Hi Deeply Annoyed, Please post your code or an image of same.
We a pretty good about getting issues like this nailed if we have visual aides. Otherwise we have to continue the guessing. Re: Timeout I think Joe was talking about the "Timeout" for the serial read, not a wait timer. Like I said, post code. Trying to help (without annoying you), Ben <a href="http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=261&HRedirected=True&HUserId=101_3529&RFORMNUMBER=6">Ben Rayner</a> <a href=" http://volt.ni.com/niwc/common.jsp?page=products_certification_cld&node=10638"> Certified LabVIEW Developer </a> www.DSAutomation.com