SetTimeOut Function

Owning Palette: GPIB 488.2 Functions

Requires: Base Development System

Changes the global timeout period for all GPIB 488.2 functions.

This function also sets the default timeout period for all GPIB functions. This function defaults to the next higher ibtmo value.

Refer to GPIB Function Defaults for more information about the timeout and address defaults.

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	new timeout defaults to 10,000 ms.
	previous timeout is the previous timeout period for all GPIB 488.2 functions.

SetTimeOut Details

The following table lists some sample input values and their resulting timeout values.

Input Value	Resulting Timeout
0-1ms	1ms
1ms	3ms
4-10ms	10ms
11-30ms	30ms
31-100ms	100ms
101-300ms	300ms
301-1000ms	1s
1001-3000ms	3s
3001-10000ms	10s
10001-30000ms	30s
30001-100000ms	100s
100001-300000ms	300s
300001+ ms	1000s