ut period elapses without a response, this method
                 returns with an error condition.
             </p>
          <p>
                  The timeout value must be specified as an unsigned 32-bit
                  number of microseconds, limiting the maximum timeout to
                  roughly 71 minutes.
             </p>
          <p>
                 A timeout value of <code class="literal">0</code>
                 indicates that the channel's default timeout value should
                 b