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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 _send_config(self):
 """Send configuration data to the hottop. :returns: bool :raises: Generic exceptions if an error is identified. """

        serialized = self._generate_config()
        self._log.debug("Configuration has been serialized")
        try:
            self._conn.flushInput()
            self._conn.flushOutput()
            self._conn.write(serialized)
            return True
        except Exception as e:
            self._log.error(e)
            raise Exception(e)