erratic arduino

so my arduino is all wired up and my max is patched up, but getting the two to communicate is proving somewhat 'temperamental'- having run tests on the arduino, the hardware itself is fine, and will communicate with my patch when he's in the mood to (after discussions we think it is a core script in the patch that gets arduino communicating with max that may be the problem)...I'm working on making the situation a little more predictable.

however- the IR range finders seem to wire in well and work accordingly- I'm yet to test them with the dancers however. We had a meeting tonight, and will tighten up choreography tomorrow.