Disable PVA in IOC initialization

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CA IOCs should not serve over PVA, as IOCs that serve both CA and PVA transports will be re-serving PVs.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Soft IOC startup now explicitly disables PVA support, ensuring consistent channel access behavior.

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EpicsCAIOC.run now disables PVA explicitly when it initializes the soft IOC.

Changes

CA IOC initialization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
IOC startup configuration src/fastcs/transports/epics/ca/ioc.py	EpicsCAIOC.run passes enable_pva=False to softioc.iocInit.

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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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The production change is compatible with the supported softioc version, but the system test must use CA before merging or validation will fail.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/fastcs/transports/epics/ca/ioc.py`:
- Line 57: Update test_ioc to use CA client operations and assertions through
the existing EpicsCATransport fixture, replacing Context("pva") and PVA-specific
calls. Keep EpicsCAIOC.run with PVA disabled and verify the corresponding CA
path without re-enabling PVA.

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 91.37%. Comparing base (418dda0) to head (84f1abf).

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