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title: "Polling a Site"
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> Macro (toc)

You can use the Comms Monitor to initiate a one-off poll of a specific site and table.

**Step 1**

In the Comms Monitor module click the **Poll** button under the Events table to open the Poll Communication Monitor.

**Step 2**

Specify the **System**, **Site**, and **Table** that you want to poll.

> ℹ️ **Note**
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> ℹ️ You can also select a row, then click the **Poll** button to poll that row.

**Step 3**

(Optional)Specify the rows and columns that you want to poll. To do this, specify the start column and row and the number of columns and rows to poll. If you leave these values blank, the whole table is polled.

**Step 4**

Click the **Poll** button. The host attempts to poll the table. The status bar at the bottom of the Poll Communication Monitor indicates whether the request succeeded or failed.

> ℹ️ **Note**
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> ℹ️ The time delay before a request is considered to have failed is controlled by the MDLC Read Timeout field in the System Services module.

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