I'm working with a Teltonika G10 GSM modem and wrote up a basic program to send out SMS. I put a 1.5 second timer between each AT command to allow the modem to simulate the wait for the "OK" from the modem. This works for now but I'd rather use a branching statement wait for an actual response such as "OK" or "ERROR" rather than using a timer. SerialPort1.Write("AT+CMGD=1,4" & vbCrLf) Thread.Sleep(1250) SerialPort1.Write("AT+CMGF=1" & vbCrLf) Thread.Sleep(1250) SerialPort1.Write("AT+CMGS=" & Chr(34) & "3475558223" & Chr(34) & vbCrLf) Thread.Sleep(1250) SerialPort1.Write(":|" & Chr(26))