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Joseph Doherty b8df230eb8 Task #152 — Modbus coalescing: surface auto-prohibitions through diagnostics
Auto-prohibited ranges (#148) were previously visible only through an
internal AutoProhibitedRangeCount accessor used by tests. Production
operators had no way to see what the planner had learned without pulling
logs or inspecting driver state.

Changes:

- New public record `ModbusAutoProhibition(UnitId, Region, StartAddress,
  EndAddress, LastProbedUtc, BisectionPending)` — operator-facing snapshot
  shape. Lives in the addressing assembly's logical namespace alongside
  the other public types.
- `ModbusDriver.GetAutoProhibitedRanges()` returns
  `IReadOnlyList<ModbusAutoProhibition>` — a copy of the live prohibition
  map. Lock-protected snapshot so consumers don't race with the re-probe
  loop.
- RecordAutoProhibition tracks first-fire vs re-fire via the dictionary
  insert path, leaving a hook to add structured logging once an ILogger
  is plumbed through (currently elided to keep the constructor minimal
  for testability — a future change can wire ILogger and emit a single
  warning per first-fire).

Tests (1 new, additive to the 6 in ModbusCoalescingAutoRecoveryTests):
- GetAutoProhibitedRanges_Surfaces_Operator_Visible_Snapshot — confirms
  the snapshot shape: empty before any failure, populated with correct
  UnitId/Region/Start/End/BisectionPending after a failed coalesced read,
  LastProbedUtc within the recent past.

Docs:
- docs/v2/modbus-addressing.md — new "Coalescing auto-recovery" subsection
  consolidates the #148/#150/#151/#152 surface in one place. Documents
  the diagnostic accessor + flags the in-process consumption pattern
  (Server health endpoints today; Admin UI when an RPC channel exists).

239 + 1 = 240 unit tests green.

Caveat: the Admin UI surfacing (table render, "clear all prohibitions"
button) is intentionally NOT shipped here. Admin can't reach a live
ModbusDriver instance without a driver-diagnostics RPC channel that
doesn't exist yet — that's a larger architectural piece. For now the
data is queryable in-process by the Server's health endpoints; once an
RPC channel lands, Admin can wire the existing GetAutoProhibitedRanges
into a Blazor table without further driver changes.
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# Modbus tag-addressing reference
Foundational doc for the Modbus addressing grammar shipped across #136#144.
Covers the address-string parser (`ModbusAddressParser`) that the wire driver
and the Admin UI both consume, the per-tag suffix modifiers, and the family-
native branch.
## Grammar
```
<region><offset>[.<bit>][:<type>[<len>]][:<order>][:<count>]
```
Each field is optional from left to right; the parser fills defaults.
### Region + offset
Three accepted forms — pick whichever matches your tag spreadsheet's
convention. All three resolve to the same `(Region, ushort PduOffset)`
on the wire.
| Form | Example | Means |
|---|---|---|
| Modicon 5-digit | `40001` | Holding register 1 (PDU 0) |
| Modicon 6-digit | `400001` | Holding register 1 (PDU 0); supports up to `465536` (PDU 65535) |
| Mnemonic | `HR1`, `IR1`, `C100`, `DI1` | Same regions; `1`-based register number |
Modicon leading-digit → region:
| Digit | Region | OPC UA wire FC |
|---|---|---|
| `0` | Coils | FC01 / FC05 / FC15 |
| `1` | DiscreteInputs | FC02 (read-only) |
| `3` | InputRegisters | FC04 (read-only) |
| `4` | HoldingRegisters | FC03 / FC06 / FC16 |
### Bit suffix `.N`
`40001.5` = bit 5 (LSB-first) of HR[0]. Implies `DataType=BitInRegister`;
mixing with an explicit type or array-count is rejected.
### Type code `:T`
Codes verified 2026-04-25 against [Wonderware DASMBTCP user
guide](https://cdn.logic-control.com/media/DASMBTCP.pdf) and the
[Ignition Modbus addressing
manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/opc-ua/opc-ua-drivers/modbus/modbus-addressing).
The `I` / `UI` / `I_64` / `UI_64` / `BCD_32` shapes match Wonderware's
suffix convention and Ignition's underscore-N prefix variants where
those vendors agree.
| Code | Type | Registers | Vendor reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| `BOOL` | Boolean | 1 (region must be Coils / DiscreteInputs) | universal |
| `S` | Int16 | 1 | Wonderware DASMBTCP `S` = 16-bit signed |
| `US` | UInt16 | 1 | Ignition `HRUS` = Unsigned Short |
| `I` | Int32 | 2 | Wonderware DASMBTCP `I` = 32-bit signed; Ignition `HRI` |
| `UI` | UInt32 | 2 | Ignition `HRUI` |
| `I_64` | Int64 | 4 | Ignition `HRI_64` |
| `UI_64` | UInt64 | 4 | Ignition `HRUI_64` |
| `F` | Float32 | 2 | Wonderware `F`; Ignition `HRF` |
| `D` | Float64 | 4 | Ignition `HRD` |
| `BCD` | 16-bit BCD | 1 | Ignition `HRBCD` |
| `BCD_32` | 32-bit BCD | 2 | Ignition `HRBCD_32` |
| `STR<len>` | ASCII string, `len` chars (2 chars / register) | `ceil(len/2)` | analogous to Ignition `HRS<addr>:<len>` |
Default when omitted:
- Coils / DiscreteInputs → `BOOL`
- HoldingRegisters / InputRegisters → `S` (Int16) — matches Ignition's bare-`HR` default
**Codes removed in #146** (silent wrong-data risk, never compatible with the
two reference vendors): `:DI`, `:L`, `:UDI`, `:UL`, `:LI`, `:ULI`, `:LBCD`.
Pre-#146 configs that use these get a clear "Unknown type code" diagnostic at
parse time; rewrite to the post-#146 codes per the table above.
### Byte order `:O`
| Mnemonic | Meaning | Wire |
|---|---|---|
| `ABCD` | Big-endian (Modbus spec default) | `[A,B,C,D]` |
| `CDAB` | Word swap (Siemens, several AB) | `[C,D,A,B]` |
| `BADC` | Byte swap (legacy little-endian-internal devices) | `[B,A,D,C]` |
| `DCBA` | Full reverse (some EtherNet/IP gateways) | `[D,C,B,A]` |
For 8-byte values (Int64 / Float64) the same labels apply pairwise.
### Array count `:N`
`40001:F:5` = `Float32[5]` (consumes HR[0..9]). Array + bit suffix is
rejected. Strings are not arrays.
### Composition
The 3-field shorthand `40001:F:5` is parsed as `(type=F, count=5)` because
`5` isn't a valid byte-order mnemonic. Use the explicit 4-field form
`40001:F:CDAB:5` when you need a non-default order.
## Family-native syntax (#144)
When the driver instance has `Family != Generic`, the parser tries the
family's native syntax FIRST, then falls back to Modicon / mnemonic.
### DL205 (AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC)
| Form | Example | Mapping |
|---|---|---|
| `Vnnnn` (octal) | `V2000` | HoldingRegisters[1024] (octal 2000 = decimal 1024) |
| `Ynn` (octal) | `Y17` | Coils[2048 + 15] (Y-output base + offset) |
| `Cnn` (octal) | `C100` | Coils[3072 + 64] (C-relay base + offset) |
| `Xnn` (octal) | `X17` | DiscreteInputs[15] |
| `SPnn` (octal) | `SP10` | DiscreteInputs[1024 + 8] |
**Cross-family ambiguity**: `C100` means Coils[99] under `Generic`
(mnemonic) but Coils[3136] under `DL205`. Per-driver Family choice
disambiguates.
### MELSEC (Mitsubishi)
| Form | Example | Mapping (sub-family Q_L_iQR / F_iQF) |
|---|---|---|
| `Dnnn` (decimal) | `D100` | HoldingRegisters[100] |
| `Mnnn` (decimal) | `M50` | Coils[50] |
| `Xnn` | `X20` | DiscreteInputs[32 hex / 16 octal] |
| `Ynn` | `Y20` | Coils[32 hex / 16 octal] |
X / Y digit interpretation depends on `MelsecSubFamily`:
- `Q_L_iQR` → hex (default)
- `F_iQF` → octal
Bank-base offsets default to 0 in the grammar string. Sites with non-zero
"Modbus Device Assignment" bases use the structured tag form.
## Driver-instance options
Beyond per-tag addressing, `ModbusDriverOptions` exposes (#139#143):
### Connection (#139)
- `KeepAlive { Enabled, Time, Interval, RetryCount }` — TCP-level probes.
Defaults match the historical PR 53 wire output (Enabled=true, Time=30s,
Interval=10s, RetryCount=3).
- `IdleDisconnectTimeout` — proactively close + reconnect after this much
socket idle time. Default null = disabled.
- `Reconnect { InitialDelay, MaxDelay, BackoffMultiplier }` — geometric
backoff for the post-drop reconnect loop. Default
`(0, 30s, 2.0)` = immediate first retry, geometric thereafter.
### Protocol (#140)
- `MaxCoilsPerRead` (default 2000) — separate cap for FC01/FC02 coil reads.
- `UseFC15ForSingleCoilWrites` — force FC15 (write multiple coils
qty=1) for single-coil writes. Safety/audit PLCs may require this.
- `UseFC16ForSingleRegisterWrites` — same for FC16 vs FC06.
- `DisableFC23` — kill switch for FC23 (currently unused; reserved).
### Subscribe (#141)
- Per-tag `Deadband` — suppress sub-threshold publishes on numeric tags.
- `WriteOnChangeOnly` (driver-level) — short-circuit identical-value
writes. Cache invalidates on read-divergence.
### Multi-unit (#142)
- Per-tag `UnitId` — overrides the driver-level UnitId in the MBAP
header. Required for one-Ethernet-gateway / N-RTU-slave deployments.
- `IPerCallHostResolver.ResolveHost` returns `host:port/unitN` per tag so
per-PLC circuit breakers fire per slave.
- Per-tag `CoalesceProhibited` — escape hatch for #143's planner (read
this tag in isolation regardless of `MaxReadGap`).
### Block-read coalescing (#143)
- `MaxReadGap` (default 0 = off) — gap budget the planner is willing to
bridge between adjacent register tags. With `MaxReadGap=10`, three tags
at HR 100/102/110 collapse into one FC03 of quantity 11.
### Coalescing auto-recovery (#148 / #150 / #151 / #152)
- A coalesced read that fails with a Modbus exception (write-only or
protected register mid-block) records the failed range as
auto-prohibited. The planner stops re-coalescing across the range; the
per-tag fallback path keeps healthy members working in the same scan.
- **Bisection (#150)**: every re-probe pass narrows multi-register
prohibitions by trying the two halves separately. Over log2(span)
ticks the prohibition pins at the actual offending register(s);
intermediate halves that succeed get cleared.
- **Periodic re-probe (#151)**: opt in via
`AutoProhibitReprobeInterval` (TimeSpan?). Default null = disabled
(prohibitions persist for the driver lifetime; clear on
`ReinitializeAsync`).
- **Per-tag escape hatch**: `CoalesceProhibited` (bool, default false)
on `ModbusTagDefinition`. The planner reads such tags in isolation
regardless of `MaxReadGap`. Use for known-bad addresses you want to
exclude from the auto-discovery loop.
- **Diagnostics (#152)**: `ModbusDriver.GetAutoProhibitedRanges()`
returns a snapshot of every active prohibition as
`ModbusAutoProhibition` records (UnitId / Region / StartAddress /
EndAddress / LastProbedUtc / BisectionPending). Surface in the
driver-diagnostics RPC channel when that wiring lands; for now
consumable by in-process callers (Server health endpoints, log
aggregation).
## JSON DTO shape
The factory accepts both the structured form (legacy) and the new
`AddressString` form per-tag. Mix freely — newer pasted rows use the
grammar string; legacy rows keep the structured fields.
```json
{
"host": "10.1.2.3",
"port": 502,
"unitId": 1,
"family": "DL205",
"keepAlive": { "enabled": true, "timeMs": 30000, "intervalMs": 10000, "retryCount": 3 },
"idleDisconnectMs": 120000,
"reconnect": { "initialDelayMs": 0, "maxDelayMs": 30000, "backoffMultiplier": 2.0 },
"maxCoilsPerRead": 2000,
"writeOnChangeOnly": false,
"maxReadGap": 8,
"tags": [
{ "name": "Temp", "addressString": "V2000:F:CDAB" },
{ "name": "Setpoint", "addressString": "40001:I" },
{ "name": "Outputs", "addressString": "Y0:5" },
{ "name": "AlarmCount", "region": "HoldingRegisters", "address": 200, "dataType": "Int16", "deadband": 5.0 }
]
}
```
## Vendor compatibility caveat
The exact spelling of type codes (e.g. `I` vs `INT`, `BCD` vs `L_BCD`) and
the byte-order mnemonics were synthesised from training-era vendor docs
(Wonderware DASMBTCP, Kepware KEPServerEX, Ignition, Matrikon, OAS).
Before locking the grammar for a production deployment, verify against
the current Kepware "Modbus Ethernet Driver Help" PDF and Ignition's
"Modbus Addressing" user-manual page — if a critical tool's mnemonics
have shifted, add aliases in `ModbusAddressParser.TryParseType` rather
than asking users to rewrite spreadsheets.