connection.recv() timeout

Hello!

I am trying to connect to a console via SSH terminal server
When the server port does not have any console connected or the device is powered off the

connection.send(b"\n")
connection.recv(4096)

does not return any output, so the scrip gets stuck. How can I set a short timeout value?

 ssh.connect(term_serv_ip_address, port=term_serv_ssh_port, username=term_serv_user,
                        password=term_serv_passw)
            connection = ssh.invoke_shell()
            connection.send(b"\n")
            time.sleep(.5)

            # login
            output = connection.recv(4096).decode('utf-8')
            hostn = re.search(r'<(ipi-\w{3,4}\d{3,4}-r-al-\d{2})>', output)
            print(output)

Start with the connection.recv(4096) call after invoke_shell() in the provided example and review how Paramiko handles reads when the remote console is unavailable. Reproduce the no-console or powered-off case and verify that a short timeout can be configured and that recv returns or raises within that interval.