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CCD Not Taking Pictures

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CCD Not Taking Pictures was created by Silver Frank

I am trying to write a python program that takes 10 pictures in a row and renames them as they are taken, but when I run the script, some of the pictures are missing. I end up getting Picture0, Picture1, Picture2, Picture4, Picture6, Picture7, Picture8, Picture9, or something of the like where a few numbers are skipped. I have successfully run the code once or twice where all the pictures came through, but most times, I end up with fewer pictures than I should. The python program calls the following script to take the pictures and runs 10 times:
indi_getprop -t 17 &
indi_setprop "SBIG CCD.CCD_EXPOSURE.CCD_EXPOSURE_VALUE=$1"
sleep 15
mv "SBIG CCD.CCD1.CCD1.fits" ~/mydirectory/"$2.fits"
sleep 2
Do I need an even longer delay between some of the commands, or is there some other issue here?
Last edit: 7 years 9 months ago by Silver Frank. Reason: Forgot to include a detail about the script
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Replied by Jasem Mutlaq on topic CCD Not Taking Pictures

It's better to use INDI Python client than to use scripts like these. At any rate, you should check the state of CCD_EXPOSURE, once it turns from BUSY to OK, then you can download the image. Never make any assumptions solely on timing.
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