#NEWLINE# @ classmethod #NEWLINE# def send_async( cls , port , message ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# ' Starts a new thread which sends a given message to a port ' #NEWLINE# thread = Thread ( target = cls . __send_message_async , args = ( port , message ) , name = 'NC-SendAsync' ) #NEWLINE# thread . setDaemon ( True ) #NEWLINE# thread . start ( ) #NEWLINE# return thread