Yes the example in the default code if for the LEDson the far right side of the OI.The dashboard port is output only. It automatically sends back data at high speeds. Each packet of info is 26 bytes, and is outlined on a datasheet that is included in a zip of the program here:
http://ifirobotics.com/dashboard_viewer.shtml In it there are a couple of different things like "USER_BYTE1" or something like that. You can set those in your code I think its just
but you can look that up in p18f8722.h