Connecting and disconnecting looks OK at first sight, but there is still a problem.

My test setup: A profile with only the telescope simulator and the QHY CCD driver as main CCD (not as guider)
Perform this sequence of events:
• In KStars open the EKOS - Kstars dialog (Tools|Ekos or Ctrl+K)
• In CCD & Filter Wheel capture an image via the Preview button. The result is OK
• In the INDI control panel Disconnect and Connect the QHY CCD
• In CCD & Filter Wheel capture an other image via the Preview button. Now the driver hangs, no image. In the INDI Control Panel the led indicator remains yellow Disconnect not working, the led indicator remains yellow
• In the EKOS - Kstars dialog Profile tab press the Disconnect and the Stop INDI buttons
• Press Start INDI button and the INDI Control Panel reappears, but the Connect button remains active in the EKOS - Kstars dialog Profile tab
• In the INDI Control Panel a red error message: [ERROR] Connecting to CCD failed (QHY5LII-C-6177e210b82ca44af)
• De INDI webmanager shows the indi_qhy_ccd loaded twice

I have attached a log of this sequence

Taking images with longer exposure times now seems to work. Exposures direct from the INDI Control Panel ranging from 0.0001 - 100 seconds were OK. But using the Preview button in the CCD & Filter Wheel tab was not always successful. Sometimes no image is received and the display is stuck in a revolving icon and the message Capturing image... I will try to log this sequence as well and post it here.

regards berendj

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