# R-Pi 4 serial port truncates messages

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/r-pi-4-serial-port-truncates-messages/49692>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 August 2021 16:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/r-pi-4-serial-port-truncates-messages/49692 "2021-08-13T16:18:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [13 August 2021 17:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/r-pi-4-serial-port-truncates-messages/49692/2 "2021-08-13T17:40:24Z")

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What happens if you increase the port timeout significantly?

For the future, please see this post for how to post flows - [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)

**[Edit]** Also does it truncate or miss characters?

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