Hi Jav,
I'm not sure what you are refering to when you say that you send 0D 0A but read 20 0A. I assume that the two characters 200A are the instrument's response to the commands you sent. What bus are you using to communicate with the instruments? GPIB, serial?.
Error 1073807339 refers to a timeout error. A timeout on the read is usually caused by sending an incorrect command. IN this case the instrument does not recognize the command and does not generate a response. Also, if you are using serial make sure you are especifying the right termination character. If the VISA read does not receive the termination character, it will wait for the requested amount of bytes and will timeout if those bytes are not receive.
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DiegoF
National Instruments