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COM_TIMEOUT()
Set Timeout for all operations in 1/10 seconds
Syntax
COM_TIMEOUT(<nComPort>[,<nTimeout>])
--> lOldTimeout
Arguments
<nComPort> Designates the port
<nTimeout> Designates operation timeout in tenth (1/10) seconds.
Returns
When called only with <nComPort>, the COM_TIMEOUT() returns
previous value of operation timeout.
Description
All read functions may use a timeout mechanism while waiting for
characters. If this time limit is exceeded the function abort reading.
The timeout duration is specified by the parameter TenthOfSeconds.
This value is given as a multiple of a thenth of a second.
Example
Turn on the hardware handshake at a port:
COM_OPEN(2)
COM_TIMEOUT(6000) // set timeout to 10 minutes
See Also:
COM_READ()
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