You can download a dashboard-like app for the IFI mini controller here:
http://members.cox.net/seanwitte/
This is old, but it works pretty well. It includes a crude graphing module as well. The app gives you a set of virtual joysticks and communicates with the RC through a very basic protocol using the serial port.
The dashboard apps for the RFC-class robots run from a datastream provided on the Operator Interface.