<SYSTEM_TASK:>
Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
<END_TASK>
<USER_TASK:>
Description:
 def make_request(self, handle, value, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, with_response=True):
 """Write a GATT Command without callback - not utf-8."""

        try:
            with self:
                _LOGGER.debug("Writing %s to %s with with_response=%s", codecs.encode(value, 'hex'), handle, with_response)
                self._conn.writeCharacteristic(handle, value, withResponse=with_response)
                if timeout:
                    _LOGGER.debug("Waiting for notifications for %s", timeout)
                    self._conn.waitForNotifications(timeout)
        except btle.BTLEException as ex:
            _LOGGER.debug("Got exception from bluepy while making a request: %s", ex)
            raise