Element: channel.timeout
Element: channel.timeoutnumeric
The channel timeout for read operations. During a read on channel, if no data has been read before channel.timeout seconds, the read is abandoned. If the timeout element is not defined or has the value 0, the system will block until the read is satisfied.
New channels have a timeout value of 0.
This element is valid only for external process and server channels. Its value cannot be changed by the user.