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/ResultsWriters/Basic/Writer.cs

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using log4net;
 using TBF.BenchControl;
 
 namespace TBF.BenchControl.ResultsWriters.Basic
 {
-	public class Writer : Generic.IComponent, IOperation, GenericDevices.IResultsWriter
+	public class Writer : ComponentBase, IOperation, GenericDevices.IResultsWriter
 	{
+		private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Writer));
+		public override string ToString() { return string.Format("ResultsWriters.Basic({0})", Cfg.ToString(1)); }
+
 		readonly WriterCfg writerCfg;
-		public Generic.IComponentCfg Cfg { get { return writerCfg; } }
-
-		public static void ResetStaticProperties() { }
-
-		public string Name { get { return writerCfg.Name; } }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Results to print
@@ -22,9 +21,10 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.ResultsWriters.Basic
 		StreamWriter writer;
 
 		public Writer(WriterCfg cfg)
+            : base(cfg)
 		{
-			if (cfg == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("cfg");
-			this.writerCfg = cfg;
+			writerCfg = cfg;
+			log.Debug(this.ToString());
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/ResultsWriters/Basic/WriterCfg.cs

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.ResultsWriters.Basic
 {
     public class WriterCfg : ComponentCfgBase, Generic.IComponentCfg
 	{
-		/// Parameterless constructor
-		public WriterCfg()
+		/// Private parameterless constructor invoked by all other (public) constructors
+		WriterCfg()
 		{
             Name = "BasicResultsWriter";
             ParentName = string.Empty;

TestBenchFramework/BenchControl/ResultsWriters/Basic/WriterFactory.cs

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ namespace TBF.BenchControl.ResultsWriters.Basic
 	public class WriterFactory : IComponentFactory
 	{
 		public string ClassName { get { return "BasicResultsWriter"; } }
-		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; } }