Expect send command is not sending - stops sending during script - expect

Question

The problem is the command send "xxxxx" just does not send. The command seem to be completely ignored.
In the script below I am able to log in to the server but no more send commands are transmitted to the server.
At the end there is an example of the output.
The timeout traps were for debugging.
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
## getver_t.sh - Use telnet to get ver from Cisco devices
## Could be asked for login ID or just pasword
set pass {Password1 Pass2}
set index 0
set timeout 5
set host [lindex $argv 0 ]
spawn ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null admin#$host
expect {
"assword:" {
send_user "\n--- sending [lindex $pass $index] ---\n"
send "[lindex $pass $index]\r"
incr index
exp_continue
}
"\>" {
send_user "\n--- I see a prompt ---\n"
send -- "ter len 0\r"
sleep 3
send -- "show inv\r"
sleep 3
send -- "show ver\r"
send_user "\n--- Time to end ---\n"
sleep 3
send -- "exit\r"
sleep 3
exit
}
timeout {
send -- "\r"
set timeout 5
send_user "\n--- TIMED OUT 1 ---\n"
send -- "ter len 0\r"
sleep 3
send -- "show inv\r"
sleep 3
send -- "show ver\r"
sleep 3
send -- "exit\r"
sleep 3
exit
}
}
send_user "\n--- out side land ---\n"
send "\r"
expect {
timeout {
send_user "\n--- TIMED OUT 2 ---\n"
}
}
This is what I see running the script.
$ ./getver_s.sh server1
spawn ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null admin#server1
Warning: Permanently added 'server1,10.1.1.3' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Password:
--- sending Password1 ---
Password:
--- sending Pass2 ---
------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to server1
------------------------------------------------------------
server1>
--- I see a prompt ---
--- Time to end ---
$
I see the "--- I see a prompt ---" and "--- Time to end ---" messages
but the send commands between the send_user commands are not sent to the server.
I have rewritten this script changed the logic and run it off different versions of servers (Debian7 & 8) but the result is always the same.
Why are those send commands not being sent?
Added expect -d output
Login Banner
-------------- CUT ------------------
Password:"
--- sending Password1 ---
send: sending "Password1\r" to { exp7 }
expect: continuing expect
expect: does " " (spawn_id exp7) match glob pattern "assword:"? no
">"? no
expect: does " \r\n" (spawn_id exp7) match glob pattern "assword:"? no
">"? no
Password:
expect: does " \r\nPassword: " (spawn_id exp7) match glob pattern "assword:"? yes
expect: set expect_out(0,string) "assword:"
expect: set expect_out(spawn_id) "exp7"
expect: set expect_out(buffer) " \r\nPassword:"
--- sending Pass2 ---
send: sending "Pass2\r" to { exp7 }
expect: continuing expect
expect: does " " (spawn_id exp7) match glob pattern "assword:"? no
">"? no
expect: does " \r\n" (spawn_id exp7) match glob pattern "assword:"? no
">"? no
-------------- CUT ------------------
motd
-------------- CUT ------------------
-\r\nServer1>"
--- I see a prompt ---
send: sending "ter len 0\r" to { exp7 }
send: sending "show inv\r" to { exp7 }
send: sending "show ver\r" to { exp7 }
send: sending "exit\r" to { exp7 }
Server1$