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Standard timeout settings for serial communication in VC++

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:51 am
by Saman
Here are the standard timeouts for serial communication VC++.

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COMMTIMEOUTS timeouts = {0};
timeouts.ReadIntervalTimeout = 50;
timeouts.ReadTotalTimeoutConstant = 50;
timeouts.ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier = 10;
timeouts.WriteTotalTimeoutConstant = 50;
timeouts.WriteTotalTimeoutMultiplier = 10;

if(!SetCommTimeouts(hSerial, &timeouts)){
	//error occurred. Inform user
}