Instrument Control Toolbox

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

Usage	Any instrument object
Read only	Never
Data type	Double

Values

The default value is 10 seconds.

See Also

Properties

ErrorFcn

Terminator

TimerFcn