Final SimData and simDevice with documentation and examples.

doc/source/simulator/datamodel.rst

@@ -39,3 +39,20 @@ Class definitions
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
     :member-order: bysource
+
+
+Action data class examples
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+.. autoclass:: pymodbus.simulator.SimDataMinMax
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+    :member-order: bysource
+
+.. autoclass:: pymodbus.simulator.SimDataIncrement
+    :members:
+    :undoc-members:
+    :show-inheritance:
+    :member-order: bysource

examples/server_datamodel.py

@@ -30,25 +30,21 @@ def define_datamodel():
     """
     # SimData can be instantiated with positional or optional parameters:
     assert SimData(
-            5, 17, 10, DataType.REGISTERS
+            5, 10, 17, DataType.REGISTERS
         ) == SimData(
             address=5, value=17, count=10, datatype=DataType.REGISTERS
         )
 
     # Define a group of coils/direct inputs non-shared (address=15..31 each 1 bit)
-    block1 = SimData(address=15, value=True, count=16, datatype=DataType.BITS)
+    block1 = SimData(address=15, count=16, value=True, datatype=DataType.BITS)
     # Define a group of coils/direct inputs shared (address=15..31 each 16 bit)
-    block2 = SimData(address=15, value=0xFFFF, count=16, datatype=DataType.BITS)
+    block2 = SimData(address=15, count=16, value=0xFFFF, datatype=DataType.BITS)
 
     # Define a group of holding/input registers (remark NO difference between shared and non-shared)
-    block3 = SimData(10, 123.4, datatype=DataType.FLOAT32)
-    block4 = SimData(17, value=123, count=5, datatype=DataType.INT64)
-    block5 = SimData(27, "Hello ", datatype=DataType.STRING)
-
-    # Please use DataType.DEFAULT to define register limits.
-    # this datatype only uses 1 object, whereas DataType.REGISTERS uses <count> objects,
-    # mean DataType.DEFAULT is factors more efficient and much less memory consuming
-    # JAN TO CORRECT.
+    block3 = SimData(10, 1, 123.4, datatype=DataType.FLOAT32)
+    block4 = SimData(17, count=5, value=123, datatype=DataType.INT64)
+    block5 = SimData(27, 1, "Hello ", datatype=DataType.STRING)
+
     block_def = SimData(0, count=1000, datatype=DataType.REGISTERS)
 
     # SimDevice can be instantiated with positional or optional parameters:

pymodbus/constants.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 values for the servers and clients.
 """
 import enum
+from typing import Union
 
 
 INTERNAL_ERROR = "Pymodbus internal error"
@@ -120,43 +121,56 @@ class MoreData(enum.IntEnum):
 
 
 class DataType(enum.IntEnum):
-    """Register types, used to define of a group of registers.
+   """Register types, used to define of a group of registers.
 
-    This is the types pymodbus recognizes, actually the modbus standard do NOT define e.g. INT32,
-    but since nearly every device contain e.g. values of type INT32, it is available in pymodbus,
-    with automatic conversions to/from registers.
-    """
+   This is the types pymodbus recognizes, actually the modbus standard do NOT define e.g. INT32,
+   but since nearly every device contain e.g. values of type INT32, it is available in pymodbus,
+   with automatic conversions to/from registers.
+   """
 
-    #: 1 integer == 1 register
-    INT16 = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 integer == 1 register
+   INT16 = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 1 positive integer == 1 register
-    UINT16 = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 positive integer == 1 register
+   UINT16 = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 1 integer == 2 registers
-    INT32 = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 integer == 2 registers
+   INT32 = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 1 positive integer == 2 registers
-    UINT32 = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 positive integer == 2 registers
+   UINT32 = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 1 integer == 4 registers
-    INT64 = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 integer == 4 registers
+   INT64 = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 1 positive integer == 4 register
-    UINT64 = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 positive integer == 4 register
+   UINT64 = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 1 float == 2 registers
-    FLOAT32 = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 float == 2 registers
+   FLOAT32 = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 1 float == 4 registers
-    FLOAT64 = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 float == 4 registers
+   FLOAT64 = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 1 string == (len(string) / 2) registers
-    STRING = enum.auto()
+   #: 1 string == (len(string) / 2) registers
+   STRING = enum.auto()
 
-    #: 16 bits == 1 register
-    BITS = enum.auto()
+   #: 16 bits == 1 register
+   BITS = enum.auto()
 
-    #: Registers == 16bit
-    REGISTERS = enum.auto()
+   #: Registers == 2 bytes (identical to UINT16)
+   REGISTERS = enum.auto()
 
+DATATYPE_STRUCT: dict[DataType, tuple[Union[type, tuple[type, ...]], int]] = {  # pylint: disable=consider-using-namedtuple-or-dataclass
+   DataType.INT16: (int, 1),
+   DataType.UINT16: (int, 1),
+   DataType.INT32: (int, 2),
+   DataType.UINT32: (int, 2),
+   DataType.INT64: (int, 4),
+   DataType.UINT64: (int, 4),
+   DataType.FLOAT32: (float, 2),
+   DataType.FLOAT64: (float, 4),
+   DataType.STRING: (str, -1),
+   DataType.BITS: ((list, int, bool), -2),
+   DataType.REGISTERS: (int, 1),
+}

pymodbus/simulator/__init__.py

@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 """Simulator."""
 
 __all__ = [
-    "SimAction",
     "SimCore",
     "SimData",
     "SimDevice",
     "SimValueType",
 ]
 
-from pymodbus.simulator.simcore import SimCore
-from pymodbus.simulator.simdata import (
-    SimAction,
+from .simcore import SimCore
+from .simdata import (
     SimData,
-    SimDevice,
     SimValueType,
 )
+from .simdevice import SimDevice

pymodbus/simulator/simcore.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """Simulator data model implementation."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from .simdata import SimData, SimDevice
+from .simdata import SimData
+from .simdevice import SimDevice
 
 
 class SimCore: