Bruce Markey wrote:Reduce speed to b or g you mean? I'm at 9600 already if that is what you meant.
B or G.
If you can provide a schematic of connection or/and make a picture, that may give more ideas.
So maybe this whole thing is just not enough power.
It could be a power problem. Sending data is when the esp uses the most current.
But I've been using the 3.3v on an UNO w/o a problem.
i have a test sketch that sends different length strings of random chars. The recving end is a perl script.
I use it to test different modules to make sure they work consistently.
If you're interested I'll attach the code and script.