Software serial routine

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I am getting info from joystick at arduino 1

Successfully? Using what code?

Basically I want to send a command from one arduino to another, for example

Send "(A000001)" which I will decodeto something like, turn on LED A
or "(A000000)" turn off led A
or "(B000120") set motor B speed to 120
or "(C000170)" set servo C to 170

There seems to be no reason to send 6 characters to represent a 1 to 3 digit number.