diff --git a/CDB/LOFAR_ConfigDb.json b/CDB/LOFAR_ConfigDb.json
index 1ec0be353de49394ddfe1119370c91279ff7db51..9d1ddb9747439ad455797ddbd92e816e7fb17ce2 100644
--- a/CDB/LOFAR_ConfigDb.json
+++ b/CDB/LOFAR_ConfigDb.json
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
                                 "4842"
                             ],
                             "OPC_Time_Out": [
-                                "1.0"
+                                "5.0"
                             ],
                             "polled_attr": [
                                 "pwr_dig_r",
diff --git a/RCUSCC/RCUSCC/RCUSCC.py b/RCUSCC/RCUSCC/RCUSCC.py
index 6cdc540436b74e6aa57d6b17f84cdb1ec492a6e8..d5ff4face20b8bab9f2593c680e2a327536196f2 100644
--- a/RCUSCC/RCUSCC/RCUSCC.py
+++ b/RCUSCC/RCUSCC/RCUSCC.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class RCUSCC(Device):
     def _connect(self):
         self.debug_stream("Connecting to OPC-UA server %s:%d...", self.OPC_Server_Name, self.OPC_Server_Port)
 
-        self.client = opcua.Client("opc.tcp://{}:{}/".format(self.OPC_Server_Name, self.OPC_Server_Port), self.OPC_Time_Out * 1000)
+        self.client = opcua.Client("opc.tcp://{}:{}/".format(self.OPC_Server_Name, self.OPC_Server_Port), self.OPC_Time_Out) # timeout in seconds
         self.client.connect()
         self.debug_stream("Connecting to OPC-UA server %s:%d done.", self.OPC_Server_Name, self.OPC_Server_Port)