I guess it's possible that the PDF file I linked is for a different version of the ESP8266 firmware to the one that's actually on the ESP8266 - which I guess might explain if something like AT+RFPOWER? fails. You could try AT+RFPOWER=?? If I recall, sometimes commands use that form instead.
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I guess it's possible that the PDF file I linked is for a different version of the ESP8266 firmware to the one that's actually on the ESP8266 - which I guess might explain if something like
AT+RFPOWER?
fails. You could tryAT+RFPOWER=?
? If I recall, sometimes commands use that form instead.