#2.
I amwas tempted to test this - I did not think baudrate was irellevant. But rather than voice an uinformed opinion I tested - and now I know. With hindsight, obvious.
I will do the #2 doing exactly what it says. WIthout enganging too many brain cells (Nice evening here, dusk, beer in hand ... attached picture as proof)
Excellent instructions. I skipped one (by accident) and things did not work - then I did not skip it - and everything worked. It will be interesting to see if the sticky will have many false alarms for the same reason. And no, I cant think of any instruction to add to stop that from happening.
My only comment for possible improvment is that at point 8. If it does echo everything, then the USB/driver/chip is working
(edited this pst to reflect the test was done, rather than just intended)