Thanks for your response!!
I have it wired correctly. VDD is on 3 and the sweeper is on pin 2, pin 1 is gnd. I will try to post pics. I have also asked Newhaven about the voltage and they said yes, it should still work but still I put 5V on VDD instead of 3.3 to no avail. I have hooked up a logic analyzer to view that I am getting the right results and yes indeed the outcome is as i set it up....still nothing on this display. I have even tried two other displays (maybe that one was bad?) nothing. I am out of a solution here. Thats why I posted to the world if anyone else has ever tried using this display with an arduino, please help.
Thank you very much for responding, I really appreciate it!!!