}
                                }
                                errno = 0;
-                               pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev->hmcfgusb, 1);
+                               pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev->hmcfgusb, 1000);
                                if ((pfd < 0) && errno) {
                                        if (errno != ETIMEDOUT) {
                                                perror("\n\nhmcfgusb_poll");
                                        int pfd;
                                        do {
                                                errno = 0;
-                                               pfd = culfw_poll(dev->culfw, 1);
+                                               pfd = culfw_poll(dev->culfw, 200);
                                                if ((pfd < 0) && errno) {
                                                        if (errno != ETIMEDOUT) {
                                                                perror("\n\nculfw_poll");
 
                        while (1) {
                                errno = 0;
-                               pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev->hmcfgusb, 1);
+                               pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev->hmcfgusb, 1000);
                                if ((pfd < 0) && errno) {
                                        if (errno != ETIMEDOUT) {
                                                perror("\n\nhmcfgusb_poll");
                        culfw_send(dev.culfw, "V\r\n", 3);
 
                        errno = 0;
-                       pfd = culfw_poll(dev.culfw, 1);
+                       pfd = culfw_poll(dev.culfw, 1000);
                        if ((pfd < 0) && errno) {
                                if (errno != ETIMEDOUT) {
                                        perror("\n\nhmcfgusb_poll");
 
                while (1) {
                        errno = 0;
-                       pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev.hmcfgusb, 1);
+                       pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev.hmcfgusb, 1000);
                        if ((pfd < 0) && errno) {
                                if (errno != ETIMEDOUT) {
                                        perror("\n\nhmcfgusb_poll");
                errno = 0;
                switch (dev.type) {
                        case DEVICE_TYPE_CULFW:
-                               pfd = culfw_poll(dev.culfw, 1);
+                               pfd = culfw_poll(dev.culfw, 1000);
                                break;
                        case DEVICE_TYPE_HMCFGUSB:
                        default:
-                               pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev.hmcfgusb, 1);
+                               pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev.hmcfgusb, 1000);
                                break;
                }
 
                errno = 0;
                switch(dev.type) {
                        case DEVICE_TYPE_CULFW:
-                               pfd = culfw_poll(dev.culfw, 1);
+                               pfd = culfw_poll(dev.culfw, 1000);
                                break;
                        case DEVICE_TYPE_HMCFGUSB:
                        default:
-                               pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev.hmcfgusb, 1);
+                               pfd = hmcfgusb_poll(dev.hmcfgusb, 1000);
                                break;
                }
                if ((pfd < 0) && errno) {
 
                return -1;
        } else if (err == 0) {
                /* No pending timeout or a sane platform */
-               tv.tv_sec = timeout;
        } else {
                if ((tv.tv_sec == 0) && (tv.tv_usec == 0)) {
                        usb_event = 1;
-               } else if (tv.tv_sec > timeout) {
-                       tv.tv_sec = timeout;
-                       tv.tv_usec = 0;
+               } else if ((tv.tv_sec * 1000) < timeout) {
+                       timeout = tv.tv_sec * 1000;
                }
        }
 
                        dev->pfd[i].revents = 0;
                }
 
-               n = poll(dev->pfd, dev->n_pfd, tv.tv_sec * 1000);
+               n = poll(dev->pfd, dev->n_pfd, timeout);
                if (n < 0) {
                        perror("poll");
                        errno = 0;