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Timeout

Timeout is a parameter to specify the maximum amount of time (in milliseconds) that should be spent searching for a barcode per page. It does not include the time taken to load/decode an image (Tiff, PNG, etc) from disk into memory. It is defined as below:

Value Type	Value Range	Default Value
int	[0, 0x7fffffff]	10000

Setting Methods

Timeout is supported to be set through RuntimeSetting or JSON template.

As `PublicRuntimeSettings` Member

Timeout can be set dynamically during runtime as a member of PublicRuntimeSettings struct.

Code Snippet in C++

//...other codes
PublicRuntimeSettings* pSettings = new PublicRuntimeSettings;
int errorCode = reader->GetRuntimeSettings(pSettings);
pSettings->timeout = 500;
reader->UpdateRuntimeSettings(pSettings);
delete pSettings;
//...other codes

See Also

PublicRuntimeSettings: JavaScript | C | C++ | .NET | Python | Java | Java-Android | Objective-C & Swift

As JSON Parameter

Timeout as a JSON parameter is a number value defined as below.

Key Name	Key Value
Timeout	A number from [0, 0x7fffffff]

JSON Example

{
    "Timeout": 500
}

Impacts on Performance

Speed

Setting Timeout to a smaller value may improve the Speed.

Read Rate

Setting Timeout to a larger value may improve the Read Rate.

Accuracy

Timeout has no influence on the Accuracy.