Serial.setTimeout()

Description

Serial.setTimeout() sets the maximum milliseconds to wait for serial data. It defaults to 1000 milliseconds.

Serial.setTimeout() inherits from the Stream utility class.

Syntax

Serial.setTimeout(time)

Parameters

Serial: serial port object. See the list of available serial ports for each board on the Serial main page.
time: timeout duration in milliseconds. Allowed data types: long.

Returns

Nothing

Notes and Warnings

Serial functions that use the timeout value set via Serial.setTimeout():

Serial.find()
Serial.findUntil()
Serial.parseInt()
Serial.parseFloat()
Serial.readBytes()
Serial.readBytesUntil()
Serial.readString()
Serial.readStringUntil()