writable and
-  present; a minimal ModbusPal profile with a single holding-register bank at
-  address 100 is sufficient.
-
-## Environment variables
-
-- `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` — override the simulator endpoint. Accepts `host:port`;
-  defaults to `localhost:502`. Useful when pointing the suite at a real PLC on
-  the bench.

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/ModbusSimulatorFixture.cs

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ using System.Net.Sockets;
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests;
 
 /// <summary>
-///     Reachability probe for a Modbus TCP simulator (ModbusPal or a real PLC). Parses
-///     <c>MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT</c> (default <c>localhost:502</c>) and TCP-connects once at
+///     Reachability probe for a Modbus TCP simulator (pymodbus-driven, see
+///     <c>Pymodbus/serve.ps1</c>) or a real PLC. Parses
+///     <c>MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT</c> (default <c>localhost:5020</c> per PR 43) and TCP-connects once at
 ///     fixture construction. Each test checks <see cref="SkipReason"/> and calls
 ///     <c>Assert.Skip</c> when the endpoint was unreachable, so a dev box without a running
 ///     simulator still passes `dotnet test` cleanly — matches the Galaxy live-smoke pattern in
@@ -25,7 +26,11 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests;
 /// </remarks>
 public sealed class ModbusSimulatorFixture : IAsyncDisposable
 {
-    private const string DefaultEndpoint = "localhost:502";
+    // PR 43: default port is 5020 (pymodbus convention) instead of 502 (Modbus standard).
+    // Picking 5020 sidesteps the privileged-port admin requirement on Windows + matches the
+    // port baked into the pymodbus simulator JSON profiles in Pymodbus/. Override with
+    // MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT to point at a real PLC on its native port 502.
+    private const string DefaultEndpoint = "localhost:5020";
     private const string EndpointEnvVar = "MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT";
 
     public string Host { get; }
@@ -41,18 +46,30 @@ public sealed class ModbusSimulatorFixture : IAsyncDisposable
 
         try
         {
-            using var client = new TcpClient();
-            var task = client.ConnectAsync(Host, Port);
+            // Force IPv4 family on the probe — pymodbus's TCP server binds 0.0.0.0 (IPv4 only)
+            // while .NET's TcpClient default-resolves "localhost" → IPv6 ::1 first, fails to
+            // connect, and only then tries IPv4. Under .NET 10 the IPv6 fail surfaces as a
+            // 2s timeout (no graceful fallback by default), so the C# probe times out even
+            // though a PowerShell probe of the same endpoint succeeds. Resolving + dialing
+            // explicit IPv4 sidesteps the dual-stack ordering.
+            using var client = new TcpClient(System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily.InterNetwork);
+            var task = client.ConnectAsync(
+                System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(Host)
+                    .FirstOrDefault(a => a.AddressFamily == System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
+                    ?? System.Net.IPAddress.Loopback,
+                Port);
             if (!task.Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)) || !client.Connected)
             {
                 SkipReason = $"Modbus simulator at {Host}:{Port} did not accept a TCP connection within 2s. " +
-                             $"Start ModbusPal (or override {EndpointEnvVar}) and re-run.";
+                             $"Start the pymodbus simulator (Pymodbus\\serve.ps1 -Profile standard) " +
+                             $"or override {EndpointEnvVar}, then re-run.";
             }
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             SkipReason = $"Modbus simulator at {Host}:{Port} unreachable: {ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}. " +
-                         $"Start ModbusPal (or override {EndpointEnvVar}) and re-run.";
+                         $"Start the pymodbus simulator (Pymodbus\\serve.ps1 -Profile standard) " +
+                             $"or override {EndpointEnvVar}, then re-run.";
         }
     }
 

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Pymodbus/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+# pymodbus simulator profiles
+
+Two JSON-config profiles for pymodbus's `ModbusSimulatorServer`. Replaces the
+ModbusPal `.xmpp` profiles that lived here in PR 42 — pymodbus is headless,
+maintained, semantic about register layout, and pip-installable on Windows.
+
+| File | What it simulates | Test category |
+|---|---|---|
+| [`standard.json`](standard.json) | Generic Modbus TCP server — HR[0..31] = address-as-value, HR[100] declarative auto-increment via `"action": "increment"`, alternating coils, scratch ranges for write tests. | `Trait=Standard` |
+| [`dl205.json`](dl205.json) | AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC DL205 / DL260 quirks per [`docs/v2/dl205.md`](../../../docs/v2/dl205.md): low-byte-first string packing, CDAB Float32, BCD numerics, V-memory address markers, Y/C coil mappings. Inline `_quirk` comments per register name the behavior. | `Trait=DL205` |
+
+Both bind TCP **5020** (pymodbus convention; sidesteps the Windows admin
+requirement for privileged port 502). The integration-test fixture
+(`ModbusSimulatorFixture`) defaults to `localhost:5020` to match — override
+via `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` to point at a real PLC on its native port 502.
+
+Run only **one profile at a time** (they share TCP 5020).
+
+## Install
+
+```powershell
+pip install "pymodbus[simulator]==3.13.0"
+```
+
+The `[simulator]` extra pulls in `aiohttp` for the optional web UI / REST API.
+Pinned to 3.13.0 for reproducibility — avoid 4.x dev releases until stabilized.
+Requires Python ≥ 3.10. Windows Firewall will prompt on first bind; allow
+Private network.
+
+## Run
+
+Foreground (Ctrl+C to stop). Use the `serve.ps1` wrapper:
+
+```powershell
+.\serve.ps1 -Profile standard
+.\serve.ps1 -Profile dl205
+```
+
+Or invoke pymodbus directly:
+
+```powershell
+pymodbus.simulator `
+    --modbus_server srv `
+    --modbus_device dev `
+    --json_file .\standard.json `
+    --http_port 8080
+```
+
+Web UI at `http://localhost:8080` lets you inspect + poke registers manually.
+Pass `--no_http` (or `-HttpPort 0` to `serve.ps1`) to disable.
+
+## Run the integration tests
+
+In a separate shell, with the simulator running:
+
+```powershell
+cd C:\Users\dohertj2\Desktop\lmxopcua
+dotnet test tests\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests
+```
+
+Tests auto-skip with a clear `SkipReason` if `localhost:5020` isn't reachable
+within 2 seconds. Filter by trait when both profiles' tests coexist:
+
+```powershell
+dotnet test ... --filter "Trait=Standard"
+dotnet test ... --filter "Trait=DL205"
+```
+
+## What's encoded in each profile
+
+### standard.json
+
+- HR[0..31]: each register's value equals its address. Easy mental map.
+- HR[100]: `"action": "increment"` ticks 0..65535 on every register access — drives subscribe-and-receive tests so they have a register that changes without a write.
+- HR[200..209]: scratch range for write-roundtrip tests.
+- Coils[0..31]: alternating on/off (even=on).
+- Coils[100..109]: scratch.
+- All addresses 0..1023 are writable (`"write": [[0, 1023]]`).
+
+### dl205.json (per `docs/v2/dl205.md`)
+
+| HR address | Quirk demonstrated | Raw value | Decoded |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `0` (V0) | Register 0 is valid (rejects-register-0 rumour disproved) | `51966` (0xCAFE) | marker |
+| `1024` (V2000 octal) | V-memory octal-to-decimal mapping | `8192` (0x2000) | marker |
+| `8448` (V40400 octal) | V40400 → PDU 0x2100 (NOT register 0) | `16448` (0x4040) | marker |
+| `1040..1042` | String "Hello" packed first-char-low-byte | `25928, 27756, 111` | `"Hello"` |
+| `1056..1057` | Float32 1.5f in CDAB word order | `0, 16320` | `1.5f` |
+| `1072` | Decimal 1234 in BCD encoding | `4660` (0x1234) | `1234` |
+| `1280..1407` | 128-register block (FC03 cap = 128 above spec's 125) | first/last/mid markers; rest defaults to 0 | for FC03 cap test |
+
+| Coil address | Quirk demonstrated |
+|---|---|
+| `2048` | Y0 maps to coil 2048 (DL260 layout) |
+| `3072` | C0 maps to coil 3072 (DL260 layout) |
+| `4000..4007` | Scratch C-relay range for write-roundtrip tests |
+
+The DL260 X-input markers (FC02 discrete inputs) **are not encoded separately**
+because the profile uses `shared blocks: true` (matches DL series memory
+model) — coils/DI/HR/IR overlay the same word address space. Tests that
+target FC02 against this profile end up reading the same bit positions as
+the coils they share with.
+
+## What's IN pymodbus that wasn't in ModbusPal
+
+- **All four standard tables** (HR, IR, coils, DI) configurable via `co size` / `di size` / `hr size` / `ir size` setup keys.
+- **Per-register raw uint16 seeding** — `{"addr": 1040, "value": 25928}` puts exactly that 16-bit value on the wire. No interpretation.
+- **Built-in actions**: `increment`, `random`, `timestamp`, `reset`, `uptime` for declarative dynamic registers. No Python script alongside the config required.
+- **Custom actions** — point `--custom_actions_module` at a `.py` file exposing callables to express anything more complex (per-second wall-clock ticks, BCD synthesis, etc.).
+- **Headless** — pure CLI process, no Java, no Swing. Pip-installable. Plays well with CI runners.
+- **Web UI / REST API** — `--http_port 8080` adds an aiohttp server for live inspection. Optional.
+- **Maintained** — current stable 3.13.0 (April 2026), active development on 4.0 dev branch.
+
+## Trade-offs vs the hand-authored ModbusPal profiles
+
+- pymodbus's built-in `float32` type stores in pymodbus's word order; for explicit DL205 CDAB control we seed two raw `uint16` entries instead. Documented inline in `dl205.json`.
+- `increment` action ticks per-access, not wall-clock. A 250ms-poll integration test sees variation either way; for strict 1Hz cadence add `--custom_actions_module my_actions.py` with a `time.time()`-based callable.
+- `dl205.json` uses `shared blocks: true` because it matches DL series memory model; `standard.json` uses `shared blocks: false` so coils and HR address spaces are independent (more like a textbook PLC).
+
+## File format reference
+
+```json
+{
+  "server_list": {
+    "<server-name>": {
+      "comm": "tcp",
+      "host": "0.0.0.0",
+      "port": 5020,
+      "framer": "socket",
+      "device_id": 1
+    }
+  },
+  "device_list": {
+    "<device-name>": {
+      "setup": {
+        "co size": N, "di size": N, "hr size": N, "ir size": N,
+        "shared blocks": false,
+        "type exception": false,
+        "defaults": { "value": {...}, "action": {...} }
+      },
+      "invalid": [],
+      "write": [[<from>, <to>]],
+      "bits":    [{"addr": N, "value": 0|1}],
+      "uint16":  [{"addr": N, "value": <0..65535>, "action"?: "increment", "parameters"?: {...}}],
+      "uint32":  [{"addr": N, "value": <int>}],
+      "float32": [{"addr": N, "value": <float>}],
+      "string":  [{"addr": N, "value": "<text>"}],
+      "repeat":  []
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The CLI args `--modbus_server <server-name> --modbus_device <device-name>`
+pick which entries the simulator binds.
+
+## References
+
+- [pymodbus on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pymodbus/) — install, version pin
+- [Simulator config docs](https://pymodbus.readthedocs.io/en/dev/source/library/simulator/config.html) — full schema reference
+- [Simulator REST API](https://pymodbus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/source/library/simulator/restapi.html) — for the optional web UI
+- [`docs/v2/dl205.md`](../../../docs/v2/dl205.md) — what each DL205 profile entry simulates
+- [`docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md`](../../../docs/v2/modbus-test-plan.md) — the `DL205_<behavior>` test naming convention

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Pymodbus/dl205.json

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+{
+  "_comment": "DL205.json — DirectLOGIC DL205/DL260 quirk simulator. Models docs/v2/dl205.md as concrete register values. NOTE: pymodbus rejects unknown keys at device-list / setup level; explanatory comments live at top-level _comment + in README + git. Inline _quirk keys WITHIN individual register entries are accepted by pymodbus 3.13.0 (it only validates addr / value / action / parameters per entry). Each quirky uint16 is a pre-computed raw 16-bit value; pymodbus serves it verbatim. shared blocks=true matches DL series memory model. write list mirrors each seeded block — pymodbus rejects sweeping write ranges that include undefined cells.",
+
+  "server_list": {
+    "srv": {
+      "comm": "tcp",
+      "host": "0.0.0.0",
+      "port": 5020,
+      "framer": "socket",
+      "device_id": 1
+    }
+  },
+
+  "device_list": {
+    "dev": {
+      "setup": {
+        "co size":    16384,
+        "di size":     8192,
+        "hr size":    16384,
+        "ir size":     1024,
+        "shared blocks": true,
+        "type exception": false,
+        "defaults": {
+          "value":  {"bits": 0, "uint16": 0, "uint32": 0, "float32": 0.0, "string": " "},
+          "action": {"bits": null, "uint16": null, "uint32": null, "float32": null, "string": null}
+        }
+      },
+      "invalid": [],
+      "write": [
+        [0, 0],
+        [200, 209],
+        [1024, 1024],
+        [1040, 1042],
+        [1056, 1057],
+        [1072, 1072],
+        [1280, 1282],
+        [1343, 1343],
+        [1407, 1407],
+        [1, 1],
+        [128, 128],
+        [192, 192],
+        [250, 250],
+        [8448, 8448]
+      ],
+
+      "uint16": [
+        {"_quirk": "V0 marker. HR[0]=0xCAFE proves register 0 is valid on DL205/DL260 (rejects-register-0 was a DL05/DL06 relative-mode artefact). 0xCAFE = 51966.",
+         "addr": 0,    "value": 51966},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Scratch HR range 200..209 — mirrors the standard.json scratch range so the smoke test (DL205Profile.SmokeHoldingRegister=200) round-trips identically against either profile.",
+         "addr": 200, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 201, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 202, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 203, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 204, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 205, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 206, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 207, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 208, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 209, "value": 0},
+
+        {"_quirk": "V2000 marker. V2000 octal = decimal 1024 = PDU 0x0400. Marker 0x2000 = 8192.",
+         "addr": 1024, "value": 8192},
+
+        {"_quirk": "V40400 marker. V40400 octal = decimal 8448 = PDU 0x2100 (NOT register 0). Marker 0x4040 = 16448.",
+         "addr": 8448, "value": 16448},
+
+        {"_quirk": "String 'Hello' first char in LOW byte. HR[0x410] = 'H'(0x48) lo + 'e'(0x65) hi = 0x6548 = 25928.",
+         "addr": 1040, "value": 25928},
+        {"_quirk": "String 'Hello' second char-pair: 'l'(0x6C) lo + 'l'(0x6C) hi = 0x6C6C = 27756.",
+         "addr": 1041, "value": 27756},
+        {"_quirk": "String 'Hello' third char-pair: 'o'(0x6F) lo + null(0x00) hi = 0x006F = 111.",
+         "addr": 1042, "value": 111},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Float32 1.5f in CDAB word order. IEEE 754 1.5 = 0x3FC00000. CDAB = low word first: HR[0x420]=0x0000, HR[0x421]=0x3FC0=16320.",
+         "addr": 1056, "value": 0},
+        {"_quirk": "Float32 1.5f CDAB high word.",
+         "addr": 1057, "value": 16320},
+
+        {"_quirk": "BCD register. Decimal 1234 stored as BCD nibbles 0x1234 = 4660. NOT binary 1234 (= 0x04D2).",
+         "addr": 1072, "value": 4660},
+
+        {"_quirk": "FC03 cap test marker — first cell of a 128-register span the FC03 cap test reads. Other cells in the span aren't seeded explicitly, so reads of HR[1283..1342] / 1344..1406 return the default 0; the seeded markers at 1280, 1281, 1282, 1343, 1407 prove the span boundaries.",
+         "addr": 1280, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1281, "value": 1},
+        {"addr": 1282, "value": 2},
+        {"addr": 1343, "value": 63},
+        {"addr": 1407, "value": 127}
+      ],
+
+      "bits": [
+        {"_quirk": "X-input bank marker cell. X0 -> DI 0 conflicts with uint16 V0 at cell 0, so this marker covers X20 octal (= decimal 16 = DI 16 = cell 1 bit 0). X20=ON, X23 octal (DI 19 = cell 1 bit 3)=ON -> cell 1 value = 0b00001001 = 9.",
+         "addr": 1, "value": 9},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Y-output bank marker cell. pymodbus's simulator maps Modbus FC01/02/05 bit-addresses to cell index = bit_addr / 16; so Modbus coil 2048 lives at cell 128 bit 0. Y0=ON (bit 0), Y1=OFF (bit 1), Y2=ON (bit 2) -> value=0b00000101=5 proves DL260 mapping Y0 -> coil 2048.",
+         "addr": 128, "value": 5},
+
+        {"_quirk": "C-relay bank marker cell. Modbus coil 3072 -> cell 192 bit 0. C0=ON (bit 0), C1=OFF (bit 1), C2=ON (bit 2) -> value=5 proves DL260 mapping C0 -> coil 3072.",
+         "addr": 192, "value": 5},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Scratch cell for coil 4000..4015 write round-trip tests. Cell 250 holds Modbus coils 4000-4015; all bits start at 0 and tests set specific bits via FC05.",
+         "addr": 250, "value": 0}
+      ],
+
+      "uint32":  [],
+      "float32": [],
+      "string":  [],
+      "repeat":  []
+    }
+  }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Pymodbus/mitsubishi.json

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{
+  "_comment": "mitsubishi.json -- Mitsubishi MELSEC Modbus TCP quirk simulator covering QJ71MT91, iQ-R, iQ-F/FX5U, and FX3U-ENET-P502 behaviors documented in docs/v2/mitsubishi.md. MELSEC CPUs store multi-word values in CDAB order (opposite of S7 ABCD, same family as DL260). The Modbus-module 'Modbus Device Assignment Parameter' block is per-site, so this profile models one *representative* assignment mapping D-register D0..D1023 -> HR 0..1023, M-relay M0..M511 -> coil 0..511, X-input X0..X15 -> DI 0..15 (X-addresses are HEX on Q/L/iQ-R, so X10 = decimal 16; on FX/iQ-F they're OCTAL like DL260). pymodbus bit-address semantics are the same as dl205.json and s7_1500.json (FC01/02/05/15 address N maps to cell index N/16).",
+
+  "server_list": {
+    "srv": {
+      "comm": "tcp",
+      "host": "0.0.0.0",
+      "port": 5020,
+      "framer": "socket",
+      "device_id": 1
+    }
+  },
+
+  "device_list": {
+    "dev": {
+      "setup": {
+        "co size":    4096,
+        "di size":    4096,
+        "hr size":    4096,
+        "ir size":    1024,
+        "shared blocks": true,
+        "type exception": false,
+        "defaults": {
+          "value":  {"bits": 0, "uint16": 0, "uint32": 0, "float32": 0.0, "string": " "},
+          "action": {"bits": null, "uint16": null, "uint32": null, "float32": null, "string": null}
+        }
+      },
+      "invalid": [],
+      "write": [
+        [0, 0],
+        [10, 10],
+        [100, 101],
+        [200, 209],
+        [300, 301],
+        [500, 500]
+      ],
+
+      "uint16": [
+        {"_quirk": "D0 fingerprint marker. MELSEC D0 is the first data register; Modbus Device Assignment typically maps D0..D1023 -> HR 0..1023. 0x1234 is the fingerprint operators set in GX Works to prove the mapping parameter block is in effect.",
+         "addr": 0, "value": 4660},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Scratch HR range 200..209 -- mirrors the dl205/s7_1500/standard scratch range so smoke tests (MitsubishiProfile.SmokeHoldingRegister=200) round-trip identically against any profile.",
+         "addr": 200, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 201, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 202, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 203, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 204, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 205, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 206, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 207, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 208, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 209, "value": 0},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Float32 1.5f in CDAB word order (MELSEC Q/L/iQ-R/iQ-F default, same as DL260). HR[100]=0x0000=0 low word, HR[101]=0x3FC0=16320 high word. Decode with ByteOrder.WordSwap returns 1.5f; BigEndian decode returns a denormal.",
+         "addr": 100, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 101, "value": 16320},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Int32 0x12345678 in CDAB word order. HR[300]=0x5678=22136 low word, HR[301]=0x1234=4660 high word. Contrasts with the S7 profile's ABCD encoding at the same address.",
+         "addr": 300, "value": 22136},
+        {"addr": 301, "value": 4660},
+
+        {"_quirk": "D10 = decimal 1234 stored as BINARY (NOT BCD like DL205). 0x04D2 = 1234 decimal. Caller reading with Bcd16 data type would decode this as binary 1234's BCD nibbles which are non-BCD and throw InvalidDataException -- proves MELSEC is binary-by-default, opposite of DL205's BCD-by-default quirk.",
+         "addr": 10, "value": 1234},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Modbus Device Assignment boundary marker. HR[500] represents the last register in an assigned D-range D500. Beyond this (HR[501..4095]) would be Illegal Data Address on a real QJ71MT91 with this specific parameter block; pymodbus returns default 0 because its shared cell array has space -- real-PLC parity is documented in docs/v2/mitsubishi.md §device-assignment, not enforced here.",
+         "addr": 500, "value": 500}
+      ],
+
+      "bits": [
+        {"_quirk": "M-relay marker cell at cell 32 = Modbus coil 512 = MELSEC M512 (coils 0..15 collide with the D0 uint16 marker cell, so we place the M marker above that). Cell 32 bit 0 = 1 and bit 2 = 1 (value = 0b101 = 5) = M512=ON, M513=OFF, M514=ON. Matches the Y0/Y2 marker pattern in dl205 and s7_1500 profiles.",
+         "addr": 32, "value": 5},
+
+        {"_quirk": "X-input marker cell at cell 33 = Modbus DI 528 (= MELSEC X210 hex on Q/L/iQ-R). Cell 33 bit 0 = 1 and bit 3 = 1 (value = 0x9 = 9). Chosen above cell 1 so it doesn't collide with any uint16 D-register. Proves the hex-parsing X-input helper on Q/L/iQ-R family; FX/iQ-F families use octal X-addresses tested separately.",
+         "addr": 33, "value": 9}
+      ],
+
+      "uint32":  [],
+      "float32": [],
+      "string":  [],
+      "repeat":  []
+    }
+  }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Pymodbus/s7_1500.json

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+{
+  "_comment": "s7_1500.json -- Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 + MB_SERVER quirk simulator. Models docs/v2/s7.md behaviors as concrete register values. Unlike DL260 (CDAB word order default) or Mitsubishi (CDAB default), S7 MB_SERVER uses ABCD word order by default because Siemens native CPU types are big-endian top-to-bottom both within the register pair and byte pair. This profile exists so the driver's S7 profile default ByteOrder.BigEndian can be validated end-to-end. pymodbus bit-address semantics are the same as dl205.json (FC01/02/05/15 address X maps to cell index X/16); seed bits at the appropriate cell-indexed positions.",
+
+  "server_list": {
+    "srv": {
+      "comm": "tcp",
+      "host": "0.0.0.0",
+      "port": 5020,
+      "framer": "socket",
+      "device_id": 1
+    }
+  },
+
+  "device_list": {
+    "dev": {
+      "setup": {
+        "co size":    4096,
+        "di size":    4096,
+        "hr size":    4096,
+        "ir size":    1024,
+        "shared blocks": true,
+        "type exception": false,
+        "defaults": {
+          "value":  {"bits": 0, "uint16": 0, "uint32": 0, "float32": 0.0, "string": " "},
+          "action": {"bits": null, "uint16": null, "uint32": null, "float32": null, "string": null}
+        }
+      },
+      "invalid": [],
+      "write": [
+        [0, 0],
+        [25, 25],
+        [100, 101],
+        [200, 209],
+        [300, 301]
+      ],
+
+      "uint16": [
+        {"_quirk": "DB1 header marker. On an S7-1500 with MB_SERVER pointing at DB1, operators often reserve DB1.DBW0 for a fingerprint word so clients can verify they're talking to the right DB. 0xABCD = 43981.",
+         "addr": 0, "value": 43981},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Scratch HR range 200..209 -- mirrors the standard.json scratch range so the smoke test (S7_1500Profile.SmokeHoldingRegister=200) round-trips identically against either profile.",
+         "addr": 200, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 201, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 202, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 203, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 204, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 205, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 206, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 207, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 208, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 209, "value": 0},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Float32 1.5f in ABCD word order (Siemens big-endian default, OPPOSITE of DL260 CDAB). IEEE-754 1.5 = 0x3FC00000. ABCD = high word first: HR[100]=0x3FC0=16320, HR[101]=0x0000=0.",
+         "addr": 100, "value": 16320},
+        {"_quirk": "Float32 1.5f ABCD low word.",
+         "addr": 101, "value": 0},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Int32 0x12345678 in ABCD word order. HR[300]=0x1234=4660, HR[301]=0x5678=22136. Demonstrates the contrast with DL260 CDAB Int32 encoding.",
+         "addr": 300, "value": 4660},
+        {"addr": 301, "value": 22136}
+      ],
+
+      "bits": [
+        {"_quirk": "Coil bank marker cell. S7 MB_SERVER doesn't fix coil addresses; this simulates a user-wired DB where coil 400 (=bit 0 of cell 25) represents a latched digital output. Cell 25 bit 0 = 1 proves the wire-format round-trip works for coils on S7 profile.",
+         "addr": 25, "value": 1},
+
+        {"_quirk": "Discrete-input bank marker cell. DI 500 (=bit 0 of cell 31) = 1. Like coils, discrete inputs on S7 MB_SERVER are per-site; we assert the end-to-end FC02 path only.",
+         "addr": 31, "value": 1}
+      ],
+
+      "uint32":  [],
+      "float32": [],
+      "string":  [],
+      "repeat":  []
+    }
+  }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Pymodbus/serve.ps1

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+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Launches the pymodbus simulator with one of the integration-test profiles
+    (Standard or DL205). Foreground process — Ctrl+C to stop.
+
+.PARAMETER Profile
+    Which simulator profile to run: 'standard' or 'dl205'. Both bind TCP 5020 by
+    default so they can't run simultaneously on the same box.
+
+.PARAMETER HttpPort
+    Port for pymodbus's optional web UI / REST API. Default 8080. Pass 0 to
+    disable (passes --no_http).
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    .\serve.ps1 -Profile standard
+    Starts the standard server on TCP 5020 with web UI on 8080.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    .\serve.ps1 -Profile dl205 -HttpPort 0
+    Starts the DL205 server on TCP 5020, no web UI.
+#>
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateSet('standard', 'dl205', 's7_1500', 'mitsubishi')] [string]$Profile,
+    [int]$HttpPort = 8080
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+$here = $PSScriptRoot
+
+# Confirm pymodbus.simulator is on PATH — clearer message than the
+# 'CommandNotFoundException' dotnet style.
+$cmd = Get-Command pymodbus.simulator -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+if (-not $cmd) {
+    Write-Error "pymodbus.simulator not found. Install with: pip install 'pymodbus[simulator]==3.13.0'"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+$jsonFile = Join-Path $here "$Profile.json"
+if (-not (Test-Path $jsonFile)) {
+    Write-Error "Profile config not found: $jsonFile"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+$args = @(
+    '--modbus_server', 'srv',
+    '--modbus_device', 'dev',
+    '--json_file',     $jsonFile
+)
+
+if ($HttpPort -gt 0) {
+    $args += @('--http_port', $HttpPort)
+    Write-Host "Web UI will be at http://localhost:$HttpPort"
+} else {
+    $args += '--no_http'
+}
+
+Write-Host "Starting pymodbus simulator: profile=$Profile  TCP=localhost:5020"
+Write-Host "Ctrl+C to stop."
+& pymodbus.simulator @args

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Pymodbus/standard.json

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+{
+  "_comment": "Standard.json — generic Modbus TCP server for the integration suite. See ../README.md. NOTE: pymodbus rejects unknown keys at device-list / setup level; explanatory comments live in the README + git history. Layout: HR[0..31]=address-as-value, HR[100]=auto-increment, HR[200..209]=scratch, coils 1024..1055=alternating, coils 1100..1109=scratch. Coils live at 1024+ because pymodbus stores all 4 standard tables in ONE underlying cell array — bits and uint16 at the same address conflict (each cell can only be typed once).",
+
+  "server_list": {
+    "srv": {
+      "comm": "tcp",
+      "host": "0.0.0.0",
+      "port": 5020,
+      "framer": "socket",
+      "device_id": 1
+    }
+  },
+
+  "device_list": {
+    "dev": {
+      "setup": {
+        "co size": 2048,
+        "di size": 2048,
+        "hr size": 2048,
+        "ir size": 2048,
+        "shared blocks": true,
+        "type exception": false,
+        "defaults": {
+          "value":  {"bits": 0, "uint16": 0, "uint32": 0, "float32": 0.0, "string": " "},
+          "action": {"bits": null, "uint16": null, "uint32": null, "float32": null, "string": null}
+        }
+      },
+      "invalid": [],
+      "write": [
+        [0, 31],
+        [100, 100],
+        [200, 209],
+        [1024, 1055],
+        [1100, 1109]
+      ],
+
+      "uint16": [
+        {"addr":  0, "value":  0}, {"addr":  1, "value":  1},
+        {"addr":  2, "value":  2}, {"addr":  3, "value":  3},
+        {"addr":  4, "value":  4}, {"addr":  5, "value":  5},
+        {"addr":  6, "value":  6}, {"addr":  7, "value":  7},
+        {"addr":  8, "value":  8}, {"addr":  9, "value":  9},
+        {"addr": 10, "value": 10}, {"addr": 11, "value": 11},
+        {"addr": 12, "value": 12}, {"addr": 13, "value": 13},
+        {"addr": 14, "value": 14}, {"addr": 15, "value": 15},
+        {"addr": 16, "value": 16}, {"addr": 17, "value": 17},
+        {"addr": 18, "value": 18}, {"addr": 19, "value": 19},
+        {"addr": 20, "value": 20}, {"addr": 21, "value": 21},
+        {"addr": 22, "value": 22}, {"addr": 23, "value": 23},
+        {"addr": 24, "value": 24}, {"addr": 25, "value": 25},
+        {"addr": 26, "value": 26}, {"addr": 27, "value": 27},
+        {"addr": 28, "value": 28}, {"addr": 29, "value": 29},
+        {"addr": 30, "value": 30}, {"addr": 31, "value": 31},
+
+        {"addr": 100, "value": 0,
+         "action": "increment",
+         "parameters": {"minval": 0, "maxval": 65535}},
+
+        {"addr": 200, "value": 0}, {"addr": 201, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 202, "value": 0}, {"addr": 203, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 204, "value": 0}, {"addr": 205, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 206, "value": 0}, {"addr": 207, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 208, "value": 0}, {"addr": 209, "value": 0}
+      ],
+
+      "bits": [
+        {"addr": 1024, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1025, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1026, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1027, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1028, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1029, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1030, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1031, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1032, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1033, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1034, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1035, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1036, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1037, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1038, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1039, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1040, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1041, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1042, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1043, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1044, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1045, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1046, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1047, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1048, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1049, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1050, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1051, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1052, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1053, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1054, "value": 1}, {"addr": 1055, "value": 0},
+
+        {"addr": 1100, "value": 0}, {"addr": 1101, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1102, "value": 0}, {"addr": 1103, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1104, "value": 0}, {"addr": 1105, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1106, "value": 0}, {"addr": 1107, "value": 0},
+        {"addr": 1108, "value": 0}, {"addr": 1109, "value": 0}
+      ],
+
+      "uint32":  [],
+      "float32": [],
+      "string":  [],
+      "repeat":  []
+    }
+  }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/S7/S7_1500Profile.cs

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+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.S7;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Tag map for the Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 device class with the <c>MB_SERVER</c> library
+///     block mapping HR[0..] to DB1.DBW0+. Mirrors <c>s7_1500.json</c> in <c>Pymodbus/</c>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     Unlike DL205, S7 has no fixed Modbus memory map — every site wires MB_SERVER to a
+///     different DB. The profile here models the *default* user layout documented in
+///     <c>docs/v2/s7.md</c> §per-model-matrix: DB1.DBW0 = fingerprint marker, a scratch HR
+///     range 200..209 for write-roundtrip tests, and ABCD-order Float32 / Int32 markers at
+///     HR[100..101] and HR[300..301] to prove the driver's S7 profile default is correct.
+/// </remarks>
+public static class S7_1500Profile
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Scratch HR the smoke test writes + reads. Address 200 mirrors the DL205 /
+    ///     standard scratch range so one smoke test pattern works across all device profiles.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const ushort SmokeHoldingRegister = 200;
+
+    /// <summary>Value the smoke test writes then reads back.</summary>
+    public const short SmokeHoldingValue = 4321;
+
+    public static ModbusDriverOptions BuildOptions(string host, int port) => new()
+    {
+        Host = host,
+        Port = port,
+        UnitId = 1,
+        Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+        Tags =
+        [
+            new ModbusTagDefinition(
+                Name: "Smoke_HReg200",
+                Region: ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters,
+                Address: SmokeHoldingRegister,
+                DataType: ModbusDataType.Int16,
+                Writable: true),
+        ],
+        // Disable the background probe loop — integration tests drive reads explicitly and
+        // the probe would race with assertions.
+        Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+    };
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/S7/S7_1500SmokeTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.S7;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     End-to-end smoke against the S7-1500 <c>MB_SERVER</c> pymodbus profile (or a real
+///     S7-1500 + MB_SERVER deployment when <c>MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT</c> points at one). Drives
+///     the full <see cref="ModbusDriver"/> + real <see cref="ModbusTcpTransport"/> stack —
+///     no fake transport. Success proves the driver initializes against the S7 simulator,
+///     writes a known value, and reads it back with the correct status and value, which is
+///     the baseline every S7-specific test (PR 57+) builds on.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     S7-specific quirk tests (MB_SERVER requires non-optimized DBs, ABCD word order
+///     default, port-per-connection, FC23 Illegal Function, STOP-mode behaviour, etc.) land
+///     as separate test classes in this directory as each quirk is validated in pymodbus.
+///     Keep this smoke test deliberately narrow — filtering by device class
+///     (<c>--filter DisplayName~S7</c>) should surface the quirk-specific failure mode when
+///     something goes wrong, not a blanket smoke failure that could mean anything.
+/// </remarks>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "S7")]
+public sealed class S7_1500SmokeTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task S7_1500_roundtrip_write_then_read_of_holding_register()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "s7_1500",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != s7_1500 — skipping (other profiles don't seed the S7 scratch range identically).");
+        }
+
+        var options = S7_1500Profile.BuildOptions(sim.Host, sim.Port);
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "s7-smoke");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync(driverConfigJson: "{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var writeResults = await driver.WriteAsync(
+            [new(FullReference: "Smoke_HReg200", Value: (short)S7_1500Profile.SmokeHoldingValue)],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        writeResults.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        writeResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u, "write must succeed against the S7-1500 MB_SERVER profile");
+
+        var readResults = await driver.ReadAsync(
+            ["Smoke_HReg200"],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        readResults.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        readResults[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        readResults[0].Value.ShouldBe((short)S7_1500Profile.SmokeHoldingValue);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/S7/S7_ByteOrderTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests.S7;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Verifies the Siemens S7 big-endian (<c>ABCD</c>) word-order default for Float32 and
+///     Int32 against the <c>s7_1500.json</c> pymodbus profile. S7's native CPU types are
+///     big-endian end-to-end, so <c>MB_SERVER</c> places the high word at the lower register
+///     address — <b>opposite</b> of DL260's CDAB. The driver's S7-family tag config must
+///     therefore default to <see cref="ModbusByteOrder.BigEndian"/>; selecting
+///     <see cref="ModbusByteOrder.WordSwap"/> against an S7 would decode garbage.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection(ModbusSimulatorCollection.Name)]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+[Trait("Device", "S7")]
+public sealed class S7_ByteOrderTests(ModbusSimulatorFixture sim)
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task S7_Float32_ABCD_decodes_1_5f_from_HR100()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "s7_1500",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != s7_1500 — skipping (s7_1500 profile is the only one seeding HR[100..101] ABCD).");
+        }
+
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("S7_Float_ABCD",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 100,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.Float32, Writable: false,
+                    ByteOrder: ModbusByteOrder.BigEndian),
+                // Control: same address with WordSwap should decode garbage — proves the
+                // two code paths diverge on S7 wire bytes.
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("S7_Float_CDAB_control",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 100,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.Float32, Writable: false,
+                    ByteOrder: ModbusByteOrder.WordSwap),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "s7-float-abcd");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(
+            ["S7_Float_ABCD", "S7_Float_CDAB_control"],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe(1.5f, "S7 MB_SERVER stores Float32 in ABCD word order; BigEndian decode returns 1.5f");
+
+        results[1].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[1].Value.ShouldNotBe(1.5f, "applying CDAB swap to S7 ABCD bytes must produce a different value — confirms the flag is not a no-op and S7 profile default must be BigEndian");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task S7_Int32_ABCD_decodes_0x12345678_from_HR300()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "s7_1500",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != s7_1500 — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("S7_Int32_ABCD",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 300,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.Int32, Writable: false,
+                    ByteOrder: ModbusByteOrder.BigEndian),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "s7-int-abcd");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["S7_Int32_ABCD"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe(0x12345678,
+            "S7 Int32 stored as HR[300]=0x1234, HR[301]=0x5678 with ABCD order decodes to 0x12345678 — DL260 would store the reverse order");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task S7_DB1_fingerprint_marker_at_HR0_reads_0xABCD()
+    {
+        if (sim.SkipReason is not null) Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason);
+        if (!string.Equals(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE"), "s7_1500",
+                StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE != s7_1500 — skipping.");
+        }
+
+        // Real-world MB_SERVER deployments typically reserve DB1.DBW0 as a fingerprint so
+        // clients can verify they're pointing at the right DB (protects against typos in
+        // the MB_SERVER.MB_HOLD_REG.DB_number parameter). 0xABCD is the convention.
+        var options = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = sim.Host,
+            Port = sim.Port,
+            UnitId = 1,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new ModbusTagDefinition("S7_Fingerprint",
+                    ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, Address: 0,
+                    DataType: ModbusDataType.UInt16, Writable: false),
+            ],
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var driver = new ModbusDriver(options, driverInstanceId: "s7-fingerprint");
+        await driver.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await driver.ReadAsync(["S7_Fingerprint"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        results[0].Value.ShouldBe((ushort)0xABCD);
+    }
+}

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

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <None Update="ModbusPal\**\*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
+        <None Update="Pymodbus\**\*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
         <None Update="DL205\**\*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
+        <None Update="S7\**\*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
+        <None Update="Mitsubishi\**\*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/DirectLogicAddressTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class DirectLogicAddressTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("V0", (ushort)0x0000)]
+    [InlineData("V1", (ushort)0x0001)]
+    [InlineData("V7", (ushort)0x0007)]
+    [InlineData("V10", (ushort)0x0008)]
+    [InlineData("V2000", (ushort)0x0400)]  // canonical DL205/DL260 user-memory start
+    [InlineData("V7777", (ushort)0x0FFF)]
+    [InlineData("V10000", (ushort)0x1000)]
+    [InlineData("V17777", (ushort)0x1FFF)]
+    public void UserVMemoryToPdu_converts_octal_V_prefix(string v, ushort expected)
+        => DirectLogicAddress.UserVMemoryToPdu(v).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("0", (ushort)0)]
+    [InlineData("2000", (ushort)0x0400)]
+    [InlineData("v2000", (ushort)0x0400)]   // lowercase v
+    [InlineData(" V2000 ", (ushort)0x0400)] // surrounding whitespace
+    public void UserVMemoryToPdu_accepts_bare_or_prefixed_or_padded(string v, ushort expected)
+        => DirectLogicAddress.UserVMemoryToPdu(v).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("V8")]     // 8 is not a valid octal digit
+    [InlineData("V19")]
+    [InlineData("V2009")]
+    public void UserVMemoryToPdu_rejects_non_octal_digits(string v)
+    {
+        Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => DirectLogicAddress.UserVMemoryToPdu(v))
+            .Message.ShouldContain("octal");
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(null)]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("   ")]
+    [InlineData("V")]
+    public void UserVMemoryToPdu_rejects_empty_input(string? v)
+        => Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => DirectLogicAddress.UserVMemoryToPdu(v!));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void UserVMemoryToPdu_overflow_rejected()
+    {
+        // 200000 octal = 0x10000 — one past ushort range.
+        Should.Throw<OverflowException>(() => DirectLogicAddress.UserVMemoryToPdu("V200000"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SystemVMemoryBasePdu_is_0x2100_for_V40400()
+    {
+        // V40400 on DL260 / H2-ECOM100 absolute mode → PDU 0x2100 (decimal 8448), NOT 0x4100
+        // which a naive octal-to-decimal of 40400 octal would give (= 16640).
+        DirectLogicAddress.SystemVMemoryBasePdu.ShouldBe((ushort)0x2100);
+        DirectLogicAddress.SystemVMemoryToPdu(0).ShouldBe((ushort)0x2100);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SystemVMemoryToPdu_offsets_within_bank()
+    {
+        DirectLogicAddress.SystemVMemoryToPdu(1).ShouldBe((ushort)0x2101);
+        DirectLogicAddress.SystemVMemoryToPdu(0x100).ShouldBe((ushort)0x2200);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SystemVMemoryToPdu_rejects_overflow()
+    {
+        // ushort wrap: 0xFFFF - 0x2100 = 0xDEFF; anything above should throw.
+        Should.NotThrow(() => DirectLogicAddress.SystemVMemoryToPdu(0xDEFF));
+        Should.Throw<OverflowException>(() => DirectLogicAddress.SystemVMemoryToPdu(0xDF00));
+    }
+
+    // --- Bit memory: Y-output, C-relay, X-input, SP-special ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Y0", (ushort)2048)]
+    [InlineData("Y1", (ushort)2049)]
+    [InlineData("Y7", (ushort)2055)]
+    [InlineData("Y10", (ushort)2056)]    // octal 10 = decimal 8
+    [InlineData("Y17", (ushort)2063)]    // octal 17 = decimal 15
+    [InlineData("Y777", (ushort)2559)]   // top of DL260 Y range per doc table
+    public void YOutputToCoil_adds_octal_offset_to_2048(string y, ushort expected)
+        => DirectLogicAddress.YOutputToCoil(y).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("C0", (ushort)3072)]
+    [InlineData("C1", (ushort)3073)]
+    [InlineData("C10", (ushort)3080)]
+    [InlineData("C1777", (ushort)4095)]  // top of DL260 C range
+    public void CRelayToCoil_adds_octal_offset_to_3072(string c, ushort expected)
+        => DirectLogicAddress.CRelayToCoil(c).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("X0", (ushort)0)]
+    [InlineData("X17", (ushort)15)]
+    [InlineData("X777", (ushort)511)]    // top of DL260 X range
+    public void XInputToDiscrete_adds_octal_offset_to_0(string x, ushort expected)
+        => DirectLogicAddress.XInputToDiscrete(x).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("SP0", (ushort)1024)]
+    [InlineData("SP7", (ushort)1031)]
+    [InlineData("sp0", (ushort)1024)]     // lowercase prefix
+    [InlineData("SP777", (ushort)1535)]
+    public void SpecialToDiscrete_adds_octal_offset_to_1024(string sp, ushort expected)
+        => DirectLogicAddress.SpecialToDiscrete(sp).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Y8")]
+    [InlineData("C9")]
+    [InlineData("X18")]
+    public void Bit_address_rejects_non_octal_digits(string bad)
+        => Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() =>
+        {
+            if (bad[0] == 'Y') DirectLogicAddress.YOutputToCoil(bad);
+            else if (bad[0] == 'C') DirectLogicAddress.CRelayToCoil(bad);
+            else DirectLogicAddress.XInputToDiscrete(bad);
+        });
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Y")]
+    [InlineData("C")]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    public void Bit_address_rejects_empty(string bad)
+        => Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => DirectLogicAddress.YOutputToCoil(bad));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void YOutputToCoil_accepts_lowercase_prefix()
+        => DirectLogicAddress.YOutputToCoil("y0").ShouldBe((ushort)2048);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CRelayToCoil_accepts_bare_octal_without_C_prefix()
+        => DirectLogicAddress.CRelayToCoil("0").ShouldBe((ushort)3072);
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/MelsecAddressTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class MelsecAddressTests
+{
+    // --- X / Y hex vs octal family trap ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("X0", (ushort)0)]
+    [InlineData("X9", (ushort)9)]
+    [InlineData("XA", (ushort)10)]      // hex
+    [InlineData("XF", (ushort)15)]
+    [InlineData("X10", (ushort)16)]     // hex 0x10 = decimal 16
+    [InlineData("X20", (ushort)32)]     // hex 0x20 = decimal 32 — the classic MELSEC-Q trap
+    [InlineData("X1FF", (ushort)511)]
+    [InlineData("x10", (ushort)16)]     // lowercase prefix
+    public void XInputToDiscrete_QLiQR_parses_hex(string x, ushort expected)
+        => MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete(x, MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("X0", (ushort)0)]
+    [InlineData("X7", (ushort)7)]
+    [InlineData("X10", (ushort)8)]      // octal 10 = decimal 8
+    [InlineData("X20", (ushort)16)]     // octal 20 = decimal 16 — SAME string, DIFFERENT value on FX
+    [InlineData("X777", (ushort)511)]
+    public void XInputToDiscrete_FiQF_parses_octal(string x, ushort expected)
+        => MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete(x, MelsecFamily.F_iQF).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Y0", (ushort)0)]
+    [InlineData("Y1F", (ushort)31)]
+    public void YOutputToCoil_QLiQR_parses_hex(string y, ushort expected)
+        => MelsecAddress.YOutputToCoil(y, MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Y0", (ushort)0)]
+    [InlineData("Y17", (ushort)15)]
+    public void YOutputToCoil_FiQF_parses_octal(string y, ushort expected)
+        => MelsecAddress.YOutputToCoil(y, MelsecFamily.F_iQF).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Same_address_string_decodes_differently_between_families()
+    {
+        // This is the headline quirk: "X20" in GX Works means one thing on Q-series and
+        // another on FX-series. The driver's family selector is the only defence.
+        MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete("X20", MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR).ShouldBe((ushort)32);
+        MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete("X20", MelsecFamily.F_iQF).ShouldBe((ushort)16);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("X8")]     // 8 is non-octal
+    [InlineData("X12G")]   // G is non-hex
+    public void XInputToDiscrete_FiQF_rejects_non_octal(string bad)
+        => Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete(bad, MelsecFamily.F_iQF));
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("X12G")]
+    public void XInputToDiscrete_QLiQR_rejects_non_hex(string bad)
+        => Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete(bad, MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void XInputToDiscrete_honors_bank_base_from_assignment_block()
+    {
+        // Real-world QJ71MT91 assignment blocks commonly place X at DI 8192+ when other
+        // ranges take the low Modbus addresses. Helper must add the base cleanly.
+        MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete("X10", MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR, xBankBase: 8192).ShouldBe((ushort)(8192 + 16));
+    }
+
+    // --- M-relay (decimal, both families) ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("M0", (ushort)0)]
+    [InlineData("M10", (ushort)10)]     // M addresses are DECIMAL, not hex or octal
+    [InlineData("M511", (ushort)511)]
+    [InlineData("m99", (ushort)99)]     // lowercase
+    public void MRelayToCoil_parses_decimal(string m, ushort expected)
+        => MelsecAddress.MRelayToCoil(m).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MRelayToCoil_honors_bank_base()
+        => MelsecAddress.MRelayToCoil("M0", mBankBase: 512).ShouldBe((ushort)512);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MRelayToCoil_rejects_non_numeric()
+        => Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => MelsecAddress.MRelayToCoil("M1F"));
+
+    // --- D-register (decimal, both families) ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("D0", (ushort)0)]
+    [InlineData("D100", (ushort)100)]
+    [InlineData("d1023", (ushort)1023)]
+    public void DRegisterToHolding_parses_decimal(string d, ushort expected)
+        => MelsecAddress.DRegisterToHolding(d).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DRegisterToHolding_honors_bank_base()
+        => MelsecAddress.DRegisterToHolding("D10", dBankBase: 4096).ShouldBe((ushort)4106);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DRegisterToHolding_rejects_empty()
+        => Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => MelsecAddress.DRegisterToHolding("D"));
+
+    // --- overflow ---
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void XInputToDiscrete_overflow_throws()
+    {
+        // 0xFFFF + base 1 = 0x10000 — past ushort.
+        Should.Throw<OverflowException>(() =>
+            MelsecAddress.XInputToDiscrete("XFFFF", MelsecFamily.Q_L_iQR, xBankBase: 1));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ModbusCapTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class ModbusCapTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Records every PDU sent so tests can assert request-count and per-request quantity —
+    ///     the only observable behaviour of the auto-chunking path.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class RecordingTransport : IModbusTransport
+    {
+        public readonly ushort[] HoldingRegisters = new ushort[1024];
+        public readonly List<(ushort Address, ushort Quantity)> Fc03Requests = new();
+        public readonly List<(ushort Address, ushort Quantity)> Fc16Requests = new();
+
+        public Task ConnectAsync(CancellationToken ct) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+        public Task<byte[]> SendAsync(byte unitId, byte[] pdu, CancellationToken ct)
+        {
+            var fc = pdu[0];
+            if (fc == 0x03)
+            {
+                var addr = (ushort)((pdu[1] << 8) | pdu[2]);
+                var qty = (ushort)((pdu[3] << 8) | pdu[4]);
+                Fc03Requests.Add((addr, qty));
+                var byteCount = (byte)(qty * 2);
+                var resp = new byte[2 + byteCount];
+                resp[0] = 0x03;
+                resp[1] = byteCount;
+                for (var i = 0; i < qty; i++)
+                {
+                    resp[2 + i * 2] = (byte)(HoldingRegisters[addr + i] >> 8);
+                    resp[3 + i * 2] = (byte)(HoldingRegisters[addr + i] & 0xFF);
+                }
+                return Task.FromResult(resp);
+            }
+            if (fc == 0x10)
+            {
+                var addr = (ushort)((pdu[1] << 8) | pdu[2]);
+                var qty = (ushort)((pdu[3] << 8) | pdu[4]);
+                Fc16Requests.Add((addr, qty));
+                for (var i = 0; i < qty; i++)
+                    HoldingRegisters[addr + i] = (ushort)((pdu[6 + i * 2] << 8) | pdu[7 + i * 2]);
+                return Task.FromResult(new byte[] { 0x10, pdu[1], pdu[2], pdu[3], pdu[4] });
+            }
+            return Task.FromException<byte[]>(new ModbusException(fc, 0x01, $"fc={fc} unsupported"));
+        }
+
+        public ValueTask DisposeAsync() => ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Read_within_cap_issues_single_FC03_request()
+    {
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("S", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 40); // 20 regs — fits in default cap (125).
+        var transport = new RecordingTransport();
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions { Host = "fake", Tags = [tag], Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false } };
+        await using var drv = new ModbusDriver(opts, "modbus-1", _ => transport);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        _ = await drv.ReadAsync(["S"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        transport.Fc03Requests.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        transport.Fc03Requests[0].Quantity.ShouldBe((ushort)20);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Read_above_cap_splits_into_two_FC03_requests()
+    {
+        // 240-char string = 120 regs. Cap = 100 (a typical sub-spec device cap). Expect 100 + 20.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("LongString", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 100, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 240);
+        var transport = new RecordingTransport();
+        // Seed cells so the re-assembled payload is stable — confirms chunks are stitched in order.
+        for (ushort i = 100; i < 100 + 120; i++)
+            transport.HoldingRegisters[i] = (ushort)((('A' + (i - 100) % 26) << 8) | ('A' + (i - 100) % 26));
+
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = "fake",
+            Tags = [tag],
+            MaxRegistersPerRead = 100,
+            Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false },
+        };
+        await using var drv = new ModbusDriver(opts, "modbus-1", _ => transport);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await drv.ReadAsync(["LongString"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+
+        transport.Fc03Requests.Count.ShouldBe(2, "120 regs / cap 100 → 2 requests");
+        transport.Fc03Requests[0].ShouldBe(((ushort)100, (ushort)100));
+        transport.Fc03Requests[1].ShouldBe(((ushort)200, (ushort)20));
+
+        // Payload continuity: re-assembled string starts where register 100 does and keeps going.
+        var s = (string)results[0].Value!;
+        s.Length.ShouldBeGreaterThan(0);
+        s[0].ShouldBe('A'); // register[100] high byte
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Read_cap_honors_Mitsubishi_lower_cap_of_64()
+    {
+        // 200-char string = 100 regs. Mitsubishi Q cap = 64. Expect: 64, 36.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("MitString", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 200);
+        var transport = new RecordingTransport();
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions { Host = "fake", Tags = [tag], MaxRegistersPerRead = 64, Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false } };
+        await using var drv = new ModbusDriver(opts, "modbus-1", _ => transport);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        _ = await drv.ReadAsync(["MitString"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        transport.Fc03Requests.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        transport.Fc03Requests[0].Quantity.ShouldBe((ushort)64);
+        transport.Fc03Requests[1].Quantity.ShouldBe((ushort)36);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Write_exceeding_cap_throws_instead_of_splitting()
+    {
+        // Partial FC16 across two transactions is not atomic. Forcing an explicit exception so the
+        // caller knows their tag definition is incompatible with the device cap rather than silently
+        // writing half a string and crashing between chunks.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("LongStringWrite", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 220); // 110 regs.
+        var transport = new RecordingTransport();
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions { Host = "fake", Tags = [tag], MaxRegistersPerWrite = 100, Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false } };
+        await using var drv = new ModbusDriver(opts, "modbus-1", _ => transport);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await drv.WriteAsync(
+            [new WriteRequest("LongStringWrite", new string('A', 220))],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        // Driver catches the internal exception and surfaces BadInternalError — the Fc16Requests
+        // list must still be empty because nothing was sent.
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldNotBe(0u);
+        transport.Fc16Requests.Count.ShouldBe(0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Write_within_cap_proceeds_normally()
+    {
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("ShortStringWrite", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 40); // 20 regs.
+        var transport = new RecordingTransport();
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions { Host = "fake", Tags = [tag], MaxRegistersPerWrite = 100, Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false } };
+        await using var drv = new ModbusDriver(opts, "modbus-1", _ => transport);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await drv.WriteAsync(
+            [new WriteRequest("ShortStringWrite", "HELLO")],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0u);
+        transport.Fc16Requests.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        transport.Fc16Requests[0].Quantity.ShouldBe((ushort)20);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ModbusDataTypeTests.cs

@@ -172,4 +172,144 @@ public sealed class ModbusDataTypeTests
         wire[1].ShouldBe((byte)'i');
         for (var i = 2; i < 8; i++) wire[i].ShouldBe((byte)0);
     }
+
+    // --- DL205 low-byte-first strings (AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC quirk) ---
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void String_LowByteFirst_decodes_DL205_packed_Hello()
+    {
+        // HR[1040] = 0x6548 (wire BE bytes [0x65, 0x48]) decodes first char from low byte = 'H',
+        // second from high byte = 'e'. HR[1041] = 0x6C6C → 'l','l'. HR[1042] = 0x006F → 'o', nul.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 5, StringByteOrder: ModbusStringByteOrder.LowByteFirst);
+        var wire = new byte[] { 0x65, 0x48, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x00, 0x6F };
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(wire, tag).ShouldBe("Hello");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void String_LowByteFirst_decode_truncates_at_first_nul()
+    {
+        // Low-byte-first with only 2 real chars in register 0 (lo='H', hi='i') and the rest nul.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 6, StringByteOrder: ModbusStringByteOrder.LowByteFirst);
+        var wire = new byte[] { 0x69, 0x48, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(wire, tag).ShouldBe("Hi");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void String_LowByteFirst_encode_round_trips_with_decode()
+    {
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 5, StringByteOrder: ModbusStringByteOrder.LowByteFirst);
+        var wire = ModbusDriver.EncodeRegister("Hello", tag);
+        // Expect exactly the DL205-documented byte sequence.
+        wire.ShouldBe(new byte[] { 0x65, 0x48, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x00, 0x6F });
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(wire, tag).ShouldBe("Hello");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void String_HighByteFirst_and_LowByteFirst_differ_on_same_wire()
+    {
+        // Same wire buffer, different byte order → first char switches 'H' vs 'e'.
+        var wire = new byte[] { 0x48, 0x65 };
+        var hi = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 2, StringByteOrder: ModbusStringByteOrder.HighByteFirst);
+        var lo = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.String,
+            StringLength: 2, StringByteOrder: ModbusStringByteOrder.LowByteFirst);
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(wire, hi).ShouldBe("He");
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(wire, lo).ShouldBe("eH");
+    }
+
+    // --- BCD (binary-coded decimal, DL205/DL260 default numeric encoding) ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0x0000u, 0u)]
+    [InlineData(0x0001u, 1u)]
+    [InlineData(0x0009u, 9u)]
+    [InlineData(0x0010u, 10u)]
+    [InlineData(0x1234u, 1234u)]
+    [InlineData(0x9999u, 9999u)]
+    public void DecodeBcd_16_bit_decodes_expected_decimal(uint raw, uint expected)
+        => ModbusDriver.DecodeBcd(raw, nibbles: 4).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DecodeBcd_rejects_nibbles_above_nine()
+    {
+        Should.Throw<InvalidDataException>(() => ModbusDriver.DecodeBcd(0x00A5u, nibbles: 4))
+            .Message.ShouldContain("Non-BCD nibble");
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0u, 0x0000u)]
+    [InlineData(5u, 0x0005u)]
+    [InlineData(42u, 0x0042u)]
+    [InlineData(1234u, 0x1234u)]
+    [InlineData(9999u, 0x9999u)]
+    public void EncodeBcd_16_bit_encodes_expected_nibbles(uint value, uint expected)
+        => ModbusDriver.EncodeBcd(value, nibbles: 4).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Bcd16_decodes_DL205_register_1234_as_decimal_1234()
+    {
+        // HR[1072] = 0x1234 on the DL205 profile represents decimal 1234. A plain Int16 decode
+        // would return 0x04D2 = 4660 — proof the BCD path is different.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Bcd16);
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(new byte[] { 0x12, 0x34 }, tag).ShouldBe(1234);
+
+        var int16Tag = tag with { DataType = ModbusDataType.Int16 };
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(new byte[] { 0x12, 0x34 }, int16Tag).ShouldBe((short)0x1234);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Bcd16_encode_round_trips_with_decode()
+    {
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Bcd16);
+        var wire = ModbusDriver.EncodeRegister(4321, tag);
+        wire.ShouldBe(new byte[] { 0x43, 0x21 });
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(wire, tag).ShouldBe(4321);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Bcd16_encode_rejects_out_of_range_values()
+    {
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Bcd16);
+        Should.Throw<OverflowException>(() => ModbusDriver.EncodeRegister(10000, tag))
+            .Message.ShouldContain("4 decimal digits");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Bcd32_decodes_8_digits_big_endian()
+    {
+        // 0x12345678 as BCD = decimal 12_345_678.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Bcd32);
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(new byte[] { 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78 }, tag).ShouldBe(12_345_678);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Bcd32_word_swap_handles_CDAB_layout()
+    {
+        // PLC stored 12_345_678 with word swap: low-word 0x5678 first, high-word 0x1234 second.
+        // Wire bytes [0x56, 0x78, 0x12, 0x34] + WordSwap → decode to decimal 12_345_678.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Bcd32,
+            ByteOrder: ModbusByteOrder.WordSwap);
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(new byte[] { 0x56, 0x78, 0x12, 0x34 }, tag).ShouldBe(12_345_678);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Bcd32_encode_round_trips_with_decode()
+    {
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Bcd32);
+        var wire = ModbusDriver.EncodeRegister(87_654_321u, tag);
+        wire.ShouldBe(new byte[] { 0x87, 0x65, 0x43, 0x21 });
+        ModbusDriver.DecodeRegister(wire, tag).ShouldBe(87_654_321);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Bcd_RegisterCount_matches_underlying_width()
+    {
+        var b16 = new ModbusTagDefinition("A", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Bcd16);
+        var b32 = new ModbusTagDefinition("B", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Bcd32);
+        ModbusDriver.RegisterCount(b16).ShouldBe((ushort)1);
+        ModbusDriver.RegisterCount(b32).ShouldBe((ushort)2);
+    }
 }

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ModbusExceptionMapperTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Unit tests for the Modbus-exception-code → OPC UA StatusCode mapping added in PR 52.
+///     Before PR 52 every server exception + every transport failure collapsed to
+///     BadInternalError (0x80020000), which made field diagnosis "is this a bad tag or a bad
+///     driver?" impossible. These tests lock in the translation table documented on
+///     <see cref="ModbusDriver.MapModbusExceptionToStatus"/>.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class ModbusExceptionMapperTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData((byte)0x01, 0x803D0000u)] // Illegal Function → BadNotSupported
+    [InlineData((byte)0x02, 0x803C0000u)] // Illegal Data Address → BadOutOfRange
+    [InlineData((byte)0x03, 0x803C0000u)] // Illegal Data Value → BadOutOfRange
+    [InlineData((byte)0x04, 0x80550000u)] // Server Failure → BadDeviceFailure
+    [InlineData((byte)0x05, 0x80550000u)] // Acknowledge (long op) → BadDeviceFailure
+    [InlineData((byte)0x06, 0x80550000u)] // Server Busy → BadDeviceFailure
+    [InlineData((byte)0x0A, 0x80050000u)] // Gateway path unavailable → BadCommunicationError
+    [InlineData((byte)0x0B, 0x80050000u)] // Gateway target failed to respond → BadCommunicationError
+    [InlineData((byte)0xFF, 0x80020000u)] // Unknown code → BadInternalError fallback
+    public void MapModbusExceptionToStatus_returns_informative_status(byte code, uint expected)
+        => ModbusDriver.MapModbusExceptionToStatus(code).ShouldBe(expected);
+
+    private sealed class ExceptionRaisingTransport(byte exceptionCode) : IModbusTransport
+    {
+        public Task ConnectAsync(CancellationToken ct) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        public Task<byte[]> SendAsync(byte unitId, byte[] pdu, CancellationToken ct)
+            => Task.FromException<byte[]>(new ModbusException(pdu[0], exceptionCode, $"fc={pdu[0]} code={exceptionCode}"));
+        public ValueTask DisposeAsync() => ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Read_surface_exception_02_as_BadOutOfRange_not_BadInternalError()
+    {
+        var transport = new ExceptionRaisingTransport(exceptionCode: 0x02);
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Int16);
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions { Host = "fake", Tags = [tag], Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false } };
+        await using var drv = new ModbusDriver(opts, "modbus-1", _ => transport);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await drv.ReadAsync(["T"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0x803C0000u, "FC03 at an unmapped register must bubble out as BadOutOfRange so operators can spot a bad tag config");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Write_surface_exception_04_as_BadDeviceFailure()
+    {
+        var transport = new ExceptionRaisingTransport(exceptionCode: 0x04);
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Int16);
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions { Host = "fake", Tags = [tag], Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false } };
+        await using var drv = new ModbusDriver(opts, "modbus-1", _ => transport);
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var writes = await drv.WriteAsync(
+            [new WriteRequest("T", (short)42)],
+            TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        writes[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0x80550000u, "FC06 returning exception 04 (CPU in PROGRAM mode) maps to BadDeviceFailure");
+    }
+
+    private sealed class NonModbusFailureTransport : IModbusTransport
+    {
+        public Task ConnectAsync(CancellationToken ct) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        public Task<byte[]> SendAsync(byte unitId, byte[] pdu, CancellationToken ct)
+            => Task.FromException<byte[]>(new EndOfStreamException("socket closed mid-response"));
+        public ValueTask DisposeAsync() => ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Read_non_modbus_failure_maps_to_BadCommunicationError_not_BadInternalError()
+    {
+        // Socket drop / timeout / malformed frame → transport-layer failure. Should surface
+        // distinctly from tag-level faults so operators know to check the network, not the config.
+        var tag = new ModbusTagDefinition("T", ModbusRegion.HoldingRegisters, 0, ModbusDataType.Int16);
+        var opts = new ModbusDriverOptions { Host = "fake", Tags = [tag], Probe = new ModbusProbeOptions { Enabled = false } };
+        await using var drv = new ModbusDriver(opts, "modbus-1", _ => new NonModbusFailureTransport());
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var results = await drv.ReadAsync(["T"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        results[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(0x80050000u);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests/ModbusTcpReconnectTests.cs

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+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Exercises <see cref="ModbusTcpTransport"/> against a real TCP listener that can close
+///     its socket mid-session on demand. Verifies the PR 53 reconnect-on-drop behavior: after
+///     the "first" socket is forcibly torn down, the next SendAsync must re-establish the
+///     connection and complete the PDU without bubbling an error to the caller.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class ModbusTcpReconnectTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Minimal in-process Modbus-TCP stub. Accepts one TCP connection at a time, reads an
+    ///     MBAP + PDU, replies with a canned FC03 response echoing the request quantity of
+    ///     zeroed bytes, then optionally closes the socket to simulate a NAT/firewall drop.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class FlakeyModbusServer : IAsyncDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly TcpListener _listener;
+        public int Port => ((IPEndPoint)_listener.LocalEndpoint).Port;
+        public int DropAfterNTransactions { get; set; } = int.MaxValue;
+        private readonly CancellationTokenSource _stop = new();
+        private int _txCount;
+
+        public FlakeyModbusServer()
+        {
+            _listener = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Loopback, 0);
+            _listener.Start();
+            _ = Task.Run(AcceptLoopAsync);
+        }
+
+        private async Task AcceptLoopAsync()
+        {
+            while (!_stop.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                TcpClient? client = null;
+                try { client = await _listener.AcceptTcpClientAsync(_stop.Token); }
+                catch { return; }
+
+                _ = Task.Run(() => ServeAsync(client!));
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task ServeAsync(TcpClient client)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using var _ = client;
+                var stream = client.GetStream();
+                while (!_stop.IsCancellationRequested && client.Connected)
+                {
+                    var header = new byte[7];
+                    if (!await ReadExactly(stream, header)) return;
+                    var len = (ushort)((header[4] << 8) | header[5]);
+                    var pdu = new byte[len - 1];
+                    if (!await ReadExactly(stream, pdu)) return;
+
+                    var fc = pdu[0];
+                    var qty = (ushort)((pdu[3] << 8) | pdu[4]);
+                    var respPdu = new byte[2 + qty * 2];
+                    respPdu[0] = fc;
+                    respPdu[1] = (byte)(qty * 2);
+                    // data bytes stay 0
+
+                    var respLen = (ushort)(1 + respPdu.Length);
+                    var adu = new byte[7 + respPdu.Length];
+                    adu[0] = header[0]; adu[1] = header[1];
+                    adu[4] = (byte)(respLen >> 8); adu[5] = (byte)(respLen & 0xFF);
+                    adu[6] = header[6];
+                    Buffer.BlockCopy(respPdu, 0, adu, 7, respPdu.Length);
+                    await stream.WriteAsync(adu);
+                    await stream.FlushAsync();
+
+                    _txCount++;
+                    if (_txCount >= DropAfterNTransactions)
+                    {
+                        // Simulate NAT/firewall silent close: slam the socket without a
+                        // protocol-level goodbye, which is what DL260 + an intermediate
+                        // middlebox would look like from the client's perspective.
+                        client.Client.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
+                        client.Close();
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch { /* best-effort */ }
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<bool> ReadExactly(NetworkStream s, byte[] buf)
+        {
+            var read = 0;
+            while (read < buf.Length)
+            {
+                var n = await s.ReadAsync(buf.AsMemory(read));
+                if (n == 0) return false;
+                read += n;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+        {
+            _stop.Cancel();
+            _listener.Stop();
+            await Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Transport_recovers_from_mid_session_drop_and_retries_successfully()
+    {
+        await using var server = new FlakeyModbusServer { DropAfterNTransactions = 1 };
+        await using var transport = new ModbusTcpTransport("127.0.0.1", server.Port, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), autoReconnect: true);
+        await transport.ConnectAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        // First transaction succeeds; server then closes the socket.
+        var pdu = new byte[] { 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01 };
+        var first = await transport.SendAsync(unitId: 1, pdu, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        first[0].ShouldBe((byte)0x03);
+
+        // Second transaction: the connection is dead, but auto-reconnect must transparently
+        // spin up a new socket, resend, and produce a valid response. Before PR 53 this would
+        // surface as EndOfStreamException / IOException to the caller.
+        var second = await transport.SendAsync(unitId: 1, pdu, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        second[0].ShouldBe((byte)0x03);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Transport_without_AutoReconnect_propagates_drop_to_caller()
+    {
+        await using var server = new FlakeyModbusServer { DropAfterNTransactions = 1 };
+        await using var transport = new ModbusTcpTransport("127.0.0.1", server.Port, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), autoReconnect: false);
+        await transport.ConnectAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var pdu = new byte[] { 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01 };
+        _ = await transport.SendAsync(unitId: 1, pdu, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<Exception>(async () =>
+            await transport.SendAsync(unitId: 1, pdu, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientCertAuthTests.cs

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+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class OpcUaClientCertAuthTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildCertificateIdentity_rejects_missing_path()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions { AuthType = OpcUaAuthType.Certificate };
+        Should.Throw<InvalidOperationException>(() => OpcUaClientDriver.BuildCertificateIdentity(opts))
+            .Message.ShouldContain("UserCertificatePath");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildCertificateIdentity_rejects_nonexistent_file()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+        {
+            AuthType = OpcUaAuthType.Certificate,
+            UserCertificatePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"does-not-exist-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.pfx"),
+        };
+        Should.Throw<FileNotFoundException>(() => OpcUaClientDriver.BuildCertificateIdentity(opts));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildCertificateIdentity_loads_a_valid_PFX_with_private_key()
+    {
+        // Generate a self-signed cert on the fly so the test doesn't ship a static PFX.
+        // The driver doesn't care about the issuer — just needs a cert with a private key.
+        using var rsa = RSA.Create(2048);
+        var req = new CertificateRequest("CN=OpcUaClientCertAuthTests", rsa,
+            HashAlgorithmName.SHA256, RSASignaturePadding.Pkcs1);
+        var cert = req.CreateSelfSigned(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-5), DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddHours(1));
+
+        var tmpPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"opcua-cert-test-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.pfx");
+        File.WriteAllBytes(tmpPath, cert.Export(X509ContentType.Pfx, "testpw"));
+        try
+        {
+            var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+            {
+                AuthType = OpcUaAuthType.Certificate,
+                UserCertificatePath = tmpPath,
+                UserCertificatePassword = "testpw",
+            };
+            var identity = OpcUaClientDriver.BuildCertificateIdentity(opts);
+            identity.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            identity.TokenType.ShouldBe(Opc.Ua.UserTokenType.Certificate);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            try { File.Delete(tmpPath); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientDiscoveryTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Scaffold tests for <see cref="OpcUaClientDriver"/>'s <see cref="ITagDiscovery"/>
+///     surface that don't require a live remote server. Live-browse coverage lands in a
+///     follow-up PR once the in-process OPC UA server fixture is scaffolded.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class OpcUaClientDiscoveryTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DiscoverAsync_without_initialize_throws_InvalidOperationException()
+    {
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(new OpcUaClientDriverOptions(), "opcua-disco");
+        var builder = new NullAddressSpaceBuilder();
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await drv.DiscoverAsync(builder, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DiscoverAsync_rejects_null_builder()
+    {
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(new OpcUaClientDriverOptions(), "opcua-disco");
+        Should.ThrowAsync<ArgumentNullException>(async () =>
+            await drv.DiscoverAsync(null!, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Discovery_caps_are_sensible_defaults()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions();
+        opts.MaxDiscoveredNodes.ShouldBe(10_000, "bounds memory on runaway servers without clipping normal models");
+        opts.MaxBrowseDepth.ShouldBe(10, "deep enough for realistic info models; shallow enough for cycle safety");
+        opts.BrowseRoot.ShouldBeNull("null = default to ObjectsFolder i=85");
+    }
+
+    private sealed class NullAddressSpaceBuilder : IAddressSpaceBuilder
+    {
+        public IAddressSpaceBuilder Folder(string browseName, string displayName) => this;
+        public IVariableHandle Variable(string browseName, string displayName, DriverAttributeInfo attributeInfo)
+            => new StubHandle();
+        public void AddProperty(string browseName, DriverDataType dataType, object? value) { }
+        public void AttachAlarmCondition(IVariableHandle sourceVariable, string alarmName, DriverAttributeInfo alarmInfo) { }
+
+        private sealed class StubHandle : IVariableHandle
+        {
+            public string FullReference => "stub";
+            public IAlarmConditionSink MarkAsAlarmCondition(AlarmConditionInfo info) => throw new NotSupportedException();
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientDriverScaffoldTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Scaffold-level tests for <see cref="OpcUaClientDriver"/> that don't require a live
+///     remote OPC UA server. PR 67+ adds IReadable/IWritable/ITagDiscovery/ISubscribable
+///     tests against a local in-process OPC UA server fixture.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class OpcUaClientDriverScaffoldTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Default_options_target_standard_opcua_port_and_anonymous_auth()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions();
+        opts.EndpointUrl.ShouldBe("opc.tcp://localhost:4840", "4840 is the IANA-assigned OPC UA port");
+        opts.SecurityMode.ShouldBe(OpcUaSecurityMode.None);
+        opts.SecurityPolicy.ShouldBe(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.None);
+        opts.AuthType.ShouldBe(OpcUaAuthType.Anonymous);
+        opts.AutoAcceptCertificates.ShouldBeFalse("production default must reject untrusted server certs");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Default_timeouts_match_driver_specs_section_8()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions();
+        opts.SessionTimeout.ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120));
+        opts.KeepAliveInterval.ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+        opts.ReconnectPeriod.ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Driver_reports_type_and_id_before_connect()
+    {
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(new OpcUaClientDriverOptions(), "opcua-test");
+        drv.DriverType.ShouldBe("OpcUaClient");
+        drv.DriverInstanceId.ShouldBe("opcua-test");
+        drv.GetHealth().State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Unknown);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Initialize_against_unreachable_endpoint_transitions_to_Faulted_and_throws()
+    {
+        // RFC 5737 reserved-for-documentation IP; won't route anywhere. Pick opc.tcp:// so
+        // endpoint selection hits the transport-layer connection rather than a DNS lookup.
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+        {
+            // Port 1 on loopback is effectively guaranteed to be closed — the OS responds
+            // with TCP RST immediately instead of hanging on connect, which keeps the
+            // unreachable-host tests snappy. Don't use an RFC 5737 reserved IP; those get
+            // routed to a black-hole + time out only after the SDK's internal retry/backoff
+            // fully elapses (~60s even with Options.Timeout=500ms).
+            EndpointUrl = "opc.tcp://127.0.0.1:1",
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500),
+            AutoAcceptCertificates = true, // dev-mode to bypass cert validation in the test
+        };
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(opts, "opcua-unreach");
+
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<Exception>(async () =>
+            await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        var health = drv.GetHealth();
+        health.State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Faulted);
+        health.LastError.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Reinitialize_against_unreachable_endpoint_re_throws()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+        {
+            // Port 1 on loopback is effectively guaranteed to be closed — the OS responds
+            // with TCP RST immediately instead of hanging on connect, which keeps the
+            // unreachable-host tests snappy. Don't use an RFC 5737 reserved IP; those get
+            // routed to a black-hole + time out only after the SDK's internal retry/backoff
+            // fully elapses (~60s even with Options.Timeout=500ms).
+            EndpointUrl = "opc.tcp://127.0.0.1:1",
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500),
+            AutoAcceptCertificates = true,
+        };
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(opts, "opcua-reinit");
+
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<Exception>(async () =>
+            await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<Exception>(async () =>
+            await drv.ReinitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientFailoverTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class OpcUaClientFailoverTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void ResolveEndpointCandidates_prefers_EndpointUrls_when_provided()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+        {
+            EndpointUrl = "opc.tcp://fallback:4840",
+            EndpointUrls = ["opc.tcp://primary:4840", "opc.tcp://backup:4841"],
+        };
+        var list = OpcUaClientDriver.ResolveEndpointCandidates(opts);
+        list.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        list[0].ShouldBe("opc.tcp://primary:4840");
+        list[1].ShouldBe("opc.tcp://backup:4841");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ResolveEndpointCandidates_falls_back_to_single_EndpointUrl_when_list_empty()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions { EndpointUrl = "opc.tcp://only:4840" };
+        var list = OpcUaClientDriver.ResolveEndpointCandidates(opts);
+        list.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        list[0].ShouldBe("opc.tcp://only:4840");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ResolveEndpointCandidates_empty_list_treated_as_fallback_to_EndpointUrl()
+    {
+        // Explicit empty list should still fall back to the single-URL shortcut rather than
+        // producing a zero-candidate sweep that would immediately throw with no URLs tried.
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+        {
+            EndpointUrl = "opc.tcp://single:4840",
+            EndpointUrls = [],
+        };
+        OpcUaClientDriver.ResolveEndpointCandidates(opts).Count.ShouldBe(1);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void HostName_uses_first_candidate_before_connect()
+    {
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+        {
+            EndpointUrls = ["opc.tcp://primary:4840", "opc.tcp://backup:4841"],
+        };
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(opts, "opcua-host");
+        drv.HostName.ShouldBe("opc.tcp://primary:4840",
+            "pre-connect the dashboard should show the first candidate URL so operators can link back");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Initialize_against_all_unreachable_endpoints_throws_AggregateException_listing_each()
+    {
+        // Port 1 + port 2 + port 3 on loopback are all guaranteed closed (TCP RST immediate).
+        // Failover sweep should attempt all three and throw AggregateException naming each URL
+        // so operators see exactly which candidates were tried.
+        var opts = new OpcUaClientDriverOptions
+        {
+            EndpointUrls = ["opc.tcp://127.0.0.1:1", "opc.tcp://127.0.0.1:2", "opc.tcp://127.0.0.1:3"],
+            PerEndpointConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500),
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500),
+            AutoAcceptCertificates = true,
+        };
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(opts, "opcua-failover");
+
+        var ex = await Should.ThrowAsync<AggregateException>(async () =>
+            await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("127.0.0.1:1");
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("127.0.0.1:2");
+        ex.Message.ShouldContain("127.0.0.1:3");
+        drv.GetHealth().State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Faulted);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientReadWriteTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Unit tests for the IReadable/IWritable surface that don't need a live remote OPC UA
+///     server. Wire-level round-trips against a local in-process server fixture land in a
+///     follow-up PR once we have one scaffolded.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class OpcUaClientReadWriteTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ReadAsync_without_initialize_throws_InvalidOperationException()
+    {
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(new OpcUaClientDriverOptions(), "opcua-uninit");
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await drv.ReadAsync(["ns=2;s=Demo"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task WriteAsync_without_initialize_throws_InvalidOperationException()
+    {
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(new OpcUaClientDriverOptions(), "opcua-uninit");
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await drv.WriteAsync(
+                [new WriteRequest("ns=2;s=Demo", 42)],
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientSecurityPolicyTests.cs

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+using Opc.Ua;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class OpcUaClientSecurityPolicyTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.None)]
+    [InlineData(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Basic128Rsa15)]
+    [InlineData(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Basic256)]
+    [InlineData(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Basic256Sha256)]
+    [InlineData(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Aes128_Sha256_RsaOaep)]
+    [InlineData(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss)]
+    public void MapSecurityPolicy_returns_known_non_empty_uri_for_every_enum_value(OpcUaSecurityPolicy policy)
+    {
+        var uri = OpcUaClientDriver.MapSecurityPolicy(policy);
+        uri.ShouldNotBeNullOrEmpty();
+        // Each URI should end in the enum name (for the non-None policies) so a driver
+        // operator reading logs can correlate the URI back to the config value.
+        if (policy != OpcUaSecurityPolicy.None)
+            uri.ShouldContain(policy.ToString());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MapSecurityPolicy_None_matches_SDK_None_URI()
+    {
+        OpcUaClientDriver.MapSecurityPolicy(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.None)
+            .ShouldBe(SecurityPolicies.None);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MapSecurityPolicy_Basic256Sha256_matches_SDK_URI()
+    {
+        OpcUaClientDriver.MapSecurityPolicy(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Basic256Sha256)
+            .ShouldBe(SecurityPolicies.Basic256Sha256);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MapSecurityPolicy_Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss_matches_SDK_URI()
+    {
+        OpcUaClientDriver.MapSecurityPolicy(OpcUaSecurityPolicy.Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss)
+            .ShouldBe(SecurityPolicies.Aes256_Sha256_RsaPss);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Every_enum_value_has_a_mapping()
+    {
+        foreach (OpcUaSecurityPolicy p in Enum.GetValues<OpcUaSecurityPolicy>())
+            Should.NotThrow(() => OpcUaClientDriver.MapSecurityPolicy(p));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientSubscribeAndProbeTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Scaffold tests for <c>ISubscribable</c> + <c>IHostConnectivityProbe</c> that don't
+///     need a live remote server. Live-session tests (subscribe/unsubscribe round-trip,
+///     keep-alive transitions) land in a follow-up PR once the in-process OPC UA server
+///     fixture is scaffolded.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class OpcUaClientSubscribeAndProbeTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SubscribeAsync_without_initialize_throws_InvalidOperationException()
+    {
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(new OpcUaClientDriverOptions(), "opcua-sub-uninit");
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await drv.SubscribeAsync(["ns=2;s=Demo"], TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task UnsubscribeAsync_with_unknown_handle_is_noop()
+    {
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(new OpcUaClientDriverOptions(), "opcua-sub-unknown");
+        // UnsubscribeAsync returns cleanly for handles it doesn't recognise — protects against
+        // the caller's race with server-side cleanup after a session drop.
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAsync(new FakeHandle(), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetHostStatuses_returns_endpoint_url_row_pre_init()
+    {
+        using var drv = new OpcUaClientDriver(
+            new OpcUaClientDriverOptions { EndpointUrl = "opc.tcp://plc.example:4840" },
+            "opcua-hosts");
+        var rows = drv.GetHostStatuses();
+        rows.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        rows[0].HostName.ShouldBe("opc.tcp://plc.example:4840",
+            "host identity mirrors the endpoint URL so the Admin /hosts dashboard can link back to the remote server");
+        rows[0].State.ShouldBe(HostState.Unknown);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class FakeHandle : ISubscriptionHandle
+    {
+        public string DiagnosticId => "fake";
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests.csproj

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+<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.Driver.OpcUaClient.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.Driver.OpcUaClient\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.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.Driver.S7.Tests/S7AddressParserTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests;
+
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class S7AddressParserTests
+{
+    // --- Data blocks ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBX0.0", 1, S7Size.Bit, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBX0.7", 1, S7Size.Bit, 0, 7)]
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBB0", 1, S7Size.Byte, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBW0", 1, S7Size.Word, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBD4", 1, S7Size.DWord, 4, 0)]
+    [InlineData("DB10.DBW100", 10, S7Size.Word, 100, 0)]
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBX15.3", 1, S7Size.Bit, 15, 3)]
+    public void Parse_data_block_addresses(string input, int db, S7Size size, int byteOff, int bitOff)
+    {
+        var r = S7AddressParser.Parse(input);
+        r.Area.ShouldBe(S7Area.DataBlock);
+        r.DbNumber.ShouldBe(db);
+        r.Size.ShouldBe(size);
+        r.ByteOffset.ShouldBe(byteOff);
+        r.BitOffset.ShouldBe(bitOff);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("db1.dbw0", 1, S7Size.Word, 0)]
+    [InlineData(" DB1.DBW0 ", 1, S7Size.Word, 0)]       // trim whitespace
+    public void Parse_is_case_insensitive_and_trims(string input, int db, S7Size size, int off)
+    {
+        var r = S7AddressParser.Parse(input);
+        r.Area.ShouldBe(S7Area.DataBlock);
+        r.DbNumber.ShouldBe(db);
+        r.Size.ShouldBe(size);
+        r.ByteOffset.ShouldBe(off);
+    }
+
+    // --- M / I / Q ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("MB0", S7Area.Memory, S7Size.Byte, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("MW10", S7Area.Memory, S7Size.Word, 10, 0)]
+    [InlineData("MD4", S7Area.Memory, S7Size.DWord, 4, 0)]
+    [InlineData("M0.0", S7Area.Memory, S7Size.Bit, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("M255.7", S7Area.Memory, S7Size.Bit, 255, 7)]
+    [InlineData("IB0", S7Area.Input, S7Size.Byte, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("IW0", S7Area.Input, S7Size.Word, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("I0.0", S7Area.Input, S7Size.Bit, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("QB0", S7Area.Output, S7Size.Byte, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("QW0", S7Area.Output, S7Size.Word, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("Q0.0", S7Area.Output, S7Size.Bit, 0, 0)]
+    [InlineData("QD4", S7Area.Output, S7Size.DWord, 4, 0)]
+    public void Parse_MIQ_addresses(string input, S7Area area, S7Size size, int byteOff, int bitOff)
+    {
+        var r = S7AddressParser.Parse(input);
+        r.Area.ShouldBe(area);
+        r.DbNumber.ShouldBe(0);
+        r.Size.ShouldBe(size);
+        r.ByteOffset.ShouldBe(byteOff);
+        r.BitOffset.ShouldBe(bitOff);
+    }
+
+    // --- Timers / counters ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("T0", S7Area.Timer, 0)]
+    [InlineData("T15", S7Area.Timer, 15)]
+    [InlineData("C0", S7Area.Counter, 0)]
+    [InlineData("C10", S7Area.Counter, 10)]
+    public void Parse_timer_and_counter(string input, S7Area area, int number)
+    {
+        var r = S7AddressParser.Parse(input);
+        r.Area.ShouldBe(area);
+        r.ByteOffset.ShouldBe(number);
+        r.Size.ShouldBe(S7Size.Word, "timers + counters are 16-bit opaque");
+    }
+
+    // --- Reject garbage ---
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("   ")]
+    [InlineData("Z0")]                 // unknown area
+    [InlineData("DB")]                 // no number or tail
+    [InlineData("DB1")]                // no tail
+    [InlineData("DB1.")]               // empty tail
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBX0")]           // bit size without .bit
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBX0.8")]         // bit 8 out of range
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBW0.0")]         // word with bit suffix
+    [InlineData("DB0.DBW0")]           // db 0 invalid
+    [InlineData("DBA.DBW0")]           // non-numeric db
+    [InlineData("DB1.DBQ0")]           // invalid size letter
+    [InlineData("M")]                  // no offset
+    [InlineData("M0")]                 // bit access needs .bit
+    [InlineData("M0.8")]               // bit 8
+    [InlineData("MB-1")]               // negative offset
+    [InlineData("MW")]                 // no offset digits
+    [InlineData("TA")]                 // non-numeric timer
+    public void Parse_rejects_invalid(string bad)
+        => Should.Throw<FormatException>(() => S7AddressParser.Parse(bad));
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryParse_returns_false_for_garbage_without_throwing()
+    {
+        S7AddressParser.TryParse("not-an-address", out var r).ShouldBeFalse();
+        r.ShouldBe(default);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryParse_returns_true_for_valid_address()
+    {
+        S7AddressParser.TryParse("DB1.DBW0", out var r).ShouldBeTrue();
+        r.DbNumber.ShouldBe(1);
+        r.Size.ShouldBe(S7Size.Word);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests/S7DiscoveryAndSubscribeTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Shape tests for <see cref="S7Driver"/>'s <see cref="ITagDiscovery"/>,
+///     <see cref="ISubscribable"/>, and <see cref="IHostConnectivityProbe"/> surfaces that
+///     don't need a live PLC. Wire-level polling round-trips and probe transitions land in a
+///     follow-up PR once we have a mock S7 server.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class S7DiscoveryAndSubscribeTests
+{
+    private sealed class RecordingAddressSpaceBuilder : IAddressSpaceBuilder
+    {
+        public readonly List<string> Folders = new();
+        public readonly List<(string Name, DriverAttributeInfo Attr)> Variables = new();
+
+        public IAddressSpaceBuilder Folder(string browseName, string displayName)
+        {
+            Folders.Add(browseName);
+            return this;
+        }
+        public IVariableHandle Variable(string browseName, string displayName, DriverAttributeInfo attributeInfo)
+        {
+            Variables.Add((browseName, attributeInfo));
+            return new StubHandle();
+        }
+        public void AddProperty(string browseName, DriverDataType dataType, object? value) { }
+        public void AttachAlarmCondition(IVariableHandle sourceVariable, string alarmName, DriverAttributeInfo alarmInfo) { }
+
+        private sealed class StubHandle : IVariableHandle
+        {
+            public string FullReference => "stub";
+            public IAlarmConditionSink MarkAsAlarmCondition(AlarmConditionInfo info)
+                => throw new NotImplementedException("S7 driver never calls this — no alarm surfacing");
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DiscoverAsync_projects_every_tag_into_the_address_space()
+    {
+        var opts = new S7DriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = "192.0.2.1",
+            Tags =
+            [
+                new("TempSetpoint", "DB1.DBW0", S7DataType.Int16, Writable: true),
+                new("FaultBit", "M0.0", S7DataType.Bool, Writable: false),
+                new("PIDOutput", "DB5.DBD12", S7DataType.Float32, Writable: true),
+            ],
+        };
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(opts, "s7-disco");
+
+        var builder = new RecordingAddressSpaceBuilder();
+        await drv.DiscoverAsync(builder, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        builder.Folders.ShouldContain("S7");
+        builder.Variables.Count.ShouldBe(3);
+        builder.Variables[0].Name.ShouldBe("TempSetpoint");
+        builder.Variables[0].Attr.SecurityClass.ShouldBe(SecurityClassification.Operate, "writable tags get Operate security class");
+        builder.Variables[1].Attr.SecurityClass.ShouldBe(SecurityClassification.ViewOnly, "read-only tags get ViewOnly");
+        builder.Variables[2].Attr.DriverDataType.ShouldBe(DriverDataType.Float32);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetHostStatuses_returns_one_row_with_host_port_identity_pre_init()
+    {
+        var opts = new S7DriverOptions { Host = "plc1.internal", Port = 102 };
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(opts, "s7-host");
+
+        var rows = drv.GetHostStatuses();
+        rows.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        rows[0].HostName.ShouldBe("plc1.internal:102");
+        rows[0].State.ShouldBe(HostState.Unknown, "pre-init / pre-probe state is Unknown");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SubscribeAsync_returns_unique_handles_and_UnsubscribeAsync_accepts_them()
+    {
+        var opts = new S7DriverOptions { Host = "192.0.2.1" };
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(opts, "s7-sub");
+
+        // SubscribeAsync does not itself call ReadAsync (the poll task does), so this works
+        // even though the driver isn't initialized. The poll task catches the resulting
+        // InvalidOperationException and the loop quietly continues — same pattern as the
+        // Modbus driver's poll loop tolerating transient transport failures.
+        var h1 = await drv.SubscribeAsync(["T1"], TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var h2 = await drv.SubscribeAsync(["T2"], TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        h1.DiagnosticId.ShouldStartWith("s7-sub-");
+        h2.DiagnosticId.ShouldStartWith("s7-sub-");
+        h1.DiagnosticId.ShouldNotBe(h2.DiagnosticId);
+
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAsync(h1, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAsync(h2, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        // UnsubscribeAsync with an unknown handle must be a no-op, not throw.
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAsync(h1, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Subscribe_publishing_interval_is_floored_at_100ms()
+    {
+        var opts = new S7DriverOptions { Host = "192.0.2.1", Probe = new S7ProbeOptions { Enabled = false } };
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(opts, "s7-floor");
+
+        // 50 ms requested — the floor protects the S7 CPU from sub-scan polling that would
+        // just queue wire-side. Test that the subscription is accepted (the floor is applied
+        // internally; the floor value isn't exposed, so we're really just asserting that the
+        // driver doesn't reject small intervals).
+        var h = await drv.SubscribeAsync(["T"], TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        h.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        await drv.UnsubscribeAsync(h, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests/S7DriverReadWriteTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Unit tests for <see cref="S7Driver"/>'s <c>IReadable</c>/<c>IWritable</c> surface
+///     that don't require a live PLC — covers error paths (not-initialized, unknown tag,
+///     read-only write rejection, unsupported data types). Wire-level round-trip tests
+///     against a live S7 or a mock-server land in a follow-up PR since S7.Net doesn't ship
+///     an in-process fake and an adequate mock is non-trivial.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class S7DriverReadWriteTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Initialize_rejects_invalid_tag_address_and_fails_fast()
+    {
+        // Bad address at init time must throw; the alternative (deferring the parse to the
+        // first read) would surface the config bug as BadInternalError on every subsequent
+        // Read which is impossible for an operator to diagnose from the OPC UA client.
+        var opts = new S7DriverOptions
+        {
+            Host = "192.0.2.1", // reserved — will never complete TCP handshake
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250),
+            Tags = [new S7TagDefinition("BadTag", "NOT-AN-S7-ADDRESS", S7DataType.Int16)],
+        };
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(opts, "s7-bad-tag");
+
+        // Either the TCP connect fails first (Exception) or the parser fails (FormatException)
+        // — both are acceptable since both are init-time fail-fast. What matters is that we
+        // don't return a "healthy" driver with a latent bad tag.
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<Exception>(async () =>
+            await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ReadAsync_without_initialize_throws_InvalidOperationException()
+    {
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(new S7DriverOptions { Host = "192.0.2.1" }, "s7-uninit");
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await drv.ReadAsync(["Any"], TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task WriteAsync_without_initialize_throws_InvalidOperationException()
+    {
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(new S7DriverOptions { Host = "192.0.2.1" }, "s7-uninit");
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await drv.WriteAsync(
+                [new(FullReference: "Any", Value: (short)0)],
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests/S7DriverScaffoldTests.cs

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+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Scaffold-level tests that don't need a live S7 PLC — exercise driver lifecycle shape,
+///     default option values, and failure-mode transitions. PR 64 adds IReadable/IWritable
+///     tests against a mock-server, PR 65 adds discovery + subscribe.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class S7DriverScaffoldTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Default_options_target_S7_1500_slot_0_on_port_102()
+    {
+        var opts = new S7DriverOptions();
+        opts.Port.ShouldBe(102, "ISO-on-TCP is always 102 for S7; documented in driver-specs.md §5");
+        opts.CpuType.ShouldBe(global::S7.Net.CpuType.S71500);
+        opts.Rack.ShouldBe((short)0);
+        opts.Slot.ShouldBe((short)0, "S7-1200/1500 onboard PN ports are slot 0 by convention");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Default_probe_interval_is_reasonable_for_S7_scan_cycle()
+    {
+        // S7 PLCs scan 2-10 ms but comms mailbox typically processed once per scan.
+        // 5 s default probe is lightweight — ~0.001% of comms budget.
+        new S7ProbeOptions().Interval.ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Tag_definition_defaults_to_writable_with_S7_max_string_length()
+    {
+        var tag = new S7TagDefinition("T", "DB1.DBW0", S7DataType.Int16);
+        tag.Writable.ShouldBeTrue();
+        tag.StringLength.ShouldBe(254, "S7 STRING type max length is 254 chars");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Driver_instance_reports_type_and_id_before_connect()
+    {
+        var opts = new S7DriverOptions { Host = "127.0.0.1" };
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(opts, "s7-test");
+        drv.DriverType.ShouldBe("S7");
+        drv.DriverInstanceId.ShouldBe("s7-test");
+        drv.GetHealth().State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Unknown, "health starts Unknown until InitializeAsync runs");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Initialize_against_unreachable_host_transitions_to_Faulted_and_throws()
+    {
+        // Pick an RFC 5737 reserved-for-documentation IP so the connect attempt fails fast
+        // (no DNS mismatch, no accidental traffic to a real PLC).
+        var opts = new S7DriverOptions { Host = "192.0.2.1", Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250) };
+        using var drv = new S7Driver(opts, "s7-unreach");
+
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<Exception>(async () =>
+            await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        var health = drv.GetHealth();
+        health.State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Faulted, "unreachable host must flip the driver to Faulted so operators see it");
+        health.LastError.ShouldNotBeNull();
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.Tests.csproj

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+<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.Driver.S7.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.Driver.S7\ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7.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.Server.Tests/DriverNodeManagerHistoryMappingTests.cs

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+using System.Linq;
+using Opc.Ua;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.OpcUa;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Unit coverage for the static helpers <see cref="DriverNodeManager"/> exposes to bridge
+///     driver-side history data (<see cref="HistoricalEvent"/> + <see cref="DataValueSnapshot"/>)
+///     to the OPC UA on-wire shape (<c>HistoryData</c> / <c>HistoryEvent</c> wrapped in an
+///     <see cref="ExtensionObject"/>). Fast, framework-only — no server fixture.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
+public sealed class DriverNodeManagerHistoryMappingTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(nameof(HistoryAggregateType.Average), HistoryAggregateType.Average)]
+    [InlineData(nameof(HistoryAggregateType.Minimum), HistoryAggregateType.Minimum)]
+    [InlineData(nameof(HistoryAggregateType.Maximum), HistoryAggregateType.Maximum)]
+    [InlineData(nameof(HistoryAggregateType.Total), HistoryAggregateType.Total)]
+    [InlineData(nameof(HistoryAggregateType.Count), HistoryAggregateType.Count)]
+    public void MapAggregate_translates_each_supported_OPC_UA_aggregate_NodeId(
+        string name, HistoryAggregateType expected)
+    {
+        // Resolve the ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_<name> constant via reflection so the test
+        // keeps working if the stack ever renames them — failure means the stack broke its
+        // naming convention, worth surfacing loudly.
+        var field = typeof(ObjectIds).GetField("AggregateFunction_" + name);
+        field.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        var nodeId = (NodeId)field!.GetValue(null)!;
+
+        DriverNodeManager.MapAggregate(nodeId).ShouldBe(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MapAggregate_returns_null_for_unknown_aggregate()
+    {
+        // AggregateFunction_TimeAverage is a valid OPC UA aggregate but not one the driver
+        // surfaces. Null here means the service handler will translate to BadAggregateNotSupported
+        // — the right behavior per Part 13 when the requested aggregate isn't implemented.
+        DriverNodeManager.MapAggregate(ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_TimeAverage).ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MapAggregate_returns_null_for_null_input()
+    {
+        // Processed requests that omit the aggregate list (or pass a single null) must not crash.
+        DriverNodeManager.MapAggregate(null).ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildHistoryData_wraps_samples_as_HistoryData_extension_object()
+    {
+        var samples = new[]
+        {
+            new DataValueSnapshot(Value: 42, StatusCode: StatusCodes.Good,
+                SourceTimestampUtc: new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                ServerTimestampUtc: new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, DateTimeKind.Utc)),
+            new DataValueSnapshot(Value: 99, StatusCode: StatusCodes.Good,
+                SourceTimestampUtc: new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 5, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                ServerTimestampUtc: new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 6, DateTimeKind.Utc)),
+        };
+
+        var ext = DriverNodeManager.BuildHistoryData(samples);
+
+        ext.Body.ShouldBeOfType<HistoryData>();
+        var hd = (HistoryData)ext.Body;
+        hd.DataValues.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        hd.DataValues[0].Value.ShouldBe(42);
+        hd.DataValues[1].Value.ShouldBe(99);
+        hd.DataValues[0].SourceTimestamp.ShouldBe(new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildHistoryEvent_wraps_events_with_BaseEventType_field_ordering()
+    {
+        // BuildHistoryEvent populates a fixed field set in BaseEventType's conventional order:
+        // EventId, SourceName, Message, Severity, Time, ReceiveTime. Pinning this so a later
+        // "respect the client's SelectClauses" change can't silently break older clients that
+        // rely on the default layout.
+        var events = new[]
+        {
+            new HistoricalEvent(
+                EventId: "e-1",
+                SourceName: "Tank1.HiAlarm",
+                EventTimeUtc: new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                ReceivedTimeUtc: new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, 5, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+                Message: "High level reached",
+                Severity: 750),
+        };
+
+        var ext = DriverNodeManager.BuildHistoryEvent(events);
+
+        ext.Body.ShouldBeOfType<HistoryEvent>();
+        var he = (HistoryEvent)ext.Body;
+        he.Events.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        var fields = he.Events[0].EventFields;
+        fields.Count.ShouldBe(6);
+        fields[0].Value.ShouldBe("e-1");                    // EventId
+        fields[1].Value.ShouldBe("Tank1.HiAlarm");          // SourceName
+        ((LocalizedText)fields[2].Value).Text.ShouldBe("High level reached"); // Message
+        fields[3].Value.ShouldBe((ushort)750);              // Severity
+        ((DateTime)fields[4].Value).ShouldBe(new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc));
+        ((DateTime)fields[5].Value).ShouldBe(new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, 5, DateTimeKind.Utc));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildHistoryEvent_substitutes_empty_string_for_null_SourceName_and_Message()
+    {
+        // Driver-side nulls are preserved through the wire contract by design (distinguishes
+        // "system event with no source" from "source unknown"), but OPC UA Variants of type
+        // String must not carry null — the stack serializes null-string as empty. This test
+        // pins the choice so a nullable-Variant refactor doesn't break clients that display
+        // the field without a null check.
+        var events = new[]
+        {
+            new HistoricalEvent("sys", null, DateTime.UtcNow, DateTime.UtcNow, null, 1),
+        };
+
+        var ext = DriverNodeManager.BuildHistoryEvent(events);
+        var fields = ((HistoryEvent)ext.Body).Events[0].EventFields;
+        fields[1].Value.ShouldBe(string.Empty);
+        ((LocalizedText)fields[2].Value).Text.ShouldBe(string.Empty);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ToDataValue_preserves_status_code_and_timestamps()
+    {
+        var snap = new DataValueSnapshot(
+            Value: 123.45,
+            StatusCode: StatusCodes.UncertainSubstituteValue,
+            SourceTimestampUtc: new DateTime(2024, 5, 1, 10, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            ServerTimestampUtc: new DateTime(2024, 5, 1, 10, 0, 1, DateTimeKind.Utc));
+
+        var dv = DriverNodeManager.ToDataValue(snap);
+
+        dv.Value.ShouldBe(123.45);
+        dv.StatusCode.Code.ShouldBe(StatusCodes.UncertainSubstituteValue);
+        dv.SourceTimestamp.ShouldBe(new DateTime(2024, 5, 1, 10, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc));
+        dv.ServerTimestamp.ShouldBe(new DateTime(2024, 5, 1, 10, 0, 1, DateTimeKind.Utc));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ToDataValue_leaves_SourceTimestamp_default_when_snapshot_has_no_source_time()
+    {
+        // Galaxy's raw-history rows often carry only a ServerTimestamp (the historian knows
+        // when it wrote the row, not when the process sampled it). The mapping must not
+        // synthesize a bogus SourceTimestamp from ServerTimestamp — that would lie to the
+        // client about the measurement's actual time.
+        var snap = new DataValueSnapshot(Value: 1, StatusCode: 0,
+            SourceTimestampUtc: null,
+            ServerTimestampUtc: new DateTime(2024, 5, 1, 10, 0, 1, DateTimeKind.Utc));
+
+        var dv = DriverNodeManager.ToDataValue(snap);
+        dv.SourceTimestamp.ShouldBe(default);
+    }
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Tests/HistoryReadIntegrationTests.cs

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+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using Opc.Ua;
+using Opc.Ua.Client;
+using Opc.Ua.Configuration;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Hosting;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.OpcUa;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Security;
+// Core.Abstractions.HistoryReadResult (driver-side samples) collides with Opc.Ua.HistoryReadResult
+// (service-layer per-node result). Alias the driver type so the stub's interface implementations
+// are unambiguous.
+using DriverHistoryReadResult = ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions.HistoryReadResult;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     End-to-end test that a real OPC UA client's HistoryRead service reaches a fake driver's
+///     <see cref="IHistoryProvider"/> via <see cref="DriverNodeManager"/>'s
+///     <c>HistoryReadRawModified</c> / <c>HistoryReadProcessed</c> / <c>HistoryReadAtTime</c> /
+///     <c>HistoryReadEvents</c> overrides. Boots the full OPC UA stack + a stub
+///     <see cref="IHistoryProvider"/> driver, opens a client session, issues each HistoryRead
+///     variant, and asserts the client receives the expected per-kind payload.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+public sealed class HistoryReadIntegrationTests : IAsyncLifetime
+{
+    private static readonly int Port = 48600 + Random.Shared.Next(0, 99);
+    private readonly string _endpoint = $"opc.tcp://localhost:{Port}/OtOpcUaHistoryTest";
+    private readonly string _pkiRoot = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"otopcua-history-test-{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+
+    private DriverHost _driverHost = null!;
+    private OpcUaApplicationHost _server = null!;
+    private HistoryDriver _driver = null!;
+
+    public async ValueTask InitializeAsync()
+    {
+        _driverHost = new DriverHost();
+        _driver = new HistoryDriver();
+        await _driverHost.RegisterAsync(_driver, "{}", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var options = new OpcUaServerOptions
+        {
+            EndpointUrl = _endpoint,
+            ApplicationName = "OtOpcUaHistoryTest",
+            ApplicationUri = "urn:OtOpcUa:Server:HistoryTest",
+            PkiStoreRoot = _pkiRoot,
+            AutoAcceptUntrustedClientCertificates = true,
+        };
+
+        _server = new OpcUaApplicationHost(options, _driverHost, new DenyAllUserAuthenticator(),
+            NullLoggerFactory.Instance, NullLogger<OpcUaApplicationHost>.Instance);
+        await _server.StartAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        await _server.DisposeAsync();
+        await _driverHost.DisposeAsync();
+        try { Directory.Delete(_pkiRoot, recursive: true); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HistoryReadRaw_round_trips_driver_samples_to_the_client()
+    {
+        using var session = await OpenSessionAsync();
+        var nsIndex = (ushort)session.NamespaceUris.GetIndex("urn:OtOpcUa:history-driver");
+        var nodeId = new NodeId("raw.var", nsIndex);
+
+        // The Opc.Ua client exposes HistoryRead via Session.HistoryRead. We construct a
+        // ReadRawModifiedDetails (IsReadModified=false → raw path) and a single
+        // HistoryReadValueId targeting the driver-backed variable.
+        var details = new ReadRawModifiedDetails
+        {
+            StartTime = new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            EndTime = new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 10, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            NumValuesPerNode = 100,
+            IsReadModified = false,
+            ReturnBounds = false,
+        };
+        var extObj = new ExtensionObject(details);
+        var nodesToRead = new HistoryReadValueIdCollection { new() { NodeId = nodeId } };
+
+        session.HistoryRead(null, extObj, TimestampsToReturn.Both, false, nodesToRead,
+            out var results, out _);
+
+        results.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        results[0].StatusCode.Code.ShouldBe(StatusCodes.Good, $"HistoryReadRaw returned {results[0].StatusCode}");
+        var hd = (HistoryData)ExtensionObject.ToEncodeable(results[0].HistoryData);
+        hd.DataValues.Count.ShouldBe(_driver.RawSamplesReturned, "one DataValue per driver sample");
+        hd.DataValues[0].Value.ShouldBe(_driver.FirstRawValue);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HistoryReadProcessed_maps_Average_aggregate_and_routes_to_ReadProcessedAsync()
+    {
+        using var session = await OpenSessionAsync();
+        var nsIndex = (ushort)session.NamespaceUris.GetIndex("urn:OtOpcUa:history-driver");
+        var nodeId = new NodeId("proc.var", nsIndex);
+
+        var details = new ReadProcessedDetails
+        {
+            StartTime = new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            EndTime = new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            ProcessingInterval = 10_000, // 10s buckets
+            AggregateType = [ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_Average],
+        };
+        var extObj = new ExtensionObject(details);
+        var nodesToRead = new HistoryReadValueIdCollection { new() { NodeId = nodeId } };
+
+        session.HistoryRead(null, extObj, TimestampsToReturn.Both, false, nodesToRead,
+            out var results, out _);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.Code.ShouldBe(StatusCodes.Good);
+        _driver.LastProcessedAggregate.ShouldBe(HistoryAggregateType.Average,
+            "MapAggregate must translate ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_Average → driver enum");
+        _driver.LastProcessedInterval.ShouldBe(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HistoryReadProcessed_returns_BadAggregateNotSupported_for_unmapped_aggregate()
+    {
+        using var session = await OpenSessionAsync();
+        var nsIndex = (ushort)session.NamespaceUris.GetIndex("urn:OtOpcUa:history-driver");
+        var nodeId = new NodeId("proc.var", nsIndex);
+
+        var details = new ReadProcessedDetails
+        {
+            StartTime = new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            EndTime = new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            ProcessingInterval = 10_000,
+            // TimeAverage is a valid OPC UA aggregate NodeId but not one the driver implements —
+            // the override returns BadAggregateNotSupported per Part 13 rather than coercing.
+            AggregateType = [ObjectIds.AggregateFunction_TimeAverage],
+        };
+        var extObj = new ExtensionObject(details);
+        var nodesToRead = new HistoryReadValueIdCollection { new() { NodeId = nodeId } };
+
+        session.HistoryRead(null, extObj, TimestampsToReturn.Both, false, nodesToRead,
+            out var results, out _);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.Code.ShouldBe(StatusCodes.BadAggregateNotSupported);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HistoryReadAtTime_forwards_timestamp_list_to_driver()
+    {
+        using var session = await OpenSessionAsync();
+        var nsIndex = (ushort)session.NamespaceUris.GetIndex("urn:OtOpcUa:history-driver");
+        var nodeId = new NodeId("atTime.var", nsIndex);
+
+        var t1 = new DateTime(2024, 3, 1, 10, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        var t2 = new DateTime(2024, 3, 1, 10, 0, 30, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        var details = new ReadAtTimeDetails { ReqTimes = new DateTimeCollection { t1, t2 } };
+        var extObj = new ExtensionObject(details);
+        var nodesToRead = new HistoryReadValueIdCollection { new() { NodeId = nodeId } };
+
+        session.HistoryRead(null, extObj, TimestampsToReturn.Both, false, nodesToRead,
+            out var results, out _);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.Code.ShouldBe(StatusCodes.Good);
+        _driver.LastAtTimeRequestedTimes.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        _driver.LastAtTimeRequestedTimes!.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        _driver.LastAtTimeRequestedTimes[0].ShouldBe(t1);
+        _driver.LastAtTimeRequestedTimes[1].ShouldBe(t2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HistoryReadEvents_returns_HistoryEvent_with_BaseEventType_field_list()
+    {
+        using var session = await OpenSessionAsync();
+        // Events target the driver-root notifier (not a specific variable) which is the
+        // conventional pattern for alarm-history browse.
+        var nsIndex = (ushort)session.NamespaceUris.GetIndex("urn:OtOpcUa:history-driver");
+        var nodeId = new NodeId("history-driver", nsIndex);
+
+        // EventFilter must carry at least one SelectClause or the stack rejects it as
+        // BadEventFilterInvalid before our override runs — empty filters are spec-forbidden.
+        // We populate the standard BaseEventType selectors any real client would send; my
+        // override's BuildHistoryEvent ignores the specific clauses and emits the canonical
+        // field list anyway (the richer "respect exact SelectClauses" behavior is on the PR 38
+        // follow-up list).
+        var filter = new EventFilter();
+        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, BrowseNames.EventId);
+        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, BrowseNames.SourceName);
+        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, BrowseNames.Message);
+        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, BrowseNames.Severity);
+        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, BrowseNames.Time);
+        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, BrowseNames.ReceiveTime);
+
+        var details = new ReadEventDetails
+        {
+            StartTime = new DateTime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            EndTime = new DateTime(2024, 12, 31, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),
+            NumValuesPerNode = 10,
+            Filter = filter,
+        };
+        var extObj = new ExtensionObject(details);
+        var nodesToRead = new HistoryReadValueIdCollection { new() { NodeId = nodeId } };
+
+        session.HistoryRead(null, extObj, TimestampsToReturn.Both, false, nodesToRead,
+            out var results, out _);
+
+        results[0].StatusCode.Code.ShouldBe(StatusCodes.Good);
+        var he = (HistoryEvent)ExtensionObject.ToEncodeable(results[0].HistoryData);
+        he.Events.Count.ShouldBe(_driver.EventsReturned);
+        he.Events[0].EventFields.Count.ShouldBe(6, "BaseEventType default field layout is 6 entries");
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ISession> OpenSessionAsync()
+    {
+        var cfg = new ApplicationConfiguration
+        {
+            ApplicationName = "OtOpcUaHistoryTestClient",
+            ApplicationUri = "urn:OtOpcUa:HistoryTestClient",
+            ApplicationType = ApplicationType.Client,
+            SecurityConfiguration = new SecurityConfiguration
+            {
+                ApplicationCertificate = new CertificateIdentifier
+                {
+                    StoreType = CertificateStoreType.Directory,
+                    StorePath = Path.Combine(_pkiRoot, "client-own"),
+                    SubjectName = "CN=OtOpcUaHistoryTestClient",
+                },
+                TrustedIssuerCertificates = new CertificateTrustList { StoreType = CertificateStoreType.Directory, StorePath = Path.Combine(_pkiRoot, "client-issuers") },
+                TrustedPeerCertificates = new CertificateTrustList { StoreType = CertificateStoreType.Directory, StorePath = Path.Combine(_pkiRoot, "client-trusted") },
+                RejectedCertificateStore = new CertificateTrustList { StoreType = CertificateStoreType.Directory, StorePath = Path.Combine(_pkiRoot, "client-rejected") },
+                AutoAcceptUntrustedCertificates = true,
+                AddAppCertToTrustedStore = true,
+            },
+            TransportConfigurations = new TransportConfigurationCollection(),
+            TransportQuotas = new TransportQuotas { OperationTimeout = 15000 },
+            ClientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration { DefaultSessionTimeout = 60000 },
+        };
+        await cfg.Validate(ApplicationType.Client);
+        cfg.CertificateValidator.CertificateValidation += (_, e) => e.Accept = true;
+
+        var instance = new ApplicationInstance { ApplicationConfiguration = cfg, ApplicationType = ApplicationType.Client };
+        await instance.CheckApplicationInstanceCertificate(true, CertificateFactory.DefaultKeySize);
+
+        var selected = CoreClientUtils.SelectEndpoint(cfg, _endpoint, useSecurity: false);
+        var endpointConfig = EndpointConfiguration.Create(cfg);
+        var configuredEndpoint = new ConfiguredEndpoint(null, selected, endpointConfig);
+
+        return await Session.Create(cfg, configuredEndpoint, false, "OtOpcUaHistoryTestClientSession", 60000,
+            new UserIdentity(new AnonymousIdentityToken()), null);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Stub driver that implements <see cref="IHistoryProvider"/> so the service dispatch
+    ///     can be verified without bringing up a real Galaxy or Historian. Captures the last-
+    ///     seen arguments so tests can assert what the service handler forwarded.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class HistoryDriver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IHistoryProvider
+    {
+        public string DriverInstanceId => "history-driver";
+        public string DriverType => "HistoryStub";
+
+        public int RawSamplesReturned => 3;
+        public int FirstRawValue => 100;
+        public int EventsReturned => 2;
+
+        public HistoryAggregateType? LastProcessedAggregate { get; private set; }
+        public TimeSpan? LastProcessedInterval { get; private set; }
+        public IReadOnlyList<DateTime>? LastAtTimeRequestedTimes { get; private set; }
+
+        public Task InitializeAsync(string driverConfigJson, CancellationToken ct) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        public Task ReinitializeAsync(string driverConfigJson, CancellationToken ct) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        public Task ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken ct) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        public DriverHealth GetHealth() => new(DriverState.Healthy, DateTime.UtcNow, null);
+        public long GetMemoryFootprint() => 0;
+        public Task FlushOptionalCachesAsync(CancellationToken ct) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+        public Task DiscoverAsync(IAddressSpaceBuilder builder, CancellationToken ct)
+        {
+            // Every variable must be Historized for HistoryRead to route — the node-manager's
+            // stack base class checks the bit before dispatching.
+            builder.Variable("raw", "raw",
+                new DriverAttributeInfo("raw.var", DriverDataType.Int32, false, null,
+                    SecurityClassification.FreeAccess, IsHistorized: true, IsAlarm: false));
+            builder.Variable("proc", "proc",
+                new DriverAttributeInfo("proc.var", DriverDataType.Float64, false, null,
+                    SecurityClassification.FreeAccess, IsHistorized: true, IsAlarm: false));
+            builder.Variable("atTime", "atTime",
+                new DriverAttributeInfo("atTime.var", DriverDataType.Int32, false, null,
+                    SecurityClassification.FreeAccess, IsHistorized: true, IsAlarm: false));
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
+        public Task<IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot>> ReadAsync(
+            IReadOnlyList<string> fullReferences, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot> r =
+                [.. fullReferences.Select(_ => new DataValueSnapshot(0, 0u, now, now))];
+            return Task.FromResult(r);
+        }
+
+        public Task<DriverHistoryReadResult> ReadRawAsync(
+            string fullReference, DateTime startUtc, DateTime endUtc, uint maxValuesPerNode,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var samples = new List<DataValueSnapshot>();
+            for (var i = 0; i < RawSamplesReturned; i++)
+            {
+                samples.Add(new DataValueSnapshot(
+                    Value: FirstRawValue + i,
+                    StatusCode: StatusCodes.Good,
+                    SourceTimestampUtc: startUtc.AddSeconds(i),
+                    ServerTimestampUtc: startUtc.AddSeconds(i)));
+            }
+            return Task.FromResult(new DriverHistoryReadResult(samples, null));
+        }
+
+        public Task<DriverHistoryReadResult> ReadProcessedAsync(
+            string fullReference, DateTime startUtc, DateTime endUtc, TimeSpan interval,
+            HistoryAggregateType aggregate, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            LastProcessedAggregate = aggregate;
+            LastProcessedInterval = interval;
+            return Task.FromResult(new DriverHistoryReadResult(
+                [new DataValueSnapshot(1.0, StatusCodes.Good, startUtc, startUtc)],
+                null));
+        }
+
+        public Task<DriverHistoryReadResult> ReadAtTimeAsync(
+            string fullReference, IReadOnlyList<DateTime> timestampsUtc,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            LastAtTimeRequestedTimes = timestampsUtc;
+            var samples = timestampsUtc
+                .Select(t => new DataValueSnapshot(42, StatusCodes.Good, t, t))
+                .ToArray();
+            return Task.FromResult(new DriverHistoryReadResult(samples, null));
+        }
+
+        public Task<HistoricalEventsResult> ReadEventsAsync(
+            string? sourceName, DateTime startUtc, DateTime endUtc, int maxEvents,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var events = new List<HistoricalEvent>();
+            for (var i = 0; i < EventsReturned; i++)
+            {
+                events.Add(new HistoricalEvent(
+                    EventId: $"e{i}",
+                    SourceName: sourceName,
+                    EventTimeUtc: startUtc.AddHours(i),
+                    ReceivedTimeUtc: startUtc.AddHours(i).AddSeconds(1),
+                    Message: $"Event {i}",
+                    Severity: (ushort)(500 + i)));
+            }
+            return Task.FromResult(new HistoricalEventsResult(events, null));
+        }
+    }
+}