add delay, in case of USB serial adapters in may be needed to for the successful test
diff --git a/pyserial/examples/test.py b/pyserial/examples/test.py
index 26d5192..e3002c3 100644
--- a/pyserial/examples/test.py
+++ b/pyserial/examples/test.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import unittest, threading, time
 import serial
 
-#on which port should the tests be performed:
+# on which port should the tests be performed:
 PORT=0
 
 
@@ -34,32 +34,35 @@
     timeout=0
     def setUp(self):
         self.s = serial.Serial(PORT,timeout=self.timeout)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         self.s.close()
 
     def test0_Messy(self):
         """NonBlocking (timeout=0)"""
-        #this is only here to write out the message in verbose mode
-        #because Test3 and Test4 print the same messages
+        # this is only here to write out the message in verbose mode
+        # because Test3 and Test4 print the same messages
 
     def test1_ReadEmpty(self):
         """timeout: After port open, the input buffer must be empty"""
         self.failUnless(self.s.read(1)=='', "expected empty buffer")
+
     def test2_Loopback(self):
         """timeout: each sent character should return (binary test).
            this is also a test for the binary capability of a port."""
         for c in map(chr,range(256)):
             self.s.write(c)
-            time.sleep(0.02)    #there might be a small delay until the character is ready (especialy on win32)
+            time.sleep(0.02)    # there might be a small delay until the character is ready (especially on win32)
             self.failUnless(self.s.inWaiting()==1, "expected exactly one character for inWainting()")
             self.failUnless(self.s.read(1)==c, "expected a '%s' which was written before" % c)
         self.failUnless(self.s.read(1)=='', "expected empty buffer after all sent chars are read")
+
     def test2_LoopbackTimeout(self):
         """timeout: test the timeout/immediate return.
         partial results should be returned."""
         self.s.write("HELLO")
-        time.sleep(0.1)    #there might be a small delay until the character is ready (especialy on win32)
-        #read more characters as are available to run in the timeout
+        time.sleep(0.1)    # there might be a small delay until the character is ready (especially on win32)
+        # read more characters as are available to run in the timeout
         self.failUnless(self.s.read(10)=='HELLO', "expected the 'HELLO' which was written before")
         self.failUnless(self.s.read(1)=='', "expected empty buffer after all sent chars are read")
 
@@ -67,10 +70,11 @@
 class Test3_Timeout(Test4_Nonblocking):
     """Same tests as the NonBlocking ones but this time with timeout"""
     timeout=1
+
     def test0_Messy(self):
         """Blocking (timeout=1)"""
-        #this is only here to write out the message in verbose mode
-        #because Test3 and Test4 print the same messages
+        # this is only here to write out the message in verbose mode
+        # because Test3 and Test4 print the same messages
 
 class SendEvent(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(self, serial, delay=1):
@@ -80,13 +84,16 @@
         self.x = threading.Event()
         self.stopped = 0
         self.start()
+
     def run(self):
         time.sleep(self.delay)
         if not self.stopped:
             self.serial.write("E")
         self.x.set()
+
     def isSet(self):
         return self.x.isSet()
+
     def stop(self):
         self.stopped = 1
         self.x.wait()
@@ -98,6 +105,7 @@
     def setUp(self):
         self.s = serial.Serial(PORT, timeout=None)
         self.event = SendEvent(self.s)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         self.event.stop()
         self.s.close()
@@ -113,6 +121,7 @@
     """Tests a port with no timeout"""
     def setUp(self):
         self.s = serial.Serial(PORT,timeout=None)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         self.s.close()
 
@@ -125,7 +134,7 @@
            this is also a test for the binary capability of a port."""
         for c in map(chr,range(256)):
             self.s.write(c)
-            time.sleep(0.02)    #there might be a small delay until the character is ready (especialy on win32)
+            time.sleep(0.02)    # there might be a small delay until the character is ready (especially on win32)
             self.failUnless(self.s.inWaiting()==1, "expected exactly one character for inWainting()")
             self.failUnless(self.s.read(1)==c, "expected an '%s' which was written before" % c)
         self.failUnless(self.s.inWaiting()==0, "expected empty buffer after all sent chars are read")
@@ -135,21 +144,26 @@
     """Test modem control lines"""
     def setUp(self):
         self.s = serial.Serial(PORT)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         self.s.close()
 
     def test1_RTS(self):
         """Test RTS/CTS"""
         self.s.setRTS(0)
+        time.sleep(0.1)
         self.failUnless(not self.s.getCTS(), "CTS -> 0")
         self.s.setRTS(1)
+        time.sleep(0.1)
         self.failUnless(self.s.getCTS(), "CTS -> 1")
 
     def test2_DTR(self):
         """Test DTR/DSR"""
         self.s.setDTR(0)
+        time.sleep(0.1)
         self.failUnless(not self.s.getDSR(), "DSR -> 0")
         self.s.setDTR(1)
+        time.sleep(0.1)
         self.failUnless(self.s.getDSR(), "DSR -> 1")
 
     def test3_RI(self):
@@ -159,31 +173,31 @@
 class Test_MoreTimeouts(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test with timeouts"""
     def setUp(self):
-        self.s = serial.Serial()        #create an closed serial port
-    
+        self.s = serial.Serial()        # create an closed serial port
+
     def tearDown(self):
         self.s.close()
 
     def test_WriteTimeout(self):
         """Test write() timeout."""
-        #use xonxoff setting and the loopback adapter to switch traffic on hold
+        # use xonxoff setting and the loop-back adapter to switch traffic on hold
         self.s.port = PORT
         self.s.writeTimeout = 1
         self.s.xonxoff = 1
         self.s.open()
         self.s.write(serial.XOFF)
-        time.sleep(0.1) #some systems need a little delay so that they can react on XOFF
+        time.sleep(0.5) # some systems need a little delay so that they can react on XOFF
         t1 = time.time()
         self.failUnlessRaises(serial.SerialTimeoutException, self.s.write, "timeout please"*100)
         t2 = time.time()
-        self.failUnless( 1 <= (t2-t1) < 2, "Timeout not in the given intervall (%s)" % (t2-t1))
+        self.failUnless( 1 <= (t2-t1) < 2, "Timeout not in the given interval (%s)" % (t2-t1))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys
     sys.stdout.write(__doc__)
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         PORT = sys.argv[1]
-    sys.stdout.write("Testing port: %r" % PORT)
+    sys.stdout.write("Testing port: %r\n" % PORT)
     sys.argv[1:] = ['-v']
     # When this module is executed from the command-line, it runs all its tests
     unittest.main()