The board has a couple DIP switches to pull P0.14 low and connect another pin correctly for bootloader operation. And it has a SP3232 chip for level conversion. Should work with ease, but I'm missing something (the story of my life
). Maybe it's as simple as me forgetting to reset the board after moving the DIP switches.
If I thought of it now I must have thought of it last night, right? Maybe not...
I'll grind away at all these things again after work today.