first attempt

pyproject.toml

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ dev = [
  "tox-direct",
  "types-mock",
  "types-pyyaml",
+ "bluesky",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]

src/ophyd_async/core/device.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  Tuple,
  TypeVar,
 )
-
 from bluesky.protocols import HasName
 from bluesky.run_engine import call_in_bluesky_event_loop
 
@@ -31,13 +30,24 @@ class Device(HasName):
  #: The parent Device if it exists
  parent: Optional[Device] = None
 
- def __init__(self, name: str = "") -> None:
+ def __init__(self, name: str = "", long_name:Optional[str] = None) -> None:
  self.set_name(name)
-
+ self._long_name(long_name)
  @property
  def name(self) -> str:
  """Return the name of the Device"""
  return self._name
+ @property
+ def long_name(self) -> str:
+ """long name of the device"""
+ if self._long_name is not None:
+ return self._long_name
+ else:
+ return self._name
+ @long_name.setter
+ def long_name(self,name) -> None:
+ self._long_name = name
+
 
  def children(self) -> Iterator[Tuple[str, Device]]:
  for attr_name, attr in self.__dict__.items():