Workaround for Andor iQ bug# 6028. Run this in the iQ Python IDE

iQ filename fixer.py

import imagedisk
import logging

REPLACE_DOT_WITH_CHAR = '_' # Replace dot with underscore
LOG_FILENAME = 'iQ_filename_fixer.log'

id = imagedisk.iQImageDisk()
##logging.basicConfig(filename=LOG_FILENAME, level=logging.DEBUG)
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

changed = 0
unchanged = 0

logging.info('Renaming files to replace `.`with `' + \
             REPLACE_DOT_WITH_CHAR + '`...')

for im in id:

  name = im.getTitle()
  new_name = name.replace('.', REPLACE_DOT_WITH_CHAR)
  
  if name == new_name:
    unchanged = unchanged + 1
  
  else:
    logging.info(repr(name) + ' -> ' + repr(new_name))
    im.setTitle(new_name)
    changed = changed + 1

if changed == 0:
  logging.info('Nothing to change.  No dataset names have `.` in them')

else:
  logging.info('Fixed ' + str(changed) + ' dataset names')
  logging.info(str(unchanged) + ' dataset names unchanged')