Hello, I'm playing with the serial commands for the W2 wattmeter. First question, how often can I poll it? My main loop polls for status, forward, reverse and swr, then waits for a keypress for 0.2 seconds. Is it safe to reduce to 0.1 s? Then, in the output of the 'i' command, bytes 2 and 8 seem to have the same info, except that 8 also tells me if there's no sensor connected at all. So, what's the purpose of byte 2? The manual says that command 'c' would respond with 'c;' if alarm was not active. Instead, I only get ';'. Looks like a bug in the manual? Sometimes, one single 'c' is not enough to clear the alarm, I have to repeat the command. And about the alarm, the owner's manual says: "The SWR Alarm function must be enabled each time the W2 power is turned on." Instead, I see that it starts in Alarm ON mode. I can see this by tripping it, and also the first 'a' command will report 'a0', which means the alarm has been deactivated. Am I misunderstanding the manual?
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