wrps-demo-kit/05-tests/fake_plc.py
Clio Liu bed824a9a5 test: Modbus verification harness
The old 06-tests, with paths retargeted and both tools proven to run.

Verified end to end during the move - fake_plc.py served on a spare port
and verify_modbus.py read it:

    read     : 69/69 points OK
    writable : 15/15 RW points OK
    PASS     : the runtime matches the register map

fake_plc.py --expect was BROKEN by the PS_* removal in the previous
commit: it fell back to the scada_tag column, which no longer exists, and
died with KeyError. It now uses ci_item, so the names it prints are the
CI Server items an operator actually sees. Regenerated
expected_readings.txt; fake_values.json came back byte-identical, which
confirms the seed really is deterministic as the docstring claims.

README corrections:
  - default host was dev-ubuntu; now 10.0.0.17, with the container
    fallback for when that address is not routable
  - said 11 RW points; there are 15 (11 control + 4 simulation)
  - the 'reading the output' section described the FIELD build - tripped
    pumps, alarm word 16500, seeded %MW defaults - as though it were what
    you would see. The deployed PLC runs the SIMULATION build. Both are
    now shown side by side, with the simulation column marked as the one
    that is live.
  - says plainly that none of the 20 acceptance tests are implemented
    here: this harness verifies the contract, not the behaviour
  - adds a caution against running fake_plc.py on port 502 of the live
    host, where the real PLC is serving and CI Server is polling
2026-09-02 17:27:30 +10:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""A fake PLC: serves known values on Modbus TCP so the SCADA side can be
tested on its own.
python3 fake_plc.py --serve # a spare port - NOT 502 on the live host
python fake_plc.py --expect # anywhere: what CI Server should show
WHY THIS EXISTS
---------------
Everything downstream of the register map - CI Server's Modbus config, the
conversions, the item bindings, the display masks - has only ever been
tested against the simulation, whose values are plausible. Plausible is
exactly what you cannot check: a level of 70% reads fine whether it came
from the right register or the one next to it.
So: stop the PLC, serve *distinctive* values instead, and read the HMI.
Every register gets a different value, none of them round, none of them
equal to a neighbour, and the pattern is deterministic - the same seed
gives the same numbers, so the expected table can be printed anywhere,
including on a machine that cannot reach the server.
Stdlib only, on purpose. The Ubuntu box has no pymodbus and a broken
ensurepip, and installing packages on someone's VM to run a test is a
worse trade than writing the 6 bytes of MBAP header out by hand.
WHAT IT SPEAKS
--------------
FC01 read coils, FC02 read discrete inputs, FC03 read holding registers,
FC04 read input registers, FC06 write single register, FC16 write multiple
registers. Writes are accepted and stored, so a setpoint written from the
HMI can be read back - that tests the write path in the same session.
Anything else gets exception 01 (illegal function).
"""
import argparse
import socket
import socketserver
import struct
import sys
from pathlib import Path
SEED = 20260814 # the date; change it for a fresh pattern
UNIT = 1
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- values
VALUES = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "fake_values.json"
POINTS = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "04-scada" / "modbus_points" / "ci-server-points.csv"
# A deliberately lopsided bit pattern. Not alternating: 1,0,1,0... is the
# one pattern that still looks like itself when the mapping slips, and an
# LCG's low bit produces exactly that. This one is distinguishable from
# every shift of itself.
COIL_BITS = 0b011011000110101
def lcg(seed):
"""A tiny deterministic generator - only used for the middle digits."""
x = seed
while True:
x = (1103515245 * x + 12345) & 0x7FFFFFFF
yield x >> 8 # low bits of an LCG are not random; drop them
def make():
"""Build the test values from the point list, and write them out.
Two constraints fight each other and both matter:
- a value must be DISTINCTIVE, so a point reading its neighbour's
register is obvious. Plausible values are what makes a mis-mapped
point invisible, which is the whole reason for this exercise.
- a value must FIT THE DISPLAY MASK. The masks are sized for the
plant's real ranges, so a test value that overflows one renders as
nothing and looks like a fault that is not there. The first
attempt did exactly this - CMD_ACK got 2065 against a mask of 99.
So the value is chosen per point, from its own mask and gain: as large
and as odd-looking as the mask can render, and no larger.
"""
import csv
import json
g = lcg(SEED)
coils, holding, notes = {}, {}, {}
for i, r in enumerate(csv.DictReader(POINTS.open(newline="", encoding="utf-8"))):
addr, iec, mask = int(r["modbus_address"]), r["iec_address"], r["format_mask"]
if r["function_code"] == "FC01":
coils[addr] = bool(COIL_BITS >> addr & 1)
continue
gain = float(r["eng_gain"])
int_digits = len(mask.split(".")[0])
max_eng = 10 ** int_digits - 1 # widest the mask renders
max_raw = min(int(max_eng / gain), 32000) # ...and a register holds
if iec == "%QW17": # alarm bitmask, unsigned
holding[addr] = 0xA5C3
notes[iec] = "bit15 set - proves the point is UNSIGNED"
elif iec == "%QW7": # net accumulation, signed
holding[addr] = -(next(g) % 900 + 100)
notes[iec] = "NEGATIVE - proves the point is signed"
elif iec == "%QW5": # time to spill
holding[addr] = 32767
notes[iec] = "32767 - the 'drawing down' sentinel"
elif max_raw <= 9: # enums, counts, modes
holding[addr] = 1 + (next(g) % min(6, max_raw))
else:
# SPREAD, not clustered. The first attempt put the address in
# the leading digits, which made the eleven setpoints land
# within 46-55% of each other - so a point reading its
# neighbour's register looked entirely reasonable, which is the
# one thing this test must not allow. Each point now takes a
# different fraction of its own renderable range, stepping by
# 37/89 so consecutive points land far apart, with an odd tail
# so no two are equal.
frac = ((i * 37 + 11) % 89 + 6) / 100.0
v = int(max_raw * frac)
v = v - v % 100 + ((i * 13) % 89) + 7 if v > 200 else v
holding[addr] = max(1, min(v, max_raw))
data = {"seed": SEED, "coils": coils, "holding": holding, "notes": notes}
VALUES.write_text(json.dumps(data, indent=1, sort_keys=True) + "\n",
encoding="utf-8")
print("wrote %s (%d coils, %d holding registers)"
% (VALUES.name, len(coils), len(holding)))
return data
def pattern():
import json
if not VALUES.is_file():
sys.exit("missing %s - run: python fake_plc.py --make" % VALUES.name)
d = json.loads(VALUES.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
return {"coils": {int(k): v for k, v in d["coils"].items()},
"holding": {int(k): v for k, v in d["holding"].items()},
"notes": d.get("notes", {})}
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- server
class Handler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
def handle(self):
data = self.server.data
while True:
# MBAP is 7 bytes: transaction, protocol, length, unit. `length`
# counts the unit byte plus the PDU, so the PDU is length - 1.
head = self._recv(7)
if not head:
return
tid, pid, length, unit = struct.unpack(">HHHB", head)
body = self._recv(length - 1)
if not body:
return
fc = body[0]
try:
resp = self.dispatch(fc, body[1:], data)
except Exception:
resp = bytes([fc | 0x80, 0x02])
self.request.sendall(
struct.pack(">HHHB", tid, pid, len(resp) + 1, unit) + resp)
def _recv(self, n):
buf = b""
while len(buf) < n:
chunk = self.request.recv(n - len(buf))
if not chunk:
return b""
buf += chunk
return buf
def dispatch(self, fc, args, data):
if fc in (1, 2): # read bits
addr, count = struct.unpack(">HH", args[:4])
bits = [data["coils"].get(addr + i, False) for i in range(count)]
packed = bytearray((count + 7) // 8)
for i, b in enumerate(bits):
if b:
packed[i // 8] |= 1 << (i % 8)
return bytes([fc, len(packed)]) + bytes(packed)
if fc in (3, 4): # read registers
addr, count = struct.unpack(">HH", args[:4])
out = b""
for i in range(count):
v = data["holding"].get(addr + i, 0) if fc == 3 else 0
out += struct.pack(">H", v & 0xFFFF)
return bytes([fc, len(out)]) + out
if fc == 6: # write one
addr, value = struct.unpack(">HH", args[:4])
data["holding"][addr] = value - 65536 if value > 32767 else value
data["writes"].append((addr, data["holding"][addr]))
print(" WRITE holding %d <- %d" % (addr, data["holding"][addr]),
flush=True)
return bytes([fc]) + args[:4]
if fc == 16: # write many
addr, count = struct.unpack(">HH", args[:4])
for i in range(count):
v, = struct.unpack(">H", args[5 + i * 2:7 + i * 2])
data["holding"][addr + i] = v - 65536 if v > 32767 else v
data["writes"].append((addr + i, data["holding"][addr + i]))
print(" WRITE holding %d <- %d" % (addr + i,
data["holding"][addr + i]),
flush=True)
return bytes([fc]) + args[:4]
return bytes([fc | 0x80, 0x01])
class Server(socketserver.ThreadingTCPServer):
allow_reuse_address = True
daemon_threads = True
def serve(port):
data = pattern()
data["writes"] = []
srv = Server(("0.0.0.0", port), Handler)
srv.data = data
print("fake PLC listening on 0.0.0.0:%d (seed %d)" % (port, SEED), flush=True)
print(" %d coils, %d holding registers served"
% (len(data["coils"]), len(data["holding"])), flush=True)
print(" writes from SCADA are stored and logged below", flush=True)
try:
srv.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- expect
def half_up(value, decimals):
"""Round the way CI Server does, not the way Python does.
Python's %.1f rounds an exact half to even: 113.25 -> "113.2".
CI Server rounds it up: 113.3. Two of the 49 test values landed
exactly on a half, and both were reported as mismatches by the first
run of this table when the SCADA side was in fact correct. A test
that cries wolf twice in fifty is worse than no test.
"""
from decimal import Decimal, ROUND_HALF_UP
q = Decimal("1." + "0" * decimals) if decimals else Decimal("1")
return Decimal(repr(value)).quantize(q, rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP)
def expect():
"""What CI Server should display, in engineering units."""
import csv
pts = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "04-scada" / "modbus_points" / "ci-server-points.csv"
rows = list(csv.DictReader(pts.open(newline="", encoding="utf-8")))
data = pattern()
# ci-server-points.csv carries the CI Server item name directly, so the
# name shown here is the one an operator sees on a display. (An earlier
# version fell back to a `scada_tag` column of PS_* placeholder names;
# those named nothing that exists and have been removed - see
# 04-scada/modbus_points/README.md.)
leaf = {r["iec_address"]: r["ci_item"].replace("AID.WRPS.", "") for r in rows}
print("Expected CI Server readings while fake_plc.py is serving "
"(seed %d)\n" % SEED)
print("%-22s %-10s %8s %-14s %s"
% ("ITEM", "ADDRESS", "RAW", "SHOULD READ", "NOTE"))
print("-" * 78)
for r in rows:
a = int(r["modbus_address"])
iec = r["iec_address"]
if r["function_code"] == "FC01":
raw = int(data["coils"].get(a, False))
shown = str(raw)
else:
raw = data["holding"].get(a, 0)
gain = float(r["eng_gain"])
dec = len(r["format_mask"].split(".")[1]) if "." in r["format_mask"] else 0
eng = (raw & 0xFFFF) * gain if iec == "%QW17" else raw * gain
shown = "%s %s" % (half_up(eng, dec), r["eng_units"])
print("%-22s %-10s %8d %-14s %s"
% (leaf.get(iec, r["ci_item"].replace("AID.WRPS.", "")),
"%s:%d" % (r["function_code"], a), raw, shown,
data["notes"].get(iec, "")))
def main():
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
ap.add_argument("--make", action="store_true",
help="generate the test values from the point list")
ap.add_argument("--serve", action="store_true", help="run the server")
ap.add_argument("--expect", action="store_true", help="print expected readings")
ap.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=502)
a = ap.parse_args()
if a.make:
make()
elif a.serve:
serve(a.port)
elif a.expect:
expect()
else:
ap.print_help()
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()