Translator example doesn't appear to connect translators

[trevorhardy]

Describe the bug
The translator example that is being developed (available here) uses the JSON config to change the message passing topology such that a translator is used to change the message the Charger sends into a value that the Controller receives. (The Controller is changed to received a value but send a message back to the Charger.)

The co-simulation runs but the values received by the Controller from the Translator is a large negative value for all time steps even though we can see the message sent by the Charger changes over the course of the co-simulation.

Charger log excerpts:

EV 1 time 900.0
        ...
        Sent message from endpoint Charger/EV1.soc to destination EV_1_translator at time 900.0 with payload SOC 0.065843
...
EV 1 time 1800.0
         ...
         Sent message from endpoint Charger/EV1.soc to destination EV_1_translator at time 1800.0 with payload SOC 0.075450

Controller log excerpts:

Granted time: 900.0
	Received SOC -9999999999999999464902769475481793196872414789632.00 from input Controller/EV1.soc
	Message target endpoint: Charger/EV1.soc
...
Granted time: 1800.0
	Received SOC -9999999999999999464902769475481793196872414789632.00 from input Controller/EV1.soc
	Message target endpoint: Charger/EV1.soc

What is the expected behavior?
Translators would send received data on.

To Reproduce
Run the example.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• Operating System: Mac
• Language Extension: Python
• what compiler or setup process did you use: Compiled translator-config branch
• HELICS version: 3.4.0-translator_config-g40acde6e6 (2023-08-18)

[trevorhardy]

Likely related to #2562.

[trevorhardy]

Confirmed this bug still exists with HELICS v3.5.0