External Interfaces

Timeout

Specify the waiting time to complete a read or write operation

Description

You configure Timeout to be the maximum time (in seconds) to wait to complete a read or write operation.

If a timeout occurs, then the read or write operation aborts. Additionally, if a timeout occurs during an asynchronous read or write operation, then:

• An error event is generated.
• The M-file callback function specified for ErrorFcn is executed.

Characteristics

Read only	Never
Data type	Double

Values

The default value is 10 seconds.

See Also

Properties

ErrorFcn

Terminator

TimerFcn

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