3 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_io.c b/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_io.c
index 0e3754958..f93b20030 100644
--- a/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_io.c
+++ b/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_io.c
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ fngets_timeout(hal_uart_name_t u, char * const s, int len)
   char *x = s;
   while(((*x=(char)hal_uart_getc_timeout(u)) != '\n') && ((x-s) < len)) x++;
 	*x = 0;
+  if(x==s) return 0;
 	return (x-s)-1;
 }
 
diff --git a/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_uart.c b/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_uart.c
index 4d754d5e5..9697f5b20 100644
--- a/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_uart.c
+++ b/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_uart.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ hal_uart_getc_timeout(hal_uart_name_t u)
   while (((uart_regs[u].rxlevel) == 0) && (timeout++ < HAL_UART_TIMEOUT_MS))
     mdelay(1);
 
-  return (uart_regs[u].rxlevel == 0) ? 0 : uart_regs[u].rxchar;
+  return (timeout == HAL_UART_TIMEOUT_MS) ? '\n' : uart_regs[u].rxchar; //return a newline if nothing there, this will trip fngets to quit
 }
 
 int hal_uart_rx_flush(hal_uart_name_t u)
diff --git a/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_uart.h b/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_uart.h
index b9b0a5e14..758c8cb5e 100644
--- a/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_uart.h
+++ b/firmware/microblaze/lib/hal_uart.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_UART UART_DEBUG //which UART printf, gets, etc. use
 
-#define HAL_UART_TIMEOUT_MS 100
+#define HAL_UART_TIMEOUT_MS 300
 
 typedef enum {
   US_9600   = 0,