---
title: "system.util.setConnectTimeout"
description: "Sets the connect timeout for client-to-gateway communication."
---

# system.util.setConnectTimeout

> Sets the connect timeout for client-to-gateway communication.

This function is used in **Python Scripting**.

## Description
Sets the connect timeout for client-to-gateway communication. Specified in milliseconds.

## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no [Client Permission](projects\project-properties\project-properties.md#client---permissions) restrictions.

## Syntax
`system.util.setConnectTimeout(connectTimeout)`

### Parameters

|Type|Parameter|Description|
|--|--|--|
|int |`connectTimeout` | The new connect timeout, specified in milliseconds.|
### Returns
Nothing
### Scope
All

## Code Examples
```python title="Example #1"
# This code would set the current connect timeout to 30 seconds
system.util.setConnectTimeout(30000)
```