ok I found the problem...
the Cube Serial inteface are driven by TXS0108E Level Shifter powered both side with 3.3 volt making it marginal for the Voxl Primary Serial interface. Switching to secondary interface on the Voxl made it work correctly.
I sent a request for a change in the WIKI to reflect that configuration
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