text: import time
  import sys
  import os
  from dronekit import connect, VehicleMode
  from dronekit.test import with_sitl
  from nose.tools import assert_equals
  
  
  def current_milli_time():
      return int(round(time.time() * 1000))
  
  
  @with_sitl
  def test_timeout(connpath):
      v = connect(connpath, wait_ready=True)
  
      value = v.parameters['THR_MIN']
      assert_equals(type(value), float)
  
      start = current_milli_time()
      v.parameters['THR_MIN'] = value + 10
      end = current_milli_time()
  
      newvalue = v.parameters['THR_MIN']
      assert_equals(type(newvalue), float)
      assert_equals(newvalue, value + 10)
  
      # Checks that time to set parameter was <1s
      # see https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-python/issues/12
      assert end - start < 1000, 'time to set parameter was %s, over 1s' % (end - start, )
  
      v.close()
  