Arduino to arduino Serial sending incorrect values

Hello, I've been tinkering with 2 arduinos that communicate with serial, the connections are as follows
GND-GND
RX-TX
TX-RX

The proper sequence should be(worked before):
240
250
1
251
2
252
3
253
4
254
5
255

I'm puzzled by this because the code worked a hour ago, the only difference is me using 2 separate computers for each arduino.

Code for receiver:

unsigned int i, packet=0, newData, armData[5];
bool packetIntegrity=1;
void setup() {

Serial.begin(230400);
}

void loop() {
  getDebugData();
}



bool getData() {
  
  Serial.write(1);
  //check for data in serial buffer
  if(Serial.available()>0) {
    packetIntegrity=true;
    packet=0;
    newData=Serial.read();
    //check is fist value in buffer is equal to the startmarker
    if(newData==240) {
      //while packet integirty is ok
      while(packetIntegrity) {
        newData=Serial.read();
        
        if(newData==255) {
            packetIntegrity=false;
            if(packet==5) {return true;}else{return false;}
      }
      
        armData[newData-250]=Serial.read();

        if(armData[newData-250]<181 && newData-250==packet) {packet++;}else{
          packetIntegrity=false;
          return false;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }



  
bool getDebugData() {
  if(Serial.availableForWrite()==63) {
  Serial.write(1);
  }
  if(Serial.available()>0) {
    packetIntegrity=true;
    packet=0;
    newData=Serial.read();
    Serial.print("\n////incoming adress data: ");
    Serial.println(newData);
    if(newData==240) {
      Serial.print("||||Serial  data read start!||||");
      while(packetIntegrity) {
        newData=Serial.read();
        Serial.print("\n////incoming adress data: ");
        Serial.println(newData);
        if(newData==255) {
            packetIntegrity=false;
            if(packet==5) {
              Serial.print("||||All data read||||\nPackets received: ");
              Serial.println(packet);
              return true;
            }
        } else {Serial.print("||||Squence Error!||||\nPartial packets received: ");return false;}
        armData[newData-250]=Serial.read();
        Serial.print("\n////incoming value data: ");
        Serial.println(armData[newData-250]);
        if(armData[newData-250]<181 && newData-250==packet) {
          Serial.print("||||||||Incoming Data "); 
          Serial.print(newData-249); 
          Serial.print(": ");
          Serial.println(armData[newData-250]);
          packet++;
      } else {
          packetIntegrity=false;
          Serial.print("||||!Packet Error!||||\n Packets Received: ");
          Serial.println(packet);
          return false;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

Code for sender:

const int arm1=A0, arm2=A1, arm3=A2, arm4=A4, arm5=A3;
int shoulder=0, arm=0, elbow=0, wrist=0, finger=0, dta=0;
unsigned int incoming;



void setup() {
  Serial.begin(230400);
}
void loop() {
  if(Serial.available()>0) {sendData();
  Serial.println("||||Serail request||||");
  }
  
  }




void getData(unsigned int analogPin, signed int offset, unsigned int deadzone, unsigned int dataValue) {
  dta=0;
  
  for(int i=0; i<5; i++) {dta+=analogRead(analogPin);}
  dta/=5;
  dta=map(dta, 0, 1023, 0, 280);
  
  if(dta>dataValue+5 || dta<dataValue-5) {dataValue=dta+offset;}
}


void sendData() {
  incoming=Serial.read();
  if(Serial.availableForWrite()==63 && incoming==1) {
    Serial.write(240);
    Serial.write(250);
    Serial.write(1);
    Serial.write(251);
    Serial.write(2);
    Serial.write(252);
    Serial.write(3);
    Serial.write(253);
    Serial.write(4);
    Serial.write(254);
    Serial.write(5);
    Serial.write(255);
    incoming=0; 
  }
}


void packetPrep(unsigned int dataLimit) {
  
  if(dataLimit>255) {dataLimit=255;}
  
    if(((shoulder>dataLimit|| arm>dataLimit) || (elbow>dataLimit || wrist>dataLimit)) || finger>dataLimit) {
      getData(arm1, 0, 5, shoulder);
      getData(arm2, 0, 5, arm);
      getData(arm3, 0, 5, elbow);
      getData(arm4, 0, 5, wrist);
      getData(arm5, 0, 5, finger);
      packetPrep(dataLimit);
    }
}

Changing the baud rate does not yield any results.
The Serial.available in the sender if is never equal 0 if any arduino is connected via serial, no matter the code.

serial_receive.ino (2.26 KB)

sender.ino (1.34 KB)

sender writes to PC
receiver receives from PC

what does the PC do?

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