Varible Conversion & Serial question

any idea's?

As a matter of fact, yes. Add some serial output. Are you receiving what you think you are?

The move() function on the receiver is passed an array of chars. It expects a char. Fail!

Some of the motor control wires control direction, and should be connected to non-PWM pins, with digitalWrite() used to control them. Do the motors do what they are supposed to with a simple sketch on the receiver?

What, exactly, is connecting the two Arduinos?