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 Purpose  | 
 Place a limit on the time to complete a 
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 Syntax  | 
 COMM TIMEOUT [#] hComm, TimeOutMS&  | 
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 Remarks  | 
 COMM TIMEOUT allows you to specify how long a COMM operation should wait to send or receive a byte of data. This value is measured in milliseconds. If the specified number of milliseconds elapses without a response, the COMM operation will fail and a run-time error 24 (Device Timeout) will be generated.  | 
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 See also  | 
 Serial Communications, COMM CLOSE, COMM function, COMM LINE, COMM OPEN, COMM PRINT, COMM RECV, COMM RESET, COMM SEND, COMM SET, COMM TIMEOUT, FREEFILE, OPEN  |