Problem generating VLP-16 data in Gazebo

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Can't get VLP-16 data to show in gazebo. Using ROS melodic on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installed: ros-melodic-velodyne ros-melodic-velodyne-description ros-melodic-velodyne-driver ros-melodic-velodyne-gazebo-plugins ros-melodic-velodyne-msgs ros-melodic-velodyne-pointcloud ros-melodic-velodyne-simulator

Followed instructions on http://wiki.ros.org/velodyne/Tutorial...

The mesh for the lidar shows up on the robot. The output of rosnode list is:

/bluetooth_teleop/joy_node
/bluetooth_teleop/teleop_twist_joy
/controller_spawner
/ekf_localization
/gazebo
/gazebo_gui
/robot_state_publisher
/rosout
/rviz
/twist_marker_server
/twist_mux
/velodyne_nodelet_manager
/velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver
/velodyne_nodelet_manager_laserscan
/velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform

The output of rostopic echo /velodyne_point is:

WARNING: no messages received and simulated time is active.
Is /clock being published?

There is no lidar data showing in rviz.

The output of

roslaunch velodyne_pointcloud VLP16_points.launch

is

... logging to /home/robot/.ros/log/2c578dbe-4567-11eb-b4a8-000c29e49531/roslaunch-RobotlabUbuntu18-88746.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take a while.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server http://RobotlabUbuntu18:33553/

SUMMARY
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PARAMETERS
 * /rosdistro: melodic
 * /rosversion: 1.14.10
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/cut_angle: -0.01
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/device_ip: 
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/frame_id: velodyne
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/gps_time: False
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/model: VLP16
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/pcap: 
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/port: 2368
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/read_fast: False
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/read_once: False
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/repeat_delay: 0.0
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/rpm: 600.0
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver/timestamp_first_packet: False
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_laserscan/resolution: 0.007
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_laserscan/ring: -1
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform/calibration: /home/robot/jacka...
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform/fixed_frame: 
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform/max_range: 130.0
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform/min_range: 0.4
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform/model: VLP16
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform/organize_cloud: False
 * /velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform/target_frame: 

NODES
  /
    velodyne_nodelet_manager (nodelet/nodelet)
    velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver (nodelet/nodelet)
    velodyne_nodelet_manager_laserscan (nodelet/nodelet)
    velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform (nodelet/nodelet)

ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311

process[velodyne_nodelet_manager-1]: started with pid [88761]
process[velodyne_nodelet_manager_driver-2]: started with pid [88762]
process[velodyne_nodelet_manager_transform-3]: started with pid [88763]
process[velodyne_nodelet_manager_laserscan-4]: started with pid [88764]
[ INFO] [1608759557.434886452]: Initializing nodelet with 1 worker threads.
[ INFO] [1608759557.576518658]: Velodyne VLP-16 rotating at 600 RPM
[ INFO] [1608759557.576796066]: publishing 76 packets per scan
[ INFO] [1608759557.580556113]: Cut at specific angle feature deactivated.
[ INFO] [1608759557.597576540]: Reconfigure Request
[ INFO] [1608759557.602643002]: expected frequency: 9.921 (Hz)
[ INFO] [1608759557.607968518]: Opening UDP socket: port 2368
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