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authorcliechti <cliechti@f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a>2009-08-10 22:19:41 +0000
committercliechti <cliechti@f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a>2009-08-10 22:19:41 +0000
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downloadpyserial-84d50f88f6e32e598df5b02753b6f49bd3e737ee.tar.gz
- add timeout option for RFC 2217 client
- update docs git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/pyserial/code/trunk/pyserial@333 f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a
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-rw-r--r--documentation/pyserial_api.rst15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
index c26ea3f..e634de3 100644
--- a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
+++ b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
@@ -746,6 +746,11 @@ accept the following types URL:
most servers do). Enable this option when :meth:`getCTS` does not work as
expected, i.e. for servers that do not send notifications.
+ - ``timeout=<value>``: Change network timeout (default 3 seconds). This is
+ useful when the server takes a little more time to send its answers. The
+ timeout applies to the initial Telnet / :rfc:`2271` negotiation as well
+ as changing port settings or control line change commands.
+
- ``debug``: Prints diagnostic messages (not useful for end users).
``socket://``
@@ -768,8 +773,10 @@ accept the following types URL:
- ``debug``: Prints diagnostic messages (not useful for end users).
-Examples::
+Examples:
- rfc2217://localhost:7000
- rfc2217://localhost:7000/poll_modem
- rfc2217://localhost:7000/ign_set_control/debug
+- ``rfc2217://localhost:7000``
+- ``rfc2217://localhost:7000/poll_modem``
+- ``rfc2217://localhost:7000/ign_set_control/timeout=5.5``
+- ``socket://localhost:7777``
+- ``loop://``