Dear All,

is there anyway to stop listening to a comm port after 2 seconds? coz sometimes after i send command from my computer to my device, the device dint reply and my programe keep listening to the comm port. Is there any way to stop that?
Here is my code for your reference, pls give me some tips on this ...

 Dim port As New IO.Ports.SerialPort
        With port
            .BaudRate = 115200
            .DataBits = 8
            .Parity = 0
            .StopBits = "1"
            .PortName = "COM3"
        End With

    port.Open()
    port.WriteLine(tbCmd.Text)
    strtest = port.ReadLine() 'how can i stop listening if no reply?
    port.Close()
    response.write(strtest)

Best Regards
life_s Ng

No way to do this...?

Cheers
life's Ng

Hmm, I looked on MSDN and found your answer. There is a property you can set for timeout. After you create an instance of the serial class like what you did below, set the object's ReadTimeout property to your value in milliseconds. I only really know how to write in C# but the syntax is similar so the line you would add before opening should be

port.ReadTimeout = 2000

Man, hard to get used ot not putting a ";" at the end hehe.

Thank you Quick209!!!

i tried to do something after the time out, but seems like i cant get the status right, any idea for this?


                port.ReadTimeout = 5000
                strtest = port.ReadLine()
                If port.ReadTimeout = true Then
                    Response.Write("time out, i wan to close port")
                Else
                    Response.Write("continue reading")
                End If

ps:it's ok if you put a ";" behind :p
Best Regards
life's Ng