---
title: "system.vision.setConnectTimeout"
description: "Sets the connect timeout for Client-to-Gateway communication."
---

# system.vision.setConnectTimeout

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

:::info Backwards Compatibility
This function replaces [system.util.setConnectTimeout](versioned_docs/version-8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-util/system-util-setConnectTimeout.md). Any scripts containing Vision Client scoped functions that were replaced with system.vision syntax will still work to maintain backwards compatibility.
:::

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](../../../ignition-modules/vision/vision-project-properties/vision-project-properties.md#vision-permissions-properties) restrictions.

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

### Parameters
Type | Parameter | Description 
------- | ------- | ------
Integer| `connectTimeout` | The new connect timeout, specified in milliseconds.

### Returns
Nothing

### Scope
Vision Client

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