modbus_get_indication_timeout(3)
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NAME
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modbus_get_indication_timeout - get timeout used to wait for an indication (request received by a server).

SYNOPSIS
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*int modbus_get_indication_timeout(modbus_t *'ctx', uint32_t *'to_sec', uint32_t *'to_usec');*


DESCRIPTION
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The *modbus_get_indication_timeout()* function shall store the timeout interval
used to wait for an indication in the _to_sec_ and _to_usec_ arguments.
Indication is the term used by the Modbus protocol to designate a request
received by the server.

The default value is zero, it means the server will wait forever.


RETURN VALUE
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The function shall return 0 if successful. Otherwise it shall return -1 and set
errno.


EXAMPLE
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[source,c]
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uint32_t to_sec;
uint32_t to_usec;

/* Save original timeout */
modbus_get_indication_timeout(ctx, &to_sec, &to_usec);
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SEE ALSO
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linkmb:modbus_set_indication_timeout[3]
linkmb:modbus_get_response_timeout[3]
linkmb:modbus_set_response_timeout[3]


AUTHORS
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The libmodbus documentation was written by Stéphane Raimbault
<stephane.raimbault@gmail.com>
