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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 _connect(self):
 """Connect to the serial port. This should be run in a new thread."""

        while self.protocol:
            _LOGGER.info('Trying to connect to %s', self.port)
            try:
                ser = serial.serial_for_url(
                    self.port, self.baud, timeout=self.timeout)
            except serial.SerialException:
                _LOGGER.error('Unable to connect to %s', self.port)
                _LOGGER.info(
                    'Waiting %s secs before trying to connect again',
                    self.reconnect_timeout)
                time.sleep(self.reconnect_timeout)
            else:
                transport = serial.threaded.ReaderThread(
                    ser, lambda: self.protocol)
                transport.daemon = False
                poll_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._poll_queue)
                self._stop_event.clear()
                poll_thread.start()
                transport.start()
                transport.connect()
                return