Added support for TIME types

- fixed writing string registers
- refactoring and more comments
- fixed dc exception handling
- fixed some null reference bugs

Examples/Examples.csproj

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>

Examples/Program.cs

@@ -1,56 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text.Json;
 using MewtocolNet;
-using MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes;
-using System.Collections;
 using MewtocolNet.Logging;
 
 namespace Examples {
 
-
-    public class TestRegisters : RegisterCollectionBase {
-
-        //corresponds to a R100 boolean register in the PLC
-        [Register(100, RegisterType.R)]
-        public bool TestBool1 { get; private set; }
-
-        //corresponds to a R100 boolean register in the PLC
-        [Register(RegisterType.X, SpecialAddress.D)]
-        public bool TestBoolInputXD { get; private set; } 
-
-        //corresponds to a DT1101 - DT1104 string register in the PLC with (STRING[4])
-        [Register(1101, 4)]
-        public string TestString1 { get; private set; }
-
-        //corresponds to a DT7000 16 bit int register in the PLC
-        [Register(7000)]
-        public short TestInt16 { get; private set; }
-
-        //corresponds to a DTD7001 - DTD7002 32 bit int register in the PLC
-        [Register(7001)]
-        public int TestInt32 { get; private set; }
-
-        //corresponds to a DTD7001 - DTD7002 32 bit float register in the PLC (REAL)
-        [Register(7003)]
-        public float TestFloat32 { get; private set; }
-
-        //corresponds to a DT7005 - DT7009 string register in the PLC with (STRING[5])
-        [Register(7005, 5)]
-        public string TestString2 { get; private set; }
-
-        //corresponds to a DT7010 as a 16bit word/int and parses the word as single bits
-        [Register(7010)]
-        public BitArray TestBitRegister { get; private set; }
-
-        //corresponds to a DT1204 as a 16bit word/int takes the bit at index 9 and writes it back as a boolean
-        [Register(1204, 9, BitCount.B16)]
-        public bool BitValue { get; private set; }
-
-
-    }
-
     class Program {
 
         static void Main(string[] args) { 
@@ -58,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Examples {
             Task.Factory.StartNew(async () => {
 
                 //attaching the logger
-                Logger.LogLevel = LogLevel.Critical;
+                Logger.LogLevel = LogLevel.Verbose;
                 Logger.OnNewLogMessage((date, msg) => {
                     Console.WriteLine($"{date.ToString("HH:mm:ss")} {msg}");
                 });
@@ -88,8 +42,10 @@ namespace Examples {
                             interf.SetRegister(nameof(registers.TestInt32), (registers.TestInt32 + 1));
                             //adds 11.11 each time the plc connects to the PLCs REAL regíster
                             interf.SetRegister(nameof(registers.TestFloat32), (float)(registers.TestFloat32 + 11.11));
-
-                            interf.SetRegister(nameof(registers.TestString2), new Random().Next(0, 99999).ToString());
+                            //writes 'Hello' to the PLCs string register
+                            interf.SetRegister(nameof(registers.TestString2), "Hello");
+                            //set the current second to the PLCs TIME register
+                            interf.SetRegister(nameof(registers.TestTime), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(DateTime.Now.Second));
 
                         });
 

Examples/TestRegisters.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using MewtocolNet;
+using MewtocolNet.RegisterAttributes;
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+
+namespace Examples {
+    public class TestRegisters : RegisterCollectionBase {
+
+        //corresponds to a R100 boolean register in the PLC
+        [Register(100, RegisterType.R)]
+        public bool TestBool1 { get; private set; }
+
+        //corresponds to a R100 boolean register in the PLC
+        [Register(RegisterType.X, SpecialAddress.D)]
+        public bool TestBoolInputXD { get; private set; } 
+
+        //corresponds to a DT1101 - DT1104 string register in the PLC with (STRING[4])
+        [Register(1101, 4)]
+        public string TestString1 { get; private set; }
+
+        //corresponds to a DT7000 16 bit int register in the PLC
+        [Register(7000)]
+        public short TestInt16 { get; private set; }
+
+        //corresponds to a DTD7001 - DTD7002 32 bit int register in the PLC
+        [Register(7001)]
+        public int TestInt32 { get; private set; }
+
+        //corresponds to a DTD7001 - DTD7002 32 bit float register in the PLC (REAL)
+        [Register(7003)]
+        public float TestFloat32 { get; private set; }
+
+        //corresponds to a DT7005 - DT7009 string register in the PLC with (STRING[5])
+        [Register(7005, 5)]
+        public string TestString2 { get; private set; }
+
+        //corresponds to a DT7010 as a 16bit word/int and parses the word as single bits
+        [Register(7010)]
+        public BitArray TestBitRegister { get; private set; }
+
+        //corresponds to a DT1204 as a 16bit word/int takes the bit at index 9 and writes it back as a boolean
+        [Register(1204, 9, BitCount.B16)]
+        public bool BitValue { get; private set; }
+
+        //corresponds to a DT7012 - DT7013 as a 32bit time value that gets parsed as a timespan (TIME)
+        //the smallest value to communicate to the PLC is 10ms
+        [Register(7012)]
+        public TimeSpan TestTime { get; private set; }  
+
+
+    }
+}