Updated to use the new ReadAnyGroup instead of the old readAny function. Some tests are still hanging or failing (mostly due to shutdown issues)

It inherits two functions from its two base classes. Explicitly use the
one from ApplicationBase.

use a different work around for the thread_local problem: moving the code using the thread_local specifier to the cc file also solved the problem and does not require a complicated work around using a map...

- Added tag "MicroDAQ.CONFIG" to all configuration variables, to make it easier to publish only them into the control system

necessary changes for the latest DeviceAccess update (readAsync() return type no longer a reference, and other related changes)