# Serial Read

Reads data from specified serial port.

Action available for the following operating systems:

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### Parameters

* **Serial Port** *\<unquoted string> -* The name of the port that user wants to read. Tipically is a Com Port, and user could choose from pre-defined Com Ports from Com0 to Com13. It's also possible defined a port dynamically by choosing option *dynamic* for this parameter.
* **Coded** *\<unquoted string> -* This parameter defines if the data to read is coded or not. The possible options for this parameter are: *Yes*, *No* or *dynamic*.
* **Timeout** *\<numeric> -* The timeout in miliseconds that the user wants. The value *0* in this parameter defines no timeout.
* **Target** *\<unquoted string> -* The control or variable that saves the data readed.


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