On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 5:32 PM, M Cresap <[email protected]> wrote:
> How much chatter between a remote control program and the KPA500 can be
> tolerated by the KPA500 microprocessor? As others have noted, and I have seen
> as well, the power readings reported on the RS-232 line are instantaneous
> snapshots. In a true remote situation, you need many readings a second to get
> a good idea of the peak or average power level that you are transmitting on
> SSB. So between power readings (many per second), queries for fault values
> (maybe once per second), and temperature readings (one every 10 seconds) -
> how much is too much?
>
> Alternately, could a new command be created that uses the micro to accumulate
> on a running basis (>8/sec) and report when asked the last 1/2 or 1 second of
> peak forward power and VSWR? That would reduce the RS-232 chatter and provide
> much more accurate information.
The latter is what I had envisaged. Peak current would be appropriate too.
~iain / N6ML
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