Altered the profile read exception handling a little.

Meade.net/Wrapper/GetValueException.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace ASCOM.Meade.net.Wrapper
+{
+    public class GetValueException : Exception
+    {
+        public GetValueException(
+            string driverId,
+            string name,
+            string subKey,
+            string defaultValue,
+            Exception innerException
+        ) : base ( $"Error getting value {name} from driver {driverId} in {subKey} and default value {defaultValue} cannot be used.", innerException)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public GetValueException(
+            string driverId, 
+            string name, 
+            string subKey, 
+            string defaultValue, 
+            string value, 
+            Exception innerException):
+            base($"Error converting value {name} from {value}", innerException)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}

Meade.net/Wrapper/IProfileWrapper.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
+using System.Globalization;
 using ASCOM.Utilities;
 using ASCOM.Utilities.Interfaces;
 
@@ -7,7 +8,11 @@ namespace ASCOM.Meade.net.Wrapper
 {
     public interface IProfileWrapper : IProfile, IProfileExtra, IDisposable
     {
+        int GetValueInt(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue);
+        short GetValueShort(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue);
 
+        bool GetValueBool(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue);
+        double GetValueDouble(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue);
     }
 
     public class ProfileWrapper : IProfileWrapper
@@ -36,7 +41,68 @@ namespace ASCOM.Meade.net.Wrapper
 
         public string GetValue(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue)
         {
-            return _profile.GetValue(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue);
+            try
+            {
+                return _profile.GetValue(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new GetValueException(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue, e);
+            }
+            
+        }
+
+        public int GetValueInt(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue)
+        {
+            var value = _profile.GetValue(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue);
+            try
+            {
+                return int.Parse(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new GetValueException(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue, value, e);
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        public short GetValueShort(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue)
+        {
+            var value = _profile.GetValue(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue);
+            try
+            {
+                return short.Parse(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new GetValueException(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue, value, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public bool GetValueBool(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue)
+        {
+            var value = _profile.GetValue(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue);
+            try
+            {
+                return bool.Parse(value);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new GetValueException(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue, value, e);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        public double GetValueDouble(string driverId, string name, string subKey, string defaultValue)
+        {
+            var value = _profile.GetValue(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue);
+            try
+            {
+                return double.Parse(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new GetValueException(driverId, name, subKey, defaultValue, value, e);
+            }
         }
 
         public void WriteValue(string driverId, string name, string value, string subKey)