---
title: "system.util.setReadTimeout"
description: "Sets the read timeout for Client-to-Gateway communication."
---

# system.util.setReadTimeout

> Sets the read timeout for Client-to-Gateway communication.

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

## Description
Sets the read 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.setReadTimeout(readTimeout)`

### Parameters

|Type|Parameter|Description|
|--|--|--|
|int| `readTimeout` | The new read timeout, specified in milliseconds.|
### Returns
Nothing
### Scope
Client

## Code Examples
```python title="Example #1"
# This script will set the read timeout to 20 seconds.
  
system.util.setReadTimeout(20000)
```