Nick,
I put a logic analyzer on both so that you could see. I attached two images, 1st with Uart SPI and 2nd with Arduino std SPI. On the Uart SPI I get 255...255,\r,\n from serial. Nothing but 255 for the array of characters. On the Arduino std SPI I get ->hello there \r\n(although not perfect). The best software serial baud seemed to be 38400, I ranged from 9600-115200( best defined by what I received from Arduino SPI) . I also tried connecting the Arduino up with only 9v power supply, disconnecting usb, I thought that might be giving me interference, no change in output, still 255 from Uart SPI. Any other suggestions? I have a arduino mega 1280, perhaps I could give that a try w/the 2nd hardware serial port. Would I have to change the registers?
Thanks,
-diesel
