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Joseph Doherty b2065f8730 Task #250 — AB CIP + AB Legacy test-client CLIs
Second + third of the four driver test clients. Both follow the same shape as
otopcua-modbus-cli (#249) and consume Driver.Cli.Common for DriverCommandBase +
SnapshotFormatter.

New projects:
  - src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Cli/ — otopcua-abcip-cli.
    AbCipCommandBase carries gateway (ab://host[:port]/cip-path) + family
    (ControlLogix/CompactLogix/Micro800/GuardLogix) + timeout.
    Commands: probe, read, write, subscribe.
    Value parser covers every AbCipDataType atomic type (Bool, SInt..LInt,
    USInt..ULInt, Real, LReal, String, Dt); Structure writes refused as
    out-of-scope for the CLI.
  - src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.Cli/ — otopcua-ablegacy-cli.
    AbLegacyCommandBase carries gateway + plc-type (Slc500/MicroLogix/Plc5/
    LogixPccc) + timeout.
    Commands: probe (default address N7:0), read, write, subscribe.
    Value parser covers Bit, Int, Long, Float, AnalogInt, String, and the
    three sub-element types (TimerElement / CounterElement / ControlElement
    all land on int32 at the wire).

Tests (35 new, 73 cumulative across the driver CLI family):
  - AB CIP: 17 tests — ParseValue happy-paths for every Logix atomic type,
    failure cases (non-numeric / bool garbage), tag-name synthesis.
  - AB Legacy: 18 tests — ParseValue coverage (Bit / Int / AnalogInt / Long /
    Float / String / sub-elements), PCCC address round-trip in tag names
    including bit-within-word + sub-element syntax.

Docs:
  - docs/Driver.AbCip.Cli.md — family ↔ CIP-path cheat sheet + examples per
    command + typical workflows.
  - docs/Driver.AbLegacy.Cli.md — PCCC address primer (file letters → CLI
    --type) + known ab_server upstream gap cross-ref to #224 close-out.

Wiring:
  - ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx grew 4 entries (2 src + 2 tests).

Full-solution build clean. `otopcua-abcip-cli --help` + `otopcua-ablegacy-cli
--help` verified end-to-end.

Next up (#251): S7 + TwinCAT CLIs, same pattern.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-21 08:32:43 -04:00

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otopcua-abcip-cli — AB CIP test client

Ad-hoc probe / read / write / subscribe tool for ControlLogix / CompactLogix / Micro800 / GuardLogix PLCs, talking to the same AbCipDriver the OtOpcUa server uses (libplctag under the hood).

Second of four driver test-client CLIs (Modbus → AB CIP → AB Legacy → S7 → TwinCAT). Shares Driver.Cli.Common with the others.

Build + run

dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Cli -- --help

Common flags

Flag Default Purpose
-g / --gateway required Canonical ab://host[:port]/cip-path
-f / --family ControlLogix ControlLogix / CompactLogix / Micro800 / GuardLogix
--timeout-ms 5000 Per-operation timeout
--verbose off Serilog debug output

Family ↔ CIP-path cheat sheet:

  • ControlLogix / CompactLogix / GuardLogix1,0 (slot 0 of chassis)
  • Micro800 — empty path, just ab://host/
  • Sub-slot Logix (rare) — 1,3 for slot 3

Commands

probe — is the PLC up?

# ControlLogix — read the canonical libplctag system tag
otopcua-abcip-cli probe -g ab://10.0.0.5/1,0 -t @raw_cpu_type --type DInt

# Micro800 — point at a user-supplied global
otopcua-abcip-cli probe -g ab://10.0.0.6/ -f Micro800 -t _SYSVA_CLOCK_HOUR --type DInt

read — single Logix tag

# Controller scope
otopcua-abcip-cli read -g ab://10.0.0.5/1,0 -t Motor01_Speed --type Real

# Program scope
otopcua-abcip-cli read -g ab://10.0.0.5/1,0 -t "Program:Main.Counter" --type DInt

# Array element
otopcua-abcip-cli read -g ab://10.0.0.5/1,0 -t "Recipe[3]" --type Real

# UDT member (dotted path)
otopcua-abcip-cli read -g ab://10.0.0.5/1,0 -t "Motor01.Speed" --type Real

write — single Logix tag

Same shape as read plus -v. Values parse per --type using invariant culture. Booleans accept true/false/1/0/yes/no/on/off. Structure (UDT) writes need the member layout declared in a real driver config and are refused by the CLI.

otopcua-abcip-cli write -g ab://10.0.0.5/1,0 -t Motor01_Speed --type Real -v 3.14
otopcua-abcip-cli write -g ab://10.0.0.5/1,0 -t StartCommand --type Bool -v true

subscribe — watch a tag until Ctrl+C

otopcua-abcip-cli subscribe -g ab://10.0.0.5/1,0 -t Motor01_Speed --type Real -i 500

Typical workflows

  • "Is the PLC reachable?"probe.
  • "Did my recipe write land?"write + read back.
  • "Why is tag X flipping?"subscribe.
  • "Is this GuardLogix safety tag writable from non-safety?"write and read the status code — safety tags surface BadNotWritable / CIP errors, non-safety tags surface Good.