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/Greco/Ambient.cs

@@ -13,20 +13,12 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Greco
     /// Ambient temperature / humidity / pressure meter 'Greco' connected via serial interface (RS232)
 	/// Connection settings: 19200 Bd 8-bits No-parity 1-stop-bit Flow control: none or hardware.
 	/// </summary>
-	public class Ambient : TestBenchSim, IComponent, IDevice, IOperation, GenericDevices.IAmbient
+	public class Ambient : ComponentBase, IDevice, IOperation, GenericDevices.IAmbient
     {
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Info: Successful measurement
-		/// Warn: Invalid serial response format
-		/// </summary>
 		private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Ambient));
-
-		public static void ResetStaticProperties() { }
+		public override string ToString() { return string.Format("Ambient({0})", Cfg.ToString(1)); }
 
 		private readonly AmbientCfg ambientCfg;
-		public Generic.IComponentCfg Cfg { get { return ambientCfg; } }
-
-		public string Name { get { return ambientCfg.Name; } }
 
 		/// Private fields
 		SerialPort serialPort;
@@ -52,12 +44,13 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Greco
 		/// Connection settings: 19200 Bd 8-bits No-parity 1-stop-bit Flow control: none or hardware.
 		/// </summary>
 		public Ambient(AmbientCfg cfg, IList<Generic.IComponent> components)
+            : base(cfg)
         {
-			if (cfg == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("cfg");
-			this.ambientCfg = cfg;
+			ambientCfg = cfg;
+			log.Debug(this.ToString());
 		}
 
-		public new void Initialize()
+		public void Initialize()
 		{
 			if (ambientCfg.DebugLevel == Entities.DebugMode.Simulate)
 			{
@@ -65,7 +58,7 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Greco
 				humidity = 40.0f;
 				pressure = 1.0f;
 				msrmntTimeStamp = StateMachine.Time;
-				msrmntState = BenchControl.MsrmntState.Valid;
+				msrmntState = MsrmntState.Valid;
 				return;
 			}
 

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/Greco/AmbientCfg.cs

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Greco
         public StopBits StopBits;
         public Handshake Handshake;
 
-		/// Parameterless constructor
-		public AmbientCfg()
+		/// Private parameterless constructor invoked by all other (public) constructors
+		AmbientCfg()
 		{
             Name = "Ambient";
             ParentName = string.Empty;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Greco
 
 		public string ToString(int i)
 		{
-            return string.Format("Name={0}, COM{1}, {2}Bd, {3}-bits, parity={4}, stopBits={5}, {6}",
+            return string.Format("Name={0}, Com{1}, {2}Bd, {3}-bits, parity={4}, stopBits={5}, {6}",
                                  Name, ComPortNr, BaudRate, DataBits, Parity, StopBits, Handshake);
 		}
 	}

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/Greco/AmbientFactory.cs

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.Greco
 	public class AmbientFactory : IComponentFactory
 	{
 		public string ClassName { get { return "Greco Ambient"; } }
-		public bool HasProcedureParams { get { return false; } }
-		public bool HasTestParams { get { return false; } }
-		public IParamsProvider GetTestParams(Entities.ComponentTest testParams) { return null; }
-		public IParamsProvider GetProcedureParams(Entities.ComponentProcedure procedureParams) { return null; }
 
 		/// <summary>Max. number of components of this class in the system</summary>
 		public int MaxCount { get { return 1; } }