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Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/PortCore/EventArguments/BasePortDataEventArgs.cs

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+using System;
+using Xylem.Common.CommonCore.Consts;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.EventArguments
+{
+   /// <inheritdoc cref="EventArgs" />
+    public abstract class BasePortDataEventArgs : EventArgs, IPortDataEventArgs
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Marker for incoming record at time of the PC
+        /// </summary>
+        private DateTimeOffset _receivedTime = default(DateTimeOffset);
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public abstract  Object GetData();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public abstract void SetData(Object data);
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void SetReceivedTime(DateTimeOffset receivedTime)
+        {
+            _receivedTime = receivedTime;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public DateTimeOffset GetReceivedTime()
+        {
+            return _receivedTime;
+        }
+
+        private SyncMarkRecord _syncMarkRecord;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void SetSyncMarkRecord(SyncMarkRecord syncMarkRecord)
+        {
+            _syncMarkRecord = syncMarkRecord;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public SyncMarkRecord GetSyncMarkRecord()
+        {
+            return _syncMarkRecord;
+        }
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/PortCore/EventArguments/IPortDataEventArgs.cs

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+using System;
+using Xylem.Common.CommonCore.Consts;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.EventArguments
+{
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interface for port data event arguments
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IPortDataEventArgs
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Read data
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Object GetData();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Write data
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data"></param>
+        void SetData(Object data);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Reading received time
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        DateTimeOffset GetReceivedTime();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Writing received time
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="receivedTime"></param>
+        void SetReceivedTime(DateTimeOffset receivedTime);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Setting the data marker
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="syncMarkRecord"></param>
+        void SetSyncMarkRecord(SyncMarkRecord syncMarkRecord);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Getting the data marker
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        SyncMarkRecord GetSyncMarkRecord();
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/PortCore/EventArguments/ListBytePortDataEventArgs.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Xylem.Common.CommonCore.Consts;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.EventArguments
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public class ListBytePortDataEventArgs : BasePortDataEventArgs
+    {
+        private List<Byte> _data;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public ListBytePortDataEventArgs(List<Byte> data, DateTimeOffset readTimeStampPc = default(DateTimeOffset),
+            SyncMarkRecord syncMarkRecord = SyncMarkRecord.SkipDecoding)
+        {
+            _data = data;
+            SetSyncMarkRecord(syncMarkRecord);
+            SetReceivedTime(readTimeStampPc);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override Object GetData()
+        {
+            return _data;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetData(Object data)
+        {
+            _data =  (List<Byte>)data;
+        }
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/PortCore/EventArguments/StringPortDataEventArgs.cs

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+using System;
+using Xylem.Common.CommonCore.Consts;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.EventArguments
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public class StringPortDataEventArgs : BasePortDataEventArgs
+    {
+        private String _data;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public StringPortDataEventArgs(String data, DateTimeOffset readTimeStampPc = default(DateTimeOffset), 
+            SyncMarkRecord syncMarkRecord = SyncMarkRecord.SkipDecoding)
+        {
+            _data = data;
+            SetSyncMarkRecord(syncMarkRecord);
+            SetReceivedTime(readTimeStampPc);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override Object GetData()
+        {
+            return _data;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetData(Object data)
+        {
+            _data = (String)data;
+        }
+
+    
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/PortCore/IPort.cs

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+using System;
+using Xylem.Common.CommonCore.Consts;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.EventArguments;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interface for Ports
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IPort
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     event for record received, either bytes or string
+        /// </summary>
+        event EventHandler<BasePortDataEventArgs> OnRawRecordReceived;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     event for record received, either bytes or string
+        /// </summary>
+        event EventHandler<BasePortDataEventArgs> OnRawRecordSendOut;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// set specific mark
+        /// and flush or delete all incoming byte from buffer when SyncMarkRecord is <see cref="SyncMarkRecord.SyncStart"/> or
+        /// <see cref="SyncMarkRecord.SyncEnd"/> 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="syncMarkRecord"></param>
+        void SynchronizeReceiveBuffer(SyncMarkRecord syncMarkRecord);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     if the port needs stuff to open, always open for better logical handling
+        /// </summary>
+        void Open();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     close and dispose all connections
+        /// </summary>
+        void Dispose();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     indicates if the Port is open (also on Ports that did not have an open state)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        Boolean IsOpen();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Write byte[] to the Stream/Port on Child Class
+        ///     wrapped with base class error handling
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">Array of bytes to write</param>
+        void PortWrite(Byte[] data);
+     
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     discard all buffers
+        /// </summary>
+        void Clear();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Return the port name
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>name of the port as string</returns>
+        String GetPortName();
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/PortCore/PortCore.csproj

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{2E139F63-B6FE-4EA9-A098-85364FE9B26C}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <Deterministic>false</Deterministic>
+    <SccProjectName>SAK</SccProjectName>
+    <SccLocalPath>SAK</SccLocalPath>
+    <SccAuxPath>SAK</SccAuxPath>
+    <SccProvider>SAK</SccProvider>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\x86\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <LangVersion>7.0</LangVersion>
+    <DocumentationFile>bin\x86\Debug\Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.xml</DocumentationFile>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <RunCodeAnalysis>true</RunCodeAnalysis>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <LangVersion>7.0</LangVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == '_MANUAL_CONTROL|AnyCPU'">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <OutputPath>bin\_MANUAL_CONTROL\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>CODE_ANALYSIS;DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DocumentationFile>bin\x86\Debug\Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.xml</DocumentationFile>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <RunCodeAnalysis>true</RunCodeAnalysis>
+    <LangVersion>7.0</LangVersion>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\..\..\..\.shared\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs">
+      <Link>Properties\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="EventArguments\BasePortDataEventArgs.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="EventArguments\IPortDataEventArgs.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="EventArguments\ListBytePortDataEventArgs.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="EventArguments\StringPortDataEventArgs.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IPort.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="TransmitPortSettings.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\CommonCore\CommonCore.csproj">
+      <Project>{1B02C79E-0B19-43E2-8F6B-71EF0C786C97}</Project>
+      <Name>CommonCore</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+</Project>

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/PortCore/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

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+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore")]
+[assembly: Guid("204B3ABA-E6A0-41EC-BC91-6B27344FD3CE")]
+
+

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/PortCore/TransmitPortSettings.cs

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+using System;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Store Port settings set most likely from transmit protocol
+    /// </summary>
+    public struct TransmitPortSettings
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The transmission protocol needs to inform the communication port how to setup,
+        ///     this is the data container.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="protSyncByte"></param>
+        /// <param name="protLengthIndex"></param>
+        /// <param name="protAddLength"></param>
+        /// <param name="responseTimeoutMs"></param>
+        /// <param name="baudRate"></param>
+        /// <param name="receiveBufferFlushThreshold"></param>
+        /// <param name="doubleSyncByte"></param>
+        public TransmitPortSettings(Byte? protSyncByte, UInt16? protLengthIndex, UInt16 protAddLength, Int32 responseTimeoutMs, UInt32 baudRate,
+        UInt32? receiveBufferFlushThreshold, Boolean doubleSyncByte = false)
+        {
+            ProtSyncByte = protSyncByte;
+            ProtLengthIndex = protLengthIndex;
+            ProtAddLength = protAddLength;
+            ResponseTimeoutMs = responseTimeoutMs;
+            BaudRate = baudRate;
+            ReceiveBufferFlushThreshold = receiveBufferFlushThreshold;
+            DoubleSyncByte = doubleSyncByte;
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     start of receiving synchronization byte at byte receive routine
+        ///     syncByte == null: use the readLine routine (ASCII) and NOT the BYTE routine,
+        ///                       lengthPosition and additionalLength are not used
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly Byte? ProtSyncByte;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     position of length information field in received BYTE record
+        ///         lengthIndex == null: take the constant receive length of additionalLength
+        ///         because the record doesn't contain length information
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly UInt16? ProtLengthIndex;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     additional record length NOT covert by the record length information field
+        ///         lengthIndex == null: constant length for received record
+        ///     Being used for the BYTE records indicated by a valid syncByte,
+        ///     not being used for ASCII records.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly UInt16 ProtAddLength;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Response time out in milliseconds
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly Int32 ResponseTimeoutMs;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// BaudRate for Port
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly UInt32 BaudRate;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     lower threshold for buffer flushing if dataMarker != SkipDecoding
+        ///         receiveBufferFlushThreshold == null: never flush the communication buffer
+        ///         receiveBufferFlushThreshold == 0:  flush always the communication buffer
+        ///         receiveBufferFlushThreshold == x: flush communication buffer if it exceeds x Byte
+        ///     waste old records if an up-to-date record is being needed for start/stop synchronization 
+        ///     of a measurement. This is the level at which the old data have to be flushed because the 
+        ///     data have been dammed up in the communication port input buffer which means they are to 
+        ///     old for synchronization purposes.   
+        /// /// </summary>
+        public readonly UInt32? ReceiveBufferFlushThreshold;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     a special implementation may require the doubling of the sync byte to re-synchronize
+        /// </summary>
+        public Boolean DoubleSyncByte;
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/SerialPorts/BaseSerialPort.cs

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+using NLog;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO.Ports;
+using System.Threading;
+using Xylem.Common.CommonCore.Consts;
+using Xylem.Common.CommonCore.ThreadWatcher;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.EventArguments;
+using Xylem.Common.Utils.Logging;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.SerialPorts
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// All Ports must use BasePort as an base class 
+    /// its support some wrapping event/function handling
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class BaseSerialPort : IPort, IDisposable
+    {
+
+        private ILogger _byteDataLogger;
+        private ILogger _asciiDataLogger;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public virtual event EventHandler<BasePortDataEventArgs> OnRawRecordReceived;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public virtual event EventHandler<BasePortDataEventArgs> OnRawRecordSendOut;
+
+        //initially do not signal event
+        private readonly AutoResetEvent _onSyncReceiveThread = new AutoResetEvent(false);
+        private readonly Thread _receiveThread;
+        private readonly CancellationTokenSource _receiveToken = new CancellationTokenSource();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Delay between bytes if receiving has started in milliseconds
+        /// </summary>
+        private const Int32 InterByteReadDelayMs = 50;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     internal SerialPort class
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly SerialPort _serialPort;
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Activate raw record recording
+        /// </summary>
+        public Boolean RecordStreamingRawData = false;
+        //public Boolean RecordStreamingRawData
+        //{
+        //    get => _recordStreamingRawData;
+        //    set => _recordStreamingRawData = value;
+        //}
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     date and time of incoming first date interrupt on serial IO to set the
+        ///     PC time-stamp to the record
+        /// </summary>
+        private DateTimeOffset _receiveTimeStampPc;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Individual port settings depending on transmit protocol
+        /// </summary>
+        protected TransmitPortSettings PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public String GetPortName()
+        {
+            return _serialPort.PortName;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     store a identification of a port, this contains the Slot, Port, Protocol and Type
+        /// e.g. "Slot:1, Port:COM4, Protocol:Request, Type:IrDA -"
+        /// </summary>
+        public String Ident;
+      
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     ctor for SerialComPort with and full constructed <see cref="T:System.IO.Ports.SerialPort" /> properties
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="ident">set port as unique</param>
+        /// <param name="serialPort">Class for communication, all parameters for serial communication needs to be set</param>
+        /// <param name="setting">Class for store all parameters for serial communication needs to be set came from transmit protocol</param>
+        protected BaseSerialPort(String ident, SerialPort serialPort, TransmitPortSettings setting)
+        {
+            Ident = ident;
+
+            //communication port settings
+            _serialPort = serialPort;
+            _serialPort.BaudRate = (Int32)setting.BaudRate;
+
+            PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol = setting;
+
+            //assign thread to loop
+            _receiveThread = new Thread(ReadingThreadLoop) { Name = $"{Ident} Reading thread" };
+ 
+            _asciiDataLogger = NLogHelper.CreateOrGetMultiLogger(Ident, "", "LedRawData", "TargetLedRawDataBase", "LedRawDataBase");
+            _byteDataLogger = NLogHelper.CreateOrGetMultiLogger(Ident, "", "UartSerialPort", "COMBase", "BaseSerialPort");
+        }
+
+
+        public void RefreshLogger()
+        {
+
+            _asciiDataLogger = NLogHelper.CreateOrGetMultiLogger(Ident, "", "LedRawData", "TargetLedRawDataBase", "LedRawDataBase");
+            _byteDataLogger = NLogHelper.CreateOrGetMultiLogger(Ident, "", "UartSerialPort", "COMBase", "BaseSerialPort");
+
+
+        }
+
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// received bytes in buffer of SerialComPort, calls base function
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>number of bytes in Rx buffer</returns>
+        protected Int32 BytesToRead()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return _serialPort.BytesToRead;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _byteDataLogger.Error(ex);
+                return 0;
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// read single byte from Rx buffer of SerialComPort, calls base function
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        protected Int32 ReadByte()
+        {
+
+            try
+            {
+                return _serialPort.ReadByte();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _byteDataLogger.Error(ex);
+                return 0;
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void PortWrite(Byte[] record)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                SpecificPortWrite(record);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                throw new SystemException($"{Ident} Communication error while sending data to port", ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        /// <summary>
+        /// flush Rx and Tx buffer of SerialComPort, calls base functions
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Clear()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (!_serialPort.IsOpen)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                _serialPort.DiscardInBuffer();
+                _serialPort.DiscardOutBuffer();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _byteDataLogger.Error(ex);
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Dispose serial port
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+
+                //remove registration for receive delegate
+                _serialPort.DataReceived -= PhysicalDataReceived;
+
+                //Cancel send and receive tokens
+                _receiveToken.Cancel();
+
+                //Run thread again to notice CancellationToken has changed
+                _onSyncReceiveThread.Set();
+
+
+
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _byteDataLogger.Error(ex);
+
+            }
+
+        }
+
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void Open()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+
+                //set receive interrupt threshold for immediate execution
+                _serialPort.ReceivedBytesThreshold = 1;
+                _serialPort.DataReceived += PhysicalDataReceived;
+
+                //start reading thread, will be immediately put to waitSleepJoin in ReadingThreadLoop
+                //to avoid side effects with RFID communication
+
+                ThreadWatcher.Instance.Start(_receiveThread);
+
+                if (!_serialPort.IsOpen)
+                {
+                    _serialPort.Open();
+                    if (!_serialPort.IsOpen)
+                    {
+                        _byteDataLogger.Error($"{Ident} Port cannot be opened");
+                        throw new ApplicationException($"{Ident} Port cannot be opened");
+                    }
+                    _byteDataLogger.Info($"{Ident} Port is opened");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _byteDataLogger.Warn($"{Ident} Port was already opened");
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _byteDataLogger.Error($"{Ident} {ex.Message}");
+                throw new ApplicationException($"{Ident} {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Getting the base port
+        /// </summary>
+        protected SerialPort GetBaseComport()
+        {
+            return _serialPort;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Fill FIFO with received data
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Feb-16" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Feb-21" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Time stamp added
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Timeout moved from <see cref="ReadingThreadLoop"/> to PhysicalDataReceived to avoid
+        ///   <see cref="TimeoutException"/> of serial port while waiting on first incoming
+        ///   data.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Dec-12" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Inter byte read delay used instead of response delay!!!
+        /// </remarks>
+
+        /// <param name="sender"></param>
+        /// <param name="e"></param>
+        public virtual void PhysicalDataReceived(Object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (!_receiveToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                //remove event delegate to avoid repeated execution during one record
+                _serialPort.DataReceived -= PhysicalDataReceived;
+
+                //put the actual time stamp to this record being able to assign it correctly
+                //even if the decoding is delayed. This time stamp will be used to do the first
+                //synchronization at start and stop of the measurement. Therefor the serial buffer
+                //has to be flushed in advance to avoid wrong time stamp to "old" records
+                _receiveTimeStampPc = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+
+                //start timeout for hanging read communication called inter byte delay
+                _serialPort.ReadTimeout = InterByteReadDelayMs;
+                // _serialPort.ReadTimeout = PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ResponseTimeoutMs;
+
+                //wake up the reading threat from JoinWaitSleep
+                _onSyncReceiveThread.Set();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     <see cref="SyncMarkRecord" />
+        /// </summary>
+        private SyncMarkRecord _syncMarkRecord;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void SynchronizeReceiveBuffer(SyncMarkRecord syncMarkRecord)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+     
+                    //not in test bench situation only for temp logging
+                    if (syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.FlushBuffer)
+                    {
+                        FlushBuffer();
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    //DecodeEveryPackage is ongoing and SkipDecoding is requested  = do nothing
+                    if (_syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.DecodeEveryPackage &&
+                        syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.SkipDecoding)
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    //deny intermediate record when a start or end record is requested
+                    if (syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.DecodeIntermediate &&
+                        (_syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.SyncEnd ||
+                         _syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.SyncStart))
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    //being able to detect the first incoming record after a sync is requested, the buffer is going to be flushed
+                    //if the measurement will be started or stopped
+                    if (syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.SyncEnd ||
+                        syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.SyncStart ||
+                        syncMarkRecord == SyncMarkRecord.DecodeIntermediate)
+                    {
+                        FlushBuffer();
+                    }
+
+                    _byteDataLogger.Info($"{Ident} Mark next incoming record as {syncMarkRecord} (was {_syncMarkRecord})");
+                    _syncMarkRecord = syncMarkRecord;
+                   
+              
+         
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _byteDataLogger.Error($"{Ident} {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void FlushBuffer()
+        {
+            //check if flushing is allowed
+            if (null != PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ReceiveBufferFlushThreshold)
+            {
+                //flush buffer above threshold to get an accurate actual record with next record coming in
+                if (_serialPort.IsOpen && _serialPort.BytesToRead > PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ReceiveBufferFlushThreshold)
+                {
+                    _byteDataLogger.Warn($"{Ident} Flushed receive buffer({_serialPort.BytesToRead}Byte)");
+                    _serialPort.DiscardInBuffer();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Reading thread loop getting data from serial port
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Feb-16" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Mar-08" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Reading will be executed and repeated until buffer is empty or timeout
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Mar-09" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Receive byte protocol more dynamically on position of length information in record
+        ///   and additional length,
+        /// - decoding of data controlled by dataSyncMarker!= SyncMarkRecord.SkipDecoding to speed up recording
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Oct-23" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Directly invoked onRawRecord Received event,
+        /// - Doubling of sync byte implemented
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Timeout moved from ReadingThreadLoop to <see cref="PhysicalDataReceived"/> to avoid
+        ///   <see cref="TimeoutException"/> of serial port while waiting on first incoming
+        ///   data and flush receive buffer at timeout to force task to enter JoinWaitSleep state.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Apr-11" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Hide data in logging for e.g. passwords
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Dec-03" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Raw record recording for missing sync-byte issues.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Dec-04" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Try to recover raw record on missing SYNC byte by adding the SYNC upfront and sending
+        ///   the record to the decoding thread which will detect if just the SYNC byte had been
+        ///   missed, then the CRC will match and the record can be decoded.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Dec-05" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Improved recovering of data sets at byte records with preceding SYNC byte:
+        ///   - used payload length == 0 to skip decoding, it makes no sense to decode something where
+        ///     the payload is empty,
+        ///   - wait a certain time to complete incoming data.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Dec-12" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Inter byte read delay used instead of response delay.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Flush buffer if received length is 0.
+        /// </remarks>
+        private void ReadingThreadLoop()
+        {
+            //put the receive thread to JoinWaitSleep to avoid reading and logger output for timeout on 
+            //RFID communication, because RFID will handle the physical receive by itself 
+            //here the assignment of the _synReadingThreadEvent to the reading thread is being done
+            _onSyncReceiveThread.WaitOne();
+
+            try
+            {
+                while (!_receiveToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        //remind data marker for this Thread execution time slice
+                        var dataSyncMarkThisRun = _syncMarkRecord;
+
+                        //read line of ASCII indicated by syncByte == null
+                        if (null == PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtSyncByte)
+                        {
+                            //exit is timeout or received line
+                            var rxStringRecord = _serialPort.ReadLine();
+
+                            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(rxStringRecord))
+                            {
+                                //decode optional at synchronized data SyncStart, SyncEnd or DecodeIntermediate
+                                if (SyncMarkRecord.SkipDecoding != dataSyncMarkThisRun)
+                                {
+                                    OnRawRecordReceived?.Invoke(this, new StringPortDataEventArgs(rxStringRecord,
+                                       _receiveTimeStampPc, dataSyncMarkThisRun));
+                                }
+                                if (RecordStreamingRawData)
+                                {
+                                    _asciiDataLogger.Trace($"{rxStringRecord}");
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        //byte record with preceding SYNC byte
+                        else
+                        {
+                            //normally decoding is required
+                            dataSyncMarkThisRun = SyncMarkRecord.DecodeEveryPackage;
+
+                            //this is the record for decoding
+                            var rxByteRecord = new List<Byte>();
+
+                            //this is the informational record for logging on undetected SYNC byte
+                            var rxRawRecord = new List<Byte>();
+
+                            //each byte protocol has to start with a syncByte, this has to be detected first
+                            Byte rxByte;
+                            do
+                            {
+                                rxByte = (Byte)_serialPort.ReadByte();
+                                //record raw data stream for output on missing sync-byte to investigate this issue
+                                rxRawRecord.Add(rxByte);
+                            } while ((_serialPort.BytesToRead > 0) && (PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtSyncByte != rxByte));
+
+                            // if syncByte has not been detected skip read loop and wait for next incoming record
+                            if (PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtSyncByte == rxByte)
+                            {
+                                //save received SYNC byte
+                                rxByteRecord.Add(rxByte);
+
+                                //to assemble the length it has to be extracted first from the record at given index,
+                                //the payload length index cannot be 0 because at this position is always the SYNC byte,
+                                //the overall length includes the SYNC byte!
+                                var length = PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtLengthIndex + 1;
+
+                                //if the protLengthIndex is null the protAddLength equals the entire record length
+                                if (null == PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtLengthIndex)
+                                {
+                                    length = PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtAddLength;
+                                }
+
+                                //read until length index to extract the length from the record
+                                //the length index cannot be at position 0, because this is always the syncByte
+                                do
+                                {
+                                    rxByte = (Byte)_serialPort.ReadByte();
+                                    //read the next byte if doubled sync byte detected and required by transmit protocol settings
+                                    if (PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.DoubleSyncByte)
+                                    {
+                                        if (rxByte.Equals(PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtSyncByte) &&
+                                            rxByteRecord[rxByteRecord.Count - 1].Equals(PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtSyncByte))
+                                        {
+                                            //skips this byte and read the next one
+                                            rxByte = (Byte)_serialPort.ReadByte();
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                    //add byte to receive result buffer
+                                    rxByteRecord.Add(rxByte);
+
+                                    //capture the length at given index and readjust the record length
+                                    if (null != PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtLengthIndex
+                                        && rxByteRecord.Count - 1 == PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtLengthIndex)
+                                    {
+                                        //if the received length indicates empty payload, then nothing is to decode
+                                        if (rxByte == 0)
+                                        {
+                                            //exit this loop
+                                            dataSyncMarkThisRun = SyncMarkRecord.SkipDecoding;
+                                            FlushBuffer();
+                                        }
+                                        else
+                                        {
+                                            //build the new length to continue this receive loop
+                                            length = (UInt16)(PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtAddLength + rxByte);
+                                        }
+                                    }
+
+                                    //wait a certain time to let the data stream coming in
+                                    if (length - rxByteRecord.Count - 1 > _serialPort.BytesToRead)
+                                    {
+                                        Thread.Sleep(2);
+                                    }
+
+                                } while (rxByteRecord.Count < length && dataSyncMarkThisRun != SyncMarkRecord.SkipDecoding);
+
+                                //all data received or skip decoding marked, skip decoding will clear the response timeout
+                                //these protocols have always to be decoded because the base is a request protocol
+                                OnRawRecordReceived?.Invoke(this, new ListBytePortDataEventArgs(rxByteRecord,
+                                    _receiveTimeStampPc, dataSyncMarkThisRun));
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                //output actual byte and recorded raw data stream to investigate missed sync-byte
+                                _byteDataLogger.Warn($"{Ident} Response SYNC Byte missing. Raw Byte Received: " +
+                                                     $"{BitConverter.ToString(rxRawRecord.ToArray())}");
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (ThreadAbortException)
+                    { throw; }
+                    catch (TimeoutException)
+                    {
+                        //flush receive buffer at timeout to force task to enter JoinWaitSleep state in finally
+                        if (_serialPort.IsOpen)
+                        {
+                            _serialPort.DiscardInBuffer();
+                        }
+
+                        _byteDataLogger.Trace($"{Ident} Read timeout({InterByteReadDelayMs}ms)");
+                        //_byteDataLogger.Trace($"{Ident} Read timeout({PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ResponseTimeoutMs}ms)");
+
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        if (_receiveThread.ThreadState == ThreadState.Aborted
+                            || _receiveThread.ThreadState == ThreadState.AbortRequested)
+                        {
+                            _byteDataLogger.Warn(ex, $"{ Ident} ThreadState is Aborted or AbortRequested but an " +
+                                                  "error occurred while reading records from serial port");
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            _byteDataLogger.Error(ex, $"{ Ident} Error while reading records from serial port");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    finally
+                    {
+                        if (_serialPort.IsOpen && !_receiveToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        {
+                            //it makes no sense to put the thread to sleep if there is something to read
+                            if (0 == _serialPort.BytesToRead)
+                            {
+                                //restore event delegate to activate handle for incoming records
+                                _serialPort.DataReceived += PhysicalDataReceived;
+
+                                //put this thread (receive thread) to JainWaitSleep
+                                _onSyncReceiveThread.WaitOne();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }//while (!_tokenReadData.IsCancellationRequested)
+            }// over hole reading thread loop 
+            catch (ThreadAbortException)
+            { }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _byteDataLogger.Error($"{Ident} {ex.Message}");
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (_serialPort.IsOpen)
+                {
+                    _serialPort.Close();
+                    _serialPort.Dispose();
+                    _byteDataLogger.Info($"{Ident} Port is closed");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public Boolean IsOpen()
+        {
+            return _serialPort != null && _serialPort.IsOpen;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Serial port specific write routine
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="txBuffer"></param>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Apr-11" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Hide data in logging for e.g. passwords
+        /// </remarks>
+        protected virtual void SpecificPortWrite(Byte[] txBuffer)
+        {
+            PhysicalWrite(txBuffer);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Physically sending to the serial port
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks date="2017" author="R.Drabesch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Oct-23" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Doubling of sync byte in protocol behind sync byte itself implemented
+        /// </remarks>
+        protected void PhysicalWrite(Byte[] txBuffer)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                //don't double the sync byte itself
+                var txByteList = new List<Byte> { txBuffer[0] };
+                for (var byteCtr = 1; byteCtr < txBuffer.Length; byteCtr++)
+                {
+                    txByteList.Add(txBuffer[byteCtr]);
+
+                    //write the doubled sync byte again if required by transmit protocol settings
+                    if (PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.DoubleSyncByte)
+                    {
+                        if (txBuffer[byteCtr].Equals(PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtSyncByte))
+                        {
+                            txByteList.Add(txBuffer[byteCtr]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                _serialPort.Write(txByteList.ToArray(), 0, txByteList.Count);
+                OnRawRecordSendOut?.Invoke(this, new ListBytePortDataEventArgs(txByteList, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow));
+
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _byteDataLogger.Error($"{Ident} {ex.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+        #region Prop
+        #endregion
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/SerialPorts/IrdaSerialPort.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.IO.Ports;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.SerialPorts
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public class IrdaSerialPort : BaseSerialPort
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public IrdaSerialPort(String ident, SerialPort serialPort, TransmitPortSettings setting) 
+            : base(ident, serialPort, setting)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Mar-15" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Aug-07" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - wakeup burst pattern changed from 2 times 0xF0 to 4 times 0x01,
+        /// - required delay from 500µs to 1ms between wakeup burst and data.
+        /// </remarks>
+        protected override void SpecificPortWrite(Byte[] tx)
+        {
+            //send wake up burst with two 0xF0 byte
+            //var wakeUpBurst = new Byte[] { 0xF0, 0xF0 };
+            var wakeUpBurst = new Byte[] { 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01 };
+            PhysicalWrite(wakeUpBurst);
+
+            //delay at least 1ms
+            Thread.Sleep(1);
+
+            //send the IrDA record
+            PhysicalWrite(tx);
+        }
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/SerialPorts/LedSerialPort.cs

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+using System;
+using System.IO.Ports;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.SerialPorts
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public class LedSerialPort : BaseSerialPort
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public LedSerialPort(String ident, SerialPort serialPort, TransmitPortSettings setting) : base(ident, serialPort, setting)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void SpecificPortWrite(Byte[] tx)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException("Led port does not support writing");
+        }
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/SerialPorts/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

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+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.SerialPorts")]
+[assembly: Guid("55B0EC0E-21AB-442E-A1FA-26CFB78083CF")]
+
+

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/SerialPorts/RfidSerialPort.cs

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+using System;
+using System.IO.Ports;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using Xylem.Common.Utils.Crc16Ccitt;
+using Xylem.Common.Utils.Logging;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore.EventArguments;
+using NLog;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.SerialPorts
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public class RfidSerialPort : BaseSerialPort
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override event EventHandler<BasePortDataEventArgs> OnRawRecordReceived;
+
+        private const Byte RfidFrameStartId = 0x01;
+        private const Byte RfidFrameTxLength = 0x12;
+        private const Byte RfidFrameRxLength = 0x0C;
+        private const Byte RfidFrameExpectedRxLength = 0x0A;
+        private const Byte RfidFramePayloadDataMarker = 0x7D;
+        private const Byte RfidRxModeMarker = 0x7E;
+        private const Byte RfidFramePollingByte = 0x03;
+
+        private const Int32 RfidRxStartSyncPosition = 0;
+        private const Int32 RfidRxLengthPosition = 1;
+        private const Int32 RfidRxModePosition = 4;
+        private const Int32 RfidRxDataPosition = 5;
+        private const Int32 RfidRxDataMarkerPosition = 11;
+        private const Int32 RfidRxCrcLowPosition = 12;
+        private const Int32 RfidRxCrcHighPosition = 13;
+        private const Int32 RfidRxBccPosition = 14;
+        private const Int32 RfidCommRetries = 4;
+        private const Int32 RfidStartPatternLength = 10;
+        //additional frame length for start, length and BCC added to frame length
+        //being in the length itself
+        private const Int32 RfidProtAddLength = 3;
+        private const Int32 RfidRxLength = RfidFrameRxLength + RfidProtAddLength;
+        private const Int32 RfidTxLength = RfidFrameTxLength + RfidProtAddLength;
+
+        //first byte is fixed to 0x7D (data mode) at the Tx or the last byte behind
+        //the payload at Rx, the others are from the device protocol (the payload),
+        //this byte needs to be included into the CRC calculation
+        private const Int32 RfidPayLoadLength = 7;
+        private const Int32 RfidRawPayLoadLength = 6;
+
+        //the raw payload to add to RFID transmit buffer, it has a start Id, a length position
+        //and some additional length needed to add to the raw Rx length
+        private Byte[] _rawTxPayLoad;
+        private Int32 _rawRxLength;
+        private Byte[] _rawRxPayLoad;
+
+
+        //create RFID payload
+        private Byte[] _rfidTxPayLoad;
+        private Int32 _payLoadTxCounterPosition;
+        private Int32 _payLoadRxCounterPosition;
+        //remind send state
+        private Boolean _txIsActive;
+        //marker for first protocol containing the start id and the length
+        private Boolean _waitRawStartSyncPattern;
+        //this is the RFID raw buffer being sent to the serial port
+        private Byte[] _rfidTxBuffer = new Byte[RfidTxLength];
+        private Byte[] _rfidRxBuffer = new Byte[RfidRxLength];
+        private Int32 _rfidCommRetryCounter = RfidCommRetries;
+        private RfidRxState _rfidRxState;
+
+        private readonly ILogger _logger;
+        
+        //communication counter for debug for application layer
+        private Int32 _commCounter;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        public RfidSerialPort(String ident, SerialPort serialPort, TransmitPortSettings setting) 
+            : base(ident, serialPort, setting)
+        {
+            _logger = NLogHelper.CreateOrGetMultiLogger(ident, "", "RfidSerialPort", "COMBase", "BaseSerialPort");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Not needed and therefor deactivated by overwriting
+        /// </remarks>
+        public override void PhysicalDataReceived(Object sender, SerialDataReceivedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            //remove registration of delegate
+            GetBaseComport().DataReceived -= PhysicalDataReceived;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Overwritten routine, kicks off the first communication,
+        /// handles the communication state machine
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="tx"></param>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-15" author="R.Drabesch">
+        /// - Not needed and therefor deactivated by overwriting
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-17" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - communication scheduler removed, call directly the stats machine
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Apr-11" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Hide data in logging for e.g. passwords
+        /// </remarks>
+        protected override void SpecificPortWrite(Byte[] tx)
+        {
+            //raw protocol before wrapped into RFID 
+            SendDataViaRfid(tx);
+
+            RfidRxState rfidState;
+
+            //call state machine until ready
+            do
+            {
+                rfidState = RfidCommStateMachine();
+
+            } while (RfidRxState.CommunicationFinished != rfidState &&
+                     RfidRxState.CommunicationFailed != rfidState);
+
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send data via RFID
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">data to be transferred via RFID</param>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-15" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Receive size removed, will be automatically extracted from underlay-protocol (raw)
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-17" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Raw buffer increased to communication retries * raw packet size.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public void SendDataViaRfid(Byte[] data)
+        {
+            if (data.Length < RfidRawPayLoadLength) return;
+            //length is unknown before receiving the first raw data, setup to x packets size for 
+            //receive routine
+            _rawRxLength = RfidRawPayLoadLength * _rfidCommRetryCounter;
+            _rawRxPayLoad = new Byte[_rawRxLength];
+            _waitRawStartSyncPattern = true;
+            //start with sending of data
+            _txIsActive = true;
+            //allow retries during communication
+            _rfidCommRetryCounter = RfidCommRetries;
+            //reset running counters
+            _payLoadTxCounterPosition = 0;
+            _payLoadRxCounterPosition = 0;
+            _commCounter = 0;
+
+            //copy part of the huge payload buffer (containing the entire data) to small
+            //6 byte chunks being able to transmit within one RFID communication
+            _rfidTxPayLoad = null;
+            _rfidTxPayLoad = new Byte[RfidRawPayLoadLength];
+            _rawTxPayLoad = new Byte[data.Length];
+            _rawTxPayLoad = data;
+            for (var i = 0; i < RfidRawPayLoadLength; i++)
+            {
+                _rfidTxPayLoad[i] = _rawTxPayLoad[_payLoadTxCounterPosition];
+                _payLoadTxCounterPosition++;
+            }
+            //assemble the RFID transmit buffer
+            PrepareRfidTxBuffer(ref _rfidTxBuffer, _rfidTxPayLoad);
+            //kick off first communication
+            _rfidRxState = RfidComm(ref _rfidRxBuffer, _rfidTxBuffer);
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// RFID Tx buffer content
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>array of RFID Tx buffer content</returns>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        public Byte[] GetRfidTxBuffer()
+        {
+            return _rfidTxBuffer;
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// RFID Rx buffer content
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>array of RFID Rx buffer content</returns>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        public Byte[] GetRfidRxBuffer()
+        {
+            return _rfidRxBuffer;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// read out the received data from RFID
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        public Byte[] GetDecodedDataFromRfid()
+        {
+            return _rawRxPayLoad;
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// feedback of communication counter
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>number of RFID communications</returns>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        public Int32 GetRfidComCounter()
+        {
+            return _commCounter;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// communication state machine
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-15" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Extract length information from raw protocol
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-17" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Return of communication failed on missing start sync pattern of raw protocol
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-19" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - New modes implemented to differ between sending / waiting for Rx start
+        ///   and receiving
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Feb-21" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Time stamp added
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Apr-12" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Hide data in logging for e.g. passwords
+        /// </remarks>
+        public RfidRxState RfidCommStateMachine()
+        {
+            //check the receive status
+            switch (_rfidRxState)
+            {
+                case RfidRxState.EchoRxProtocolOk:
+                    //clear payload buffer to force filling with polling pattern
+                    _rfidTxPayLoad = null;
+                    //send loop
+                    if (_txIsActive)
+                    {
+                        if (_payLoadTxCounterPosition < _rawTxPayLoad.Length)
+                        {
+                            //assign new Tx buffer
+                            Int32 arraySize;
+                            if (_payLoadTxCounterPosition + RfidRawPayLoadLength <
+                                _rawTxPayLoad.Length)
+                                arraySize = RfidRawPayLoadLength;
+                            else
+                                arraySize = _rawTxPayLoad.Length - _payLoadTxCounterPosition;
+                            _rfidTxPayLoad = new Byte[arraySize];
+                            //fill payload buffer with remaining payload bytes
+                            for (var i = 0; i < arraySize; i++)
+                            {
+                                if (_payLoadTxCounterPosition >= _rawTxPayLoad.Length) continue;
+                                _rfidTxPayLoad[i] = _rawTxPayLoad[_payLoadTxCounterPosition];
+                                _payLoadTxCounterPosition++;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            //switch receive loop active
+                            _txIsActive = false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    //reset retry counter
+                    _rfidCommRetryCounter = RfidCommRetries;
+                    //assemble new RFID transmit buffer
+                    PrepareRfidTxBuffer(ref _rfidTxBuffer, _rfidTxPayLoad);
+                    //start communication
+                    _rfidRxState = RfidComm(ref _rfidRxBuffer, _rfidTxBuffer);
+                    break;
+
+                case RfidRxState.DataRxProtocolOk:
+                    //receive loop with polling pattern sending
+                    for (var i = 0; i < RfidRawPayLoadLength; i++)
+                    {
+                        //avoid out of bounce access
+                        if (_payLoadRxCounterPosition >= _rawRxLength) continue;
+                        _rawRxPayLoad[_payLoadRxCounterPosition] =
+                            _rfidRxBuffer[i + RfidRxDataPosition];
+                        _payLoadRxCounterPosition++;
+                    }
+                    //check for entire message received
+                    if (_payLoadRxCounterPosition >= _rawRxLength)
+                    {
+                        //assign time stamp of received record
+                        var readDateTimePc = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+
+                        //communication finished, return data to caller
+                        //RawRecordReceived(this, _rawRxPayLoad, readDateTimePc);
+                        var byteList = _rawRxPayLoad.ToList();
+                        OnRawRecordReceived?.Invoke(this, new ListBytePortDataEventArgs(byteList, readDateTimePc));
+
+                        //log the RFID payload, RFID protocol is removed
+                        //_logger.Trace($"{Ident} Read({BitConverter.ToString(_rawRxPayLoad)})");
+
+                        return _waitRawStartSyncPattern ? RfidRxState.CommunicationFailed : 
+                            RfidRxState.CommunicationFinished;
+                    }
+                    //reset retry counter
+                    _rfidCommRetryCounter = RfidCommRetries;
+                    //start communication with polling pattern, has been assembled in last send run
+                    _rfidRxState = RfidComm(ref _rfidRxBuffer, _rfidTxBuffer);
+                    break;
+
+                case RfidRxState.Idle:
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    //RFID or device is not ready or protocol error, start retry
+                    if (_rfidCommRetryCounter > 0)
+                    {
+                        _logger.Trace($"{Ident} Internal RFID retry");
+                        _rfidCommRetryCounter--;
+
+                        //send the same RFID message again
+                        _rfidRxState = RfidComm(ref _rfidRxBuffer, _rfidTxBuffer);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        //communication failed because of exceeded internal RFID retry counter
+                        _rfidRxState = RfidRxState.CommunicationFailed;
+                        _logger.Trace($"{Ident} Internal RFID communication failed, RFID retry counter exceeded");
+                    }
+                    break;
+            }
+            return _rfidRxState;
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// send and receive
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="rxBuffer"></param>
+        /// <param name="txBuffer"></param>
+        /// <returns>RfidRxState</returns>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-18" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Communication timeout activated.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2019-Apr-12" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Hide data in logging for e.g. passwords
+        /// </remarks>
+        private RfidRxState RfidComm(ref Byte[] rxBuffer, Byte[] txBuffer)
+        {
+            var rfidRxState = RfidRxState.CommPortError;
+
+            if (!IsOpen()) return rfidRxState;
+
+            Clear();
+            //_logger.Trace($"{Ident} RFID raw sent({BitConverter.ToString(txBuffer)})");
+            PhysicalWrite(txBuffer);
+            _commCounter++;
+            //set timeout for receive exit, take 5 records of 6 byte chunks as base
+            var commTimeoutMs = PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ResponseTimeoutMs / 5;
+            while (commTimeoutMs > 0 && BytesToRead() < RfidRxLength)
+            {
+                Thread.Sleep(1);
+                commTimeoutMs--;
+            }
+            var i = 0;
+            //test if something is in input buffer
+            if (RfidRxLength > BytesToRead())
+            {
+                _logger.Trace($"{Ident} Internal RFID read timeout({PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ResponseTimeoutMs}ms)");
+                return RfidRxState.RxTimeout;
+            }
+            while (BytesToRead() > 0 && i < RfidRxLength)
+            {
+                rxBuffer[i] = (Byte)ReadByte();
+                i++;
+            }
+            if (i != RfidRxLength) return rfidRxState;
+           
+            //all expected bytes received
+            //_logger.Trace($"{Ident} RFID raw read({BitConverter.ToString(rxBuffer)})");
+            rfidRxState = CheckRfidRxBuffer(rxBuffer);
+
+            return rfidRxState;
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// check the received buffer CRC, BCC and
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="rfidRxBuffer"></param>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-19" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - New modes implemented to differ between sending / waiting for Rx start
+        ///   and receiving
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <returns>RfidRxState</returns>
+        private RfidRxState CheckRfidRxBuffer(Byte[] rfidRxBuffer)
+        {
+            //retry required by start sync error
+            if (RfidFrameStartId != rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxStartSyncPosition])
+                return RfidRxState.StartSyncError;
+            //retry required by length error
+            if (RfidFrameRxLength != rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxLengthPosition])
+                return RfidRxState.LengthError;
+
+            //data marked as useful data
+            if (RfidRxModeMarker != rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxModePosition] ||
+                RfidFramePayloadDataMarker != rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxDataMarkerPosition])
+                return RfidRxState.RetryRequired;
+            //BCC check transfer entire receive buffer, this will automatically handled
+            if (rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxBccPosition] != BuildRfidBcc(rfidRxBuffer))
+                return RfidRxState.BccError;
+
+            //extract the 6 data (payload) bytes and the data frame marker
+            var testBuffer = new Byte[RfidPayLoadLength];
+            for (var i = 0; i < RfidPayLoadLength; i++)
+                testBuffer[i] = rfidRxBuffer[i + RfidRxDataPosition];
+            //CRC with LSB first
+            var buildCrc = Crc16Ccitt.CalculateLsb0408(testBuffer);
+            UInt16 receivedCrc = rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxCrcHighPosition];
+            receivedCrc <<= 8;
+            receivedCrc &= 0xFF00;
+            receivedCrc += rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxCrcLowPosition];
+            if (receivedCrc != buildCrc) return RfidRxState.DataCrcError;
+            //send loop is active
+            if (_txIsActive) return RfidRxState.EchoRxProtocolOk;
+            //if the start sync byte has been detected the normal receive mode is active
+            if (!_waitRawStartSyncPattern) return RfidRxState.DataRxProtocolOk;
+            //search for raw protocol start sync Id to extract length information,
+            //if start Id hasn't been found the wait for Rx start mode is active
+            //forcing the retry loop being active (default switch)
+            if (PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtSyncByte != _rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxDataPosition])
+                return RfidRxState.WaitRxStartProtocolOk;
+            //here the Rx mode is going to be activated, first data received including
+            //start sync Id and length information
+            _waitRawStartSyncPattern = false;
+            _rawRxLength = _rfidRxBuffer[RfidRxDataPosition + 
+               (PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtLengthIndex.HasValue ? 
+                PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtLengthIndex.Value : 0)] +
+                PortSettingsForTransmitProtocol.ProtAddLength;
+            _rawRxPayLoad = new Byte[_rawRxLength];
+            return RfidRxState.DataRxProtocolOk;
+       }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// assemble the RFID transmit buffer as bytes
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="rfidTxBuffer"></param>
+        /// <param name="payLoad"></param>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        private static void PrepareRfidTxBuffer(ref Byte[] rfidTxBuffer, Byte[] payLoad)
+        {
+            RfidTxProtocol rfidTxStruct;
+            rfidTxStruct.StartPattern = new Byte[]
+            {
+                RfidFrameStartId,           //start identifier 0x01
+                RfidFrameTxLength,          //length, start behind length without BCC
+                0xE8, 0x90, 0x00,           //CMD 1, 2, 3
+                0x00, 0x32, 0x00, 0x11,     //Power 1 and 2
+                0x48                        //TX bits
+            };
+            //the default data is the polling pattern 0x03
+            rfidTxStruct.PayLoad = new[] { RfidFramePayloadDataMarker,
+                RfidFramePollingByte, RfidFramePollingByte, RfidFramePollingByte,
+                RfidFramePollingByte, RfidFramePollingByte, RfidFramePollingByte};
+
+            //fill the payload with real data
+            var i = 0;
+            if (payLoad != null)
+            {
+                //put payload behind RFID frame payload data marker
+                for (; i < payLoad.Length; i++)
+                    rfidTxStruct.PayLoad[i + 1] = payLoad[i];
+            }
+            rfidTxStruct.ExpectedRxBytes = RfidFrameExpectedRxLength;
+
+            //fill transmit buffer with constant start pattern for RFID communication
+            i = 0;
+            for (; i < RfidStartPatternLength; i++)
+            {
+                rfidTxBuffer[i] = rfidTxStruct.StartPattern[i];
+            }
+            //add payload to buffer, first byte is constant 0x7D (data mode)
+            var c = 0;
+            for (; i < RfidStartPatternLength + RfidPayLoadLength; i++)
+            {
+                rfidTxBuffer[i] = rfidTxStruct.PayLoad[c];
+                c++;
+            }
+            //add data CRC, LSB first
+            rfidTxStruct.DataCrc = Crc16Ccitt.CalculateLsb0408(rfidTxStruct.PayLoad);
+            rfidTxBuffer[i] = (Byte)(rfidTxStruct.DataCrc & 0xFF);
+            i++;
+            rfidTxBuffer[i] = (Byte)((rfidTxStruct.DataCrc & 0xFF00) >> 8);
+            //add expected receive bytes
+            i++;
+            rfidTxBuffer[i] = rfidTxStruct.ExpectedRxBytes;
+            //add BCC
+            rfidTxStruct.Bcc = BuildRfidBcc(rfidTxBuffer);
+            i++;
+            rfidTxBuffer[i] = rfidTxStruct.Bcc;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// build simple byte by byte XOR'ed checksum called BCC for RFID
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="rfidRawBuffer"></param>
+        /// <returns>BCC code</returns>
+        /// <remarks date="2017-Dec-14" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        private static Byte BuildRfidBcc(Byte[] rfidRawBuffer)
+        {
+            //remove the "start byte" and the BCC itself
+            var maxCounts = rfidRawBuffer.Length - 1;
+            //start behind the "start byte"
+            var i = 1;
+            Byte bcc = rfidRawBuffer[i];
+            //take the second value
+            i++;
+            for (; i < maxCounts; i++)
+            {
+                bcc ^= rfidRawBuffer[i];
+            }
+            return bcc;
+        }
+
+        private struct RfidTxProtocol
+        {
+            public Byte[] StartPattern;
+            public Byte[] PayLoad;
+            public UInt16 DataCrc;
+            public Byte ExpectedRxBytes;
+            public Byte Bcc;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public enum RfidRxState
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     No communication is ongoing
+        /// </summary>
+        Idle,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Echo of sent protocol is received successfully back
+        /// </summary>
+        EchoRxProtocolOk,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Waiting for switch from transmitting to receiving  
+        /// </summary>
+        WaitRxStartProtocolOk,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Received data message is valid 
+        /// </summary>
+        DataRxProtocolOk,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Communication port assignment error
+        /// </summary>
+        CommPortError,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Start of synchronization error
+        /// </summary>
+        StartSyncError,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Length error
+        /// </summary>
+        LengthError,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Retry required
+        /// </summary>
+        RetryRequired,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     CRC error of data in payload field
+        /// </summary>
+        DataCrcError,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     BCC (special checksum) error of RFID 
+        /// </summary>
+        BccError,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Receive timeout
+        /// </summary>
+        RxTimeout,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Communication to RFID failed, record cannot be assembled
+        /// </summary>
+        CommunicationFailed,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Communication to RFID successfully executed
+        /// </summary>
+        CommunicationFinished
+    }
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+    <Compile Include="BaseSerialPort.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IrdaSerialPort.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="LedSerialPort.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="RfidSerialPort.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UartSerialPort.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="NLog, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\packages\NLog.4.6.7\lib\net40-client\NLog.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Net" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\CommonCore\CommonCore.csproj">
+      <Project>{1B02C79E-0B19-43E2-8F6B-71EF0C786C97}</Project>
+      <Name>CommonCore</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\CommonCore\ThreadWatcher\ThreadWatcher.csproj">
+      <Project>{94ca71f3-c5d7-4ec6-ba47-fa8eea3c9406}</Project>
+      <Name>ThreadWatcher</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\Utils\Crc16Ccitt\Crc16Ccitt.csproj">
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+      <Name>Crc16Ccitt</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\Utils\Logging\Logging.csproj">
+      <Project>{4B88B0D3-E791-4774-9521-EABEACDC420E}</Project>
+      <Name>Logging</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\PortCore\PortCore.csproj">
+      <Project>{2e139f63-b6fe-4ea9-a098-85364fe9b26c}</Project>
+      <Name>PortCore</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
+       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
+  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
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+  -->
+</Project>

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/SerialPorts/UartSerialPort.cs

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+using System;
+using System.IO.Ports;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.SerialPorts
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public class UartSerialPort : BaseSerialPort
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public UartSerialPort(String ident, SerialPort serialPort, TransmitPortSettings setting) : base(ident,  serialPort,  setting)
+        {
+                
+        }
+    }
+
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Ports/SerialPorts/packages.config

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="NLog" version="4.6.7" targetFramework="net40" />
+</packages>

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/BaseTransmitProtocol.cs

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+using NLog;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+using Xylem.Common.Utils.Logging;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol
+{
+    public abstract class BaseTransmitProtocol : ITransmitProtocol
+    {
+        public readonly ILogger Logger;
+
+        protected BaseTransmitProtocol(String port)
+        {
+            Logger = NLogHelper.CreateOrGetMultiLogger(port, "COM", "TransmitProtocol", "COMBase", "BaseTransmitProtocol");
+        }
+
+        public abstract TransmitPortSettings GetTransmitPortSettings();
+        public abstract void SetResponseTimeout(Int32 responseTimeoutMs);
+
+        public abstract void SetDefaultResponseTimeout();
+
+        public abstract List<Byte> DecodeDataForPhysicalLayer(Byte command, Byte[] payload);
+
+        public abstract List<Byte> DecodeDataForLogicLayer(List<Byte> rawData);
+
+    }
+
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/ITransmitProtocol.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol
+{
+    public interface ITransmitProtocol
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Struct of settings being needed for transmit port
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        TransmitPortSettings GetTransmitPortSettings();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Overwrite the default response timeout
+        /// </summary>
+        void SetResponseTimeout(Int32 responseTimeoutMs);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Set timeout to the default response time
+        /// </summary>
+        void SetDefaultResponseTimeout();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send out data (including transport protocol specific data like CRC) to physical port (like UART or IrDA)
+        /// </summary>
+        List<Byte> DecodeDataForPhysicalLayer(Byte command , Byte[] payload);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Received data have to be checked and converted to request protocol
+        /// </summary>
+        List<Byte> DecodeDataForLogicLayer(List<Byte> rawData);
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/IrdaTransmitProtocol.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+using Xylem.Common.Utils.Crc16Ccitt;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// IrDA transmission protocol
+    /// </summary>
+    public class IrdaTransmitProtocol : BaseTransmitProtocol
+    {
+        // Format of IrDA transmit protocol:
+        // IrdaSyncByte|IrdaSend/ReceiveHeader|IrdaPayLoadLength|IrdaCommand/Message|
+        // IrdaPayLoad|IrdaCrc LSB|IrdaCrc MSB
+
+        private const Byte IrdaSyncByte = 0x9B;
+
+        // Encoding of IrdaSendHeader (LAT: listen after talk, LAT 10b: 500ms)
+        // Bits:        0|                  0| 10|       0|            000 
+        // standard frame|adapter to register|LAT|reserved|optical command
+        private const Byte IrdaSendHeader = 0x20;
+
+        // Encoding of IrdaReceiveHeader (LAT: listen after talk, LAT 10b: 500ms)
+        // Bits:        0|                  1| 10|       0|            001 
+        // standard frame|register to adapter|LAT|reserved|optical message
+        private const Byte IrdaReceiveHeader = 0x61;
+        // Mask out the LAT and the reserved bit for the IrdaReceiveHeader
+        private const Byte IrdaReceiveHeaderMask = 0xC7;
+
+        // data from adapter (software) to register (water meter) referred as optical command
+        private const Byte IrdaCommand = 0x02;
+
+        // data from register (water meter) to adapter (software) referred as optical message
+        private const Byte IrdaMessage = 0x03;
+
+        // IrdaSyncByte|IrdaReceiveHeader|IrdaPayLoadLength|IrdaMessage|CRC LSB|CRC MSB
+        private const Int32 IrdaProtocolFrameLength = 6;
+
+        // Indexes of IrDA optical protocol
+        private const Int32 IrdaSyncByteIndex = 0;
+        private const Int32 IrdaHeaderIndex = 1;
+        private const Int32 IrdaPayLoadLengthIndex = 2;
+        private const Int32 IrdaMessageIndex = 3;
+        private const Int32 IrdaPayLoadIndex = 4;
+
+        //the IrDA length covers the payload length only
+        private const UInt16 ProtAddLength = IrdaProtocolFrameLength;
+        //private const Int32 DefaultResponseTimeoutMs = 50;
+        private const Int32 DefaultResponseTimeoutMs = 150;
+        private Int32 _responseTimeoutMs = DefaultResponseTimeoutMs;
+        
+        private const UInt32 BaudRate = 115200;
+
+        private readonly UInt32? _receiveBufferFlushThreshold = 1;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetResponseTimeout(Int32 responseTimeoutMs)
+        {
+            _responseTimeoutMs = responseTimeoutMs;
+        }
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetDefaultResponseTimeout()
+        {
+            _responseTimeoutMs = DefaultResponseTimeoutMs;
+        }
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public IrdaTransmitProtocol(String portName) : base (portName)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override TransmitPortSettings GetTransmitPortSettings()
+        {
+            return new TransmitPortSettings(IrdaSyncByte, IrdaPayLoadLengthIndex, ProtAddLength,
+                _responseTimeoutMs, BaudRate, _receiveBufferFlushThreshold);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Mar-15" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <remarks date="2020-Dec-19" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Removed IrdaMessage identifier check as it was observed receiving a 0x03 or a 0x04 in this field.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public override List<Byte> DecodeDataForLogicLayer(List<Byte> irdaRecord)
+        {
+            Logger.Info($"DecodeDataForPhysicalLayer Cordonel->PC({BitConverter.ToString(irdaRecord.ToArray())})");
+
+            // check the record length and start of frame information
+            if (irdaRecord.Count < IrdaProtocolFrameLength + irdaRecord[IrdaPayLoadLengthIndex]
+             || irdaRecord[IrdaSyncByteIndex] != IrdaSyncByte
+             || (irdaRecord[IrdaHeaderIndex] & IrdaReceiveHeaderMask) != (IrdaReceiveHeader & IrdaReceiveHeaderMask)
+             || irdaRecord[IrdaMessageIndex] != IrdaMessage )
+            {
+                var error = new ApplicationException("Reply format from IrDA is invalid. Decoding of transmit layer failed.");
+
+                Logger.Error(error.Message, error);
+                return new List<Byte>();
+            }
+
+            // extract the received CRC first the MSB at last position
+            UInt16 receivedCrc = irdaRecord[irdaRecord.Count - 1];
+            receivedCrc <<= 8;
+            // add the LSB from before last position, the LSB of the CRC will be sent first
+            receivedCrc += irdaRecord[irdaRecord.Count - 2];
+
+            // the CRC is being built from IrdaReceiveHeader to end of IrdaPayload, 
+            // subtract irdaSyncByteLength and irdaCrcLength
+            var irdaCrcInputBuffer = new List<Byte>();
+            irdaCrcInputBuffer.AddRange(irdaRecord.GetRange(IrdaHeaderIndex, irdaRecord.Count - 3));
+
+            var calculatedCrc = Crc16Ccitt.CalculateReversedLsb8408(irdaCrcInputBuffer.ToArray());
+
+            if (receivedCrc != calculatedCrc)
+            {
+                var error = new ApplicationException("Reply CRC failure. Decoding of transmit layer failed.");
+                Logger.Error(error.Message, error);
+                return new List<Byte>();
+            }
+
+            // build the return value witch equals the IrDA payload
+            var irdaPayLoad = new List<Byte>();
+            irdaPayLoad.AddRange(irdaRecord.GetRange(IrdaPayLoadIndex, irdaRecord.Count - IrdaProtocolFrameLength));
+
+            return irdaPayLoad;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        /// <remarks date="2018-Mar-13" author="T.Wiedebusch">
+        /// - Initial
+        /// </remarks>
+        public override List<Byte> DecodeDataForPhysicalLayer(Byte requestProtocolCommand, Byte[] requestProtocolPayload)
+        {
+            var irdaCrcInputBuffer = new List<Byte>
+            {
+                // build CRC calculation buffer without sync byte
+                // IrdaSendHeader|IrdaPayLoadLength|IrdaCommand|requestProtocolCommand|requestProtocolPayload
+                IrdaSendHeader,
+
+                // IrdaPayloadLength is the requestProtocolCommandLength + requestProtocolPayloadLength
+                (Byte)(requestProtocolPayload.Length + 1),
+                IrdaCommand,
+
+                // add the IrdaPayload witch is the requestProtocolCommand + requestProtocolPayload
+                requestProtocolCommand
+            };
+            irdaCrcInputBuffer.AddRange(requestProtocolPayload);
+
+            var crcResult = Crc16Ccitt.CalculateReversedLsb8408(irdaCrcInputBuffer.ToArray());
+
+            // assemble result buffer
+            // IrdaSyncByte|crcInputBuffer|IrdaCrc LSB|IrdaCrc MSB
+            var irdaRecord = new List<Byte> { IrdaSyncByte };
+            irdaRecord.AddRange(irdaCrcInputBuffer);
+            irdaRecord.Add((Byte)(crcResult & 0xFF));
+            irdaRecord.Add((Byte)(crcResult >> 8));
+
+            Logger.Info($"DecodeDataForPhysicalLayer PC->Cordonel({BitConverter.ToString(irdaRecord.ToArray())})");
+
+            return irdaRecord;
+        }
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/LedTransmitProtocol.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol
+{
+    public class LedTransmitProtocol : BaseTransmitProtocol
+    {
+        private readonly Byte? _protSyncByte = null;
+        private const UInt16 ProtAddLength = 0;
+        private readonly UInt16? _protLengthIndex = null;
+        private const Int32 DefaultResponseTimeoutMs = 50;
+        private Int32 _responseTimeoutMs = DefaultResponseTimeoutMs;
+ 
+        private const UInt32 BaudRate = 115200;
+        
+        private readonly UInt32? _receiveBufferFlushThreshold = 1000;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetResponseTimeout(Int32 responseTimeoutMs)
+        {
+            _responseTimeoutMs = responseTimeoutMs;
+        }
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetDefaultResponseTimeout()
+        {
+            _responseTimeoutMs = DefaultResponseTimeoutMs;
+        }
+        public LedTransmitProtocol(String portName) : base (portName)
+        {
+
+        }
+        public override TransmitPortSettings GetTransmitPortSettings()
+        {
+            return new TransmitPortSettings(_protSyncByte, _protLengthIndex, ProtAddLength, _responseTimeoutMs, BaudRate,
+                _receiveBufferFlushThreshold);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override List<Byte> DecodeDataForPhysicalLayer(Byte command, Byte[] payload)
+        {
+            throw new ApplicationException("Streaming port cannot send data");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override List<Byte> DecodeDataForLogicLayer(List<Byte> rawData)
+        {
+            return rawData;
+        }
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

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+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol")]
+[assembly: Guid("D93862ED-329B-49E2-8113-D6754D34BE6B")]
+

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/RfidTransmitProtocol.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol
+{
+    public class RfidTransmitProtocol : UartTransmitProtocol
+    {
+        //use the UART transmit protocol sync byte wrapped to RFID protocol
+        private const Byte ProtSyncByte = 0x5B;
+        private const UInt16 ProtAddLength = 1;
+        private readonly UInt16? _protLengthIndex = 1;
+        //this will be used if RFID protocol has been extracted from RfidComPort
+        //private const Byte ProtSyncByte = 0x01;
+        //private const UInt16 ProtAddLength = 1;
+        //private readonly UInt16? _protLengthIndex = 3;
+
+        private const Int32 DefaultResponseTimeoutMs = 1550;
+        private Int32 _responseTimeoutMs = DefaultResponseTimeoutMs;
+        
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetResponseTimeout(Int32 responseTimeoutMs)
+        {
+            _responseTimeoutMs = responseTimeoutMs;
+        }
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetDefaultResponseTimeout()
+        {
+            _responseTimeoutMs = DefaultResponseTimeoutMs;
+        }
+        private const UInt32 BaudRate = 9600;
+        private readonly UInt32? _receiveBufferFlushThreshold = null;
+
+        public RfidTransmitProtocol(String portName) : base (portName)
+        {
+
+        }
+        public override TransmitPortSettings GetTransmitPortSettings()
+        {
+            return new TransmitPortSettings(ProtSyncByte, _protLengthIndex, ProtAddLength, 
+                _responseTimeoutMs, BaudRate, _receiveBufferFlushThreshold);
+        }
+        public override List<Byte> SpecificCrcCalc()
+        {
+            //returns an empty list of bytes to avoid filling of CRC in advance to the CRC calculation, 
+            //because the RFID does not use the CRC filled up with 0x00, 0x00 to calculate itself
+            return new List<Byte>();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/TransmitProtocol.csproj

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{63E0AC5E-B7C8-4363-A2FE-BE489E648FF0}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <TargetFrameworkProfile />
+    <SccProjectName>%24/WorkBenchV2/Main/Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol</SccProjectName>
+    <SccLocalPath>.</SccLocalPath>
+    <SccAuxPath>http://10.1.0.164:8080/tfs/sensusprojectcollection</SccAuxPath>
+    <SccProvider>{4CA58AB2-18FA-4F8D-95D4-32DDF27D184C}</SccProvider>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <LangVersion>7.0</LangVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+    <LangVersion>7.0</LangVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'PerformTest|AnyCPU'">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <OutputPath>bin\PerformTest\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+    <LangVersion>7.0</LangVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == '_MANUAL_CONTROL|AnyCPU'">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <OutputPath>bin\_MANUAL_CONTROL\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <LangVersion>7.0</LangVersion>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>MinimumRecommendedRules.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="NLog, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5120e14c03d0593c, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\packages\NLog.4.6.7\lib\net40-client\NLog.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\..\..\..\.shared\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs">
+      <Link>Properties\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="BaseTransmitProtocol.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ITransmitProtocol.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="LedTransmitProtocol.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IrdaTransmitProtocol.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="RfidTransmitProtocol.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UartTransmitProtocol.cs" />
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+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Ports\PortCore\PortCore.csproj">
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+      <Name>PortCore</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\Utils\Crc16Ccitt\Crc16Ccitt.csproj">
+      <Project>{91def0c0-aa4f-40ae-8f18-cb717fde7e7f}</Project>
+      <Name>Crc16Ccitt</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
+       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
+  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
+  </Target>
+  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
+  </Target>
+  -->
+</Project>

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/UartTransmitProtocol.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Ports.PortCore;
+using Xylem.Common.Utils.Crc16Ccitt;
+
+namespace Xylem.Common.Hardware.Interfaces.Protocols.TransmitProtocol
+{
+    public class UartTransmitProtocol : BaseTransmitProtocol
+    {
+        // Format of UART transmit protocol:
+        // UartSyncByte|UartLength LSB|UartLength MSB|requestProtocolCommand|
+        // NextRequestProtocolCommand|UartCrc LSB|UartCrc MSB|requestProtocolPayload
+        // UartLength MSB will NOT be used, it is always 0x00
+        // NextRequestProtocolCommand will NOT be used, it is always 0x00
+
+        //Indexes of UART transmit protocol
+        private const Int32 UartSyncByteIndex = 0;
+        private const Int32 UartLengthIndex = 1;
+        private const Int32 UartCommandIndex = 3;
+        private const Int32 UartCrcIndex = 5;
+        private const Int32 UartPayloadIndex = 7;
+
+        //length of UART transmit protocol fields
+        private const Int32 UartSyncByteLength = 1; //length of syncByte
+        private const Int32 UartHeaderLength = 4;   //length excluding syncByte and CRC 
+        private const Int32 UartCrcLength = 2;
+        private const Int32 UartProtocolFrameLength = UartSyncByteLength + UartHeaderLength 
+            + UartCrcLength;
+
+
+        private const Byte UartSyncByte = 0x5B;
+        //The UART length covers all bytes excluding the syncByte length
+        private const Int32 DefaultResponseTimeoutMs = 50;
+        private Int32 _responseTimeoutMs = DefaultResponseTimeoutMs;
+        private const UInt16 ProtAddLength = UartSyncByteLength;
+        private const UInt32 BaudRate = 9600;
+        private readonly UInt32? _receiveBufferFlushThreshold = null;
+        private const Boolean UartDoubleSyncByte = true;
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetResponseTimeout(Int32 responseTimeoutMs)
+        {
+            _responseTimeoutMs = responseTimeoutMs;
+        }
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void SetDefaultResponseTimeout()
+        {
+            _responseTimeoutMs = DefaultResponseTimeoutMs;
+        }
+        public UartTransmitProtocol(String portName) : base (portName)
+        {
+
+        }
+        public override TransmitPortSettings GetTransmitPortSettings()
+        {
+            return new TransmitPortSettings(UartSyncByte, UartLengthIndex, ProtAddLength, 
+                _responseTimeoutMs, BaudRate, _receiveBufferFlushThreshold, UartDoubleSyncByte);
+        }
+
+        public override List<Byte> DecodeDataForLogicLayer(List<Byte> uartRecord)
+        {
+            // check the record length and start of frame information
+            if (uartRecord.Count < uartRecord[UartLengthIndex] + UartSyncByteLength
+             || UartSyncByte != uartRecord[UartSyncByteIndex])
+            {
+                var error = new ApplicationException("Reply from UART is invalid. Decoding of transmit layer failed.");
+                Logger.Error(error.Message, error);
+                return new List<Byte>();
+            }
+     
+            //extract the header without syncByte and the payload, call CRC calculation
+            var calculatedCrc = CrcCalc(uartRecord.GetRange(UartLengthIndex, UartHeaderLength), 
+                uartRecord.GetRange(UartPayloadIndex, uartRecord.Count - UartProtocolFrameLength));
+            
+            //extract the received CRC, first the MSB
+            UInt16 receivedCrc = uartRecord[UartCrcIndex + 1];
+            receivedCrc <<= 8;
+            receivedCrc += uartRecord[UartCrcIndex];
+
+            if(receivedCrc != calculatedCrc)
+            { 
+                var error = new ApplicationException("Reply CRC failure. Decoding of transmit layer failed.");
+                Logger.Error(error.Message, error);
+                return new List<Byte>();
+            }
+
+            //the request protocol needs the requestProtocolCommand and the requestProtocolPayload
+            var ret = new List<Byte> {uartRecord[UartCommandIndex]};
+            //add the requestProtocolCommand
+            //add the request protocol payload
+            ret.AddRange(uartRecord.GetRange(UartPayloadIndex, uartRecord.Count - UartProtocolFrameLength));
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        public virtual List<Byte> SpecificCrcCalc()
+        {
+            //for the pure UART transmit protocol the CRC fields will be set
+            //to 0x00 and used for the CRC calculation
+            return new List<Byte>() { 0x00, 0x00 };
+        }
+        public UInt16 CrcCalc(List<Byte> header, List<Byte> payload)
+        {
+            //the CRC calculation excludes the syncByte and optional includes the 
+            //CRC fields filled up with 0x00 
+            var tmpArr = new List<Byte>();
+            tmpArr.AddRange(header);
+
+            //this adds the optional CRC fields
+            tmpArr.AddRange(SpecificCrcCalc());
+            tmpArr.AddRange(payload);
+
+            return Crc16Ccitt.CalculateMsb1021(tmpArr.ToArray());
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override List<Byte> DecodeDataForPhysicalLayer(Byte requestProtocolCommand, Byte[] requestProtocolPayload)
+        {
+            var uartHeader = new List<Byte>();
+            var uartPayload = requestProtocolPayload.ToList();
+            var uartRecord = new List<Byte>();
+
+            //first assemble the list being used for CRC calculation,
+            //this list does NOT contain the syncByte and optional
+            //the CRC LSB and MSB if set in SpecificCrcCalc()
+
+            //the length of length LSB and MSB:             2
+            //add the length of the requestProtocolCommand: 1
+            //the nextRequestProtocolCommand length:        1
+            //the length of the CRC MSB and LSB:            2
+            uartHeader.Add((Byte)(requestProtocolPayload.Length + UartHeaderLength + UartCrcLength));
+            //add the length MSB, always 0x00
+            uartHeader.Add(0x00);
+            uartHeader.Add(requestProtocolCommand);
+            //add the nextRequestProtocolCommand, always 0x00
+            uartHeader.Add(0x00);
+            var crcResult = CrcCalc(uartHeader, uartPayload);
+
+            //assemble the entire record for sending via the communication port
+            uartRecord.Add(UartSyncByte);
+            uartRecord.AddRange(uartHeader);
+            uartRecord.Add((Byte)(crcResult & 0xFF));
+            uartRecord.Add((Byte)(crcResult >> 8));
+            uartRecord.AddRange(uartPayload);
+
+            return uartRecord;
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}

Common/Hardware/Interfaces/Protocols/TransmitProtocol/packages.config

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="NLog" version="4.6.7" targetFramework="net40" />
+</packages>