to-squash: made recommended changes

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ classifiers = [
 description = "Create an IOC from a PandA"
 dependencies = [
     "setuptools>=64",
-    "numpy<2",
+    "numpy<2",    # until https://github.com/mdavidsaver/p4p/issues/145 is fixed
     "click",
     "h5py",
     "softioc>=4.4.0",

src/pandablocks_ioc/_hdf_ioc.py

@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
 
 from ._pvi import PviGroup, add_automatic_pvi_info, add_data_capture_pvi_info
 from ._tables import ReadOnlyPvaTable
-from ._types import ONAM_STR, ZNAM_STR, EpicsName
+from ._types import ONAM_STR, ZNAM_STR, EpicsName, epics_to_panda_name
 
 HDFReceived = Union[ReadyData, StartData, FrameData, EndData]
 
 
 class CaptureMode(Enum):
     """
-    The mode which the circular buffer will use to flush
+    The mode which the circular buffer will use to flush.
     """
 
     #: Wait till N frames are recieved then write them
@@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ class DatasetNameCache:
     """Used for outputing formatted dataset names in the HDF5 writer, and creating
     and updating the HDF5 `DATASETS` table record."""
 
-    def __init__(self, datasets: Dict[str, Dataset], datasets_record_name: EpicsName):
+    def __init__(
+        self, datasets: Dict[EpicsName, Dataset], datasets_record_name: EpicsName
+    ):
         self._datasets = datasets
 
         self._datasets_table_record = ReadOnlyPvaTable(
@@ -341,8 +343,7 @@ def hdf_writer_names(self):
             if not dataset.name or dataset.capture == "No":
                 continue
 
-            # COUNTER:OUT -> COUNTER.OUT
-            field_name = record_name.replace(":", ".")
+            field_name = epics_to_panda_name(record_name)
 
             hdf_names[field_name] = hdf_name = {}