diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 729da97..5af6799 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # libabbaurora changelog
 
+## v0.2.2 - 2023-11-23
+* add serial read timeout + character read delay
 ## v0.2.1 - 2022-01-02
 * improve debug logging
 
diff --git a/include/ABBAurora.h b/include/ABBAurora.h
index 5d7ecc9..e0880a9 100644
--- a/include/ABBAurora.h
+++ b/include/ABBAurora.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef ABBAurora_h
 #define ABBAurora_h
+
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include "ABBAuroraEnums.h"
 #include "ABBAuroraSerial.h"
 
@@ -79,9 +81,11 @@ class ABBAurora
 
       @param device Serial device, i.e. /dev/ttyUSB0
       @param baudrate Optional baud rate
+      @param max_read_iterations Max serial read iterations
+      @param character_delay Max delay between character reads in microseconds
       */
-  bool Setup(const std::string &device, const speed_t baudrate = B19200);
-  /** @brief Set serial device address
+  bool Setup(const std::string &device, const speed_t baudrate, const int &max_read_iterations, const int &character_delay);
+  /** @brief Set zerial device address
 
       Sets a new RS485 serial device address     
 
diff --git a/include/ABBAuroraSerial.h b/include/ABBAuroraSerial.h
index 38670bd..8d42a1e 100644
--- a/include/ABBAuroraSerial.h
+++ b/include/ABBAuroraSerial.h
@@ -30,14 +30,17 @@ class ABBAuroraSerial
 
     @param device The serial device, i.e. /dev/ttyUSB0
     @param baudrate The serial baud rate
+    @param max_read_iterations Max read iterations to wait for data arrival
+    @param character_delay Inter character read delay
     */
-  bool Begin(const std::string &device, const speed_t &baudrate);
+  bool Begin(const std::string &device, const speed_t &baudrate, const int &max_read_iterations, const int &character_delay);
 /** @brief Read bytes
 
     Read bytes available in the input buffer
 
     @param buffer Buffer to store the bytes
-    @param length Number of bytes to read 
+    @param length Number of bytes to read
+
     */
   int ReadBytes(uint8_t *buffer, const int &length);
 /** @brief Write bytes
@@ -94,6 +97,8 @@ class ABBAuroraSerial
 
 private:
   int SerialPort; ///< Serial port number
+  int MaxReadIterations = 1000; ///< Max number of read iterations
+  int CharacterDelay = 52; ///< Delay between reading characters
   std::string ErrorMessage; ///< Error message string
   unsigned char Log; ///< Log level
 };
diff --git a/src/ABBAurora.cpp b/src/ABBAurora.cpp
index 43f6c37..007adea 100644
--- a/src/ABBAurora.cpp
+++ b/src/ABBAurora.cpp
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ void ABBAurora::SetLogLevel(const unsigned char &log_level)
   Log = log_level;
 }
 
-bool ABBAurora::Setup(const std::string &device, const speed_t baudrate)
+bool ABBAurora::Setup(const std::string &device, const speed_t baudrate, const int &max_read_iterations, const int &character_delay)
 {
   ReceiveData = new uint8_t[ABBAurora::ReceiveBufferSize] ();
   Serial = new ABBAuroraSerial(Log);
-  if (!Serial->Begin(device, baudrate))
+  if (!Serial->Begin(device, baudrate, max_read_iterations, character_delay))
   {
     ErrorMessage = Serial->GetErrorMessage();
     return false;
diff --git a/src/ABBAuroraSerial.cpp b/src/ABBAuroraSerial.cpp
index ece00f5..eb60807 100644
--- a/src/ABBAuroraSerial.cpp
+++ b/src/ABBAuroraSerial.cpp
@@ -19,14 +19,17 @@ ABBAuroraSerial::~ABBAuroraSerial(void)
   }
 }
 
-bool ABBAuroraSerial::Begin(const std::string &device, const speed_t &baudrate)
+bool ABBAuroraSerial::Begin(const std::string &device, const speed_t &baudrate, const int &max_read_iterations, const int &character_delay)
 {
   if (device.empty()) {
     ErrorMessage = "Serial device argument empty";
     return false;
   }
+  MaxReadIterations = max_read_iterations;
+  CharacterDelay = character_delay;
  
   SerialPort = open(device.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
+
   if (SerialPort < 0) {
     ErrorMessage = std::string("Error opening device ") + device + ": "
       + strerror(errno) + " (" + std::to_string(errno) + ")";
@@ -77,10 +80,9 @@ bool ABBAuroraSerial::Begin(const std::string &device, const speed_t &baudrate)
 int ABBAuroraSerial::ReadBytes(uint8_t *buffer, const int &length)
 {
   int bytes_received, retval, iterations = 0;
-  const int max_iterations = 1000;
-  //std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point begin = std::chrono::steady_clock::now(); 
+  //std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point begin = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
  
-  while (iterations < max_iterations) {
+  while (iterations < MaxReadIterations) {
     int bytes_available;
     retval = ioctl(SerialPort, FIONREAD, &bytes_available);
     if (retval < 0) {
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ int ABBAuroraSerial::ReadBytes(uint8_t *buffer, const int &length)
       return -1;
     }
     // intercharacter delay: 1 / baud rate * 1e6 = 52 µs
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::microseconds(50));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::microseconds(CharacterDelay));
     if (bytes_available >= length)
       break;
     iterations++;
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ int ABBAuroraSerial::ReadBytes(uint8_t *buffer, const int &length)
   //std::cout << "Time difference = " << std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(end - begin).count() << "[µs]" << std::endl;
   //std::cout << "Iterations: " << iterations << std::endl;
 
-  if (iterations == max_iterations)
+  if (iterations == MaxReadIterations)
   {
     ErrorMessage = "Timeout, inverter could not be reached";
     return -1;