# Script to change the gateway device connection timeout

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-change-the-gateway-device-connection-timeout/72929>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, scripting\
**Created:** [April 26, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-change-the-gateway-device-connection-timeout/72929 "2023-04-26T15:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-change-the-gateway-device-connection-timeout/72929/2 "2023-04-26T15:41:07Z")

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If you can afford some downtime, you can change values in the IDB directly (it's just a SQLite database). Those values aren't safe to modify directly while the gateway is running, though.

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