# \#serial-timeout

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## [Serial port timeout](https://forums.digi.com/t/serial-port-timeout/4174)

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**Author:** [@Paul](https://forums.digi.com/u/Paul)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/serial-port-timeout/4174 "2004-02-25T21:44:20Z")

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Hi all, It seems impossible to define a timeout for serial port communications. This seems to be due to the youth of the product? Digi’s response to this problem is: The TERMIOS mode is not fully implemented at this …