'This function is called when the scraper is initialized.
Initiates the connection with the tracker.'

def startProtocol(self):

    self.transport.connect(self.ip_address, self.port)
    self._logger.info('UDP    health    scraper    connected    to    host    %s    port    %d', self.ip_address, self.port)
    self.udpsession.on_start()
