print "Monitoring"
if controller.state == State.Ready and Scienta.state.isInitialized(): 
    scientaCurrentImageCount = Scienta.getCurrentImageCount()
    _scientaRestart = False
    
    if scientaCurrentImageCount>0:
        #Criteria is: currentImageCount decreated
        if globals().has_key("scientaLastImageCount"):   
            if  scientaCurrentImageCount < scientaLastImageCount:
                _scientaRestart = True            
    else:
        #Criteria: first communication after timeout
        retries = 3
        for i in range(retries):
            try:   
                print "Reading"                  
                Scienta.getImageCounter().read()
                print "Communication ok"           
                if globals().has_key("scientaTimeOut"):
                    if scientaTimeOut:
                        _scientaRestart = True            
                    scientaTimeOut = False
                break
            except:
                if i < retries-1:
                    print "Com failure: retrying"
                else:
                    print "Scienta timeout"           
                    scientaTimeOut = True 
                    break                  

    if _scientaRestart:
        print "Restarting Scienta..."
        Scienta.initialize()
        print "Finished Scienta restart..."
    
    scientaLastImageCount = scientaCurrentImageCount