Change register list source

- add poller levels
- add new register builder pattern

MewtocolNet/Exceptions/MewtocolException.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Exceptions {
           System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info,
           System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext context) : base(info, context) { }
 
+        internal static MewtocolException NotConnectedSend () {
+
+            return new MewtocolException($"Can not send a message to the PLC if it isn't connected");
+
+        }
+
         internal static MewtocolException DupeRegister (IRegisterInternal register) {
 
             return new MewtocolException($"The mewtocol interface already contains this register: {register.GetMewName()}");
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Exceptions {
 
         internal static MewtocolException OverlappingRegister (IRegisterInternal registerA, IRegisterInternal registerB) {
 
-            throw new MewtocolException($"The register: {registerA.GetRegisterWordRangeString()} " +
+            return new MewtocolException($"The register: {registerA.GetRegisterWordRangeString()} " +
                         $"has overlapping addresses with: {registerB.GetRegisterWordRangeString()}");
 
         }

MewtocolNet/Helpers/MewtocolHelpers.cs

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
             if (_onString == null)
                 return null;
 
-            var res = new Regex(@"\%([0-9]{2})\$RD(.{" + _blockSize + "})").Match(_onString);
+            var res = new Regex(@"\%([0-9a-fA-F]{2})\$RD(.{" + _blockSize + "})").Match(_onString);
             if (res.Success) {
                 string val = res.Groups[2].Value;
                 return val;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
             _onString = _onString.Replace("\r", "");
 
-            var res = new Regex(@"\%([0-9]{2})\$RC(.)").Match(_onString);
+            var res = new Regex(@"\%([0-9a-fA-F]{2})\$RC(.)").Match(_onString);
             if (res.Success) {
                 string val = res.Groups[2].Value;
                 return val == "1";
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
             _onString = _onString.Replace("\r", "");
 
-            var res = new Regex(@"\%([0-9]{2})\$RC(?<bits>(?:0|1){0,8})(..)").Match(_onString);
+            var res = new Regex(@"\%([0-9a-fA-F]{2})\$RC(?<bits>(?:0|1){0,8})(..)").Match(_onString);
             if (res.Success) {
                 
                 string val = res.Groups["bits"].Value;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
             _onString = _onString.Replace("\r", "");
 
-            var res = new Regex(@"\%([0-9]{2})\$RD(?<data>.*)(?<csum>..)").Match(_onString);
+            var res = new Regex(@"\%([0-9a-fA-F]{2})\$RD(?<data>.*)(?<csum>..)").Match(_onString);
             if (res.Success) {
 
                 string val = res.Groups["data"].Value;
@@ -245,16 +245,20 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
             bool valCompare = reg1.RegisterType == compare.RegisterType &&
                               reg1.MemoryAddress == compare.MemoryAddress && 
+                              reg1.GetRegisterAddressLen() == compare.GetRegisterAddressLen() &&
                               reg1.GetSpecialAddress() == compare.GetSpecialAddress();
 
             return valCompare;
 
         }
 
-        internal static bool CompareIsDuplicateNonCast (this BaseRegister reg1, BaseRegister compare) {
+        internal static bool CompareIsDuplicateNonCast (this BaseRegister reg1, BaseRegister compare, bool ingnoreByteRegisters = true) {
+
+            if (ingnoreByteRegisters && (compare.GetType() == typeof(BytesRegister) || reg1.GetType() == typeof(BytesRegister))) return false;
 
             bool valCompare = reg1.GetType() != compare.GetType() &&
                               reg1.MemoryAddress == compare.MemoryAddress &&
+                              reg1.GetRegisterAddressLen() == compare.GetRegisterAddressLen() &&
                               reg1.GetSpecialAddress() == compare.GetSpecialAddress();
 
             return valCompare;

MewtocolNet/IPlc.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-using MewtocolNet.Registers;
+using MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding;
+using MewtocolNet.Registers;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MewtocolNet {
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides a interface for Panasonic PLCs
     /// </summary>
-    public interface IPlc : IDisposable {
+    public interface IPlc : IDisposable, INotifyPropertyChanged {
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The current connection state of the interface
@@ -35,11 +37,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         /// </summary>
         int QueuedMessages { get; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The registered data registers of the PLC
-        /// </summary>
-        IEnumerable<IRegister> Registers { get; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Generic information about the connected PLC
         /// </summary>
@@ -60,13 +57,24 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         /// </summary>
         int ConnectTimeout { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Provides an anonymous interface for register reading and writing without memory management
+        /// </summary>
+        RBuild Register { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Tries to establish a connection with the device asynchronously
         /// </summary>
         Task ConnectAsync();
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Disconnects the devive from its current connection
+        /// Disconnects the device from its current plc connection 
+        /// and awaits the end of all asociated tasks
+        /// </summary>
+        Task DisconnectAsync();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Disconnects the device from its current plc connection
         /// </summary>
         void Disconnect();
 
@@ -97,23 +105,13 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         /// useful if you want to use a custom update frequency
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>The number of inidvidual mewtocol commands sent</returns>
-        Task<int> RunPollerCylceManual();
+        Task<int> RunPollerCylceManualAsync();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the connection info string
         /// </summary>
         string GetConnectionInfo();
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds a register to the plc
-        /// </summary>
-        void AddRegister(BaseRegister register);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds a register to the plc
-        /// </summary>
-        void AddRegister(IRegister register);
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a register from the plc by name
         /// </summary>

MewtocolNet/Mewtocol.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using MewtocolNet.Exceptions;
 using MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes;
+using MewtocolNet.SetupClasses;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
@@ -15,14 +16,16 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
     /// </summary>
     public static class Mewtocol {
 
+        #region Build Order 1
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Builds a ethernet based Mewtocol Interface
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="ip"></param>
         /// <param name="port"></param>
-        /// <param name="station">Plc station number</param>
+        /// <param name="station">Plc station number 0xEE for direct communication</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static PostInit<IPlcEthernet> Ethernet (string ip, int port = 9094, int station = 1) {
+        public static PostInit<IPlcEthernet> Ethernet (string ip, int port = 9094, int station = 0xEE) {
 
             var instance = new MewtocolInterfaceTcp();
             instance.ConfigureConnection(ip, port, station);
@@ -37,9 +40,9 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="ip"></param>
         /// <param name="port"></param>
-        /// <param name="station">Plc station number</param>
+        /// <param name="station">Plc station number 0xEE for direct communication</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static PostInit<IPlcEthernet> Ethernet(IPAddress ip, int port = 9094, int station = 1) {
+        public static PostInit<IPlcEthernet> Ethernet(IPAddress ip, int port = 9094, int station = 0xEE) {
 
             var instance = new MewtocolInterfaceTcp();
             instance.ConfigureConnection(ip, port, station);
@@ -52,14 +55,14 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         /// <summary>
         /// Builds a serial port based Mewtocol Interface
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="portName"></param>
+        /// <param name="portName">System port name</param>
-        /// <param name="baudRate"></param>
+        /// <param name="baudRate">Baud rate of the plc toolport</param>
-        /// <param name="dataBits"></param>
+        /// <param name="dataBits">DataBits of the plc toolport</param>
-        /// <param name="parity"></param>
+        /// <param name="parity">Parity rate of the plc toolport</param>
-        /// <param name="stopBits"></param>
+        /// <param name="stopBits">Stop bits of the plc toolport</param>
-        /// <param name="station"></param>
+        /// <param name="station">Plc station number 0xEE for direct communication</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static PostInit<IPlcSerial> Serial (string portName, BaudRate baudRate = BaudRate._19200, DataBits dataBits = DataBits.Eight, Parity parity = Parity.Odd, StopBits stopBits = StopBits.One, int station = 1) {
+        public static PostInit<IPlcSerial> Serial (string portName, BaudRate baudRate = BaudRate._19200, DataBits dataBits = DataBits.Eight, Parity parity = Parity.Odd, StopBits stopBits = StopBits.One, int station = 0xEE) {
 
             TestPortName(portName);
 
@@ -75,9 +78,9 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         /// Builds a serial mewtocol interface that finds the correct settings for the given port name automatically
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="portName"></param>
-        /// <param name="station"></param>
+        /// <param name="station">Plc station number 0xEE for direct communication</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static PostInit<IPlcSerial> SerialAuto (string portName, int station = 1) {
+        public static PostInit<IPlcSerial> SerialAuto (string portName, int station = 0xEE) {
 
             TestPortName(portName);
 
@@ -99,6 +102,10 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         }
 
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Build Order 2
+
         public class MemoryManagerSettings {
 
             /// <summary>
@@ -125,6 +132,80 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
             /// </summary>
             public int MaxRegistersPerGroup { get; set; } = -1;
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Wether or not to throw an exception when a byte array overlap or duplicate is detected
+            /// </summary>
+            public bool AllowByteRegisterDupes { get; set; } = false;   
+
+        }
+
+        public class PollLevelConfigurator {
+
+            internal Dictionary<int, PollLevelConfig> levelConfigs = new Dictionary<int, PollLevelConfig>();
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Sets the poll level for the given key
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <param name="level">The level to reference</param>
+            /// <param name="interval">Delay between poll requests</param>
+            public PollLevelConfigurator SetLevel (int level, TimeSpan interval) {
+
+                if(level <= 1)
+                    throw new NotSupportedException($"The poll level {level} is not configurable");
+
+                if (!levelConfigs.ContainsKey(level)) {
+                    levelConfigs.Add(level, new PollLevelConfig {
+                        delay = interval,
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    throw new NotSupportedException("Can't set poll levels multiple times");
+                }
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
+            public PollLevelConfigurator SetLevel(int level, int skipNth) {
+
+                if (level <= 1)
+                    throw new NotSupportedException($"The poll level {level} is not configurable");
+
+                if (!levelConfigs.ContainsKey(level)) {
+                    levelConfigs.Add(level, new PollLevelConfig {
+                        skipNth = skipNth,
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    throw new NotSupportedException("Can't set poll levels multiple times");
+                }
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        public class RegCollector {
+
+            internal List<RegisterCollection> collections = new List<RegisterCollection>();
+
+            public RegCollector AddCollection(RegisterCollection collection) {
+
+                collections.Add(collection);
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
+            public RegCollector AddCollection<T>() where T : RegisterCollection {
+
+                var instance = (RegisterCollection)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T));
+
+                collections.Add(instance);
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
         }
 
         public class PostInit<T> {
@@ -162,6 +243,25 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
                     imew.memoryManager.maxOptimizationDistance = res.MaxOptimizationDistance;
                     imew.memoryManager.maxRegistersPerGroup = res.MaxRegistersPerGroup;
+                    imew.memoryManager.allowByteRegDupes = res.AllowByteRegisterDupes;
+
+                }
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// A builder for poll custom levels
+            /// </summary>
+            public PostInit<T> WithCustomPollLevels (Action<PollLevelConfigurator> levels) {
+
+                var res = new PollLevelConfigurator();
+                levels.Invoke(res);
+
+                if (intf is MewtocolInterface imew) {
+
+                    imew.memoryManager.pollLevelConfigs = res.levelConfigs;
 
                 }
 
@@ -172,9 +272,9 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
             /// <summary>
             /// A builder for attaching register collections
             /// </summary>
-            public EndInit<T> WithRegisterCollections(Action<RegisterCollectionCollector> collector) {
+            public EndInit<T> WithRegisterCollections(Action<RegCollector> collector) {
 
-                var res = new RegisterCollectionCollector();
+                var res = new RegCollector();
                 collector.Invoke(res);
 
                 if (intf is MewtocolInterface imew) {
@@ -194,6 +294,10 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         }
 
+        #endregion
+
+        #region BuildLevel 3
+
         public class EndInit<T> {
 
             internal PostInit<T> postInit;
@@ -205,6 +309,8 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         }
 
+        #endregion
+
     }
 
 }

MewtocolNet/MewtocolInterface.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ using MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters;
 
 namespace MewtocolNet {
 
-    public abstract partial class MewtocolInterface : IPlc, INotifyPropertyChanged, IDisposable {
+    public abstract partial class MewtocolInterface : IPlc {
 
         #region Private fields
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         private PLCInfo plcInfo;
         private protected int stationNumber;
 
+        private protected int RecBufferSize = 128;
         private protected int bytesTotalCountedUpstream = 0;
         private protected int bytesTotalCountedDownstream = 0;
         private protected int cycleTimeMs = 25;
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         private protected int bytesPerSecondDownstream = 0;
 
         private protected AsyncQueue queue = new AsyncQueue();
-        private protected int RecBufferSize = 128;
         private protected Stopwatch speedStopwatchUpstr;
         private protected Stopwatch speedStopwatchDownstr;
         private protected Task firstPollTask = new Task(() => { });
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         internal bool usePoller = false;
         internal MemoryAreaManager memoryManager;
 
-        internal List<BaseRegister> RegistersUnderlying { get; private set; } = new List<BaseRegister>();
-        internal IEnumerable<IRegisterInternal> RegistersInternal => RegistersUnderlying.Cast<IRegisterInternal>();
-
         #endregion
 
         #region Public Read Only Properties / Fields
@@ -95,9 +92,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
             }
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<IRegister> Registers => RegistersUnderlying.Cast<IRegister>();
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public int StationNumber => stationNumber;
 
@@ -173,18 +167,26 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public virtual async Task ConnectAsync() => throw new NotImplementedException();
+        public virtual Task ConnectAsync() => throw new NotImplementedException();
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public async Task AwaitFirstDataCycleAsync() => await firstPollTask;
 
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public async Task DisconnectAsync () {
+
+            await pollCycleTask;
+
+            Disconnect();
+
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Disconnect() {
 
             if (!IsConnected) return;
 
-            if(pollCycleTask != null && !pollCycleTask.IsCompleted)  
+            if (!pollCycleTask.IsCompleted) pollCycleTask.Wait();
-                pollCycleTask.Wait();
 
             OnMajorSocketExceptionWhileConnected();
 
@@ -194,7 +196,9 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         public void Dispose() {
 
             if (Disposed) return;
+
             Disconnect();
+
             //GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
             Disposed = true;
 
@@ -329,7 +333,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
                     SetDownstreamStopWatchStart();
 
-                    byte[] buffer = new byte[128];
+                    byte[] buffer = new byte[RecBufferSize];
                     int bytesRead = await stream.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
 
                     CalcDownstreamSpeed(bytesRead);

MewtocolNet/MewtocolInterfaceRegisterHandling.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using MewtocolNet.Logging;
 using MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes;
 using MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding;
 using MewtocolNet.Registers;
+using MewtocolNet.SetupClasses;
 using MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters;
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
@@ -24,14 +25,18 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         internal Task pollCycleTask;
 
+        private List<RegisterCollection> registerCollections = new List<RegisterCollection>();
+
+        internal IEnumerable<BaseRegister> RegistersInternal => GetAllRegistersInternal();
+
+        public IEnumerable<IRegister> Registers => GetAllRegisters();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// True if the poller is actvice (can be paused)
         /// </summary>
         public bool PollerActive => !pollerTaskStopped;
 
-        /// <summary>
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        /// Current poller cycle duration
-        /// </summary>
         public int PollerCycleDurationMs {
             get => pollerCycleDurationMs;
             private set {
@@ -40,7 +45,8 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
             }
         }
 
-        private List<RegisterCollection> registerCollections = new List<RegisterCollection>();
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public RBuild Register => new RBuild(this);
 
         #region Register Polling
 
@@ -74,11 +80,11 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         /// useful if you want to use a custom update frequency
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>The number of inidvidual mewtocol commands sent</returns>
-        public async Task<int> RunPollerCylceManual() {
+        public async Task<int> RunPollerCylceManualAsync() {
 
             if (!pollerTaskStopped)
                 throw new NotSupportedException($"The poller is already running, " +
-                $"please make sure there is no polling active before calling {nameof(RunPollerCylceManual)}");
+                $"please make sure there is no polling active before calling {nameof(RunPollerCylceManualAsync)}");
 
             tcpMessagesSentThisCycle = 0;
 
@@ -139,69 +145,46 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         private async Task UpdateRCPRegisters() {
 
             //build booleans
-            var rcpList = RegistersUnderlying.Where(x => x.GetType() == typeof(BoolRegister))
+            //var rcpList = RegistersUnderlying.Where(x => x.GetType() == typeof(BoolRegister))
-                                   .Select(x => (BoolRegister)x)
+            //              .Select(x => (BoolRegister)x)
-                                   .ToArray();
+            //              .ToArray();
 
-            //one frame can only read 8 registers at a time
+            ////one frame can only read 8 registers at a time
-            int rcpFrameCount = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)rcpList.Length / 8);
+            //int rcpFrameCount = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)rcpList.Length / 8);
-            int rcpLastFrameRemainder = rcpList.Length <= 8 ? rcpList.Length : rcpList.Length % 8;
+            //int rcpLastFrameRemainder = rcpList.Length <= 8 ? rcpList.Length : rcpList.Length % 8;
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < rcpFrameCount; i++) {
+            //for (int i = 0; i < rcpFrameCount; i++) {
 
-                int toReadRegistersCount = 8;
+            //    int toReadRegistersCount = 8;
 
-                if (i == rcpFrameCount - 1) toReadRegistersCount = rcpLastFrameRemainder;
+            //    if (i == rcpFrameCount - 1) toReadRegistersCount = rcpLastFrameRemainder;
 
-                var rcpString = new StringBuilder($"%{GetStationNumber()}#RCP{toReadRegistersCount}");
+            //    var rcpString = new StringBuilder($"%{GetStationNumber()}#RCP{toReadRegistersCount}");
 
-                for (int j = 0; j < toReadRegistersCount; j++) {
+            //    for (int j = 0; j < toReadRegistersCount; j++) {
 
-                    BoolRegister register = rcpList[i + j];
+            //        BoolRegister register = rcpList[i + j];
-                    rcpString.Append(register.BuildMewtocolQuery());
+            //        rcpString.Append(register.BuildMewtocolQuery());
 
-                }
+            //    }
 
-                string rcpRequest = rcpString.ToString();
+            //    string rcpRequest = rcpString.ToString();
-                var result = await SendCommandAsync(rcpRequest);
+            //    var result = await SendCommandAsync(rcpRequest);
-                if (!result.Success) return;
+            //    if (!result.Success) return;
 
-                var resultBitArray = result.Response.ParseRCMultiBit();
+            //    var resultBitArray = result.Response.ParseRCMultiBit();
 
-                for (int k = 0; k < resultBitArray.Length; k++) {
+            //    for (int k = 0; k < resultBitArray.Length; k++) {
 
-                    var register = rcpList[i + k];
+            //        var register = rcpList[i + k];
 
-                    if ((bool)register.Value != resultBitArray[k]) {
+            //        if ((bool)register.Value != resultBitArray[k]) {
-                        register.SetValueFromPLC(resultBitArray[k]);
+            //            register.SetValueFromPLC(resultBitArray[k]);
-                    }
+            //        }
 
-                }
+            //    }
 
-            }
+            //}
-
-        }
-
-        private async Task UpdateDTRegisters() {
-
-            foreach (var reg in RegistersUnderlying) {
-
-                var type = reg.GetType();
-
-                if (reg.RegisterType.IsNumericDTDDT() || reg.RegisterType == RegisterType.DT_BYTE_RANGE) {
-
-                    var lastVal = reg.Value;
-                    var rwReg = (IRegisterInternal)reg;
-                    var readout = await rwReg.ReadAsync();
-                    if (readout == null) return;
-
-                    if (lastVal != readout) {
-                        rwReg.SetValueFromPLC(readout);
-                    }
-
-                }
-
-            }
 
         }
 
@@ -217,7 +200,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
             if (registerCollections.Count != 0)
                 throw new NotSupportedException("Register collections can only be build once");
 
-            List<RegisterBuildInfo> buildInfos = new List<RegisterBuildInfo>();
+            var regBuild = RBuild.Factory;
 
             foreach (var collection in collections) {
 
@@ -234,18 +217,24 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
                         if (attr is RegisterAttribute cAttribute) {
 
+                            var pollFreqAttr = (PollLevelAttribute)attributes.FirstOrDefault(x => x.GetType() == typeof(PollLevelAttribute));
+
                             if (!prop.PropertyType.IsAllowedPlcCastingType()) {
                                 throw new MewtocolException($"The register attribute property type is not allowed ({prop.PropertyType})");
                             }
 
                             var dotnetType = prop.PropertyType;
+                            int pollLevel = 1;
 
-                            buildInfos.Add(new RegisterBuildInfo {
+                            if (pollFreqAttr != null) pollLevel = pollFreqAttr.pollLevel;
-                                mewAddress = cAttribute.MewAddress,
+
-                                dotnetCastType = dotnetType.IsEnum ? dotnetType.UnderlyingSystemType : dotnetType,
+                            //add builder item
-                                collectionTarget = collection,
+                            regBuild
-                                boundPropTarget = prop,
+                            .Address(cAttribute.MewAddress)
-                            });
+                            .AsType(dotnetType.IsEnum ? dotnetType.UnderlyingSystemType : dotnetType)
+                            .PollLevel(pollLevel)
+                            .RegCollection(collection)
+                            .BoundProp(prop);
 
                         }
 
@@ -265,7 +254,9 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
             }
 
-            AddRegisters(buildInfos);
+            var assembler = new RegisterAssembler(this);
+            var registers = assembler.Assemble(regBuild);
+            AddRegisters(registers.ToArray());
 
         }
 
@@ -291,56 +282,13 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         #region Register Adding
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        internal void AddRegisters (params BaseRegister[] registers) {
-        public void AddRegister (IRegister register) => AddRegister(register as BaseRegister);
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
+            InsertRegistersToMemoryStack(registers.ToList());
-        public void AddRegister (BaseRegister register) {
-
-            if (CheckDuplicateRegister(register))
-                throw MewtocolException.DupeRegister(register);
-
-            if (CheckDuplicateNameRegister(register))
-                throw MewtocolException.DupeNameRegister(register);
-
-            if (CheckOverlappingRegister(register, out var regB))
-                throw MewtocolException.OverlappingRegister(register, regB);
-
-            register.attachedInterface = this;
-            RegistersUnderlying.Add(register);
 
         }
 
-        // Used for internal property based register building
+        internal void InsertRegistersToMemoryStack (List<BaseRegister> registers) {
-        internal void AddRegisters (List<RegisterBuildInfo> buildInfos) {
-
-            //build all from attribute
-            List<BaseRegister> registers = new List<BaseRegister>();
-
-            foreach (var buildInfo in buildInfos) {
-
-                var builtRegister = buildInfo.BuildForCollectionAttribute();
-
-                int? linkLen = null;
-
-                if(builtRegister is BytesRegister bReg) {
-
-                    linkLen = (int?)bReg.ReservedBytesSize ?? bReg.ReservedBitSize;
-
-                }
-
-                //attach the property and collection
-                builtRegister.WithBoundProperty(new RegisterPropTarget {
-                    BoundProperty = buildInfo.boundPropTarget,
-                    LinkLength = linkLen,
-                });
-
-                builtRegister.WithRegisterCollection(buildInfo.collectionTarget);
-
-                builtRegister.attachedInterface = this;
-                registers.Add(builtRegister);
-
-            }
 
             //order by address
             registers = registers.OrderBy(x => x.GetSpecialAddress()).ToList();
@@ -353,12 +301,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
                 reg.name = $"auto_prop_register_{j + 1}";
 
                 //link the memory area to the register
-                if (memoryManager.LinkRegister(reg)) {
+                if (memoryManager.LinkRegister(reg)) j++;
-
-                    RegistersUnderlying.Add(reg);
-                    j++;
-
-                }
 
             }
 
@@ -423,16 +366,22 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         #region Register accessing
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>>
-        public IRegister GetRegister(string name) {
+        public IRegister GetRegister (string name) {
 
-            return RegistersUnderlying.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == name);
+            return RegistersInternal.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == name);
 
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public IEnumerable<IRegister> GetAllRegisters () {
 
-            return RegistersUnderlying.Cast<IRegister>();
+            return memoryManager.GetAllRegisters().Cast<IRegister>();
+
+        }
+
+        internal IEnumerable<BaseRegister> GetAllRegistersInternal () {
+
+            return memoryManager.GetAllRegisters();
 
         }
 
@@ -442,9 +391,11 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         private protected void ClearRegisterVals() {
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < RegistersUnderlying.Count; i++) {
+            var internals = RegistersInternal.ToList();
 
-                var reg = (IRegisterInternal)RegistersUnderlying[i];
+            for (int i = 0; i < internals.Count; i++) {
+
+                var reg = (IRegisterInternal)internals[i];
                 reg.ClearValue();
 
             }
@@ -453,7 +404,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         internal void PropertyRegisterWasSet(string propName, object value) {
 
-            _ = SetRegisterAsync(GetRegister(propName), value);
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
 
         }
 

MewtocolNet/MewtocolInterfaceRequests.cs

@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         #region Raw register reading / writing
 
+        [Obsolete]
         internal async Task<byte[]> ReadRawRegisterAsync (IRegisterInternal _toRead) {
 
             var toreadType = _toRead.GetType();
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         }
 
+        [Obsolete]
         internal async Task<bool> WriteRawRegisterAsync (IRegisterInternal _toWrite, byte[] data) {
 
             var toWriteType = _toWrite.GetType();
@@ -254,36 +256,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
             var result = await SendCommandAsync(requeststring);
             return result.Success;
 
-        }
-
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Register reading / writing
-
-        internal async Task<bool> SetRegisterAsync (IRegister register, object value) {
-
-            var internalReg = (IRegisterInternal)register;
-
-            return await internalReg.WriteAsync(value);
-
-        }
-
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Reading / Writing Plc program
-
-        public async Task GetSystemRegister () {
-
-            //the "." means CR or \r
-
-            await SendCommandAsync("%EE#RT");
-
-            //then get plc status extended? gets polled all time
-            // %EE#EX00RT00
-            await SendCommandAsync("%EE#EX00RT00");
-
-
-
         }
 
         #endregion
@@ -292,8 +264,12 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
 
         internal string GetStationNumber() {
 
-            return StationNumber.ToString().PadLeft(2, '0');
+            if (StationNumber != 0xEE && StationNumber > 99)
+                throw new NotSupportedException("Station number was greater 99");
 
+            if(StationNumber == 0xEE) return "EE";
+
+            return StationNumber.ToString().PadLeft(2, '0');
 
         }
 

MewtocolNet/MewtocolInterfaceSerial.cs

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public void ConfigureConnection (string _portName, int _baudRate = 19200, int _dataBits = 8, Parity _parity = Parity.Odd, StopBits _stopBits = StopBits.One, int _station = 1) {
+        public void ConfigureConnection (string _portName, int _baudRate = 19200, int _dataBits = 8, Parity _parity = Parity.Odd, StopBits _stopBits = StopBits.One, int _station = 0xEE) {
 
             PortName = _portName;
             SerialBaudRate = _baudRate;
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
             SerialStopBits = _stopBits;
             stationNumber = _station;
 
+            if (stationNumber != 0xEE && stationNumber > 99)
+                throw new NotSupportedException("Station number can't be greater than 99");
+
             OnSerialPropsChanged();
             Disconnect();
 

MewtocolNet/MewtocolInterfaceTcp.cs

@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         #region TCP connection state handling
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public void ConfigureConnection (string ip, int port = 9094, int station = 1) {
+        public void ConfigureConnection (string ip, int port = 9094, int station = 0xEE) {
 
             if (!IPAddress.TryParse(ip, out ipAddr))
                 throw new MewtocolException($"The ip: {ip} is no valid ip address");
 
+            if (stationNumber != 0xEE && stationNumber > 99)
+                throw new NotSupportedException("Station number can't be greater than 99");
+
             Port = port;
             stationNumber = station;
 
@@ -45,10 +48,14 @@ namespace MewtocolNet {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public void ConfigureConnection(IPAddress ip, int port = 9094, int station = 1) {
+        public void ConfigureConnection(IPAddress ip, int port = 9094, int station = 0xEE) {
 
             ipAddr = ip;
             Port = port;
+
+            if (stationNumber != 0xEE && stationNumber > 99)
+                throw new NotSupportedException("Station number can't be greater than 99");
+
             stationNumber = station;
 
             Disconnect();

MewtocolNet/RegisterAttributes/PollFrequencyAttribute.cs

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-
-namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes {
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Defines the behavior of a register property
-    /// </summary>
-    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
-    public class PollFrequencyAttribute : Attribute {
-
-        internal int skipEachCycle;
-        
-        public PollFrequencyAttribute(int eachCycleN) {
-
-            skipEachCycle = eachCycleN;
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}

MewtocolNet/RegisterAttributes/PollLevelAttribute.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes {
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines the poll level of the register
+    /// </summary>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
+    public class PollLevelAttribute : Attribute {
+
+        internal int pollLevel;
+        
+        public PollLevelAttribute(int level) {
+
+            pollLevel = level;
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}

MewtocolNet/RegisterAttributes/RegisterCollectionCollector.cs

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
-
-namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes {
-    
-    public class RegisterCollectionCollector {
-
-        internal List<RegisterCollection> collections = new List<RegisterCollection>(); 
-
-        public RegisterCollectionCollector AddCollection (RegisterCollection collection) {
-
-            collections.Add(collection);    
-
-            return this;
-
-        }
-
-        public RegisterCollectionCollector AddCollection<T> () where T : RegisterCollection {
-
-            var instance = (RegisterCollection)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T));
-
-            collections.Add(instance);
-
-            return this;
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}

MewtocolNet/RegisterBuilding/BuilderStep.cs

@@ -1,267 +0,0 @@
-using MewtocolNet.Registers;
-using System;
-using System.Collections;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-
-namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding {
-
-    public static class BuilderStepExtensions {
-
-        public static BuilderStep<T> AsType<T> (this BuilderStepBase baseStep) {
-
-            if (!typeof(T).IsAllowedPlcCastingType()) {
-
-                throw new NotSupportedException($"The dotnet type {typeof(T)}, is not supported for PLC type casting");
-
-            }
-           
-            var castStp = new BuilderStep<T>();
-
-            if (baseStep.SpecialAddress != null) castStp.SpecialAddress = baseStep.SpecialAddress;
-
-            castStp.Name = baseStep.Name;
-            castStp.RegType = baseStep.RegType;
-            castStp.MemAddress = baseStep.MemAddress;
-            castStp.MemByteSize = baseStep.MemByteSize;
-            castStp.dotnetVarType = typeof(T);
-            castStp.plcVarType = null;
-            castStp.wasCasted = true;
-
-            return castStp;
-
-        }
-
-        public static BuilderStep AsType (this BuilderStepBase baseStep, Type type) {
-
-            if (!type.IsAllowedPlcCastingType()) {
-
-                throw new NotSupportedException($"The dotnet type {type}, is not supported for PLC type casting");
-
-            }
-
-            var castStp = new BuilderStep();
-
-            if (baseStep.SpecialAddress != null) castStp.SpecialAddress = baseStep.SpecialAddress;
-
-            castStp.Name = baseStep.Name;
-            castStp.RegType = baseStep.RegType;
-            castStp.MemAddress = baseStep.MemAddress;
-            castStp.MemByteSize = baseStep.MemByteSize;
-            castStp.dotnetVarType = type;
-            castStp.plcVarType = null;
-            castStp.wasCasted = true;
-
-            return castStp;
-
-        }
-
-        public static IRegister Build (this BuilderStepBase step) {
-
-            //if no casting method in builder was called => autocast the type from the RegisterType
-            if (!step.wasCasted && step.MemByteSize == null) step.AutoType();
-
-            //fallbacks if no casting builder was given
-            BuilderStepBase.GetFallbackDotnetType(step);
-
-            BaseRegister builtReg;
-
-            var bInfo = new RegisterBuildInfo {
-
-                name = step.Name,
-                specialAddress = step.SpecialAddress,
-                memoryAddress = step.MemAddress,
-                memorySizeBytes = step.MemByteSize,
-                memorySizeBits = step.MemBitSize,
-                registerType = step.RegType,
-                dotnetCastType = step.dotnetVarType,
-
-            };
-
-            builtReg = bInfo.Build();
-
-            BuilderStepBase.AddToRegisterList(step, builtReg);
-
-            return builtReg;
-
-        }
-
-        public static IRegister Build<T>(this BuilderStep<T> step) {
-
-            //fallbacks if no casting builder was given
-            BuilderStepBase.GetFallbackDotnetType(step);
-
-            BaseRegister builtReg;
-
-            var bInfo = new RegisterBuildInfo {
-
-                name = step.Name,
-                specialAddress = step.SpecialAddress,
-                memoryAddress = step.MemAddress,
-                memorySizeBytes = step.MemByteSize,
-                memorySizeBits = step.MemBitSize,
-                registerType = step.RegType,
-                dotnetCastType = step.dotnetVarType,
-
-            };
-
-            if (step.dotnetVarType.IsEnum) {
-
-                builtReg = bInfo.Build();
-
-            } else {
-
-                builtReg = bInfo.Build();
-
-            }
-
-            BuilderStepBase.AddToRegisterList(step, builtReg);
-
-            return builtReg;
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    public abstract class BuilderStepBase {
-
-        internal MewtocolInterface forInterface;
-
-        internal bool wasCasted = false;
-
-        internal string OriginalInput;
-
-        internal string Name;
-        internal RegisterType RegType;
-
-        internal uint MemAddress;
-
-        internal uint? MemByteSize;
-        internal ushort? MemBitSize;
-        internal byte? SpecialAddress;
-
-        internal PlcVarType? plcVarType;
-        internal Type dotnetVarType;
-
-        internal BuilderStepBase AutoType() {
-
-            switch (RegType) {
-                case RegisterType.X:
-                case RegisterType.Y:
-                case RegisterType.R:
-                dotnetVarType = typeof(bool);
-                break;
-                case RegisterType.DT:
-                dotnetVarType = typeof(short);
-                break;
-                case RegisterType.DDT:
-                dotnetVarType = typeof(int);
-                break;
-                case RegisterType.DT_BYTE_RANGE:
-                dotnetVarType = typeof(string);
-                break;
-            }
-
-            plcVarType = null;
-
-            wasCasted = true;
-
-            return this;
-
-        }
-
-        internal static void GetFallbackDotnetType (BuilderStepBase step) {
-
-            bool isBoolean = step.RegType.IsBoolean();
-            bool isTypeNotDefined = step.plcVarType == null && step.dotnetVarType == null;
-
-            if (isTypeNotDefined && step.RegType == RegisterType.DT) {
-
-                step.dotnetVarType = typeof(short);
-
-            }
-            if (isTypeNotDefined && step.RegType == RegisterType.DDT) {
-
-                step.dotnetVarType = typeof(int);
-
-            } else if (isTypeNotDefined && isBoolean) {
-
-                step.dotnetVarType = typeof(bool);
-
-            } else if (isTypeNotDefined && step.RegType == RegisterType.DT_BYTE_RANGE) {
-
-                step.dotnetVarType = typeof(string);
-
-            }
-
-            if (step.plcVarType != null) {
-
-                step.dotnetVarType = step.plcVarType.Value.GetDefaultDotnetType();
-
-            }
-
-        }
-
-        internal static void AddToRegisterList(BuilderStepBase step, BaseRegister instance) {
-
-            if (step.forInterface == null) return;
-
-            step.forInterface.AddRegister(instance);
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    public class BuilderStep<T> : BuilderStepBase { }
-
-    public class BuilderStep : BuilderStepBase {
-
-        public BuilderStep AsPlcType (PlcVarType varType) {
-
-            dotnetVarType = null;
-            plcVarType = varType;
-
-            wasCasted = true;
-
-            return this;
-
-        }
-
-        public BuilderStep AsBytes (uint byteLength) {
-
-            if (RegType != RegisterType.DT) {
-
-                throw new NotSupportedException($"Cant use the {nameof(AsBytes)} converter on a non {nameof(RegisterType.DT)} register");
-
-            }
-
-            MemByteSize = byteLength;
-            dotnetVarType = typeof(byte[]);
-            plcVarType = null;
-
-            wasCasted = true;
-
-            return this;
-
-        }
-
-        public BuilderStep AsBits(ushort bitCount = 16) {
-
-            if (RegType != RegisterType.DT) {
-
-                throw new NotSupportedException($"Cant use the {nameof(AsBits)} converter on a non {nameof(RegisterType.DT)} register");
-
-            }
-
-            MemBitSize = bitCount;
-            dotnetVarType = typeof(BitArray);
-            plcVarType = null;
-
-            wasCasted = true;
-
-            return this;
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}

MewtocolNet/RegisterBuilding/ParseResult.cs

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding {
-
-    internal struct ParseResult {
-
-        public ParseResultState state;
-
-        public string hardFailReason;
-
-        public BuilderStep stepData;
-
-    }
-
-}

MewtocolNet/RegisterBuilding/ParseResultState.cs

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding {
-    internal enum ParseResultState {
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The parse try failed at the intial regex match
-        /// </summary>
-        FailedSoft,
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The parse try failed at the afer- regex match
-        /// </summary>
-        FailedHard,
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The parse try did work
-        /// </summary>
-        Success,
-
-    }
-
-}

MewtocolNet/RegisterBuilding/RBuild.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,609 @@
+using MewtocolNet.Exceptions;
+using MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes;
+using MewtocolNet.Registers;
+using MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters;
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Data.Common;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+
+namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding {
+
+    internal enum ParseResultState {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The parse try failed at the intial regex match
+        /// </summary>
+        FailedSoft,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The parse try failed at the afer- regex match
+        /// </summary>
+        FailedHard,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The parse try did work
+        /// </summary>
+        Success,
+
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains useful tools for register creation
+    /// </summary>
+    public class RBuild {
+
+        private MewtocolInterface attachedPLC;
+
+        public RBuild () { }
+
+        internal RBuild (MewtocolInterface plc) {
+
+            attachedPLC = plc;
+
+        }
+
+        public static RBuild Factory => new RBuild();
+
+        internal List<SData> unfinishedList = new List<SData>();       
+
+        #region String parse stage
+
+        //methods to test the input string on
+        private static List<Func<string, ParseResult>> parseMethods = new List<Func<string, ParseResult>>() {
+
+            (x) => TryBuildBoolean(x),
+            (x) => TryBuildNumericBased(x),
+            (x) => TryBuildByteRangeBased(x),
+
+        };
+
+        internal class SData {
+
+            internal string originalParseStr;
+            internal string name;
+            internal RegisterType regType;
+            internal uint memAddress;
+            internal byte specialAddress;
+            internal Type dotnetVarType;
+
+            //optional
+            internal uint? byteSize;
+            internal uint? bitSize;
+
+            internal int pollLevel = 1;
+
+            internal RegisterCollection regCollection;
+            internal PropertyInfo boundProperty;
+
+        }
+
+        public class SBase {
+
+            public SBase() { }
+
+            internal SBase(SData data) {
+                Data = data;
+            }
+
+            internal SData Data { get; set; }
+
+        }
+
+        internal struct ParseResult {
+
+            public ParseResultState state;
+
+            public string hardFailReason;
+
+            public SData stepData;
+
+        }
+
+        //bool registers
+        private static ParseResult TryBuildBoolean(string plcAddrName) {
+
+            //regex to find special register values
+            var patternBool = new Regex(@"(?<prefix>X|Y|R)(?<area>[0-9]{0,3})(?<special>(?:[0-9]|[A-F]){1})?");
+
+            var match = patternBool.Match(plcAddrName);
+
+            if (!match.Success)
+                return new ParseResult {
+                    state = ParseResultState.FailedSoft
+                };
+
+            string prefix = match.Groups["prefix"].Value;
+            string area = match.Groups["area"].Value;
+            string special = match.Groups["special"].Value;
+
+            IOType regType;
+            uint areaAdd = 0;
+            byte specialAdd = 0x0;
+
+            //try cast the prefix
+            if (!Enum.TryParse(prefix, out regType)) {
+
+                return new ParseResult {
+                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the prefix is not allowed for boolean registers"
+                };
+
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(area) && !uint.TryParse(area, out areaAdd)) {
+
+                return new ParseResult {
+                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the area address: '{area}' is wrong"
+                };
+
+            }
+
+            //special address not given
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(special) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(area)) {
+
+                var isAreaInt = uint.TryParse(area, NumberStyles.Number, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var areaInt);
+
+                if (isAreaInt && areaInt >= 0 && areaInt <= 9) {
+
+                    //area address is actually meant as special address but 0-9
+                    specialAdd = (byte)areaInt;
+                    areaAdd = 0;
+
+
+                } else if (isAreaInt && areaInt > 9) {
+
+                    //area adress is meant to be the actual area address
+                    areaAdd = areaInt;
+                    specialAdd = 0;
+
+                } else {
+
+                    return new ParseResult {
+                        state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                        hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the special address: '{special}' is wrong 1",
+                    };
+
+                }
+
+            } else {
+
+                //special address parsed as hex num
+                if (!byte.TryParse(special, NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out specialAdd)) {
+
+                    return new ParseResult {
+                        state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                        hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the special address: '{special}' is wrong 2",
+                    };
+
+                }
+
+            }
+
+            return new ParseResult {
+                state = ParseResultState.Success,
+                stepData = new SData {
+                    regType = (RegisterType)(int)regType,
+                    memAddress = areaAdd,
+                    specialAddress = specialAdd,
+                }
+            };
+
+        }
+
+        // one to two word registers
+        private static ParseResult TryBuildNumericBased(string plcAddrName) {
+
+            var patternByte = new Regex(@"^(?<prefix>DT|DDT)(?<area>[0-9]{1,5})$");
+
+            var match = patternByte.Match(plcAddrName);
+
+            if (!match.Success)
+                return new ParseResult {
+                    state = ParseResultState.FailedSoft
+                };
+
+            string prefix = match.Groups["prefix"].Value;
+            string area = match.Groups["area"].Value;
+
+            RegisterType regType;
+            uint areaAdd = 0;
+
+            //try cast the prefix
+            if (!Enum.TryParse(prefix, out regType)) {
+
+                return new ParseResult {
+                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the prefix is not allowed for numeric registers"
+                };
+
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(area) && !uint.TryParse(area, out areaAdd)) {
+
+                return new ParseResult {
+                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the area address: '{area}' is wrong"
+                };
+
+            }
+
+            return new ParseResult {
+                state = ParseResultState.Success,
+                stepData = new SData {
+                    regType = regType,
+                    memAddress = areaAdd,
+                }
+            };
+
+        }
+
+        // one to two word registers
+        private static ParseResult TryBuildByteRangeBased(string plcAddrName) {
+
+            var split = plcAddrName.Split('-');
+
+            if (split.Length > 2)
+                return new ParseResult {
+                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', to many delimters '-'"
+                };
+
+            uint[] addresses = new uint[2];
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < split.Length; i++) {
+
+                string addr = split[i];
+                var patternByte = new Regex(@"(?<prefix>DT|DDT)(?<area>[0-9]{1,5})");
+
+                var match = patternByte.Match(addr);
+
+                if (!match.Success)
+                    return new ParseResult {
+                        state = ParseResultState.FailedSoft
+                    };
+
+                string prefix = match.Groups["prefix"].Value;
+                string area = match.Groups["area"].Value;
+
+                RegisterType regType;
+                uint areaAdd = 0;
+
+                //try cast the prefix
+                if (!Enum.TryParse(prefix, out regType) || regType != RegisterType.DT) {
+
+                    return new ParseResult {
+                        state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                        hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the prefix is not allowed for word range registers"
+                    };
+
+                }
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(area) && !uint.TryParse(area, out areaAdd)) {
+
+                    return new ParseResult {
+                        state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
+                        hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the area address: '{area}' is wrong"
+                    };
+
+                }
+
+                addresses[i] = areaAdd;
+
+            }
+
+            return new ParseResult {
+                state = ParseResultState.Success,
+                stepData = new SData {
+                    regType = RegisterType.DT_BYTE_RANGE,
+                    dotnetVarType = typeof(byte[]),
+                    memAddress = addresses[0],
+                    byteSize = (addresses[1] - addresses[0] + 1) * 2
+                }
+            };
+
+        }
+
+        public SAddress Address (string plcAddrName, string name = null) {
+
+            foreach (var method in parseMethods) {
+
+                var res = method.Invoke(plcAddrName);
+
+                if(res.state == ParseResultState.Success) {
+
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(name)) res.stepData.name = name;
+
+                    res.stepData.originalParseStr = plcAddrName;
+
+                    unfinishedList.Add(res.stepData);
+
+                    return new SAddress {
+                        Data = res.stepData
+                    };
+
+                } else if(res.state == ParseResultState.FailedHard) {
+
+                    throw new Exception(res.hardFailReason);
+
+                }
+
+            }
+
+            throw new Exception("Wrong input format");
+
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Type determination stage
+
+        public class SAddress : SBase {
+
+            public TempRegister<T> AsType<T> () {
+
+                if (!typeof(T).IsAllowedPlcCastingType()) {
+
+                    throw new NotSupportedException($"The dotnet type {typeof(T)}, is not supported for PLC type casting");
+
+                }
+
+                Data.dotnetVarType = typeof(T);
+
+                return new TempRegister<T>(Data);
+
+            }
+
+            public TempRegister AsType (Type type) {
+
+                if (!type.IsAllowedPlcCastingType()) {
+
+                    throw new NotSupportedException($"The dotnet type {type}, is not supported for PLC type casting");
+
+                }
+
+                Data.dotnetVarType = type;
+
+                return new TempRegister(Data);
+
+            }
+
+            public TempRegister AsBytes (uint byteLength) {
+
+                if (Data.regType != RegisterType.DT) {
+
+                    throw new NotSupportedException($"Cant use the {nameof(AsBytes)} converter on a non {nameof(RegisterType.DT)} register");
+
+                }
+
+                Data.byteSize = byteLength;
+                Data.dotnetVarType = typeof(byte[]);
+
+                return new TempRegister(Data);
+
+            }
+
+            public TempRegister AsBits (ushort bitCount = 16) {
+
+                if (Data.regType != RegisterType.DT) {
+
+                    throw new NotSupportedException($"Cant use the {nameof(AsBits)} converter on a non {nameof(RegisterType.DT)} register");
+
+                }
+
+                Data.bitSize = bitCount;
+                Data.dotnetVarType = typeof(BitArray);
+
+                return new TempRegister(Data);
+
+            }
+
+            public TempRegister AutoType() {
+
+                switch (Data.regType) {
+                    case RegisterType.X:
+                    case RegisterType.Y:
+                    case RegisterType.R:
+                    Data.dotnetVarType = typeof(bool);
+                    break;
+                    case RegisterType.DT:
+                    Data.dotnetVarType = typeof(short);
+                    break;
+                    case RegisterType.DDT:
+                    Data.dotnetVarType = typeof(int);
+                    break;
+                    case RegisterType.DT_BYTE_RANGE:
+                    Data.dotnetVarType = typeof(string);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                return new TempRegister(Data);
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Options stage
+
+        public class TempRegister<T> : SBase {
+
+            internal TempRegister(SData data) : base(data) {}
+
+            public TempRegister<T> PollLevel (int level) {
+
+                Data.pollLevel = level;
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
+            public async Task WriteToAsync (T value) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        }
+
+        public class TempRegister : SBase {
+
+            internal TempRegister(SData data) : base(data) { }
+
+            public TempRegister PollLevel (int level) {
+
+                Data.pollLevel = level;
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
+            internal TempRegister RegCollection (RegisterCollection col) {
+
+                Data.regCollection = col;
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
+            internal TempRegister BoundProp (PropertyInfo prop) {
+
+                Data.boundProperty = prop;
+
+                return this;
+
+            }
+
+            public async Task WriteToAsync (object value) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+    }
+
+    internal class RegisterAssembler {
+
+        internal RegisterCollection collectionTarget;
+
+        internal MewtocolInterface onInterface;
+
+        internal RegisterAssembler (MewtocolInterface interf) {
+
+            onInterface = interf;
+
+        }
+
+        internal List<BaseRegister> Assemble (RBuild rBuildData) {
+
+            List<BaseRegister> generatedInstances = new List<BaseRegister>();       
+
+            foreach (var data in rBuildData.unfinishedList) {
+
+                //parse all others where the type is known
+                Type registerClassType = data.dotnetVarType.GetDefaultRegisterHoldingType();
+
+                BaseRegister generatedInstance = null;
+
+                if (data.dotnetVarType.IsEnum) {
+
+                    //-------------------------------------------
+                    //as numeric register with enum target
+
+                    var underlying = Enum.GetUnderlyingType(data.dotnetVarType);
+                    var enuSize = Marshal.SizeOf(underlying);
+
+                    if (enuSize > 4)
+                        throw new NotSupportedException("Enums not based on 16 or 32 bit numbers are not supported");
+
+                    Type myParameterizedSomeClass = typeof(NumberRegister<>).MakeGenericType(data.dotnetVarType);
+                    ConstructorInfo constr = myParameterizedSomeClass.GetConstructor(new Type[] { typeof(uint), typeof(string) });
+
+                    var parameters = new object[] { data.memAddress, data.name };
+                    var instance = (BaseRegister)constr.Invoke(parameters);
+                    
+                    generatedInstance = instance;
+
+                } else if (registerClassType.IsGenericType) {
+
+                    //-------------------------------------------
+                    //as numeric register
+
+                    //create a new bregister instance
+                    var flags = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance;
+
+                    //int _adress, Type _enumType = null, string _name = null
+                    var parameters = new object[] { data.memAddress, data.name };
+                    var instance = (BaseRegister)Activator.CreateInstance(registerClassType, flags, null, parameters, null);
+                    instance.pollLevel = data.pollLevel;
+
+                    generatedInstance = instance;
+
+                } else if (registerClassType == typeof(BytesRegister) && data.byteSize != null) {
+
+                    //-------------------------------------------
+                    //as byte range register
+
+                    BytesRegister instance = new BytesRegister(data.memAddress, (uint)data.byteSize, data.name);
+
+                    generatedInstance = instance;
+
+                } else if (registerClassType == typeof(BytesRegister) && data.bitSize != null) {
+
+                    //-------------------------------------------
+                    //as bit range register
+
+                    BytesRegister instance = new BytesRegister(data.memAddress, (ushort)data.bitSize, data.name);
+
+                    generatedInstance = instance;
+
+                } else if (registerClassType == typeof(StringRegister)) {
+
+                    //-------------------------------------------
+                    //as byte range register
+                    var instance = (BaseRegister)new StringRegister(data.memAddress, data.name);
+
+                    generatedInstance = instance;
+
+                } else if (data.regType.IsBoolean()) {
+
+                    //-------------------------------------------
+                    //as boolean register
+
+                    var io = (IOType)(int)data.regType;
+                    var spAddr = data.specialAddress;
+                    var areaAddr = data.memAddress;
+
+                    var instance = new BoolRegister(io, spAddr, areaAddr, data.name);
+
+                    generatedInstance = instance;
+
+                }
+
+                //finalize set for every
+
+                if(generatedInstance == null)
+                    throw new MewtocolException("Failed to build register");
+
+                if (collectionTarget != null)
+                    generatedInstance.WithRegisterCollection(collectionTarget);
+
+                generatedInstance.attachedInterface = onInterface;
+
+                generatedInstance.pollLevel = data.pollLevel;
+
+                generatedInstances.Add(generatedInstance);
+
+            }
+
+            return generatedInstances;
+
+        } 
+
+    }
+
+}

MewtocolNet/RegisterBuilding/RegBuilder.cs

@@ -1,272 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Data.Common;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-
-namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding {
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Contains useful tools for register creation
-    /// </summary>
-    public class RegBuilder {
-
-        internal MewtocolInterface forInterface = null;
-
-        //methods to test the input string on
-        private static List<Func<string, ParseResult>> parseMethods = new List<Func<string, ParseResult>>() {
-
-            (x) => TryBuildBoolean(x),
-            (x) => TryBuildNumericBased(x),
-            (x) => TryBuildByteRangeBased(x),
-
-        };
-
-        public static RegBuilder ForInterface (IPlc interf) {
-
-            var rb = new RegBuilder();
-            rb.forInterface = interf as MewtocolInterface;
-            return rb;
-
-        }
-
-        public static RegBuilder Factory { get; private set; } = new RegBuilder();
-
-
-        public BuilderStep FromPlcRegName (string plcAddrName, string name = null) {
-
-            foreach (var method in parseMethods) {
-
-                var res = method.Invoke(plcAddrName);
-
-                if(res.state == ParseResultState.Success) {
-
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
-                        res.stepData.Name = name;
-
-                    res.stepData.OriginalInput = plcAddrName;
-                    res.stepData.forInterface = forInterface;
-
-                    return res.stepData;
-
-                } else if(res.state == ParseResultState.FailedHard) {
-
-                    throw new Exception(res.hardFailReason);
-
-                }
-
-            }
-
-            throw new Exception("Wrong input format");
-
-        }
-
-        //bool registers
-        private static ParseResult TryBuildBoolean (string plcAddrName) {
-
-            //regex to find special register values
-            var patternBool = new Regex(@"(?<prefix>X|Y|R)(?<area>[0-9]{0,3})(?<special>(?:[0-9]|[A-F]){1})?");
-
-            var match = patternBool.Match(plcAddrName);
-
-            if (!match.Success)
-                return new ParseResult {
-                    state = ParseResultState.FailedSoft
-                };
-
-            string prefix = match.Groups["prefix"].Value;   
-            string area = match.Groups["area"].Value;   
-            string special = match.Groups["special"].Value;
-
-            IOType regType;
-            uint areaAdd = 0;
-            byte specialAdd = 0x0;
-
-            //try cast the prefix
-            if(!Enum.TryParse(prefix, out regType)) {
-                
-                return new ParseResult {
-                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the prefix is not allowed for boolean registers"
-                };
-
-            } 
-
-            if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(area) && !uint.TryParse(area, out areaAdd) ) {
-
-                return new ParseResult {
-                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the area address: '{area}' is wrong"
-                };
-
-            } 
-
-            //special address not given
-            if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(special) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(area)) {
-
-                var isAreaInt = uint.TryParse(area, NumberStyles.Number, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var areaInt);
-
-                if (isAreaInt && areaInt >= 0 && areaInt <= 9) {
-
-                    //area address is actually meant as special address but 0-9
-                    specialAdd = (byte)areaInt;
-                    areaAdd = 0;
-
-
-                } else if (isAreaInt && areaInt > 9) {
-
-                    //area adress is meant to be the actual area address
-                    areaAdd = areaInt;
-                    specialAdd = 0;
-
-                } else {
-
-                    return new ParseResult {
-                        state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                        hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the special address: '{special}' is wrong 1",
-                    };
-
-                }
-
-            } else {
-
-                //special address parsed as hex num
-                if (!byte.TryParse(special, NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out specialAdd)) {
-
-                    return new ParseResult {
-                        state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                        hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the special address: '{special}' is wrong 2",
-                    };
-
-                }
-
-            }
-
-            return new ParseResult {
-                state = ParseResultState.Success,
-                stepData = new BuilderStep {
-                    RegType = (RegisterType)(int)regType,
-                    MemAddress = areaAdd,
-                    SpecialAddress = specialAdd,
-                }
-            };
-
-        }
-
-        // one to two word registers
-        private static ParseResult TryBuildNumericBased (string plcAddrName) {
-
-            var patternByte = new Regex(@"^(?<prefix>DT|DDT)(?<area>[0-9]{1,5})$");
-
-            var match = patternByte.Match(plcAddrName);
-
-            if (!match.Success)
-                return new ParseResult {
-                    state = ParseResultState.FailedSoft
-                };
-
-            string prefix = match.Groups["prefix"].Value;
-            string area = match.Groups["area"].Value;
-
-            RegisterType regType;
-            uint areaAdd = 0;
-
-            //try cast the prefix
-            if (!Enum.TryParse(prefix, out regType)) {
-
-                return new ParseResult {
-                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the prefix is not allowed for numeric registers"
-                };
-
-            }
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(area) && !uint.TryParse(area, out areaAdd)) {
-
-                return new ParseResult {
-                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the area address: '{area}' is wrong"
-                };
-
-            }
-
-            return new ParseResult {
-                state = ParseResultState.Success,
-                stepData = new BuilderStep {
-                    RegType = regType,
-                    MemAddress = areaAdd,
-                },
-            };
-
-        }
-
-        // one to two word registers
-        private static ParseResult TryBuildByteRangeBased (string plcAddrName) {
-
-            var split = plcAddrName.Split('-');
-
-            if(split.Length > 2)
-                return new ParseResult {
-                    state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                    hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', to many delimters '-'"
-                };
-
-            uint[] addresses = new uint[2];
-
-            for (int i = 0; i < split.Length; i++) {
-
-                string addr = split[i];
-                var patternByte = new Regex(@"(?<prefix>DT|DDT)(?<area>[0-9]{1,5})");
-
-                var match = patternByte.Match(addr);
-
-                if (!match.Success)
-                    return new ParseResult {
-                        state = ParseResultState.FailedSoft
-                    };
-
-                string prefix = match.Groups["prefix"].Value;
-                string area = match.Groups["area"].Value;
-
-                RegisterType regType;
-                uint areaAdd = 0;
-
-                //try cast the prefix
-                if (!Enum.TryParse(prefix, out regType) || regType != RegisterType.DT) {
-
-                    return new ParseResult {
-                        state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                        hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the prefix is not allowed for word range registers"
-                    };
-
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(area) && !uint.TryParse(area, out areaAdd)) {
-
-                    return new ParseResult {
-                        state = ParseResultState.FailedHard,
-                        hardFailReason = $"Cannot parse '{plcAddrName}', the area address: '{area}' is wrong"
-                    };
-
-                }
-
-                addresses[i] = areaAdd;
-
-            }
-
-            return new ParseResult {
-                state = ParseResultState.Success,
-                stepData = new BuilderStep {
-                    RegType = RegisterType.DT_BYTE_RANGE,
-                    dotnetVarType = typeof(byte[]),
-                    MemAddress = addresses[0],
-                    MemByteSize = (addresses[1] - addresses[0] + 1) * 2, 
-                }
-            };
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}

MewtocolNet/RegisterBuilding/RegBuilderExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding {
+    public static class RegBuilderExtensions {
+
+        public static IPlc AddTrackedRegisters(this IPlc plc, Action<RBuild> builder) {
+
+            if (plc.IsConnected)
+                throw new Exception("Can't add registers if the PLC is connected");
+
+            var regBuilder = new RBuild();
+            builder.Invoke(regBuilder);
+
+            var assembler = new RegisterAssembler((MewtocolInterface)plc);
+            var registers = assembler.Assemble(regBuilder);
+
+            var interf = (MewtocolInterface)plc;
+
+            interf.AddRegisters(registers.ToArray());
+
+            return plc;
+
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+}

MewtocolNet/RegisterBuilding/RegisterBuildInfo.cs

@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-using MewtocolNet.Exceptions;
-using MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes;
-using MewtocolNet.Registers;
-using System;
-using System.Collections;
-using System.Data.Common;
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-
-namespace MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding {
-
-    internal struct RegisterBuildInfo {
-
-        internal string mewAddress;
-
-        internal string name;
-        internal uint memoryAddress;
-
-        internal uint? memorySizeBytes;    
-        internal ushort? memorySizeBits;
-        internal byte? specialAddress;
-
-        internal RegisterType? registerType;
-
-        internal Type dotnetCastType;
-
-        internal RegisterCollection collectionTarget;
-        internal PropertyInfo boundPropTarget;
-
-        internal BaseRegister BuildForCollectionAttribute () {
-
-            return (BaseRegister)RegBuilder.Factory.FromPlcRegName(mewAddress, name).AsType(dotnetCastType).Build();
-
-        }
-
-        internal BaseRegister Build () {
-
-            //parse enums 
-            if (dotnetCastType.IsEnum) {
-
-                //-------------------------------------------
-                //as numeric register with enum target
-
-                var underlying = Enum.GetUnderlyingType(dotnetCastType);
-                var enuSize = Marshal.SizeOf(underlying);
-
-                if (enuSize > 4)
-                    throw new NotSupportedException("Enums not based on 16 or 32 bit numbers are not supported");
-
-                Type myParameterizedSomeClass = typeof(NumberRegister<>).MakeGenericType(dotnetCastType);
-                ConstructorInfo constr = myParameterizedSomeClass.GetConstructor(new Type[] { typeof(uint), typeof(string) });
-
-                var parameters = new object[] { memoryAddress, name };
-                var instance = (BaseRegister)constr.Invoke(parameters);
-
-                if (collectionTarget != null)
-                    instance.WithRegisterCollection(collectionTarget);
-
-                return instance;
-
-            }
-
-            //parse all others where the type is known
-            RegisterType regType = registerType ?? dotnetCastType.ToRegisterTypeDefault();
-            Type registerClassType = dotnetCastType.GetDefaultRegisterHoldingType();
-
-            bool isBoolRegister = regType.IsBoolean();
-
-            bool isBytesArrRegister = !registerClassType.IsGenericType && registerClassType == typeof(BytesRegister) && dotnetCastType == typeof(byte[]);
-
-            bool isBytesBitsRegister = !registerClassType.IsGenericType && registerClassType == typeof(BytesRegister) && dotnetCastType == typeof(BitArray);
-
-            bool isStringRegister = !registerClassType.IsGenericType && registerClassType == typeof(StringRegister);
-
-            bool isNormalNumericResiter = regType.IsNumericDTDDT() && !isBytesArrRegister && !isBytesBitsRegister && !isStringRegister;
-
-            if (isNormalNumericResiter) {
-
-                //-------------------------------------------
-                //as numeric register
-
-                //create a new bregister instance
-                var flags = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance;
-
-                //int _adress, Type _enumType = null, string _name = null
-                var parameters = new object[] { memoryAddress, name };
-                var instance = (BaseRegister)Activator.CreateInstance(registerClassType, flags, null, parameters, null);
-
-                if(collectionTarget != null)
-                    instance.WithRegisterCollection(collectionTarget);
-
-                return instance;
-
-            }
-
-            if(isBytesArrRegister) {
-
-                //-------------------------------------------
-                //as byte range register
-
-                BytesRegister instance = new BytesRegister(memoryAddress, memorySizeBytes.Value, name);
-                instance.ReservedBytesSize = (ushort)memorySizeBytes.Value; 
-
-                if (collectionTarget != null)
-                    instance.WithRegisterCollection(collectionTarget);
-
-                return instance;
-
-            }
-
-            if(isBytesBitsRegister) {
-
-                //-------------------------------------------
-                //as bit range register
-
-                BytesRegister instance;
-
-                if (memorySizeBits != null) {
-                    instance = new BytesRegister(memoryAddress, memorySizeBits.Value, name);
-                } else {
-                    instance = new BytesRegister(memoryAddress, 16, name);
-                }
-
-                if (collectionTarget != null)
-                    instance.WithRegisterCollection(collectionTarget);
-
-                return instance;
-
-            }
-
-            if (isStringRegister) {
-
-                //-------------------------------------------
-                //as byte range register
-                var instance = (BaseRegister)new StringRegister(memoryAddress, name);   
-
-                if (collectionTarget != null)
-                    instance.WithRegisterCollection(collectionTarget);
-
-                return instance;
-
-            }
-
-            if (isBoolRegister) {
-
-                //-------------------------------------------
-                //as boolean register
-
-                var io = (IOType)(int)regType;
-                var spAddr = specialAddress;
-                var areaAddr = memoryAddress;
-
-                var instance = new BoolRegister(io, spAddr.Value, areaAddr, name);
-
-                if (collectionTarget != null)
-                    instance.WithRegisterCollection(collectionTarget);
-
-                return instance;
-
-            }
-
-            throw new Exception("Failed to build register");
-
-        }
-
-    }
-
-}

MewtocolNet/Registers/BaseRegister.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
         internal object lastValue = null;
         internal string name;
         internal uint memoryAddress;
+        internal int pollLevel = 0;
+
+        internal uint successfulReads = 0;
+        internal uint successfulWrites = 0;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public RegisterCollection ContainedCollection => containedCollection;   
@@ -82,6 +86,10 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
         public virtual Task<bool> WriteAsync(object data) => throw new NotImplementedException();
 
+        internal virtual Task<bool> WriteToAnonymousAsync (object value) => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        internal virtual Task<object> ReadFromAnonymousAsync () => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Default accessors
@@ -129,6 +137,16 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
         }
 
+        protected virtual void AddSuccessRead () {
+            if (successfulReads == uint.MaxValue) successfulReads = 0;
+            else successfulReads++;
+        }
+
+        protected virtual void AddSuccessWrite () {
+            if (successfulWrites == uint.MaxValue) successfulWrites = 0;
+            else successfulWrites++;
+        }
+
         public override string ToString() {
 
             var sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -148,9 +166,10 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
             sb.AppendLine($"MewName: {GetMewName()}");
             sb.AppendLine($"Name: {Name ?? "Not named"}");
             sb.AppendLine($"Value: {GetValueString()}");
+            sb.AppendLine($"Perf. Reads: {successfulReads}, Writes: {successfulWrites}");
             sb.AppendLine($"Register Type: {RegisterType}");
             sb.AppendLine($"Address: {GetRegisterWordRangeString()}");
-            if(GetSpecialAddress() != null) sb.AppendLine($"SPAddress: {GetSpecialAddress()}");
+            if(GetSpecialAddress() != null) sb.AppendLine($"SPAddress: {GetSpecialAddress():X1}");
             if (GetType().IsGenericType) sb.AppendLine($"Type: NumberRegister<{GetType().GenericTypeArguments[0]}>");
             else sb.AppendLine($"Type: {GetType()}");
             if(containedCollection != null) sb.AppendLine($"In collection: {containedCollection.GetType()}");

MewtocolNet/Registers/BoolRegister.cs

@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override void ClearValue() => SetValueFromPLC(false);
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override string GetMewName() {
 

MewtocolNet/Registers/BytesRegister.cs

@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override string GetRegisterString() => "DT";
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override void ClearValue() => SetValueFromPLC(null);
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override uint GetRegisterAddressLen() => AddressLength;
 
@@ -139,6 +136,8 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
         internal override object SetValueFromBytes(byte[] bytes) {
 
+            AddSuccessRead();
+
             object parsed;
             if (ReservedBitSize != null) {
                 parsed = PlcValueParser.Parse<BitArray>(this, bytes);
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
             var res = await underlyingMemory.WriteRegisterAsync(this, encoded);
             if (res) {
+                AddSuccessWrite();
                 SetValueFromPLC(data);
             }
 

MewtocolNet/Registers/NumberRegister.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using static MewtocolNet.RegisterBuilding.RBuild;
 
 namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
             if (lastValue?.ToString() != val?.ToString()) {
 
-                lastValue = (T)val;
+                if (val != null) lastValue = (T)val;
+                else lastValue = null;
 
                 TriggerNotifyChange();
                 attachedInterface.InvokeRegisterChanged(this);
@@ -122,9 +124,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
         }
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override void ClearValue() => SetValueFromPLC(default(T));
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override uint GetRegisterAddressLen() => (uint)(RegisterType == RegisterType.DT ? 1 : 2);
 
@@ -144,6 +143,8 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
         internal override object SetValueFromBytes(byte[] bytes) {
 
+            AddSuccessRead();
+
             var parsed = PlcValueParser.Parse<T>(this, bytes);
             SetValueFromPLC(parsed);
             return parsed;
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
             var res = await underlyingMemory.WriteRegisterAsync(this, encoded);
 
             if (res) {
+                AddSuccessWrite();
                 SetValueFromPLC(data);
             }
 
@@ -166,29 +168,25 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
 
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
+        internal override async Task<bool> WriteToAnonymousAsync (object value) {
-        /// Gets the register bitwise if its a 16 or 32 bit int
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>A bitarray</returns>
-        public BitArray GetBitwise() {
 
-            if (this is NumberRegister<short> shortReg) {
+            if (!attachedInterface.IsConnected)
+                throw MewtocolException.NotConnectedSend();
 
-                var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes((short)Value);
+            var encoded = PlcValueParser.Encode(this, (T)value);
-                BitArray bitAr = new BitArray(bytes);
+            return await attachedInterface.WriteByteRange((int)MemoryAddress, encoded);
-                return bitAr;
 
-            }
+        }
 
-            if (this is NumberRegister<int> intReg) {
+        internal override async Task<object> ReadFromAnonymousAsync () {
 
-                var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes((int)Value);
+            if (!attachedInterface.IsConnected)
-                BitArray bitAr = new BitArray(bytes);
+                throw MewtocolException.NotConnectedSend();
-                return bitAr;
 
-            }
+            var res = await attachedInterface.ReadByteRangeNonBlocking((int)MemoryAddress, (int)GetRegisterAddressLen() * 2);
+            if (res == null) return null;
 
-            return null;
+            return PlcValueParser.Parse<T>(this, res);
 
         }
 

MewtocolNet/Registers/StringRegister.cs

@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.Registers {
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override string GetRegisterString() => "DT";
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override void ClearValue() => SetValueFromPLC("");
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override uint GetRegisterAddressLen() => Math.Max(1, WordsSize);
 

MewtocolNet/SetupClasses/PollLevelConfig.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace MewtocolNet.SetupClasses {
+
+    internal class PollLevelConfig {
+
+        internal TimeSpan? delay;
+
+        internal int? skipNth;
+
+        internal Stopwatch timeFromLastRead;
+
+    }
+
+}

MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/DTArea.cs

@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
         }
 
+        public void UpdateAreaRegisterValues() {
+
+            foreach (var register in this.linkedRegisters) {
+
+                var regStart = register.MemoryAddress;
+                var addLen = (int)register.GetRegisterAddressLen();
+
+                var bytes = this.GetUnderlyingBytes(regStart, addLen);
+                register.SetValueFromBytes(bytes);
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
         public async Task<bool> ReadRegisterAsync (BaseRegister reg) {
 
             return await RequestByteReadAsync(reg.MemoryAddress, reg.MemoryAddress + reg.GetRegisterAddressLen() - 1);
@@ -125,6 +139,8 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
             int copyOffset = (int)((addStart - addressStart) * 2);
             bytes.CopyTo(underlyingBytes, copyOffset);
 
+            UpdateAreaRegisterValues();
+
         }
 
         private string GetMewtocolIdent () {

MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/IMemoryArea.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
         Task<bool> WriteRegisterAsync(BaseRegister reg, byte[] bytes);
 
+        void UpdateAreaRegisterValues();
+
     }
 
 }

MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/MemoryAreaManager.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using MewtocolNet.Registers;
+using MewtocolNet.SetupClasses;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -11,22 +13,16 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
         internal int maxOptimizationDistance = 8;
         internal int maxRegistersPerGroup = -1;
+        internal bool allowByteRegDupes;
+
+        private int wrAreaSize;
+        private int dtAreaSize;
 
         internal MewtocolInterface mewInterface;
+        internal List<PollLevel> pollLevels;
+        internal Dictionary<int, PollLevelConfig> pollLevelConfigs = new Dictionary<int, PollLevelConfig>();
 
-        // WR areas are n of words, each word has 2 bytes representing the "special address component"
+        private uint pollIteration = 0;
-
-        //X WR
-        internal List<WRArea> externalRelayInAreas;
-
-        //Y WR
-        internal List<WRArea> externalRelayOutAreas;
-
-        //R WR
-        internal List<WRArea> internalRelayAreas;
-
-        //DT
-        internal List<DTArea> dataAreas;
 
         internal MemoryAreaManager (MewtocolInterface mewIf, int wrSize = 512, int dtSize = 32_765) {
 
@@ -38,22 +34,25 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
         // Later on pass memory area sizes here
         internal void Setup (int wrSize, int dtSize) {
 
-            externalRelayInAreas = new List<WRArea>(wrSize * 16);
+            wrAreaSize = wrSize;
-            externalRelayOutAreas = new List<WRArea>(wrSize * 16);
+            dtAreaSize = dtSize;
-            internalRelayAreas = new List<WRArea>(wrSize * 16);
+            pollLevels = new List<PollLevel> {
-            dataAreas = new List<DTArea>(dtSize);
+                new PollLevel(wrSize, dtSize) {
+                    level = 1,
+                }
+            };
 
         }
 
         internal bool LinkRegister (BaseRegister reg) {
 
+            TestPollLevelExistence(reg);
+
             switch (reg.RegisterType) {
                 case RegisterType.X:
-                return AddWRArea(reg, externalRelayInAreas);
                 case RegisterType.Y:
-                return AddWRArea(reg, externalRelayOutAreas);
                 case RegisterType.R:
-                return AddWRArea(reg, internalRelayAreas);
+                return AddWRArea(reg);
                 case RegisterType.DT:
                 case RegisterType.DDT:
                 case RegisterType.DT_BYTE_RANGE:
@@ -64,7 +63,48 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
         }
 
-        private bool AddWRArea (BaseRegister insertReg, List<WRArea> collection) {
+        private void TestPollLevelExistence (BaseRegister reg) {
+
+            if(!pollLevelConfigs.ContainsKey(1)) {
+                pollLevelConfigs.Add(1, new PollLevelConfig {
+                    skipNth = 1,
+                });
+            }
+
+            if(!pollLevels.Any(x => x.level == reg.pollLevel)) {
+
+                pollLevels.Add(new PollLevel(wrAreaSize, dtAreaSize) {
+                    level = reg.pollLevel,
+                });
+            
+                //add config if it was not made at setup
+                if(!pollLevelConfigs.ContainsKey(reg.pollLevel)) {
+                    pollLevelConfigs.Add(reg.pollLevel, new PollLevelConfig {
+                        skipNth = reg.pollLevel,
+                    });
+                }
+
+            }
+            
+        }
+
+        private bool AddWRArea (BaseRegister insertReg) {
+
+            var pollLevelFound = pollLevels.FirstOrDefault(x => x.level == insertReg.pollLevel);
+
+            List<WRArea> collection = null;
+
+            switch (insertReg.RegisterType) {
+                case RegisterType.X:
+                collection = pollLevelFound.externalRelayInAreas;
+                break;
+                case RegisterType.Y:
+                collection = pollLevelFound.externalRelayOutAreas;
+                break;
+                case RegisterType.R:
+                collection = pollLevelFound.internalRelayAreas;
+                break;
+            }
 
             WRArea area = collection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.AddressStart == insertReg.MemoryAddress);
 
@@ -114,6 +154,9 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
             DTArea targetArea = null;
 
+            var pollLevelFound = pollLevels.FirstOrDefault(x => x.level == insertReg.pollLevel);
+            var dataAreas = pollLevelFound.dataAreas;
+
             foreach (var dtArea in dataAreas) {
 
                 bool matchingAddress = regInsAddStart >= dtArea.AddressStart &&
@@ -123,9 +166,10 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
                 if (matchingAddress) {
 
                     //check if the area has registers linked that are overlapping (not matching)
-                    var foundDupe = dtArea.linkedRegisters.FirstOrDefault(x => x.CompareIsDuplicateNonCast(insertReg));
+                    var foundDupe = dtArea.linkedRegisters
+                    .FirstOrDefault(x => x.CompareIsDuplicateNonCast(insertReg, allowByteRegDupes));
 
-                    if(foundDupe != null) {
+                    if (foundDupe != null) {
                         throw new NotSupportedException(
                         message: $"Can't have registers of different types at the same referenced plc address: " +
                                  $"{insertReg.PLCAddressName} ({insertReg.GetType()}) <=> " +
@@ -211,34 +255,60 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
         internal async Task PollAllAreasAsync () {
 
-            foreach (var dtArea in dataAreas) {
+            foreach (var pollLevel in pollLevels) {
 
-                //set the whole memory area at once
+                var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-                var res = await dtArea.RequestByteReadAsync(dtArea.AddressStart, dtArea.AddressEnd);
 
-                foreach (var register in dtArea.linkedRegisters) {
+                //determine to skip poll levels, first iteration is always polled
+                if(pollIteration > 0 && pollLevel.level > 1) {
 
-                    var regStart = register.MemoryAddress;
+                    var lvlConfig = pollLevelConfigs[pollLevel.level];
-                    var addLen = (int)register.GetRegisterAddressLen();
+                    var skipIterations = lvlConfig.skipNth;
+                    var skipDelay = lvlConfig.delay;
 
-                    var bytes = dtArea.GetUnderlyingBytes(regStart, addLen);
+                    if (skipIterations != null && pollIteration % skipIterations.Value != 0) {
-                    register.SetValueFromBytes(bytes);
+
+                        //count delayed poll skips
+                        continue;
+
+                    } else if(skipDelay != null) {
+
+                        //time delayed poll skips
+
+                        if(lvlConfig.timeFromLastRead.Elapsed < skipDelay.Value) {
+
+                            continue;
+
+                        }
+
+                    }
 
                 }
 
+                //set stopwatch for levels
+                if(pollLevelConfigs.ContainsKey(pollLevel.level)) {
+
+                    pollLevelConfigs[pollLevel.level].timeFromLastRead = Stopwatch.StartNew();   
+                
+                }
+
+                //update registers in poll level
+                foreach (var dtArea in pollLevel.dataAreas) {
+
+                    //set the whole memory area at once
+                    await dtArea.RequestByteReadAsync(dtArea.AddressStart, dtArea.AddressEnd);
+
+                }
+
+                pollLevel.lastReadTimeMs = (int)sw.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds;
+
             }
 
-        }
+            if(pollIteration == uint.MaxValue) {
-
+                pollIteration = uint.MinValue;
-        internal void Merge () {
+            } else {
-
+                pollIteration++;
-            //merge gaps that the algorithm didn't catch be rerunning the register attachment
+            }
-
-            var allDataAreaRegisters = dataAreas.SelectMany(x => x.linkedRegisters).ToList();
-            dataAreas = new List<DTArea>(allDataAreaRegisters.Capacity);
-
-            foreach (var reg in allDataAreaRegisters)
-                AddDTArea(reg);
 
         }
 
@@ -246,63 +316,77 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
             var sb = new StringBuilder();
 
-            sb.AppendLine("---- DT Area ----");
+            foreach (var pollLevel in pollLevels) {
 
-            sb.AppendLine($"Optimization distance: {maxOptimizationDistance}");
+                sb.AppendLine($"==== Poll lvl {pollLevel.level} ====");
-
-            foreach (var area in dataAreas) {
 
                 sb.AppendLine();
-                sb.AppendLine($"=> {area} = {area.underlyingBytes.Length} bytes");
+                if (pollLevelConfigs[pollLevel.level].delay != null) {
-                sb.AppendLine();
+                    sb.AppendLine($"Poll each {pollLevelConfigs[pollLevel.level].delay?.TotalMilliseconds}ms");
-                sb.AppendLine(string.Join("\n", area.underlyingBytes.ToHexString(" ").SplitInParts(3 * 8)));
+                } else {
+                    sb.AppendLine($"Poll every {pollLevelConfigs[pollLevel.level].skipNth} iterations");
+                }
+                sb.AppendLine($"Level read time: {pollLevel.lastReadTimeMs}ms");
+                sb.AppendLine($"Optimization distance: {maxOptimizationDistance}");
                 sb.AppendLine();
 
-                foreach (var reg in area.linkedRegisters) {
+                sb.AppendLine($"---- DT Area ----");
 
-                    sb.AppendLine($"{reg.ToString(true)}");
+                foreach (var area in pollLevel.dataAreas) {
+
+                    sb.AppendLine();
+                    sb.AppendLine($"=> {area} = {area.underlyingBytes.Length} bytes");
+                    sb.AppendLine();
+                    sb.AppendLine(string.Join("\n", area.underlyingBytes.ToHexString(" ").SplitInParts(3 * 8)));
+                    sb.AppendLine();
+
+                    foreach (var reg in area.linkedRegisters) {
+
+                        sb.AppendLine($"{reg.ToString(true)}");
+
+                    }
 
                 }
 
-            }
+                sb.AppendLine($"---- WR X Area ----");
 
-            sb.AppendLine("---- WR X Area ----");
+                foreach (var area in pollLevel.externalRelayInAreas) {
 
-            foreach (var area in externalRelayInAreas) {
+                    sb.AppendLine(area.ToString());
 
-                sb.AppendLine(area.ToString());
+                    foreach (var reg in area.linkedRegisters) {
 
-                foreach (var reg in area.linkedRegisters) {
+                        sb.AppendLine($"{reg.ToString(true)}");
 
-                    sb.AppendLine($"{reg.ToString(true)}");
+                    }
 
                 }
 
-            }
+                sb.AppendLine($"---- WR Y Area ---");
 
-            sb.AppendLine("---- WR Y Area ----");
+                foreach (var area in pollLevel.externalRelayOutAreas) {
 
-            foreach (var area in externalRelayOutAreas) {
+                    sb.AppendLine(area.ToString());
 
-                sb.AppendLine(area.ToString());
+                    foreach (var reg in area.linkedRegisters) {
 
-                foreach (var reg in area.linkedRegisters) {
+                        sb.AppendLine($"{reg.ToString(true)}");
 
-                    sb.AppendLine($"{reg.ToString(true)}");
+                    }
 
                 }
 
-            }
+                sb.AppendLine($"---- WR R Area ----");
 
-            sb.AppendLine("---- WR R Area ----");
+                foreach (var area in pollLevel.internalRelayAreas) {
 
-            foreach (var area in internalRelayAreas) {
+                    sb.AppendLine(area.ToString());
 
-                sb.AppendLine(area.ToString());
+                    foreach (var reg in area.linkedRegisters) {
 
-                foreach (var reg in area.linkedRegisters) {
+                        sb.AppendLine($"{reg.ToString(true)}");
 
-                    sb.AppendLine($"{reg.ToString(true)}");
+                    }
 
                 }
 
@@ -312,6 +396,22 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
         } 
 
+        internal IEnumerable<BaseRegister> GetAllRegisters () {
+
+            List<BaseRegister> registers = new List<BaseRegister>();    
+
+            foreach (var lvl in pollLevels) {
+
+                registers.AddRange(lvl.dataAreas.SelectMany(x => x.linkedRegisters));
+                registers.AddRange(lvl.internalRelayAreas.SelectMany(x => x.linkedRegisters));
+                registers.AddRange(lvl.externalRelayInAreas.SelectMany(x => x.linkedRegisters));
+                registers.AddRange(lvl.externalRelayOutAreas.SelectMany(x => x.linkedRegisters));
+
+            }
+
+            return registers;
+
+        }
 
     } 
 

MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/PollLevel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
+
+    internal class PollLevel {
+
+        internal int lastReadTimeMs = 0; 
+
+        internal PollLevel (int wrSize, int dtSize) {
+
+            externalRelayInAreas = new List<WRArea>(wrSize * 16);
+            externalRelayOutAreas = new List<WRArea>(wrSize * 16);
+            internalRelayAreas = new List<WRArea>(wrSize * 16);
+            dataAreas = new List<DTArea>(dtSize);
+
+        }
+
+        internal int level;
+
+        // WR areas are n of words, each word has 2 bytes representing the "special address component"
+
+        //X WR
+        internal List<WRArea> externalRelayInAreas;
+
+        //Y WR
+        internal List<WRArea> externalRelayOutAreas;
+
+        //R WR
+        internal List<WRArea> internalRelayAreas;
+
+        //DT
+        internal List<DTArea> dataAreas;
+
+    }
+
+}

MewtocolNet/UnderlyingRegisters/WRArea.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ namespace MewtocolNet.UnderlyingRegisters {
 
             mewInterface = mewIf;
 
+        }
+
+        public void UpdateAreaRegisterValues () {
+
+
+
         }
 
         public byte[] GetUnderlyingBytes(BaseRegister reg) {