def METHOD_NAME(self):
    #duty_path = self.FAN_DUTY_PATH
    try:
        val_file = open(self.FAN_DUTY_PATH)
    except IOError as e:
        print("Error: unable to open file: %s" % str(e))          
        return False
    content = val_file.readline().rstrip()
    val_file.close()
    return int(content)