IPS7LnkNet.Advanced 1.7.2.3

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= 04.09.2017 - V1.7.2.3 =
* Fixed     Issue with reading the maximum number of characters in case of
           using PlcString.GetValue.

= 30.05.2017 - V1.7.2.2 =
* Fixed     Issue with reading data areas reaching the limits of a data block.
* Fixed     Issue with reading string values longer than 221 characters.

= 08.04.2017 - V1.7.2.1 =
* Fixed     Issue reading data using ReadValues(PlcType[]|IEnumabler<PlcType>) : object[], which
           led to a "shrinked" result. This "shrinked" result was produced in case there the same
           PlcType is used multiple times the data was only provided for one of them.

= 12.10.2016 - V1.7.2.0 =
* New       Changed sequence/logic within that IPlcValue.Changed events were raised so far. Until
           this version a Changed event has been raised during reading the value(s) as long the
           connection is in synchronized state. This mean so far that a subsequent operation
           using the same connection within the Changed event handler + separate thread results
           into a deadlock. Beginning from this version (V1.7.2.0) the Changed events are raised
           afterwards the synchronized state of the connection has been exited.

= 28.09.2016 - V1.7.1.1 =
* Fixed     Issue with missing week of day portion in PlcDateTime.

= 28.09.2016 - V1.7.1.0 =
* New       Implemented deep-value change verification in PlcArray instances to also raise the
           Changed event whenever at least one item in the array gets changed during a value
           read operation.

= 11.03.2016 - V1.7.0.0 =
* New       Implemented optimized Multi-Write (WriteValues) to longer write each value within one
           transaction. This does now speed up the performance when writing multipe values at once.

= 24.02.2015 - V1.6.9.2 =
* Fixed     Removed internal buffered read request cache to improve low level driver optimization.
           This does also fix issues with reading the same string values at once.

= 20.01.2016 - V1.6.9.1 =
* New       Upgraded to IPS7LnkNet V1.1.77.6
           * Fixed     MultiRead using PlcString since V1.1.77.5:
                       In case of using MultiRead to read the same PlcString multiple times the driver decremented
                       the length of the string. As soon the length reached a value lower than zero the MultiRead
                       did throw an exception.

= 27.12.2015 - V1.6.9.0 =
* New       Implemented method to retrieve PLC block information like the existence or size of a
           DataBlock defined in a PLC device.
* New       Implemented PlcOperand creation using string values.

= 16.12.2015 - V1.6.8.1 =
* Fixed     Issue with ReadValues using PlcString data which addresses data areas which
           reach the end of a datablock.

= 15.09.2015 - V1.6.8.0 =
* Fixed     Issue with unresolved locking situations in multi-threaded environments when an
           exception occured during the connection is about being used by multiple threads
           at the same time.

= 04.09.2015 - V1.6.7.2 =
* New       New product icon.

= 03.03.2015 - V1.6.7.1 =
* Fixed     InvalidCastException while reading a Bool[] using ReadBoolean.

= 26.02.2015 - V1.6.7.0 =
* New       Implemented SiemensChannelType enumeration on SiemensDevice to manage the type of
           channel to use on a connection created by the SiemensDevice instead to manage
           it via the generic PlcDeviceConnection using the PlcDeviceConnectionType.
           In general a channel type is only relevant for the Siemens provider. Therefore the
           PlcDeviceConnectionType will become obsolete in future releases.
* New       Implemented IsDisposed property to internal indiciate, that a PlcDeviceConnection
           is diposed of.
* New       Improved GetInfo() method on SiemensDeviceConnection to not longer produce
           re-occuring connection status changes and status evaluations.
* Fixed     Wrong calculation of End Address of PlcType instances representing a Bool[].
* New       Implemented check in PlcType to disallow the use of a different PlcAddress.RawType as
           Bit for PlcType instances with PlcTypeCode.Bool.

= 24.02.2015 - V1.6.6.1 =
* New       Reworked implementation to better take use of the maximum string length property
           (Length). Additionally care about the PlcString.MinLength and PlcString.MaxLength
           and do not longer pad value with whitespaces.
* Fixed     Issue with wrong type of buffer array (changed short buffer to float buffer).
* New       Fixed issue with out dated return data from ReadValues and simplified some Read
           methods to take more use of the EnumerableHelper.

= 23.02.2015 - V1.6.6.0 =
* New       Reworked PlcStatus to internally LatestXXX properties to directly get/set the current
           status information without the need to end initialization to get the latest status
           information while processing within a PLC operation context.
* New       In case of Multi-Read (ReadValues) and Multi-Write (WriteValues) the connection does
           not longer reflect data status codes. Data status codes are now stored on the
           connection using the PlcType used and on each IPlcValue instance specific PlcStatus.

=  19.02.2015 - V1.6.5.0 =
* New       Improved Exception and Status information.
* New       Improved Status and Value change handling in transactional way.
* Fixed     Multi-Threaded problem in PlcType.Of(...)

= 09.02.2015 - V1.6.4.0 =
* New       Implemented new overloads for GetValue and SetValue. Additionally implemented
           ValidateValue. Furthermore reworked mechanism to get and set the Value property and
           the implementation of GetValue and SetValue to better integrate with new solutions and
           provide more meaningful codeflows for deriving classes.
* Fixed     Fixed issues with reading and writing char values.
* New       Upgraded to IPS7LnkNet V1.0.74.0
           * Fixed     Connection to PLC didn't repair itself automatically.
           * Fixed     Using threads with connections: License expired appeard several times.
* New       BETA: Implemented new beta features like PlcAttachedValue and PlcDelegateValue.

= 15.12.2014 - V1.6.3.4 =
* Fixed     Issue with duplicate PlcOperand instances in multi-threaded environments.

= 09.12.2014 - V1.6.3.3 =
* Fixed     Issue with reading reference data (array data) using ReadValues on a
           PlcDeviceConnection instance which lead to overridden data on reading same address
           areas by the same PlcType and to a reference to the internal data buffer. Furthermore
           user specific reference data was overridden with a reference to the internal data
           buffer.

= 28.11.2014 - V1.6.3.2 =
* Fixed     Issue with failed auto connect attempts then starting a communication while the
           network device is disabled at start and enabled during further connect/access
           attempts.
* New       Updated IPS7LnkNet (V1.73): Logo/S7-200 license managment implemented.

= 23.11.2014 - V1.6.2.1 =
* Fixed     Issue with default values when reading data using ReadValues.

= 07.11.2014 - V1.6.2.0 =
* Fixed     Changed base class of PlcException from ExternalException to Exception, because upon
           the unerlaying PLC layer does not longer belong to any External (unmanaged) API.
           Furthermore this change does lead to a fully support of the use in Windows Store Apps.

= 12.09.2014 - V1.6.1.0 =
* New       Added new connection state Disconnected.
* New       Extended global notitications with new event ConnectionDisconnected.
* New       Extended abstract base class PlcDeviceConnection with new event Disconnected.
* New       Reworked connection state handling to determine during each interaction with a
           connection whether a connection is either in connected or disconnected state.

= 28.08.2014 - V1.6.0.0 =
* New       Added setter to generic IPlcValue<T> interface to also support setting the Value
           property.
* New       (Internal) Implemented PlcValueFactory which creates according IPlcValue/IPlcValue<T>
           instances using PlcType information.
* New       (Internal) Added PlcStatus.Changed handling using PlcNotifications in
           PlcDeviceConnection through a general changed event handler instead of always
           implementing PlcNotifications calls after updating the local PlcStatus object. This
           ensures that on each update the PlcNotifications class is used to evaluate the new
           status information.
* New       New event ConnectionCreated on PlcNotifications which occurs always after a new
           PlcDeviceConnection has been created.
* New       New events Connecting and Connected on PlcDeviceConnection which inform about that a
           connection to a device is about and has been fully established.
* New       New event StateChanged on PlcDeviceConnection which informs about any change to the
           State property of the PlcDeviceConnection.
* New       New event ConnectionStateChanged on PlcNotifications which informs about any change to
           the State property of any PlcDeviceConnection.
* New       New property IsConnected on PlcDeviceConnection which indicates whether a connection to
           a device has been fully established.
* New       New method Connect() on PlcDeviceConnection to manually fully establish a connection to
           a device.
* Removed   State change to Faulted after a PlcDeviceConnection has been disposed of.
* New       The data status cache of a PlcDeviceConnection does not always contain the same
           PlcStatus instance. This allows to subscribe on status changes on PlcType specific
           PlcStatus objects.
* New       The PlcConnectionState enum does now define the new states Connecting and Connected.
* New       The PlcConnectionStateChangedEventArgs class is used by the new StateChanged event on
           PlcDeviceConnection and does provide OldState and NewState properties.
* Changed   The previous PlcDeviceConnectionEventArgs class is now a subclass of PlcNotifications.
           Because it is specific to the events provided by the PlcNotifications class and does
           therefore on one hand provide the PlcDeviceConnection affected, because there is no
           sender provided by the events and on the other hand it would conflict with the new
           PlcDeviceConnectionEventArgs which does not provide the event source connection.
* Changed   Renamed the ValidateStatusDelegate to EvaluateStatusDelegate to better match the
           concept behind that the callback is used. Additionally added a bool as return type to
           indicate that framework specific evaluation is to be performed.
* New       (Internal) Implemented Referesh method on DataBuffer class used by the
           SiemensDeviceConnection to update the internal buffer data after its internal
           descriptor has been changed.
* New       (Internal) Reduced API calls to GetSockErr() in SiemensDeviceConnection.
* New       Implemented exception handling in VirtualDeviceConnection to ensure that all PlcDevice
           provider implementations do behave in the same way.
* New       Implemented exception handling in WebDeviceConnection to ensure that all PlcDevice
           provider implementations do behvae in the same way. Additionally adjusted the existing
           exception handling to match the expected behavior.
* New       Implemented Exception property on PlcStatus which provides the according PlcException
           instance initialized with the status information provided by a PlcStatus instance.
* New       Implemented InnerException property on PlcStatus which provides the most recent
           Exception instance thrown by an internal operation. This property is additionally
           synchronized with the SocketCode property.
* New       Implemented TimeStamp property on PlcStatus which does indicate the DateTime of the
           most recent update of the status meta data provided by the PlcStatus.
* New       Implemented Type property on PlcStatus which does provide the PlcType information of
           the PlcType used by the most recent operation.
* New       (Internal) Implemented Copy() method on PlcStatus to create a deep copy of a PlcStatus.
* New       (Internal) Implemented additional overloads to the Update() method on PlcStatus to
           also update the new status meta data (InnerException, Type).
* New       (Internal) Reworked implementation of the Update() method on PlcStatus to always update
           its whole status information and not only on different status data (as before). This
           does now also include that a Changed event is always raised when ever Update() is
           called.
* New       All abstract Read/Write methods on PlcDeviceConnection are now called using at least
           one PlcType. This instance does now obsolete previous parameters likes
           address:PlcAddress, count:int or length:int.

= 12.08.2014 - V1.5.8.2 =
* New       Internal Changed event on PlcDeviceEndPoint which occurs on any changes made on an
           endpoint.
* Fixed     Reset cached connection in PlcDevice in case of any endpoint changes.
* New       General exception handling on each API call to the Siemens provider.

= 21.07.2014 - V1.5.8.1 =
* Fixed     Wrong calculation of S5TIME values (cause: high and low byte had to be reversed).