Can someone please explain COMTIMEOUTS for me?

I have an application that has strict timing.

Inter-character delay must be no more than is 0.15s

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I don't understand what ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier and ReadTotalTimeoutConstant actually mean in practice.

The math in this example doesn't work? http://www.lookrs232.com/com_port_programming/api_commtimeouts.htm

ReadIntervalTimeout = max time between two bytes ReadTotalTimeoutConstant = max time for a multi-byte read to complete ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier = extra time allowed for each byte in a multi-byte read

Since you specified a strict limit on the inter-character delay, you'll want to only set ReadIntervalTimeout. Odd btw, the usual limit is a time-out on a message.