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Joseph Doherty 96940aeb24 Modbus exception-injection profile — closes the end-to-end test gap for exception codes 0x01/0x03/0x04/0x05/0x06/0x0A/0x0B. pymodbus simulator naturally emits only 0x02 (Illegal Data Address on reads outside configured ranges) + 0x03 (Illegal Data Value on over-length); the driver's MapModbusExceptionToStatus table translates eight codes, but only 0x02 had integration-level coverage (via DL205's unmapped-register test). Unit tests lock the translation function in isolation but an integration test was missing for everything else. This PR lands wire-level coverage for the remaining seven codes without depending on device-specific quirks to naturally produce them.
New exception_injector.py — standalone pure-Python-stdlib Modbus/TCP server shipped alongside the pymodbus image. Speaks the wire protocol directly (MBAP header parse + FC 01/02/03/04/05/06/15/16 dispatch + store-backed happy-path reads/writes + spec-enforced length caps) and looks up each (fc, starting-address) against a rules list loaded from JSON; a matching rule makes the server respond [fc|0x80, exception_code] instead of the normal response. Zero runtime dependencies outside the stdlib — the Dockerfile just COPY's the script into /fixtures/ alongside the pymodbus profile JSONs, no new pip install needed. ~200 lines. New exception_injection.json profile carries rules for every exception code on FC03 (addresses 1000-1007, one per code), FC06 (2000-2001 for CPU-PROGRAM-mode and busy), and FC16 (3000 for server failure). New exception_injection compose profile binds :5020 like every other service + runs python /fixtures/exception_injector.py --config /fixtures/exception_injection.json.

New ExceptionInjectionTests.cs in Modbus.IntegrationTests — 11 tests. Eight FC03-read theories exercise every exception code 0x01/0x02/0x03/0x04/0x05/0x06/0x0A/0x0B asserting the driver's expected OPC UA StatusCode mapping (BadNotSupported/BadOutOfRange/BadOutOfRange/BadDeviceFailure/BadDeviceFailure/BadDeviceFailure/BadCommunicationError/BadCommunicationError). Two FC06-write theories cover the write path for 0x04 (Server Failure, CPU in PROGRAM mode) + 0x06 (Server Busy). One sanity-check read at address 5 confirms the injector isn't globally broken + non-injected reads round-trip cleanly with Value=5/StatusCode=Good. All tests follow the MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE=exception_injection skip guard so they no-op on a fresh clone without Docker running.

Docker/README.md gains an §Exception injection section explaining what pymodbus can and cannot emit, what the injector does, where the rules live, and how to append new ones. docs/drivers/Modbus-Test-Fixture.md follow-up item #2 (extend pymodbus profiles to inject exceptions) gets a shipped strikethrough with the new coverage inventory; the unit-level section adds ExceptionInjectionTests next to DL205ExceptionCodeTests so the split-of-responsibilities is explicit (DL205 test = natural out-of-range via dl205 profile, ExceptionInjectionTests = every other code via the injector).

Test baselines: Modbus unit 182/182 green (unchanged); Modbus integration with exception_injection profile live 11/11 new tests green. Existing DL205/S7/Mitsubishi integration tests unaffected since they skip on MODBUS_SIM_PROFILE mismatch.

Found + fixed during validation: a stale native pymodbus simulator from April 18 was still listening on port 5020 on IPv6 localhost (Windows was load-balancing between it + the Docker IPv4 forward, making injected exceptions intermittently come back as pymodbus's default 0x02). Killed the leftover. Documented the debugging path in the commit as a note for anyone who hits the same "my tests see exception 0x02 but the injector log has no request" symptom.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-20 15:11:32 -04:00

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# Modbus test fixture
Coverage map + gap inventory for the Modbus TCP driver's integration-test
harness backed by `pymodbus` simulator profiles per PLC family.
**TL;DR:** Modbus is the best-covered driver — a real `pymodbus` server on
localhost with per-family seed-register profiles, plus a skip-gate when the
simulator port isn't reachable. Covers DL205 / Mitsubishi MELSEC / Siemens
S7-1500 family quirks end-to-end. Gaps are mostly error-path + alarm/history
shaped (neither is a Modbus-side concept).
## What the fixture is
- **Simulator**: `pymodbus` (Python, BSD) launched as a pinned Docker
container at
`tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/`.
Docker is the only supported launch path.
- **Lifecycle**: `ModbusSimulatorFixture` (collection-scoped) TCP-probes
`localhost:5020` on first use. `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` env var overrides the
endpoint so the same suite can target a real PLC.
- **Profiles**: `DL205Profile`, `MitsubishiProfile`, `S7_1500Profile`
each composes device-specific register-format + quirk-seed JSON for pymodbus.
Profile JSONs live under `Docker/profiles/` and are baked into the image.
- **Compose services**: one per profile (`standard` / `dl205` /
`mitsubishi` / `s7_1500`); only one binds `:5020` at a time.
- **Tests skip** via `Assert.Skip(sim.SkipReason)` when the probe fails; no
custom FactAttribute needed because `ModbusSimulatorCollection` carries the
skip reason.
## What it actually covers
### DL205 (Automation Direct)
- `DL205SmokeTests` — FC16 write → FC03 read round-trip on holding register
- `DL205CoilMappingTests` — Y-output / C-relay / X-input address mapping
(octal → Modbus offset)
- `DL205ExceptionCodeTests` — Modbus exception 0x02 → OPC UA `BadOutOfRange` against the dl205 profile (natural out-of-range path)
- `ExceptionInjectionTests` — every other exception code in the mapping table (0x01 / 0x03 / 0x04 / 0x05 / 0x06 / 0x0A / 0x0B) against the `exception_injection` profile on both read + write paths
- `DL205FloatCdabQuirkTests` — CDAB word-swap float encoding
- `DL205StringQuirkTests` — packed-string V-memory layout
- `DL205VMemoryQuirkTests` — V-memory octal addressing
- `DL205XInputTests` — X-register read-only enforcement
### Mitsubishi MELSEC
- `MitsubishiSmokeTests` — read + write round-trip
- `MitsubishiQuirkTests` — word-order, device-code mapping (D/M/X/Y ranges)
### Siemens S7-1500 (Modbus gateway flavor)
- `S7_1500SmokeTests` — read + write round-trip
- `S7_ByteOrderTests` — ABCD/DCBA/BADC/CDAB byte-order matrix
### Capability surfaces hit
- `IReadable` + `IWritable` — full round-trip
- `ISubscribable` — via the shared `PollGroupEngine` (polled subscription)
- `IHostConnectivityProbe` — TCP-reach transitions
## What it does NOT cover
### 1. No `ITagDiscovery`
Modbus has no symbol table — the driver requires a static tag map from
`DriverConfig`. There is no discovery path to test + none in the fixture.
### 2. Error-path fuzzing
`pymodbus` serves the seeded values happily; the fixture can't easily inject
exception responses (code 0x010x0B) or malformed PDUs. The
`AbCipStatusMapper`-equivalent for exception codes is unit-tested via
`DL205ExceptionCodeTests` but the simulator itself never refuses a read.
### 3. Variant-specific quirks beyond the three profiles
- FX5U / QJ71MT91 Mitsubishi variants — profile scaffolds exist, no tests yet
- Non-S7-1500 Siemens (S7-1200 / ET200SP) — byte-order covered but
connection-pool + fragmentation quirks untested
- DL205-family cousins (DL06, DL260) — no dedicated profile
### 4. Subscription stress
`PollGroupEngine` is unit-tested standalone but the simulator doesn't exercise
it under multi-register packing stress (FC03 with 125-register batches,
boundary splits, etc.).
### 5. Alarms / history
Not a Modbus concept. Driver doesn't implement `IAlarmSource` or
`IHistoryProvider`; no test coverage is the correct shape.
## When to trust the Modbus fixture, when to reach for a rig
| Question | Fixture | Unit tests | Real PLC |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| "Does FC03/FC06/FC16 work end-to-end?" | yes | - | yes |
| "Does DL205 octal addressing map correctly?" | yes | yes | yes |
| "Does float CDAB word-swap round-trip?" | yes | yes | yes |
| "Does the driver handle exception responses?" | no | yes | yes (required) |
| "Does packing 125 regs into one FC03 work?" | no | no | yes (required) |
| "Does FX5U behave like Q-series?" | no | no | yes (required) |
## Follow-up candidates
1. Add `MODBUS_SIM_ENDPOINT` override documentation to
`docs/v2/test-data-sources.md` so operators can point the suite at a lab rig.
2. ~~Extend `pymodbus` profiles to inject exception responses~~**shipped**
via the `exception_injection` compose profile + standalone
`exception_injector.py` server. Rules in
`Docker/profiles/exception_injection.json` map `(fc, address)` to an
exception code; `ExceptionInjectionTests` exercises every code in
`MapModbusExceptionToStatus` (0x01 / 0x02 / 0x03 / 0x04 / 0x05 / 0x06 /
0x0A / 0x0B) end-to-end on both read (FC03) and write (FC06) paths.
3. Add an FX5U profile once a lab rig is available; the scaffolding is in place.
## Key fixture / config files
- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/ModbusSimulatorFixture.cs`
- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/DL205/DL205Profile.cs`
- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Mitsubishi/MitsubishiProfile.cs`
- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/S7/S7_1500Profile.cs`
- `tests/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Modbus.IntegrationTests/Docker/`
Dockerfile + compose + per-family JSON profiles