hm-simulator 0.1.0 → 1.0.0

package/lib/sim.js

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+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const EventEmitter = require('node:events');
+
+const binrpc = require('binrpc');
+const xmlrpc = require('homematic-xmlrpc');
+
+const {createFaults} = require('./faults.js');
+const {
+    WRITEABLE,
+    castValue,
+    defaultValue,
+    defaultParamset,
+    hmipStoredValue,
+    bidcosStoredValue,
+} = require('./validate.js');
+const {createBinrpcServer, createXmlrpcServer} = require('./servers.js');
+const {resolveTls} = require('./tls.js');
+const RegaSim = require('./rega.js');
+const METHOD_HELP = require('./method-help.js');
+
+const NOOP_LOG = {
+    debug() {},
+    info() {},
+    warn() {},
+    error() {},
+};
+
+/** interface key -> the name used in the keys of data/paramset-descriptions.json */
+const PARAMSET_PREFIX = {
+    rfd: 'BidCos-RF',
+    wired: 'BidCos-Wired',
+    hmip: 'HmIP-RF',
+    virtual: 'VirtualDevices',
+    cuxd: 'CUxD',
+};
+
+/** paramset keys that are not the address of a linked peer channel */
+const STANDARD_PARAMSETS = new Set(['MASTER', 'VALUES', 'SERVICE']);
+
+/** FLAGS bit of a datapoint that is a service message (1 visible, 2 internal, 4 transform, 8 service) */
+const SERVICE_FLAG = 8;
+
+/**
+ * Per interface behaviour, overridable with the `interfaces` option.
+ *
+ * configPendingMode
+ *   'hmip'    - what hmipserver 3.89.8 really does, measured for Homematic Manager task 6 (see
+ *               putMasterHmip): everything is stored before it is checked, an unknown parameter
+ *               poisons the channel for good, a wrong type raises a sticky CONFIG_PENDING, a
+ *               number outside MIN..MAX is accepted without a word. The default for `hmip`.
+ *   'bidcos'  - what rfd 3.89.8 really does (see putMasterBidcos): no fault ever, unknown
+ *               parameters dropped, values clamped or ignored, CONFIG_PENDING while the
+ *               configuration is queued for the device. The default for `rfd` and `wired`.
+ *   'strict'  - an invalid putParamset MASTER is answered with a fault and nothing is written.
+ *               The hypothesis of hm-simulator 1.0 before the measurement; still the default for
+ *               the interfaces that were not measured, and the strictest thing to test against.
+ *   'pending' - the write is accepted, the valid parameters are stored, and CONFIG_PENDING is
+ *               raised on the device's :0 channel and stays until a valid full MASTER write or
+ *               clearConfigCache. The other hypothesis of 1.0; kept so both can still be tested.
+ * configPendingOnWrite
+ *   raise CONFIG_PENDING for every accepted MASTER write, the way a BidCos battery device queues
+ *   the configuration until it wakes up. Clears after configPendingDelay milliseconds. Implied by
+ *   'bidcos', which raises it for every write that changes something.
+ */
+const INTERFACE_DEFAULTS = {
+    configPendingMode: 'strict',
+    configPendingOnWrite: false,
+    configPendingDelay: 0,
+    // rfd answers the empty string instead of an empty array when it has no service message; the
+    // real shape, off by default because it breaks every consumer that assumes an array
+    serviceMessagesEmptyAsString: false,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Per interface defaults where the lab measured a behaviour (task 6). Anything not listed keeps
+ * the value from INTERFACE_DEFAULTS.
+ */
+const MEASURED_INTERFACE_DEFAULTS = {
+    hmip: {configPendingMode: 'hmip'},
+    rfd: {configPendingMode: 'bidcos'},
+    wired: {configPendingMode: 'bidcos'},
+};
+
+/** what listBidcosInterfaces answers when the `bidcosInterfaces` option does not say otherwise */
+const DEFAULT_BIDCOS_INTERFACES = {
+    rfd: [
+        {
+            ADDRESS: 'OEQ0123456',
+            DESCRIPTION: 'HM-MOD-RPI-PCB',
+            CONNECTED: true,
+            DEFAULT: true,
+            FIRMWARE_VERSION: '2.8.6',
+            TYPE: 'CCU2',
+            DUTY_CYCLE: 0,
+        },
+    ],
+    wired: [
+        {
+            ADDRESS: 'HMW-LGW-1',
+            DESCRIPTION: 'HMW-LGW',
+            CONNECTED: true,
+            DEFAULT: true,
+            FIRMWARE_VERSION: '1.1.2',
+            TYPE: 'HMW_LGW',
+        },
+    ],
+    hmip: [
+        {
+            ADDRESS: 'XEQ0123456',
+            DESCRIPTION: 'eQ-3 HmIP-RFUSB',
+            CONNECTED: true,
+            DEFAULT: true,
+            FIRMWARE_VERSION: '1.4.6',
+            TYPE: 'HMIP_CCU',
+            DUTY_CYCLE: 0,
+        },
+    ],
+};
+
+/** True when a MASTER write covers every writeable parameter of the description. */
+function isFullMasterWrite(description, set) {
+    for (const [name, parameter] of Object.entries(description)) {
+        if (parameter.OPERATIONS & 2 && set[name] === undefined) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+function shortenParams(params) {
+    if (!params) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const string = JSON.stringify(params);
+    return string.length > 77 ? string.slice(0, 77) + '...' : string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Simulates the RPC interface processes and the ReGa of a Homematic CCU.
+ *
+ * @param {object} [options]
+ * @param {object} [options.log] object with debug/info/warn/error methods
+ * @param {object} [options.devices] {<iface>: {devices: []}} - device descriptions per interface
+ * @param {object} [options.config] listenAddress, binrpcListenPort, xmlrpcListenPort
+ * @param {string} [options.behaviorPath] directory with behaviour scripts
+ * @param {object} [options.rega] ReGa mock options, see lib/rega.js - omit to not start it
+ * @param {object} [options.paramsetDescriptions] replaces the bundled descriptions
+ * @param {object} [options.faults] overrides for the fault table, see lib/faults.js
+ */
+class HmSim {
+    constructor(options = {}) {
+        const log = options.log || NOOP_LOG;
+        this.log = log;
+        this.options = options;
+
+        const config = options.config || {};
+        this.config = config;
+
+        this.devices = options.devices || {rfd: {devices: []}, hmip: {devices: []}};
+        this.paramsetDescriptions = options.paramsetDescriptions || require('../data/paramset-descriptions.json');
+
+        const {table, fault} = createFaults(options.faults);
+        this.faults = table;
+        this.fault = fault;
+
+        /** connected logic layers per interface: {<iface>: {<host:port>: client}} */
+        this.clients = {};
+        /** datapoint state per interface: {<iface>: {<address>: {VALUES: {}}}} */
+        this.values = {sysvars: {}, programs: {}};
+        /** device index per interface: {<iface>: Map<address, description>} */
+        this.index = {};
+        /** every putParamset the simulator accepted, see getWriteLog() */
+        this.writeLog = [];
+        /** links per interface: {<iface>: [{SENDER, RECEIVER, FLAGS, NAME, DESCRIPTION}]} */
+        this.links = {};
+        /** service messages raised through the scenario API: {<iface>: [[address, name, value]]} */
+        this.serviceMessages = {};
+        /** end of the install mode per interface, as an epoch timestamp */
+        this.installMode = {};
+        /** devices that appear when the install mode is switched on, see scriptNewDevices() */
+        this.newDevicesScript = {};
+        /** every reportValueUsage the simulator was told about */
+        this.valueUsage = [];
+        /** every updateFirmware/installFirmware call */
+        this.firmwareUpdates = [];
+        /** pending timers, cleared by close() */
+        this.timers = new Set();
+        /** devices with a pending configuration: {<iface>: Map<deviceAddress, {sticky}>} */
+        this.configPending = {};
+        /** channels whose stored MASTER carries a parameter the device does not have */
+        this.poisonedChannels = {};
+
+        this.rpcMethods = this.buildRpcMethods();
+
+        // interfaces with a port but without a device list still need their state
+        if (config.virtualListenPort !== undefined && !this.devices.virtual) {
+            this.devices.virtual = {devices: []};
+        }
+        if (config.cuxdListenPort !== undefined && !this.devices.cuxd) {
+            this.devices.cuxd = {devices: []};
+        }
+
+        this.servers = {};
+        /** how to (re)create the server of an interface, see dropConnection() */
+        this.serverFactories = {};
+        this.ifaces = [];
+        /** promises that resolve once each server is accepting connections, see whenReady() */
+        this.ready = [];
+        /** the port each server actually listens on, filled in once it is listening */
+        this.ports = {};
+
+        for (const iface of Object.keys(this.devices)) {
+            this.initInterface(iface);
+        }
+
+        this.startServers();
+
+        this.api = new EventEmitter();
+        // a behaviour script is the *device* acting, not a client: it may report datapoints a
+        // client is not allowed to write (PRESS_SHORT, UNREACH, ...), and a bad script only logs
+        this.api.on('setValue', (iface, address, datapoint, value) =>
+            this.setValue(iface, address, datapoint, value, {internal: true}),
+        );
+
+        this.loadBehaviors(options.behaviorPath || path.join(__dirname, '..', 'behaviors'));
+
+        if (options.rega) {
+            // the ReGa mock inherits TLS and basic auth unless its own options say otherwise
+            this.regaSim = new RegaSim(
+                {
+                    ...(this.tls ? {tls: this.tls} : {}),
+                    ...(this.auth ? {auth: this.auth} : {}),
+                    ...options.rega,
+                },
+                this.log,
+            );
+            this.ready.push(this.regaSim.ready);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ state */
+
+    initInterface(iface) {
+        if (!this.devices[iface]) {
+            this.devices[iface] = {devices: []};
+        }
+        if (!Array.isArray(this.devices[iface].devices)) {
+            this.devices[iface].devices = [];
+        }
+
+        this.clients[iface] = this.clients[iface] || {};
+        this.values[iface] = this.values[iface] || {};
+        this.links[iface] = this.links[iface] || (this.options.links && this.options.links[iface]) || [];
+        this.serviceMessages[iface] =
+            this.serviceMessages[iface] || (this.options.serviceMessages && this.options.serviceMessages[iface]) || [];
+        if (this.options.newDevices && this.options.newDevices[iface] && !this.newDevicesScript[iface]) {
+            this.newDevicesScript[iface] = {delay: 0, ...this.options.newDevices[iface]};
+        }
+        this.reindex(iface);
+        this.setDefaultValues(iface);
+        if (!this.ifaces.includes(iface)) {
+            this.ifaces.push(iface);
+        }
+    }
+
+    reindex(iface) {
+        const index = new Map();
+        for (const device of this.devices[iface].devices) {
+            index.set(device.ADDRESS, device);
+        }
+        this.index[iface] = index;
+    }
+
+    setDefaultValues(iface) {
+        for (const device of this.devices[iface].devices) {
+            if (!device.PARENT_TYPE || !device.PARAMSETS || !device.PARAMSETS.includes('VALUES')) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            const description = this.getParamsetDescription(iface, device, 'VALUES');
+            if (!description) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (!this.values[iface][device.ADDRESS]) {
+                this.values[iface][device.ADDRESS] = {VALUES: {}};
+            }
+
+            for (const [name, parameter] of Object.entries(description)) {
+                if (this.values[iface][device.ADDRESS].VALUES[name] !== undefined) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                this.values[iface][device.ADDRESS].VALUES[name] =
+                    parameter.TYPE === 'ENUM' && Array.isArray(parameter.VALUE_LIST)
+                        ? parameter.VALUE_LIST.indexOf(parameter.DEFAULT)
+                        : parameter.DEFAULT;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    getDevice(iface, address) {
+        const device = this.index[iface] && this.index[iface].get(address);
+        if (!device) {
+            this.log.error(iface, 'unknown device', address);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return device;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builds the key of the paramset description cache:
+     * `<interface>/<deviceType>/<firmware>/<version>/<channelType>/<paramset>`
+     */
+    paramsetName(iface, device, paramset) {
+        if (!device) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let channelType = '';
+        let parent = device;
+        if (device.PARENT) {
+            channelType = device.TYPE;
+            parent = this.index[iface] ? this.index[iface].get(device.PARENT) : undefined;
+            if (!parent) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        const prefix = PARAMSET_PREFIX[iface] || iface;
+        return [prefix, parent.TYPE, parent.FIRMWARE, parent.VERSION, channelType, paramset].join('/');
+    }
+
+    getParamsetDescription(iface, device, paramset) {
+        if (typeof device === 'string') {
+            device = this.index[iface] ? this.index[iface].get(device) : undefined;
+        }
+
+        const name = this.paramsetName(iface, device, paramset);
+        return name === undefined ? undefined : this.paramsetDescriptions[name];
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ paramsets */
+
+    /** The device or channel, or a fault if this interface does not know the address. */
+    requireDevice(iface, address) {
+        const device = this.index[iface] && this.index[iface].get(address);
+        if (!device) {
+            throw this.fault('unknownInstance', `${iface}/${address}`);
+        }
+        return device;
+    }
+
+    requireParamsetDescription(iface, device, paramset) {
+        const description = this.getParamsetDescription(iface, device, paramset);
+        if (!description) {
+            throw this.fault('unknownParamset', `${device.ADDRESS}/${paramset}`);
+        }
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    /** Everything the simulator remembers about one device or channel. */
+    stateOf(iface, address) {
+        if (!this.values[iface][address]) {
+            this.values[iface][address] = {VALUES: {}};
+        }
+        return this.values[iface][address];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The stored values of one paramset, filled with the defaults of its description on first use.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {string} address
+     * @param {string} paramset MASTER, VALUES, SERVICE or the address of a linked peer channel
+     */
+    storedParamset(iface, address, paramset) {
+        const device = this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        const state = this.stateOf(iface, address);
+
+        if (!STANDARD_PARAMSETS.has(paramset)) {
+            // link paramsets are addressed by the peer channel's address
+            if (!this.index[iface].has(paramset) || !this.findLink(iface, address, paramset)) {
+                throw this.fault('unknownParamset', `${address}/${paramset}`);
+            }
+            const description = this.requireParamsetDescription(iface, device, 'LINK');
+            state.LINKS = state.LINKS || {};
+            if (!state.LINKS[paramset]) {
+                state.LINKS[paramset] = defaultParamset(description);
+            }
+            return {device, description, values: state.LINKS[paramset]};
+        }
+
+        const description = this.requireParamsetDescription(iface, device, paramset);
+        if (!state[paramset]) {
+            state[paramset] = defaultParamset(description);
+        }
+        return {device, description, values: state[paramset]};
+    }
+
+    getDeviceDescription(iface, address) {
+        return this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+    }
+
+    getValue(iface, address, datapoint) {
+        const {description, values} = this.storedParamset(iface, address, 'VALUES');
+        if (!description[datapoint]) {
+            throw this.fault('unknownParameter', `${address}/${datapoint}`);
+        }
+        return values[datapoint] === undefined ? defaultValue(description[datapoint]) : values[datapoint];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {string} address device or channel address
+     * @param {string} key MASTER, VALUES, SERVICE or the address of a linked peer channel
+     */
+    getParamset(iface, address, key) {
+        if (typeof key !== 'string' || key === '') {
+            throw this.fault('invalidArguments', 'paramset key');
+        }
+        const {values} = this.storedParamset(iface, address, key);
+        return {...values};
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {string} address
+     * @param {string} key MASTER, VALUES, SERVICE or the address of a linked peer channel
+     * @param {object} set parameter name -> value
+     */
+    putParamset(iface, address, key, set) {
+        if (typeof key !== 'string' || key === '') {
+            throw this.fault('invalidArguments', 'paramset key');
+        }
+        if (!set || typeof set !== 'object' || Array.isArray(set)) {
+            throw this.fault('invalidArguments', 'paramset');
+        }
+
+        if (key === 'VALUES') {
+            const {description} = this.storedParamset(iface, address, 'VALUES');
+            for (const name of Object.keys(set)) {
+                castValue(description, name, set[name], this.fault);
+            }
+            for (const name of Object.keys(set)) {
+                this.setValue(iface, address, name, set[name], {strict: true});
+            }
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        const {description, values} = this.storedParamset(iface, address, key);
+        if (key === 'MASTER') {
+            return this.putMaster(iface, address, description, values, set);
+        }
+
+        const casted = {};
+        for (const name of Object.keys(set)) {
+            casted[name] = castValue(description, name, set[name], this.fault);
+        }
+        Object.assign(values, casted);
+        this.writeLog.push({iface, address, paramset: key, values: {...set}, ts: Date.now()});
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /** The MASTER write, with the CONFIG_PENDING semantics of the interface, see setConfigPending. */
+    putMaster(iface, address, description, values, set) {
+        const mode = this.interfaceOption(iface, 'configPendingMode');
+        if (mode === 'hmip') {
+            return this.putMasterHmip(iface, address, description, values, set);
+        }
+        if (mode === 'bidcos') {
+            return this.putMasterBidcos(iface, address, description, values, set);
+        }
+
+        const casted = {};
+        const rejected = [];
+
+        for (const name of Object.keys(set)) {
+            try {
+                casted[name] = castValue(description, name, set[name], this.fault);
+            } catch (error) {
+                if (mode === 'strict') {
+                    throw error;
+                }
+                rejected.push({name, value: set[name], faultCode: error.faultCode, reason: error.message});
+            }
+        }
+
+        Object.assign(values, casted);
+        this.writeLog.push({iface, address, paramset: 'MASTER', values: {...set}, rejected, ts: Date.now()});
+
+        if (rejected.length > 0) {
+            this.log.warn(iface, address, 'MASTER write with', rejected.length, 'rejected parameters');
+            this.setConfigPending(iface, address, {sticky: true});
+        } else if (mode === 'pending' && isFullMasterWrite(description, set)) {
+            this.clearConfigPending(iface, address);
+        } else if (this.interfaceOption(iface, 'configPendingOnWrite')) {
+            this.setConfigPending(iface, address, {sticky: false});
+        }
+
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * hmipserver's MASTER write, as measured on firmware 3.89.8.
+     *
+     * Everything in the struct is stored first, whether it belongs to the channel or not and
+     * whether its type fits or not. Only then is the resulting configuration checked, and the call
+     * faults when it cannot be transferred to the device. Three consequences, all measured:
+     *
+     * - a parameter the channel does not have is kept **for ever**: it cannot be overwritten,
+     *   there is no method that removes it, and from then on every putParamset on this channel
+     *   faults - including one with an empty struct;
+     * - a value of the wrong type is kept too, and raises a sticky CONFIG_PENDING on the device,
+     *   which a valid full MASTER write clears again;
+     * - a number outside MIN..MAX is simply accepted. hmipserver does not range-check.
+     */
+    putMasterHmip(iface, address, description, values, set) {
+        const poisoned = (this.poisonedChannels[iface] = this.poisonedChannels[iface] || new Set());
+        const rejected = [];
+        let changedKnown = false;
+
+        for (const name of Object.keys(set)) {
+            const parameter = description[name];
+            if (!parameter) {
+                values[name] = set[name];
+                poisoned.add(address);
+                rejected.push({name, value: set[name], reason: 'not in the paramset description'});
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (!(parameter.OPERATIONS & WRITEABLE)) {
+                rejected.push({name, value: set[name], reason: 'not writeable'});
+                continue;
+            }
+            const stored = hmipStoredValue(parameter, set[name]);
+            if (values[name] !== stored.value) {
+                changedKnown = true;
+            }
+            values[name] = stored.value;
+            if (!stored.valid) {
+                rejected.push({name, value: set[name], reason: 'not valid for this parameter'});
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.writeLog.push({iface, address, paramset: 'MASTER', values: {...set}, rejected, ts: Date.now()});
+
+        const invalid = Object.keys(values).filter(
+            (name) => description[name] && !hmipStoredValue(description[name], values[name]).valid,
+        );
+        if (invalid.length > 0 && changedKnown) {
+            this.setConfigPending(iface, address, {sticky: true});
+        } else if (invalid.length === 0) {
+            this.clearConfigPending(iface, address);
+        }
+
+        if (invalid.length > 0 || poisoned.has(address)) {
+            this.log.warn(iface, address, 'MASTER configuration cannot be transferred to the device');
+            throw this.fault('invalidValue', address);
+        }
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * rfd's MASTER write, as measured on firmware 3.89.8.
+     *
+     * rfd never faults on a value: it drops a parameter the device does not have, ignores what it
+     * cannot use, clamps a number into MIN..MAX and coerces a string to a number - and answers
+     * `ok` to all of it. CONFIG_PENDING means only "a configuration is queued for the device" and
+     * clears when the device takes it, which on a battery device is when it next wakes up
+     * (`configPendingDelay` stands in for that).
+     */
+    putMasterBidcos(iface, address, description, values, set) {
+        const rejected = [];
+        let changed = false;
+
+        for (const name of Object.keys(set)) {
+            const parameter = description[name];
+            if (!parameter) {
+                rejected.push({name, value: set[name], reason: 'not in the paramset description, dropped'});
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (!(parameter.OPERATIONS & WRITEABLE)) {
+                rejected.push({name, value: set[name], reason: 'not writeable, dropped'});
+                continue;
+            }
+            const stored = bidcosStoredValue(parameter, set[name]);
+            if (stored === undefined) {
+                rejected.push({name, value: set[name], reason: 'not usable for this parameter, ignored'});
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (values[name] !== stored) {
+                values[name] = stored;
+                changed = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.writeLog.push({iface, address, paramset: 'MASTER', values: {...set}, rejected, ts: Date.now()});
+
+        if (changed) {
+            this.setConfigPending(iface, address, {sticky: false});
+        }
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ CONFIG_PENDING */
+
+    interfaceOption(iface, name) {
+        const configured = this.options.interfaces && this.options.interfaces[iface];
+        if (configured && configured[name] !== undefined) {
+            return configured[name];
+        }
+        const measured = MEASURED_INTERFACE_DEFAULTS[iface];
+        if (measured && measured[name] !== undefined) {
+            return measured[name];
+        }
+        return INTERFACE_DEFAULTS[name];
+    }
+
+    /** The device an address belongs to. */
+    deviceAddressOf(iface, address) {
+        const device = this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        return device.PARENT || device.ADDRESS;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Raises CONFIG_PENDING on the device's :0 channel.
+     *
+     * `sticky` is the case Homematic Manager issue #98 describes: the interface process kept a
+     * configuration the device never acknowledged, and the flag stays until a valid full MASTER
+     * write or clearConfigCache. Without `sticky` it is the ordinary BidCos case - the config is
+     * queued until the battery device wakes up - and it clears itself after `configPendingDelay`.
+     */
+    setConfigPending(iface, address, {sticky = false} = {}) {
+        const deviceAddress = this.deviceAddressOf(iface, address);
+        const pending = (this.configPending[iface] = this.configPending[iface] || new Map());
+        const wasSticky = (pending.get(deviceAddress) || {}).sticky === true;
+        pending.set(deviceAddress, {sticky: sticky || wasSticky});
+
+        this.writeConfigPending(iface, deviceAddress, true);
+
+        if (!sticky && !wasSticky) {
+            const delay = this.interfaceOption(iface, 'configPendingDelay');
+            this.timer(() => {
+                const entry = this.configPending[iface] && this.configPending[iface].get(deviceAddress);
+                if (entry && !entry.sticky) {
+                    this.clearConfigPending(iface, deviceAddress);
+                }
+            }, delay);
+        }
+    }
+
+    clearConfigPending(iface, address) {
+        // the delayed clear of a BidCos write can arrive after the device was deleted
+        if (!this.index[iface] || !this.index[iface].has(address)) {
+            if (this.configPending[iface]) {
+                this.configPending[iface].delete(address);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        const deviceAddress = this.deviceAddressOf(iface, address);
+        if (this.configPending[iface]) {
+            this.configPending[iface].delete(deviceAddress);
+        }
+        this.writeConfigPending(iface, deviceAddress, false);
+    }
+
+    writeConfigPending(iface, deviceAddress, value) {
+        const maintenance = `${deviceAddress}:0`;
+        const description = this.getParamsetDescription(iface, maintenance, 'VALUES');
+        if (description && description.CONFIG_PENDING) {
+            this.setValue(iface, maintenance, 'CONFIG_PENDING', value, {internal: true});
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Device addresses with a pending configuration.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @returns {Array<{address: string, sticky: boolean}>}
+     */
+    getConfigPending(iface) {
+        return [...(this.configPending[iface] || new Map())].map(([address, entry]) => ({
+            address,
+            sticky: Boolean(entry.sticky),
+        }));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Channels whose stored MASTER carries a parameter their description does not have, in the
+     * 'hmip' CONFIG_PENDING mode. Every putParamset on such a channel faults, and nothing but
+     * deleting and pairing the device again clears it - which is what `removeDevice` does here.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @returns {string[]} channel addresses
+     */
+    getPoisonedChannels(iface) {
+        return [...(this.poisonedChannels[iface] || new Set())];
+    }
+
+    methodHelp(name) {
+        return METHOD_HELP[name] || '';
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ links */
+
+    findLink(iface, address, peer) {
+        return (this.links[iface] || []).find(
+            (link) =>
+                (link.SENDER === address && link.RECEIVER === peer) ||
+                (link.SENDER === peer && link.RECEIVER === address),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /** Channel addresses of a device, or the address itself if it is already a channel. */
+    channelsOf(iface, address) {
+        const device = this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        return device.PARENT ? [address] : device.CHILDREN || [];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {Array} params [address, flags] - without an address all links of the interface
+     * @returns {Array} link structs
+     */
+    getLinks(iface, params) {
+        const [address, flags = 0] = params || [];
+        let links = this.links[iface] || [];
+
+        if (address) {
+            const addresses = new Set(this.channelsOf(iface, address));
+            links = links.filter((link) => addresses.has(link.SENDER) || addresses.has(link.RECEIVER));
+        }
+
+        return links.map((link) => this.linkStruct(iface, link, flags));
+    }
+
+    linkStruct(iface, link, flags) {
+        const result = {
+            SENDER: link.SENDER,
+            RECEIVER: link.RECEIVER,
+            FLAGS: link.FLAGS || 0,
+            NAME: link.NAME || '',
+            DESCRIPTION: link.DESCRIPTION || '',
+        };
+
+        // flags & 2: the link paramsets, flags & 4: the descriptions of both channels
+        if (flags & 2) {
+            result.SENDER_PARAMSET = this.linkParamsetOrEmpty(iface, link.SENDER, link.RECEIVER);
+            result.RECEIVER_PARAMSET = this.linkParamsetOrEmpty(iface, link.RECEIVER, link.SENDER);
+        }
+        if (flags & 4) {
+            result.SENDER_DESCRIPTION = this.index[iface].get(link.SENDER) || {};
+            result.RECEIVER_DESCRIPTION = this.index[iface].get(link.RECEIVER) || {};
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    linkParamsetOrEmpty(iface, address, peer) {
+        try {
+            return {...this.storedParamset(iface, address, peer).values};
+        } catch {
+            return {};
+        }
+    }
+
+    getLinkPeers(iface, params) {
+        const addresses = new Set(this.channelsOf(iface, params[0]));
+        const peers = [];
+        for (const link of this.links[iface] || []) {
+            if (addresses.has(link.SENDER)) {
+                peers.push(link.RECEIVER);
+            } else if (addresses.has(link.RECEIVER)) {
+                peers.push(link.SENDER);
+            }
+        }
+        return peers;
+    }
+
+    addLink(iface, params) {
+        const [sender, receiver, name = '', description = ''] = params || [];
+        for (const address of [sender, receiver]) {
+            const device = this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+            if (device.PARAMSETS && !device.PARAMSETS.includes('LINK')) {
+                throw this.fault('notSupported', `${address} has no LINK paramset`);
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.links[iface] = this.links[iface] || [];
+        const existing = this.links[iface].find((link) => link.SENDER === sender && link.RECEIVER === receiver);
+        if (existing) {
+            existing.NAME = name;
+            existing.DESCRIPTION = description;
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        this.links[iface].push({SENDER: sender, RECEIVER: receiver, FLAGS: 0, NAME: name, DESCRIPTION: description});
+        this.log.info(iface, 'link added', sender, '->', receiver);
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    requireLink(iface, sender, receiver) {
+        const link = (this.links[iface] || []).find((item) => item.SENDER === sender && item.RECEIVER === receiver);
+        if (!link) {
+            throw this.fault('unknownLink', `${sender} -> ${receiver}`);
+        }
+        return link;
+    }
+
+    removeLink(iface, params) {
+        const [sender, receiver] = params || [];
+        this.requireLink(iface, sender, receiver);
+        this.links[iface] = this.links[iface].filter((link) => !(link.SENDER === sender && link.RECEIVER === receiver));
+
+        for (const [address, peer] of [
+            [sender, receiver],
+            [receiver, sender],
+        ]) {
+            const state = this.values[iface][address];
+            if (state && state.LINKS) {
+                delete state.LINKS[peer];
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.log.info(iface, 'link removed', sender, '->', receiver);
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    getLinkInfo(iface, params) {
+        const link = this.requireLink(iface, params[0], params[1]);
+        return {NAME: link.NAME || '', DESCRIPTION: link.DESCRIPTION || ''};
+    }
+
+    setLinkInfo(iface, params) {
+        const [sender, receiver, name = '', description = ''] = params || [];
+        const link = this.requireLink(iface, sender, receiver);
+        link.NAME = name;
+        link.DESCRIPTION = description;
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies a link paramset the way pressing the linked sender would.
+     *
+     * The real interface process makes the receiver run the action the link paramset describes;
+     * the simulator writes back every parameter of the link paramset that the receiver also has in
+     * VALUES (ON_TIME, STATE, LEVEL, ...). Everything else is only recorded in the write log.
+     */
+    activateLinkParamset(iface, params) {
+        const [address, peer, longPress = false] = params || [];
+        const {values} = this.storedParamset(iface, address, peer);
+        const {description: valuesDescription} = this.storedParamset(iface, address, 'VALUES');
+
+        for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(values)) {
+            if (valuesDescription[name] && valuesDescription[name].OPERATIONS & 2) {
+                this.setValue(iface, address, name, value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.writeLog.push({
+            iface,
+            address,
+            paramset: peer,
+            values: {...values},
+            method: 'activateLinkParamset',
+            longPress: Boolean(longPress),
+            ts: Date.now(),
+        });
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ interface and service */
+
+    /** Devices (not channels) of an interface. */
+    deviceList(iface) {
+        return this.devices[iface].devices.filter((device) => !device.PARENT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Receive levels: {<deviceAddress>: {<interfaceAddress>: [rssiPeer, rssiDevice]}}.
+     * The values come from RSSI_PEER/RSSI_DEVICE of the device's :0 channel when the description
+     * has them, otherwise from the `defaultRssi` option.
+     */
+    rssiInfo(iface) {
+        const interfaceAddress = this.listBidcosInterfaces(iface)[0].ADDRESS;
+        const result = {};
+        for (const device of this.deviceList(iface)) {
+            const maintenance = this.values[iface][`${device.ADDRESS}:0`];
+            const values = (maintenance && maintenance.VALUES) || {};
+            const fallback = this.options.defaultRssi === undefined ? -65 : this.options.defaultRssi;
+            result[device.ADDRESS] = {
+                [interfaceAddress]: [
+                    values.RSSI_PEER === undefined ? fallback : values.RSSI_PEER,
+                    values.RSSI_DEVICE === undefined ? fallback : values.RSSI_DEVICE,
+                ],
+            };
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    listBidcosInterfaces(iface) {
+        const configured = this.options.bidcosInterfaces && this.options.bidcosInterfaces[iface];
+        if (configured) {
+            return configured;
+        }
+        return DEFAULT_BIDCOS_INTERFACES[iface] || DEFAULT_BIDCOS_INTERFACES.rfd;
+    }
+
+    setBidcosInterface(iface, params) {
+        const [deviceId, interfaceId, roaming = false] = params || [];
+        const device = this.requireDevice(iface, deviceId);
+        const known = this.listBidcosInterfaces(iface).some((entry) => entry.ADDRESS === interfaceId);
+        if (!known) {
+            throw this.fault('unknownInstance', interfaceId);
+        }
+        device.INTERFACE = interfaceId;
+        device.ROAMING = roaming ? 1 : 0;
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pending service messages as [channelAddress, datapoint, value] triples.
+     *
+     * Everything that is set and has the SERVICE flag (FLAGS & 8) in its VALUES description counts,
+     * plus what was raised through the scenario API.
+     */
+    getServiceMessages(iface) {
+        const messages = [];
+        for (const address of Object.keys(this.values[iface])) {
+            const description = this.getParamsetDescription(iface, address, 'VALUES');
+            if (!description) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(this.values[iface][address].VALUES || {})) {
+                const parameter = description[name];
+                if (parameter && parameter.FLAGS & SERVICE_FLAG && value) {
+                    messages.push([address, name, value]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (const message of this.serviceMessages[iface] || []) {
+            if (!messages.some((entry) => entry[0] === message[0] && entry[1] === message[1])) {
+                messages.push([...message]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // rfd answers the empty string, not an empty array, when there is nothing pending
+        // (measured for task 6). Off by default: it breaks everything that assumes an array,
+        // which is exactly why an application should be tested against it once.
+        if (messages.length === 0 && this.interfaceOption(iface, 'serviceMessagesEmptyAsString')) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return messages;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {Array} params [on, time, mode] - mode 1 is "install mode with a specific device"
+     */
+    setInstallMode(iface, params) {
+        const [on, time = 60, mode = 1] = params || [];
+        if (!on) {
+            this.installMode[iface] = 0;
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        this.installMode[iface] = Date.now() + Number(time) * 1000;
+        this.log.info(iface, 'install mode on for', time, 'seconds, mode', mode);
+
+        const scripted = this.newDevicesScript[iface];
+        if (scripted) {
+            delete this.newDevicesScript[iface];
+            this.timer(() => this.addDevices(iface, scripted.devices), scripted.delay);
+        }
+
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /** Remaining seconds of the install mode, 0 when it is off. */
+    getInstallMode(iface) {
+        const until = this.installMode[iface] || 0;
+        return Math.max(0, Math.ceil((until - Date.now()) / 1000));
+    }
+
+    deleteDevice(iface, address, flags = 0) {
+        const device = this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        if (device.PARENT) {
+            throw this.fault('notSupported', 'only devices can be deleted');
+        }
+
+        const addresses = [address, ...(device.CHILDREN || [])];
+        this.devices[iface].devices = this.devices[iface].devices.filter((entry) => !addresses.includes(entry.ADDRESS));
+        for (const entry of addresses) {
+            delete this.values[iface][entry];
+            // deleting the device is the only thing that removes a poisoned channel configuration
+            if (this.poisonedChannels[iface]) {
+                this.poisonedChannels[iface].delete(entry);
+            }
+        }
+        if (this.configPending[iface]) {
+            this.configPending[iface].delete(address);
+        }
+        this.links[iface] = (this.links[iface] || []).filter(
+            (link) => !addresses.includes(link.SENDER) && !addresses.includes(link.RECEIVER),
+        );
+        this.reindex(iface);
+        this.log.info(iface, 'device deleted', address, 'flags', flags);
+        this.tellClients(iface, 'deleteDevices', addresses);
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Takes over the configuration of one device to another one. The CCU uses this after a device
+     * was exchanged; the new device keeps the old one's paramsets and links, the old one is gone.
+     */
+    replaceDevice(iface, oldAddress, newAddress) {
+        const oldDevice = this.requireDevice(iface, oldAddress);
+        const newDevice = this.requireDevice(iface, newAddress);
+        if (oldDevice.PARENT || newDevice.PARENT) {
+            throw this.fault('notSupported', 'only devices can be replaced');
+        }
+        if (oldDevice.TYPE !== newDevice.TYPE) {
+            throw this.fault('notSupported', `${oldDevice.TYPE} cannot be replaced by ${newDevice.TYPE}`);
+        }
+
+        const oldChannels = [oldAddress, ...(oldDevice.CHILDREN || [])];
+        const newChannels = [newAddress, ...(newDevice.CHILDREN || [])];
+        for (const [index, from] of oldChannels.entries()) {
+            const to = newChannels[index];
+            if (to && this.values[iface][from]) {
+                this.values[iface][to] = this.values[iface][from];
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (const link of this.links[iface] || []) {
+            const senderIndex = oldChannels.indexOf(link.SENDER);
+            const receiverIndex = oldChannels.indexOf(link.RECEIVER);
+            if (senderIndex !== -1) {
+                link.SENDER = newChannels[senderIndex];
+            }
+            if (receiverIndex !== -1) {
+                link.RECEIVER = newChannels[receiverIndex];
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.deleteDevice(iface, oldAddress);
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    reportValueUsage(iface, params) {
+        const [address, valueId, refCounter = 0] = params || [];
+        this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        this.valueUsage.push({iface, address, valueId, refCounter, ts: Date.now()});
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Firmware update stub: the addresses are remembered (sim.firmwareUpdates) and the call
+     * answers true. No device state changes - what a real update does to a device is out of scope.
+     */
+    updateFirmware(iface, params) {
+        const addresses = Array.isArray(params[0]) ? params[0] : [params[0]];
+        for (const address of addresses) {
+            this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        }
+        this.firmwareUpdates.push({iface, addresses, method: 'updateFirmware', ts: Date.now()});
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    installFirmware(iface, params) {
+        const address = params[0];
+        this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        this.firmwareUpdates.push({iface, addresses: [address], method: 'installFirmware', ts: Date.now()});
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * `clearConfigCache`, `restoreConfigToDevice` and `determineParameter` are BidCos methods.
+     * hmipserver lists them in `system.listMethods` and answers `-1 Generic error` to all three -
+     * measured in the lab for task 6, and the reason a "repair configuration" action must not
+     * offer them on an HmIP device.
+     */
+    requireBidcosMaintenance(iface, method) {
+        if (this.interfaceOption(iface, 'configPendingMode') === 'hmip') {
+            throw this.fault('notSupported', method);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Drops the interface process' cached configuration of a device. */
+    clearConfigCache(iface, address) {
+        this.requireBidcosMaintenance(iface, 'clearConfigCache');
+        const device = this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        for (const channel of [address, ...(device.CHILDREN || [])]) {
+            const state = this.values[iface][channel];
+            if (state) {
+                delete state.MASTER;
+            }
+        }
+        this.clearConfigPending(iface, address);
+        this.log.info(iface, 'config cache cleared', address);
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the cached configuration back to the device. The stored MASTER values stay as they
+     * are and a pending configuration is resolved - this is the BidCos recovery path.
+     */
+    restoreConfigToDevice(iface, address) {
+        this.requireBidcosMaintenance(iface, 'restoreConfigToDevice');
+        this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+        this.clearConfigPending(iface, address);
+        this.log.info(iface, 'config restored to device', address);
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /** Re-reads one parameter from the device; the simulator has nothing to re-read. */
+    determineParameter(iface, params) {
+        this.requireBidcosMaintenance(iface, 'determineParameter');
+        const [address, paramsetKey, parameterId] = params || [];
+        const {description} = this.storedParamset(iface, address, paramsetKey);
+        if (!description[parameterId]) {
+            throw this.fault('unknownParameter', parameterId);
+        }
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds devices at runtime and tells the connected logic layers about them.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {Array} list device and channel descriptions
+     * @returns {Array} the descriptions that were not known yet
+     */
+    addDevices(iface, list) {
+        const added = [];
+        for (const device of list || []) {
+            if (!this.index[iface].has(device.ADDRESS)) {
+                this.devices[iface].devices.push(device);
+                added.push(device);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (added.length > 0) {
+            this.reindex(iface);
+            this.setDefaultValues(iface);
+            this.log.info(iface, 'added', added.length, 'devices');
+            this.tellClients(iface, 'newDevices', added);
+        }
+
+        return added;
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ scenario api */
+
+    /**
+     * Adds one device with its channels.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {...object} descriptions the device description and its channel descriptions
+     * @returns {Array} the descriptions that were not known yet
+     */
+    addDevice(iface, ...descriptions) {
+        return this.addDevices(iface, descriptions.flat());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes a device with its channels, values and links, like deleteDevice over RPC.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {string} address
+     */
+    removeDevice(iface, address) {
+        return this.deleteDevice(iface, address);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends one event, the way a device reports a change.
+     *
+     * Unlike setValue this does not check the description: a test has to be able to send exactly
+     * the event it wants, including values a client would never be allowed to write.
+     *
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {string} address channel address
+     * @param {string} datapoint
+     * @param {*} value
+     */
+    fireEvent(iface, address, datapoint, value) {
+        const state = this.values[iface] && this.values[iface][address];
+        if (state) {
+            state.VALUES[datapoint] = value;
+        }
+        this.event(iface, [address, datapoint, value]);
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Drops everything that is connected to one interface: the registered logic layers are
+     * forgotten and the server is restarted on the same port, so open sockets are reset. That is
+     * what a client sees when an interface process restarts, and it has to re-init afterwards.
+     *
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @returns {Promise<void>} resolves once the server accepts connections again
+     */
+    async dropConnection(iface) {
+        for (const key of Object.keys(this.clients[iface] || {})) {
+            closeClient(this.clients[iface][key].client);
+            delete this.clients[iface][key];
+        }
+
+        const server = this.servers[iface];
+        const factory = this.serverFactories[iface];
+        if (!server || !factory) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const port = this.ports[iface];
+        this.log.info(iface, 'dropping all connections');
+        await server.close();
+
+        this.ready = [];
+        this.servers[iface] = factory(port);
+        this.exposeServer(iface);
+        await this.whenReady();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Raises or clears a service message. If the channel has the datapoint in its VALUES
+     * description the value is written as well, so that the logic layer sees the event too.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {string} address channel address
+     * @param {string} datapoint e.g. UNREACH, STICKY_UNREACH, LOWBAT, ERROR_OVERHEAT
+     * @param {*} [value=true] a falsy value clears the message
+     */
+    setServiceMessage(iface, address, datapoint, value = true) {
+        const messages = (this.serviceMessages[iface] = this.serviceMessages[iface] || []);
+        const index = messages.findIndex((entry) => entry[0] === address && entry[1] === datapoint);
+        if (value) {
+            if (index === -1) {
+                messages.push([address, datapoint, value]);
+            } else {
+                messages[index][2] = value;
+            }
+        } else if (index !== -1) {
+            messages.splice(index, 1);
+        }
+
+        const description = this.getParamsetDescription(iface, address, 'VALUES');
+        if (description && description[datapoint]) {
+            this.setValue(iface, address, datapoint, value === true ? true : value || false, {internal: true});
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Devices that appear the next time the install mode is switched on.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {Array} devices
+     * @param {number} [delay=0] milliseconds between setInstallMode and the newDevices call
+     */
+    scriptNewDevices(iface, devices, delay = 0) {
+        this.newDevicesScript[iface] = {devices, delay};
+    }
+
+    /** Calls one method on every connected logic layer. */
+    tellClients(iface, method, payload) {
+        for (const key of Object.keys(this.clients[iface] || {})) {
+            const client = this.clients[iface][key];
+            client.methodCall(method, [client.id, payload]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** A timer that never keeps the process alive and is cleared by close(). */
+    timer(callback, ms) {
+        const handle = setTimeout(() => {
+            this.timers.delete(handle);
+            callback();
+        }, ms);
+        if (typeof handle.unref === 'function') {
+            handle.unref();
+        }
+        this.timers.add(handle);
+        return handle;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Every putParamset the simulator accepted, oldest first.
+     * @returns {Array<{iface: string, address: string, paramset: string, values: object, ts: number}>}
+     */
+    getWriteLog() {
+        return this.writeLog.map((entry) => ({...entry, values: {...entry.values}}));
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ rpc */
+
+    buildRpcMethods() {
+        const methods = {
+            'system.listMethods': (iface) => this.methodNames(iface),
+            'system.multicall': (iface, params) => this.multicall(iface, params),
+            init: (iface, params) => this.init(iface, params),
+            listDevices: (iface) => this.devices[iface].devices,
+            getParamsetDescription: (iface, params) => this.getParamsetDescription(iface, params[0], params[1]),
+            getDeviceDescription: (iface, params) => this.getDeviceDescription(iface, params[0]),
+            ping: (iface, params) => this.ping(iface, params),
+            setValue: (iface, params) => {
+                this.setValue(iface, params[0], params[1], params[2], {strict: true});
+                return '';
+            },
+            getValue: (iface, params) => this.getValue(iface, params[0], params[1]),
+            getParamset: (iface, params) => this.getParamset(iface, params[0], params[1]),
+            putParamset: (iface, params) => this.putParamset(iface, params[0], params[1], params[2]),
+            'system.methodHelp': (iface, params) => this.methodHelp(params[0]),
+            getLinks: (iface, params) => this.getLinks(iface, params),
+            getLinkPeers: (iface, params) => this.getLinkPeers(iface, params),
+            getLinkInfo: (iface, params) => this.getLinkInfo(iface, params),
+            setLinkInfo: (iface, params) => this.setLinkInfo(iface, params),
+            addLink: (iface, params) => this.addLink(iface, params),
+            removeLink: (iface, params) => this.removeLink(iface, params),
+            activateLinkParamset: (iface, params) => this.activateLinkParamset(iface, params),
+            rssiInfo: (iface) => this.rssiInfo(iface),
+            listBidcosInterfaces: (iface) => this.listBidcosInterfaces(iface),
+            setBidcosInterface: (iface, params) => this.setBidcosInterface(iface, params),
+            getServiceMessages: (iface) => this.getServiceMessages(iface),
+            setInstallMode: (iface, params) => this.setInstallMode(iface, params),
+            getInstallMode: (iface) => this.getInstallMode(iface),
+            deleteDevice: (iface, params) => this.deleteDevice(iface, params[0], params[1]),
+            replaceDevice: (iface, params) => this.replaceDevice(iface, params[0], params[1]),
+            reportValueUsage: (iface, params) => this.reportValueUsage(iface, params),
+            updateFirmware: (iface, params) => this.updateFirmware(iface, params),
+            installFirmware: (iface, params) => this.installFirmware(iface, params),
+            clearConfigCache: (iface, params) => this.clearConfigCache(iface, params[0]),
+            restoreConfigToDevice: (iface, params) => this.restoreConfigToDevice(iface, params[0]),
+            determineParameter: (iface, params) => this.determineParameter(iface, params),
+        };
+
+        // the CCU accepts the lower case spelling as well
+        methods['system.listmethods'] = methods['system.listMethods'];
+
+        return methods;
+    }
+
+    methodNames() {
+        return Object.keys(this.rpcMethods);
+    }
+
+    multicall(iface, params) {
+        const calls = (params && params[0]) || [];
+        const results = [];
+        for (const call of calls) {
+            try {
+                results.push([this.callMethod(iface, call.methodName, call.params || [])]);
+            } catch (error) {
+                results.push({faultCode: error.faultCode, faultString: error.faultString});
+            }
+        }
+        return results;
+    }
+
+    callMethod(iface, method, params) {
+        const handler = this.rpcMethods[method];
+        if (!handler) {
+            this.log.error('rpc', iface, '< unknown method', method, shortenParams(params));
+            throw this.fault('unknownMethod', method);
+        }
+        const result = handler(iface, params || []);
+        return result === undefined ? '' : result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {string} method
+     * @param {Array} params
+     * @param {function} callback (fault, result)
+     */
+    dispatch(iface, method, params, callback) {
+        this.log.debug('rpc', iface, '<', method, shortenParams(params));
+        let result;
+        try {
+            result = this.callMethod(iface, method, params);
+        } catch (error) {
+            if (error.faultCode === undefined) {
+                this.log.error('rpc', iface, method, error.stack || error.message);
+                callback(this.fault('invalidArguments', error.message));
+                return;
+            }
+            callback(error);
+            return;
+        }
+        callback(null, result);
+    }
+
+    init(iface, params) {
+        const [url, id] = params;
+        let [protocol, host, port] = String(url).split(':');
+        host = host.replace(/^\/\//, '');
+        if (protocol === 'xmlrpc_bin') {
+            protocol = 'binrpc';
+        }
+
+        const clientId = [host, port].join(':');
+
+        if (id === '' || id === undefined) {
+            const client = this.clients[iface][clientId];
+            if (client) {
+                this.log.debug('remove', iface, client.url);
+                closeClient(client.client);
+                delete this.clients[iface][clientId];
+            }
+        } else {
+            const transport = protocol === 'binrpc' ? binrpc : xmlrpc;
+            const client = {
+                id,
+                url,
+                client: transport.createClient({host, port}),
+                methodCall: (methodName, methodParams, callback) => {
+                    this.log.debug('rpc >', url, methodName, shortenParams(methodParams));
+                    client.client.methodCall(methodName, methodParams, (error, result) => {
+                        this.log.debug('rpc <', url, shortenParams(result));
+                        if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+                            callback(error, result);
+                        }
+                    });
+                },
+            };
+            this.clients[iface][clientId] = client;
+            this.startInit(iface, client);
+        }
+
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    ping(iface, params) {
+        if (iface === 'hmip') {
+            // hmipserver does not answer ping with a PONG event, see
+            // https://github.com/eq-3/occu/issues/42
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        this.event(iface, ['CENTRAL', 'PONG', params[0]]);
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ events */
+
+    /**
+     * Sends one `event` call to every connected logic layer.
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {Array} params [address, datapoint, value] - the interface id is prepended per client
+     */
+    event(iface, params) {
+        for (const key of Object.keys(this.clients[iface] || {})) {
+            const client = this.clients[iface][key];
+            client.methodCall('event', [client.id, ...params]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    eventMulticall(iface, events) {
+        for (const key of Object.keys(this.clients[iface] || {})) {
+            const client = this.clients[iface][key];
+            const multicall = events.map((singleEvent) => ({
+                methodName: 'event',
+                params: [client.id, singleEvent[0], singleEvent[1], singleEvent[2]],
+            }));
+            client.methodCall('system.multicall', [multicall]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    startInit(iface, client) {
+        client.methodCall('listDevices', [client.id], (error, clientDevices) => {
+            if (error) {
+                this.log.error(error.toString());
+            } else {
+                this.checkDevices(iface, client, clientDevices);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    checkDevices(iface, client, clientDevices) {
+        clientDevices = clientDevices || [];
+        this.log.info(iface, 'client', client.url, 'knows', clientDevices.length, 'devices');
+
+        const clientDeviceAddresses = clientDevices.map((device) => device.ADDRESS);
+        const deviceAddresses = this.devices[iface].devices.map((device) => device.ADDRESS);
+        const newDevices = [];
+        const deleteDevices = [];
+
+        for (const device of this.devices[iface].devices) {
+            const clientDeviceIndex = clientDeviceAddresses.indexOf(device.ADDRESS);
+            if (clientDeviceIndex === -1) {
+                this.log.debug('device unknown by client', device.ADDRESS);
+                newDevices.push(device);
+            } else if (iface === 'hmip') {
+                // the CCU sends every HmIP device again on every init, see
+                // https://github.com/eq-3/occu/issues/45
+                deleteDevices.push(device.ADDRESS);
+                newDevices.push(device);
+            } else if (clientDevices[clientDeviceIndex].VERSION !== device.VERSION) {
+                this.log.debug('device mismatch', device.ADDRESS);
+                deleteDevices.push(device.ADDRESS);
+                newDevices.push(device);
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (const clientDevice of clientDevices) {
+            if (!deviceAddresses.includes(clientDevice.ADDRESS)) {
+                this.log.debug('device unknown', clientDevice.ADDRESS);
+                deleteDevices.push(clientDevice.ADDRESS);
+            }
+        }
+
+        const addNew = () => {
+            if (newDevices.length > 0) {
+                this.log.info(iface, 'client', client.url, 'should add', newDevices.length, 'devices');
+                client.methodCall('newDevices', [client.id, newDevices]);
+            }
+        };
+
+        if (deleteDevices.length > 0) {
+            this.log.info(iface, 'client', client.url, 'should delete', deleteDevices.length, 'devices');
+            client.methodCall('deleteDevices', [client.id, deleteDevices], addNew);
+        } else if (newDevices.length > 0) {
+            addNew();
+        } else {
+            this.log.info(iface, 'client', client.url, 'all devices known');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ values */
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} iface
+     * @param {string} address
+     * @param {string} datapoint
+     * @param {*} value
+     * @param {object} [options]
+     * @param {boolean} [options.strict=false] throw a fault instead of logging - used for incoming
+     *                  RPC calls; the behaviour script API stays lenient
+     */
+    setValue(iface, address, datapoint, value, {strict = false, internal = false} = {}) {
+        this.log.debug('setValue', iface, address, datapoint, value);
+
+        let description;
+        let casted;
+        try {
+            const device = this.requireDevice(iface, address);
+            description = this.requireParamsetDescription(iface, device, 'VALUES');
+            casted = castValue(description, datapoint, value, this.fault, {write: !internal});
+        } catch (error) {
+            if (strict) {
+                throw error;
+            }
+            this.log.error('setValue', iface, address, datapoint, error.message);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const parameter = description[datapoint];
+        const state = this.stateOf(iface, address);
+        state.VALUES[datapoint] = casted;
+
+        if (parameter.OPERATIONS & 4) {
+            const events =
+                parameter.TYPE === 'ACTION'
+                    ? [[address, datapoint, casted]]
+                    : Object.keys(state.VALUES).map((name) => [address, name, state.VALUES[name]]);
+            this.eventMulticall(iface, events);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ servers */
+
+    startServers() {
+        const {
+            listenAddress,
+            binrpcListenPort,
+            xmlrpcListenPort,
+            virtualListenPort,
+            cuxdListenPort,
+            virtualPath = '/groups',
+        } = this.config;
+
+        // TLS and basic auth are off unless asked for, so that existing setups see no change
+        this.tls = resolveTls(this.options.tls);
+        this.auth = this.options.auth || null;
+        const auth = this.auth;
+
+        const binrpcServer = (iface, port, label) => {
+            const {onListening, onError} = this.listeningCallbacks(iface, label, listenAddress);
+            return createBinrpcServer({
+                host: listenAddress,
+                port,
+                dispatch: (method, params, callback) => this.dispatch(iface, method, params, callback),
+                onListening,
+                onError,
+            });
+        };
+
+        const xmlrpcServer = (iface, port, label, path) => {
+            const {onListening, onError} = this.listeningCallbacks(iface, label, listenAddress);
+            return createXmlrpcServer({
+                host: listenAddress,
+                port,
+                path,
+                tls: this.tls,
+                auth,
+                dispatch: (method, params, callback) => this.dispatch(iface, method, params, callback),
+                onListening,
+                onError,
+            });
+        };
+
+        // the factory of an interface is kept so that dropConnection() can restart its server
+        const start = (iface, port, factory) => {
+            this.serverFactories[iface] = factory;
+            this.servers[iface] = factory(port);
+            this.exposeServer(iface);
+        };
+
+        if (this.devices.rfd) {
+            start('rfd', binrpcListenPort, (port) => binrpcServer('rfd', port, 'rfd binrpc'));
+        }
+
+        if (this.devices.wired) {
+            start('wired', this.config.wiredListenPort, (port) => binrpcServer('wired', port, 'wired binrpc'));
+        }
+
+        if (this.devices.hmip) {
+            start('hmip', xmlrpcListenPort, (port) => xmlrpcServer('hmip', port, 'hmip xmlrpc'));
+        }
+
+        if (virtualListenPort !== undefined) {
+            start('virtual', virtualListenPort, (port) =>
+                xmlrpcServer('virtual', port, 'VirtualDevices xmlrpc', virtualPath),
+            );
+        }
+
+        if (cuxdListenPort !== undefined) {
+            start('cuxd', cuxdListenPort, (port) => binrpcServer('cuxd', port, 'CUxD binrpc'));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Keeps the historical property names (sim.rfdServer, sim.hmipServer, ...) pointing at the server. */
+    exposeServer(iface) {
+        this[`${iface}Server`] = this.servers[iface];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Registers a `whenReady()` promise for one server and returns its listening/error callbacks.
+     * The port a server actually got - which matters when it was configured as 0 - lands in
+     * `sim.ports[iface]`.
+     */
+    listeningCallbacks(iface, label, host) {
+        let resolve;
+        let reject;
+        this.ready.push(
+            new Promise((resolveReady, rejectReady) => {
+                resolve = resolveReady;
+                reject = rejectReady;
+            }),
+        );
+
+        return {
+            onListening: (server) => {
+                const port = serverPort(server);
+                this.ports[iface] = port;
+                this.log.info(label, 'server listening on', host, port);
+                resolve();
+            },
+            onError: (error) => {
+                this.log.error(label, 'server error:', error.message);
+                reject(error);
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves once every server the simulator started is accepting connections.
+     * @returns {Promise<void>}
+     */
+    async whenReady() {
+        await Promise.all(this.ready);
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ misc */
+
+    loadBehaviors(behaviorPath) {
+        let files;
+        try {
+            files = fs.readdirSync(behaviorPath);
+        } catch (error) {
+            this.log.warn('behavior path not readable', behaviorPath, error.message);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (const file of files) {
+            if (file.endsWith('.js')) {
+                this.log.info('loading behavior', file);
+                require(path.join(behaviorPath, file))(this.api);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    close() {
+        this.api.removeAllListeners();
+        for (const handle of this.timers) {
+            clearTimeout(handle);
+        }
+        this.timers.clear();
+        for (const server of Object.values(this.servers)) {
+            if (typeof server.close === 'function') {
+                server.close();
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (const iface of Object.keys(this.clients)) {
+            for (const key of Object.keys(this.clients[iface])) {
+                closeClient(this.clients[iface][key].client);
+                delete this.clients[iface][key];
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (this.regaSim) {
+            this.regaSim.close();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** The port a binrpc or xmlrpc server is actually listening on. */
+function serverPort(server) {
+    const underlying = server.server || server.httpServer;
+    const address = underlying && underlying.address();
+    return address ? address.port : undefined;
+}
+
+/** Closes a binrpc or xmlrpc client so that it stops holding the event loop open. */
+function closeClient(client) {
+    if (!client) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // binrpc clients reconnect on their own until that is switched off
+    if (typeof client.reconnectTimeout === 'number') {
+        client.reconnectTimeout = 0;
+    }
+    if (client.socket && typeof client.socket.destroy === 'function') {
+        client.socket.destroy();
+    }
+    for (const method of ['end', 'close', 'destroy']) {
+        if (typeof client[method] === 'function') {
+            client[method]();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = HmSim;