How to use the netmiko.ssh_exception.NetmikoTimeoutException function in netmiko

elif self.protocol == "serial":
            self.remote_conn = serial.Serial(**self.serial_settings)
            self.serial_login()
        elif self.protocol == "ssh":
            ssh_connect_params = self._connect_params_dict()
            self.remote_conn_pre = self._build_ssh_client()

            # initiate SSH connection
            try:
                self.remote_conn_pre.connect(**ssh_connect_params)
            except socket.error:
                self.paramiko_cleanup()
                msg = "Connection to device timed-out: {device_type} {ip}:{port}".format(
                    device_type=self.device_type, ip=self.host, port=self.port
                )
                raise NetmikoTimeoutException(msg)
            except paramiko.ssh_exception.AuthenticationException as auth_err:
                self.paramiko_cleanup()
                msg = "Authentication failure: unable to connect {device_type} {ip}:{port}".format(
                    device_type=self.device_type, ip=self.host, port=self.port
                )
                msg += self.RETURN + str(auth_err)
                raise NetmikoAuthenticationException(msg)

            if self.verbose:
                print(f"SSH connection established to {self.host}:{self.port}")

            # Use invoke_shell to establish an 'interactive session'
            if width and height:
                self.remote_conn = self.remote_conn_pre.invoke_shell(
                    term="vt100", width=width, height=height
                )

def _timeout_exceeded(self, start, msg="Timeout exceeded!"):
        """Raise NetmikoTimeoutException if waiting too much in the serving queue.

        :param start: Initial start time to see if session lock timeout has been exceeded
        :type start: float (from time.time() call i.e. epoch time)

        :param msg: Exception message if timeout was exceeded
        :type msg: str
        """
        if not start:
            # Must provide a comparison time
            return False
        if time.time() - start > self.session_timeout:
            # session_timeout exceeded
            raise NetmikoTimeoutException(msg)
        return False

output += new_data
                    self._write_session_log(new_data)
                except socket.timeout:
                    raise NetmikoTimeoutException(
                        "Timed-out reading channel, data not available."
                    )
                finally:
                    self._unlock_netmiko_session()
            elif self.protocol == "telnet" or "serial":
                output += self.read_channel()
            if re.search(pattern, output, flags=re_flags):
                log.debug(f"Pattern found: {pattern} {output}")
                return output
            time.sleep(loop_delay * self.global_delay_factor)
            i += 1
        raise NetmikoTimeoutException(
            f"Timed-out reading channel, pattern not found in output: {pattern}"
        )

if new_data and pattern:
                if re.search(pattern, new_data):
                    break
            elif new_data:
                break
            else:
                self.write_channel(self.RETURN)
            main_delay = _increment_delay(main_delay)
            time.sleep(main_delay)
            i += 1

        # check if data was ever present
        if new_data:
            return new_data
        else:
            raise NetmikoTimeoutException("Timed out waiting for data")

while i < max_loops:
            if self.protocol == "ssh":
                try:
                    # If no data available will wait timeout seconds trying to read
                    self._lock_netmiko_session()
                    new_data = self.remote_conn.recv(MAX_BUFFER)
                    if len(new_data) == 0:
                        raise EOFError("Channel stream closed by remote device.")
                    new_data = new_data.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
                    if self.ansi_escape_codes:
                        new_data = self.strip_ansi_escape_codes(new_data)
                    log.debug(f"_read_channel_expect read_data: {new_data}")
                    output += new_data
                    self._write_session_log(new_data)
                except socket.timeout:
                    raise NetmikoTimeoutException(
                        "Timed-out reading channel, data not available."
                    )
                finally:
                    self._unlock_netmiko_session()
            elif self.protocol == "telnet" or "serial":
                output += self.read_channel()
            if re.search(pattern, output, flags=re_flags):
                log.debug(f"Pattern found: {pattern} {output}")
                return output
            time.sleep(loop_delay * self.global_delay_factor)
            i += 1
        raise NetmikoTimeoutException(
            f"Timed-out reading channel, pattern not found in output: {pattern}"
        )