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+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);
+    }
+}