Phase 3 PR 47 -- DL205 V-memory octal-address helper. Adds DirectLogicAddress static class with two entry points: UserVMemoryToPdu(string) parses a DirectLOGIC V-address (V-prefixed or bare, whitespace tolerated) as OCTAL and returns the 0-based Modbus PDU address. V2000 octal = decimal 1024 = PDU 0x0400, which is the canonical start of the user V-memory bank on DL205/DL260. SystemVMemoryBasePdu + SystemVMemoryToPdu(ushort offset) handle the system bank (V40400 and up) which does NOT follow the simple octal-to-decimal formula -- the CPU relocates the system bank to PDU 0x2100 in H2-ECOM100 absolute mode. A naive caller converting 40400 octal would land at PDU 0x4100 (decimal 16640) and miss the system registers entirely; the helper routes the correct 0x2100 base. Why this matters: DirectLOGIC operators think in OCTAL (the ladder-logic editor, the Productivity/Do-more UI, every AutomationDirect manual addresses V-memory octally) while the Modbus wire is DECIMAL. Integrators routinely copy V-addresses from the PLC documentation into client configs and read garbage because they treated V2000 as decimal 2000 (HR[2000] = 0 in the dl205 sim, zero in most PLCs). The helper makes the translation explicit per the D2-USER-M appendix + H2-ECOM-M \u00A76.5 references cited in docs/v2/dl205.md. Unit tests: UserVMemoryToPdu_converts_octal_V_prefix (V0, V1, V7, V10, V2000, V7777, V10000, V17777 -- the exact sweep documented in dl205.md), UserVMemoryToPdu_accepts_bare_or_prefixed_or_padded (case + whitespace tolerance), UserVMemoryToPdu_rejects_non_octal_digits (V8/V19/V2009 must throw ArgumentException with 'octal' in the message -- .NET has no base-8 int.Parse so we hand-walk digits to catch 8/9 instead of silently accepting them), UserVMemoryToPdu_rejects_empty_input, UserVMemoryToPdu_overflow_rejected (200000 octal = 0x10000 overflows ushort), SystemVMemoryBasePdu_is_0x2100_for_V40400, SystemVMemoryToPdu_offsets_within_bank, SystemVMemoryToPdu_rejects_overflow. 23/23 Modbus.Tests pass. Integration tests against dl205.json pymodbus profile: DL205_V2000_user_memory_resolves_to_PDU_0x0400_marker (reads HR[0x0400]=0x2000), DL205_V40400_system_memory_resolves_to_PDU_0x2100_marker (reads HR[0x2100]=0x4040). 5/5 DL205 integration tests pass. Caller opts into the helper per tag by calling DirectLogicAddress.UserVMemoryToPdu("V2000") as the ModbusTagDefinition Address -- no driver-wide "DL205 mode" flag needed, because users mix DL and non-DL tags in a single driver instance all the time.

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

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+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;
+    }
+}

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

@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ 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 +435,17 @@ 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 +483,21 @@ 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 +521,21 @@ 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 +577,14 @@ 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;
             }
@@ -564,9 +605,46 @@ 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");
 

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

@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ 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 +69,8 @@ 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 +89,18 @@ 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 +114,17 @@ 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,
+}

tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205BcdQuirkTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+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/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.Tests/DirectLogicAddressTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+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));
+    }
+}

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);
+    }
 }