diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 15d246806544e454254cb7f4b3fe0f164db95fe3..7ee2d0806d45f994fe08835df494f8ae6b03f026 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ fn main() {
             
 
             // request lidar data
-            //thread::sleep(time::Duration::new(3,0));     
+            //thread::sleep(time::Duration::new(3,0));    
+            let _ = stream.write_all("\x02sRN LMDscandata\x03"); 
             let stream_write_response = stream.write(&[65 as u8, 66 as u8]);
             println!("mapper wrote {:?} to stream.", stream_write_response);