oh, me thinking LA style....if that's the case, asta la vista!
using MS-2 chip on a V2.2 board.
Serial port issue rectified. even a cobbled cable on my OLD serial port equipped laptop works fine, so the issue was related to the DB9-DB25 convertor that was rolling Tx and Rx and the crappy USB adapter. I still have the Arduino USB to serial board to install. Ill get a blue tooth next. They have a cool android app now. forget your dashboard, just use your tablet now!
