--- a/svghmi/svghmi.c	Tue Jul 13 16:19:07 2021 +0200
+++ b/svghmi/svghmi.c	Thu Jul 15 11:48:02 2021 +0200
@@ -211,21 +211,21 @@
 void SVGHMI_SuspendFromPythonThread(void);
 void SVGHMI_WakeupFromRTThread(void);
 
-static int continue_collect;
+int svghmi_continue_collect;
 
 int __init_svghmi()
 {
     bzero(rbuf,sizeof(rbuf));
     bzero(wbuf,sizeof(wbuf));
 
-    continue_collect = 1;
+    svghmi_continue_collect = 1;
 
     return 0;
 }
 
 void __cleanup_svghmi()
 {
-    continue_collect = 0;
+    svghmi_continue_collect = 0;
     SVGHMI_WakeupFromRTThread();
 }
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
 int svghmi_send_collect(uint32_t session_index, uint32_t *size, char **ptr){
 
-    if(continue_collect) {
+    if(svghmi_continue_collect) {
         int res;
         sbufidx = HMI_HASH_SIZE;
         send_session_index = session_index;

--- a/svghmi/svghmi_server.py	Tue Jul 13 16:19:07 2021 +0200
+++ b/svghmi/svghmi_server.py	Thu Jul 15 11:48:02 2021 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 svghmi_wait.restype = ctypes.c_int # error or 0
 svghmi_wait.argtypes = []
 
+svghmi_continue_collect = ctypes.c_int.in_dll(PLCBinary, "svghmi_continue_collect")
+
 svghmi_send_collect = PLCBinary.svghmi_send_collect
 svghmi_send_collect.restype = ctypes.c_int # error or 0
 svghmi_send_collect.argtypes = [
@@ -244,8 +246,7 @@
     size = ctypes.c_uint32()
     ptr = ctypes.c_void_p()
     res = 0
-    finished = False
-    while not(finished):
+    while svghmi_continue_collect:
         svghmi_wait()
         for svghmi_session in svghmi_session_manager.iter_sessions():
             res = svghmi_send_collect(
@@ -261,7 +262,6 @@
                 pass
             else:
                 # this happens when finishing
-                finished = True
                 break
 
 def AddPathToSVGHMIServers(path, factory):