TomGeorge:
Hi,
This is possibly the schematic of your shield.
Tom..
Thanks! (As if I'm good at reading these schematics :D)
Could my trouble be GND related, in as some error in not having common ground between the powersource/Arduino/IR Reciever/End product that i control w 232?
I really have no clue what to do to fix this. It's what i got the Arduino for