Pymodbus

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* Remove python 3.8 from CI
* Log comm retries. (2220)
* Solve serial unrequested frame. (2219)
* test convert registers with 1234.... (2217)
* Fix writing to serial (rs485) on windows os. (2191)
* Remember to remove serial writer. (2209)
* Update client.rst (2199)
* Fix usage file names (2194)
* Show error if example is run without support files. (2189)
* Solve pylint error.
* Describe zero_mode in ModbusSlaveContext.__init__ (2187)
* Datastore will not return ExceptionResponse. (2175)
* call async datastore from modbus server (2144)
* Transaction id overrun.
* Add minimal devcontainer. (2172)
* Sphinx: do not turn warnings into errors.
* Fix usage of AsyncModbusTcpClient in client docs page (2169)
* Bump actions CI. (2166)
* Request/Response: change execute to be async method (2142)
* datastore: add async_setValues/getValues methods (2165)
* fixed kwargs not being expanded for actions on bit registers, adjusted tests to catch this issue (2161)
* Clean datastore setValues. (2145)
* modbus_server: call execute in a way that those can be either coroutines or normal methods (2139)
* Streamline message class. (2133)
* Fix decode for wrong mdap len.
* SOCKET/TLS framer using message decode(). (2129)
* ASCII framer using message decode() (2128)
* Add generate_ssl() to TLS client as helper. (2120)
* add _legacy_decoder to message rtu (2119)

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* Allow socket exception response with wrong length

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* Add lock to async requests, correct logging and length calc. (FIX, not on dev)
* test_simulator: use unused_tcp_port fixture (2141)
* streamline imports in Factory.py (2140)
* Secure testing is done with pymodbus in PR. (2136)
* Fix link to github in README (2134)
* Wildcard exception catch from pyserial. (2125)
* Problem with stale CI. (2117)
* Add connection exception to list of exceptions catpured in retries (2113)
* Move on_reconnect to client level (2111)
* Bump github stale. (2110)
* update package_test_tool (add 4 test scenarios) (2107)
* Bump dependencies. (2108)
* Cancel send if no connection. (2103)

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* Solve transport close() as not inherited method. (2098)
* enable `mypy --check-untyped-defs` (2096)
* Add get_expected_response_length to transaction.
* Remove control encode in framersRemove control encode in framers. (2095)
* Bump codeql in CI to v3. (2093)
* Improve server types (2092)
* Remove pointless try/except (2091)
* Improve transport types (2090)
* Use explicit ValueError when called with incorrect function code (2089)
* update message tests (incorporate all old tests). (2088)
* Improve simulator type hints (2084)
* Cleanup dead resetFrame code (2082)
* integrate message.encode() into framer.buildPacket. (2062)
* Repair client close() (intern= is needed for ModbusProtocol). (2080)
* Updated Message_Parser example (2079)
* Fix 2069 use released repl from pypi (2077)
* Fix field encoding of Read File Record Response (2075)
* Improve simulator types (2076)
* Bump actions. (2071)

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* Update framers to ease message integration (only decode/encode) (2064)
* Add negtive acknowledge to modbus exceptions (2065)
* add Message Socket/TLS and amend tests. (2061)
* Improve factory types (2060)
* ASCII. (2054)
* Improve datastore documentation (2056)
* Improve types for messages (2058)
* Improve payload types (2057)
* Reorganize datastore inheritance (2055)
* Added new message (framer) raw + 100%coverage. (2053)
* message classes, first step (1932)
* Use AbstractMethod in transport. (2051)
* A datastore for each slave. (2050)
* Only run coverage in ubuntu / python 3.12 (2049)
* Replace lambda with functools.partial in transport. (2047)
* Move self.loop in transport to init() (2046)
* Fix decoder bug (2045)
* Add support for server testing in package_test_tool. (2044)
* DictTransactionManager -> ModbusTransactionManager (2042)
* eliminate redundant server_close() (2041)
* Remove reactive server (REPL server). (2038)
* Improve types for client (2032)
* Improve HTTP server type hints (2035)
* eliminate asyncio.sleep() and replace time.sleep() with a timeout (2034)
* Use "new" inter_byte_timeout and is_open for pyserial (2031)
* Add more type hints to datastore (2028)
* Add more framer tests, solve a couple of framer problems. (2024)
* Rework slow tests (use NULL_MODEM) (1995)
* Allow slave=0 in serial communication. (2023)
* Client package test tool. (2022)
* Add REPL documentation back with links to REPL repo (2017)
* Move repl to a seperate repo (2009)
* solve more mypy issues with client (2013)
* solve more mypy issues with datastore (2010)
* Remove useless. (2011)
* streamline transport tests. (2004)
* Improve types for REPL (2007)
* Specify more types in base framer (2005)
* Move htmlcov -> build/cov (2003)
* Avoid pylint complain about lambda. (1999)
* Improve client types (1997)
* Fix setblocking call (1996)
* Actívate warnings in pytest. (1994)
* Add profile option to pytest. (1991)
* Simplify message tests (1990)
* Upgrade pylint and ruff (1989)
* Add first architecture document. (1988)
* Update CONTRIBUTING.rst.
* Return None for broadcast. (1987)
* Make ModbusClientMixin Generic to fix type issues for sync and async (1980)
* remove strange None default (1984)
* Fix incorrect bytearray type hint in diagnostics query (1983)
* Fix URL to CHANGELOG (1979)
* move server_hostname to be local in tls client. (1978)
* Parameter "strict" is and was only used for serial server/client. (1975)
* Removed unused parameter close_comm_on_error. (1974)

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* Update datastore_simulator example with client (1967)
* Test and correct receiving more than one packet (1965)
* Remove unused FifoTransactionManager. (1966)
* Always set exclusive serial port access. (1964)
* Add server/client network stub, to allow test of network packets. (1963)
* Combine conftest to a central file (1962)
* Call on_reconnect_callback. (1959)
* Readd ModbusBaseClient to external API.
* Update README.rst
* minor fix for typo and consistency (1946)
* More coverage. (1947)
* Client coverage 100%. (1943)
* Run coverage in CI with % check of coverage. (1945)
* transport 100% coverage. (1941)
* contrib example: TCP drainage simulator with two devices (1936)
* Remove "pragma no cover". (1935)
* transport_serial -> serialtransport. (1933)
* Fix behavior after Exception response (1931)
* Correct expected length for udp sync client. (1930)