diff --git a/sendreceive/OBSW_MultipleCommandsSenderReceiver.py b/sendreceive/OBSW_MultipleCommandsSenderReceiver.py
index 9d38bd123cdb5f9838c9cd0e39a282dd831b39de..6fcac71d08e03a074a03e1e293b57d9749700e0b 100644
--- a/sendreceive/OBSW_MultipleCommandsSenderReceiver.py
+++ b/sendreceive/OBSW_MultipleCommandsSenderReceiver.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class MultipleCommandSenderReceiver(SequentialCommandSenderReceiver):
         elapsed_time_seconds = 0
         while elapsed_time_seconds < self.tmTimeout:
             elapsed_time_seconds = time.time() - start_time
-            tmReady = self.comInterface.dataAvailable(self.tmTimeout)
+            tmReady = self.comInterface.dataAvailable(self.tmTimeout/2.0)
             if tmReady:
                 self.receiveTelemetryAndStoreInformation()