diff --git a/.github/workflows/cocogitto.yml b/.github/workflows/check-commit-pr.yml
similarity index 95%
rename from .github/workflows/cocogitto.yml
rename to .github/workflows/check-commit-pr.yml
index b546705..75b72ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cocogitto.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-commit-pr.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # to keep things as portable as possible and to easily replicate the
 # workflow locally.
 
-name: check commit messages
+name: Check commit messages and PR titles
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -27,4 +27,3 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check PR title using cocogitto
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: docker run -t ghcr.io/cocogitto/cog:latest verify "${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
-      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43bf485..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will do a clean install of node dependencies, build the source code and run tests across different versions of node
-# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-nodejs-with-github-actions
-
-name: Node.js CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node-version: [20.x, 22.x, 24.x]
-        arch: [x64]
-
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    name: ${{ matrix.os }} / Node ${{ matrix.node-version }} ${{ matrix.arch }}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-      with:
-        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-    - run: npm ci
-    - run: npm run build
-    - run: npm test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-end-to-end.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-end-to-end.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed3088f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-end-to-end.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# This workflow will do a clean install of node dependencies, build the source code and run tests across different versions of node
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-nodejs-with-github-actions
+
+name: E2E Test Suite
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        node-version: [20.x]
+        arch: [x64]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }} / Node ${{ matrix.node-version }} ${{ matrix.arch }}
+
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+
+    - name: Cache bacnet-stack-server image
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      id: cache-bacnet-stack-server-docker-image
+      with:
+        path: bacnet-stack-server.tar
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('docker/bacnet-stack-server/*') }}
+
+    - name: Load cached bacnet-stack-server image
+      if: ${{ steps.cache-bacnet-stack-server-docker-image.outputs.cache-hit == 'true' }}
+      continue-on-error: false
+      run: docker load -i bacnet-stack-server.tar
+
+    - name: Build bacnet-stack-server image
+      if: ${{ steps.cache-bacnet-stack-server-docker-image.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
+      continue-on-error: false
+      run: docker build -t bacnet-stack-server --platform linux/amd64 docker/bacnet-stack-server && docker save -o bacnet-stack-server.tar bacnet-stack-server
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: npm ci
+
+    - name: Build project
+      run: npm run build
+
+    - name: Prepare environment for E2E tests
+      run: sh e2e-tests-prep.sh
+
+    - name: Run E2E tests
+      run: sh e2e-tests-run.sh
+
+    - name: Clean up environment after E2E tests
+      run: sh e2e-tests-clean.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69de3bb..9e875b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ able to run locally and use with any BACnet client of your choice. For local
 testing I tend to use [YABE], which is native to Windows but can be made to
 work reasonably well on macOS and Linux via [Wine].
 
+## Testing
+
+See [TESTING.md].
+
 
 [device]: https://github.com/bacnet-js/device
 [apidocs]: https://bacnet-js.github.io/device
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ work reasonably well on macOS and Linux via [Wine].
 [@bacnet-js/client]: https://github.com/bacnet-js/node-bacnet
 [LICENSE]: https://github.com/bacnet-js/device/blob/main/LICENSE
 [CONFORMANCE.md]: https://github.com/bacnet-js/device/blob/main/CONFORMANCE.md
+[TESTING.md]: https://github.com/bacnet-js/device/blob/main/TESTING.md
 [examples]: https://github.com/bacnet-js/device/tree/main/src/examples
 [YABE]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/yetanotherbacnetexplorer/
 [Wine]: https://www.winehq.org
diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..621d209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TESTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+# Testing
+
+## End-to-end tests
+
+E2E tests use [bacnet-stack] as a third-party implementation of the BACnet
+protocol.
+
+The suite depends on Docker to run [bacnet-stack]'s CLI programs in a separate
+container from that of the BACnet device implemented through this library. This
+is necessary because, in practice, it's very hard to get different BACnet
+devices to share the same network interface. Docker offers us an easy way to
+ensure that each device runs on its dedicated (virtual) interface.
+
+## Building the `bacnet-stack` image
+
+The image used for the [bacnet-stack] container, whose Dockerfile is located at
+`./docker/docker-stack-server`, includes a simple HTTP server through which the
+other container (which runs the test suite) can trigger BACnet queries. Build
+the image as follows before running the E2E test suite:
+
+```sh
+docker build -t bacnet-stack-server --platform linux/amd64 docker/bacnet-stack-server
+```
+
+## Running the E2E test suite
+
+```sh
+sh e2e-tests-prep.sh
+sh e2e-tests-run.sh
+sh e2e-tests-clean.sh
+```
+
+[bacnet-stack]: https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack
diff --git a/docker/bacnet-stack-server/Dockerfile b/docker/bacnet-stack-server/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2c42d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/bacnet-stack-server/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+FROM node:20-alpine AS build-env
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base curl git linux-headers
+WORKDIR /
+RUN git clone https://github.com/bacnet-stack/bacnet-stack.git --depth 1 --branch bacnet-stack-1.4.1
+RUN cd bacnet-stack && make clean all
+
+FROM node:20-alpine
+COPY --from=build-env /bacnet-stack /bacnet-stack
+WORKDIR /bacnet-stack
+COPY ./server.js /server.js
+CMD ["node", "/server.js"]
diff --git a/docker/bacnet-stack-server/server.js b/docker/bacnet-stack-server/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56ac967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/bacnet-stack-server/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+import { createServer } from 'node:http';
+import { exec } from 'node:child_process';
+
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  let buf = Buffer.alloc(0);
+  req.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    buf = Buffer.concat([buf, chunk]);
+  });
+  req.on('end', () => {
+    let cmd = buf.toString();
+    if (cmd.length === 0 || !cmd.startsWith('bac')) {
+      res.statusCode = 400;
+      res.end('Invalid command');
+      return;
+    }
+    cmd = `/bacnet-stack/bin/${cmd}`;
+    exec(cmd, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+      if (err) {
+        res.statusCode = 500;
+        res.end(err.stack ?? err);
+      } else {
+        res.statusCode = 200;
+        res.end(stdout.trim());
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+server.listen(3000, '0.0.0.0');
diff --git a/e2e-tests-clean.sh b/e2e-tests-clean.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dea138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests-clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+docker stop bacnet-stack-server && docker rm bacnet-stack-server
+docker network rm bacnet-js
diff --git a/e2e-tests-prep.sh b/e2e-tests-prep.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f65417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests-prep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+
+docker network create bacnet-js
+
+docker run -d --platform linux/amd64 --network bacnet-js --name bacnet-stack-server bacnet-stack-server
diff --git a/e2e-tests-run.sh b/e2e-tests-run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baf9c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests-run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+docker run \
+  --rm \
+  --volume ./:/app \
+  --workdir /app \
+  --network bacnet-js \
+  node:20-alpine \
+  node --enable-source-maps --test dist
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 42f6b2b..85d4518 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "clean": "rm -rf ./dist",
     "build": "npm run clean && tsc -p .",
     "hooks": "cog install-hook --all",
-    "test": "echo \"done\""
+    "test": "echo \"see TESTING.md\""
   },
   "author": "Jacopo Scazzosi <jacopo@scazzosi.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "dist/**/*.js",
     "dist/**/*.d.ts",
     "!dist/examples/**/*",
+    "!dist/tests/**/*",
     "CONFORMANCE.md"
   ],
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/objects/device/device.ts b/src/objects/device/device.ts
index 5ef9804..353c1b6 100644
--- a/src/objects/device/device.ts
+++ b/src/objects/device/device.ts
@@ -402,8 +402,10 @@ export class BDDevice extends BDObject implements AsyncEventEmitter<BDDeviceEven
     this.#covqueue.kill();
     this.removeListener('aftercov', this.#onChildAfterCov);
     for (const object of this.#objects.values()) {
-      object.destroy();
-      object.removeListener('aftercov', this.#onChildAfterCov);
+      if (object !== this) {
+        object.destroy();
+        object.removeListener('aftercov', this.#onChildAfterCov);
+      }
     }
     this.#client
       .removeListener('whoHas', this.#onBacnetWhoHas)
diff --git a/src/tests/analogvalue.test.ts b/src/tests/analogvalue.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1033ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/analogvalue.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+import { it, describe, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'node:test';
+import { deepStrictEqual } from 'node:assert';
+import { BDDevice } from '../objects/device/device.js';
+import { bsReadProperty } from './bacnet-stack-client.js';
+import { BDAnalogValue } from '../objects/numeric/analogvalue.js';
+import { EngineeringUnits, ObjectType, PropertyIdentifier } from '@bacnet-js/client';
+
+describe('AnalogValue', () => {
+
+  let device: BDDevice;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    device = new BDDevice(1, {
+      name: 'Test Device',
+    });
+    device.on('error', console.error);
+    device.addObject(new BDAnalogValue({
+      name: 'Test Value',
+      unit: EngineeringUnits.AMPERES,
+      presentValue: 0,
+    }));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    device.destroy();
+  })
+
+  it('should read the object\'s Present_Value property', async () => {
+    const value = await bsReadProperty(1, ObjectType.ANALOG_VALUE, 1, PropertyIdentifier.PRESENT_VALUE);
+    deepStrictEqual(parseInt(value), 0);
+  });
+
+  it('should read the object\'s Units property', async () => {
+    const value = await bsReadProperty(1, ObjectType.ANALOG_VALUE, 1, PropertyIdentifier.UNITS);
+    deepStrictEqual(value, 'amperes');
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/tests/bacnet-stack-client.ts b/src/tests/bacnet-stack-client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0af1308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/bacnet-stack-client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+import { ObjectType, PropertyIdentifier } from '@bacnet-js/client';
+
+const bsExec = async (bin: string, args: string[]) => {
+  const res = await fetch('http://bacnet-stack-server:3000', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: `${bin} ${args.map(a => `"${a}"`).join(' ')}`,
+  });
+  if (res.ok) {
+    const stdout = await res.text();
+    return stdout;
+  }
+  const err = await res.text();
+  throw new Error(err);
+};
+
+export const bsReadProperty = async (devIn: number, objType: ObjectType, objIn: number, propId: PropertyIdentifier) => {
+  return await bsExec('bacrp', [`${devIn}`, `${objType}`, `${objIn}`, `${propId}`]);
+};