Everything works OK after serious changes:

- all components, componentCfg-s and parameter providers use base classes
 - less boilerplate code, simpler access to test/procedure parameters from code
 - CreateTestParams(test), CreateProcedureParams(procedure) methods added
 - TestBenchSim class is made static, it is not inheritted by any device anymore

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/Generic/IComponent.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Generic
 {
 	public interface IComponent
 	{
+		string Name { get; }
+
+		string ClassName { get; }
+
+		string ParentName { get; }
+
+		Entities.DebugMode DebugLevel { get; }
+
+		Entities.LogLevel LogLevel { get; }
+
 		IComponentCfg Cfg { get; }
 	}
 }

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/Generic/IComponentCfg.cs

@@ -39,8 +39,25 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Generic
 		/// </summary>
         IList<Entities.MeasurementCorrection> Corrections { get; set; }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Creates a new database entity 'Component' from the parameters
+		/// </summary>
 		TBF.Entities.Component CreateDbEntity();
 
+		///
+		/// Procedure parameters provider support
+		/// 
+		IParamsProvider GetProcedureParams();
+		void UpdateProcedureParams(Entities.Procedure procedure);
+		IParamsProvider CreateProcedureParams(Entities.Procedure procedure);
+
+		///
+		/// Test parameters provider support
+		/// 
+		IParamsProvider GetTestParams();
+		void UpdateTestParams(Entities.Test test);
+		IParamsProvider CreateTestParams(Entities.Test test);
+
 		string ToString(int i);
 	}
 }

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/Generic/IComponentFactory.cs

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Generic
 	public interface IComponentFactory
 	{
 		string ClassName { get; }			/// Name of the class of components (for instance "Valve")
-		bool HasProcedureParams { get; }	/// true = create an entity with component specific procedure parameters
-		bool HasTestParams { get; }			/// true = create an entity with component specific test parameters
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Max. number of components of this class in the system: 1, some integer value or int.MaxValue
@@ -33,9 +31,6 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Generic
         /// </summary>
         IComponentCfg CmpntCfgFromCmpntEntity(Entities.Component component);
 
-		IParamsProvider GetTestParams(Entities.ComponentTest testParams);
-		IParamsProvider GetProcedureParams(Entities.ComponentProcedure procedureParams);
-
 
 		void ResetStaticProperties();
 	}

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/Generic/IParamsProvider.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Generic
 		/// Parameter values in string form
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="ix">Zero based index of the parameter</param>
-		string ToString(int i);
+		string ToString(int ix);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Initialize values of all parameters
+		/// </summary>
+		void InitializeAll();
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Validates the string representation of a parameter

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/Generic/IProcedureParams.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Generic
 {
 	public interface IProcedureParams
 	{
-		Entities.ComponentProcedure ProcedureParamsEntity { get; }
-		TBF.Entities.ComponentProcedure ToDbEntity(IComponent component, Entities.Procedure procedure);
+		void UpdateProcedureParams(string componentName, Entities.Procedure procedure);
+		TBF.Entities.ComponentProcedure ToDbEntity(string componentName, Entities.Procedure procedure);
 	}
 }

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/Generic/ITestParams.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Generic
 {
 	public interface ITestParams
 	{
-		Entities.ComponentTest TestParamsEntity { get; }
-		TBF.Entities.ComponentTest ToDbEntity(IComponent component, Entities.Test test);
+		void UpdateTestParams(string componentName, Entities.Test test);
+		TBF.Entities.ComponentTest ToDbEntity(string componentName, Entities.Test test);
 	}
 }