print "Monitoring"
#if controller.state == State.Ready and Scienta.state.isInitialized(): 
if  Scienta.state.isInitialized():    
    retries = 3
    for i in range(retries):
        try:
            print "Communication ok"     
            Scienta.getImageCounter().read()
            print "Communication ok"           
            break
        except:
            if i >= retries-1:
                print "Scienta timeout, reinitializing..."           
                Scienta.initialize()
                print "Scienta reinit ok"           
                break