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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def fault_zone(self, zone, simulate_wire_problem=False):
 """ Faults a zone if we are emulating a zone expander. :param zone: zone to fault :type zone: int :param simulate_wire_problem: Whether or not to simulate a wire fault :type simulate_wire_problem: bool """


        # Allow ourselves to also be passed an address/channel combination
        # for zone expanders.
        #
        # Format (expander index, channel)
        if isinstance(zone, tuple):
            expander_idx, channel = zone

            zone = self._zonetracker.expander_to_zone(expander_idx, channel)

        status = 2 if simulate_wire_problem else 1

        self.send("L{0:02}{1}\r".format(zone, status))