NewSoftSerial - Pololu micro serial controller baud rate too high

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Hi,

If on a Duemilanove I use either the standard UART or SoftwareSerial, I can successfully command the servo.
However, if I use the NewSoftSerial library, the LED's on the Pololu serial controller indicate the baud rate is too high.
I have tried it even with baud 2400, with no success.

Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Using this code:

#include "NewSoftSerial.h"

#define rxPin 8
#define txPin 9

unsigned int pos = 0;
NewSoftSerial swserial(rxPin, txPin);

void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(9600);
    pinMode(rxPin, INPUT);
    // Keep Pololu board from getting spurious signal
    digitalWrite(txPin, HIGH);
    pinMode(txPin, OUTPUT);
    swserial.begin(9600);
}

void put(int servo, unsigned int angle)
{
    unsigned char buff[6];
    unsigned int temp;
    unsigned char pos_hi;
    unsigned char pos_low;

    temp = angle & 0x1f80;
    pos_hi = temp >> 7;
    pos_low = angle & 0x7f;

    buff[0] = 0x80; // start byte
    buff[1] = 0x01; // device id
    buff[2] = 0x04; // command number
    buff[3] = servo; // servo number
    buff[4] = pos_hi; // data1
    buff[5] = pos_low; // data2

    for (int  i = 0; i < 6; i++){
        swserial.print(buff[i], BYTE);
    }
}
// Pololu pos = standard servo usec * 2, 3000 is pos 0
void loop()
{
    for (pos = 2530; pos <= 3475; pos += 1 )
    {
        put(0, pos);
        delay(10);
    }

    for (pos = 3475; pos > 2530; pos -= 1)
    {
        put(0, pos);
        delay(10);
    }
}
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In case it helps someone.
Found the answer on the Pololu forum.
There is noise on the line, and resetting the Pololu serial micro servo controller solves the problem.

void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(9600);
    pinMode(rxPin, INPUT);
    // Keep Pololu board from getting spurious signal
    digitalWrite(txPin, HIGH);
    pinMode(txPin, OUTPUT);
    swserial.begin(9600);
    pinMode(rstPin, OUTPUT);
    delay(10);
    pinMode(rstPin, INPUT);
    delay(10);
}