Xbee Serial Communication

Using Arduino Programming Questions
1

I have two Xbees, each connected to an Arduino Uno. The problem is that whenever I switch the sender on, the receiver is receiving "224" (or if I used a char variable, "à") no matter what the sender is printing.

Receiver code:

void setup () {
Serial.begin(57600);
Serial.println("Ready1");
pinMode (8,OUTPUT);

void loop () {
while(Serial.available()){
B = Serial.read();

Serial.print(B);
}
B=0;

if (B==224){
digitalWrite (8,HIGH);

delay(1);
}

else
digitalWrite (8,LOW);

}

Sender code:

void setup()
{
Serial.begin(57600);}
void loop (){
Serial.print("A");
delay (1);
}

2

The receiver code doesn't compile. Please post code that compiles. And put it in code tags.

You can do that by hitting the # button above the posting area.

sketch_apr27c.cpp: In function 'void setup()':
sketch_apr27c:6: error: a function-definition is not allowed here before '{' token
sketch_apr27c:23: error: expected `}' at end of input
3 
  B=0;
   
    if (B==224){

How would that if test ever be true?