BlueFruit Ez-Link Sheild and Arduino Mega

[ndamen3]

Hello!

I am having trouble with the Bluefruit EZ-Link shield timing out when trying to upload sketches onto my Arduino Mega. I am getting this exact message:

avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500v2_getsync(): timeout communicating with programmer

I am using the Arduino IDE 1.5.7 and a Mega 2560. It's connected and recognized by my PC just fine as well.

[adafruit_support_mike]

Sounds like something in the connection.

Let's start with a loopback test: plug a jumper between the EZ-Link's TX and RX pins and send it some data through the Arduino IDE's Serial Monitor. What you send should return immediately.