In the meantime, I found this:
http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SoftwareSerial#.UxZELYVuSaI
I'm assuming I can utilize this library to create another TX/RX for testing, and then modify the code once the sketch is working properly to just use pins 0 and 1 when the USB is no longer needed.
http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SoftwareSerial#.UxZELYVuSaI
I'm assuming I can utilize this library to create another TX/RX for testing, and then modify the code once the sketch is working properly to just use pins 0 and 1 when the USB is no longer needed.