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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-ablegacy-cli — AB Legacy (PCCC) test client

Ad-hoc probe / read / write / subscribe tool for SLC 500 / MicroLogix 1100 / MicroLogix 1400 / PLC-5 devices, talking to the same AbLegacyDriver the OtOpcUa server uses (libplctag PCCC back-end).

Third of four driver test-client CLIs. Shares Driver.Cli.Common with the others.

Build + run

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

Common flags

Flag Default Purpose
-g / --gateway required Canonical ab://host[:port]/cip-path
-P / --plc-type Slc500 Slc500 / MicroLogix / Plc5 / LogixPccc
--timeout-ms 5000 Per-operation timeout
--verbose off Serilog debug output

Family ↔ CIP-path cheat sheet:

  • SLC 5/05 / PLC-51,0
  • MicroLogix 1100 / 1400 — empty path (ab://host/) — they use direct EIP with no backplane
  • LogixPccc1,0 (Logix controller accessed via the PCCC compatibility layer; rare)

PCCC address primer

File letters imply data type; type flag still required so the CLI knows how to parse your --value.

File Type CLI --type
N signed int16 Int
F float32 Float
B bit-packed (B3:0/3 addresses bit 3 of word 0) Bit
L long int32 (SLC 5/05+ only) Long
A analog int (semantically like N) AnalogInt
ST ASCII string (82-byte + length header) String
T timer sub-element (T4:0.ACC / .PRE / .EN / .DN) TimerElement
C counter sub-element (C5:0.ACC / .PRE / .CU / .CD / .DN) CounterElement
R control sub-element (R6:0.LEN / .POS / .EN / .DN / .ER) ControlElement

Commands

probe

# SLC 5/05 — default probe address N7:0
otopcua-ablegacy-cli probe -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0

# MicroLogix 1100 — status file first word
otopcua-ablegacy-cli probe -g ab://192.168.1.30/ -P MicroLogix -a S:0

read

# Integer
otopcua-ablegacy-cli read -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a N7:10 -t Int

# Float
otopcua-ablegacy-cli read -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a F8:0 -t Float

# Bit-within-word
otopcua-ablegacy-cli read -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a B3:0/3 -t Bit

# Long (SLC 5/05+)
otopcua-ablegacy-cli read -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a L19:0 -t Long

# Timer ACC
otopcua-ablegacy-cli read -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a T4:0.ACC -t TimerElement

write

otopcua-ablegacy-cli write -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a N7:10 -t Int -v 42
otopcua-ablegacy-cli write -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a F8:0 -t Float -v 3.14
otopcua-ablegacy-cli write -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a B3:0/3 -t Bit -v on

Writes to timer / counter / control sub-elements land at the wire level but the PLC's runtime semantics (EN/DN edge-triggering, preset reload) are PLC-managed — use with caution.

subscribe

otopcua-ablegacy-cli subscribe -g ab://192.168.1.20/1,0 -a N7:10 -t Int -i 500

Known caveat — ab_server upstream gap

The integration-fixture ab_server Docker container accepts TCP but its PCCC dispatcher doesn't actually respond — see tests/...AbLegacy.IntegrationTests/Docker/README.md. Point --gateway at real hardware or an RSEmulate 500 box for end-to-end wire-level validation. The CLI itself is correct regardless of which endpoint you target.