'Start the receive thread.
If the measurement has not been started, it will also be started.
Parameters
nchan : int
The number of channels in the data.'

def start_receive_thread(self, nchan):

    if (self._recv_thread is None):
        self.start_measurement()
        self._recv_thread = threading.Thread(target=_buffer_recv_worker, args=(self, nchan))
        self._recv_thread.start()
