introduced distinction between ID and name (like for Adjustables)

slic/core/sensor/bssensor.py

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ MSG_MISSING_TYPE = "'type' channel field not found. Parse as 64-bit floating-poi
 
 class BSSensor(Sensor):
 
-    def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(name, **kwargs)
-        self.thread = thread = BSMonitorThread(name, self._collect)
+    def __init__(self, ID, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(ID, **kwargs)
+        self.thread = thread = BSMonitorThread(ID, self._collect)
         thread.start()
 
     def get_current_value(self):

slic/core/sensor/pvsensor.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from .sensor import Sensor
 
 class PVSensor(Sensor):
 
-    def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(name, **kwargs)
-        self.pv = PV(name)
+    def __init__(self, ID, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(ID, **kwargs)
+        self.pv = PV(ID)
         self._cb_index = None
 
 

slic/core/sensor/sensor.py

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ from .basesensor import BaseSensor
 
 class Sensor(BaseSensor):
 
-    def __init__(self, name, units=None, aggregation=np.mean):
-        self.name = name
+    def __init__(self, ID, name=None, units=None, aggregation=np.mean):
+        self.ID = ID
+        self.name = name or ID
         self.units = units
         self.aggregation = aggregation
         self._cache = []