'Construct the object'

def __init__(self, agentProcessObj):

    self.mmsAgent = agentProcessObj.mmsAgent
    self.logger = self.mmsAgent.logger
    self.agentProcess = agentProcessObj
    self.lock = threading.Lock()
    self.lastHeartbeat = time.time()
    self.running = True
    threading.Thread.__init__(self)
