Quote Originally Posted by AlaskanEE View Post
ohh I also tried the original code that skimask used working with the internal oscilator, it gave the same result, successive random symbols and leters.
Again, generally, random symbols and characters usually mean the baud rate is just a tad too far off. And I know you're not this far, but 'generally speaking' (not a hard fact, but usually accuracte), if the baud rate is a bit slow, you get framing errors, too fast gives overrun errors.