Reading the output of a TX into an RX

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I get information coming through using the SoftwareSerial library, but its garbage,

One assumes that the data is not garbage, just the output of your code :slight_smile:

Speaking of which, can you show us the code?

Do you know the bit rate, # data and stop bits, does it use parity etc?

so I soldered a pin from the RX on the touch controller to pin 2 on my Arduino

Well unsolder it right now, if it's RS232 it is +-12v and will/may blow up your Arduino.

Also if it's RS232 you need to invert the data, I think Software serial has that feature.

Rob