Timeout (Data Acquisition Toolbox)

Timeout is an additional time to wait (in seconds) for getdata or putdata to return. The Timeout value is added to the time required by the engine to fill or send one data block. If the data block is not filled or sent after waiting the required time, then a timeout occurs. Control is returned to MATLAB and you will be able to extract or send the remaining data from the engine. Possible timeout conditions include:

You are triggering on a voltage level and that level never occurs
You have an externally clocked acquisition and the external clock signal never occurs
The toolbox loses its hardware connection

A timeout is one of the conditions for stopping an acquisition. When a timeout occurs, the function specified by RuntimeErrorAction is called.

Characteristics


Device Objects	AI, AO
Class	Common
Access	Read/write
Data Type	Double
Modify while Running	No

Values

The default value is 1 second.