How to run two functions simultaneously

Question

I am running test but I want to run 2 functions at the same time. I have a camera and I am telling it to move via suds, I am then logging into the camera via SSH to check th

Answer 1

Import the threading module and run SudsMove() like so:

threading.Thread(target = SudsMove).start()

That will create and start a background thread which does the movement.

ANSWER TO EDITED QUESTION:

As far as I understand this, TestAbsoluteMove.Ssh(self) polls the speed once and stores the result in self.Value?! And you're testing the expected end tilt/rotation/position with self.assertEqual(self.Value, '3500')?!

If that's correct, you should wait for the camera to start its movement. You could probably poll the speed in a certain interval:

# Move camera in background thread
threading.Thread(target = SudsMove).start()

# What does this do?
self.command = './ptzpanposition -c 0 -u degx10'

# Poll the current speed in an interval of 250 ms
import time
measuredSpeedsList = []

for i in xrange(20):
    # Assuming that this call will put the result in self.Value
    TestAbsoluteMove.Ssh(self)
    measuredSpeedsList.append(self.Value)
    time.sleep(0.25)

print "Measured movement speeds: ", measuredSpeedsList

The movement speed will be the biggest value in measuredSpeedsList (i.e. max(measuredSpeedsList)). Hope that makes sense...