Sending commands to an arduino

[Garrett.d.w]

Hi guys,
I have been working on building a robot and have chosen an arduino mega to function as my I/O board. As my role in the team concentrates mainly on building, I am lost when it comes to programming the darn thing. I have mastered programming the arduino, using the native language (something akin to C++), but have yet to be successful in controlling it remotely.

My dilema centers around my inability to write a dashboard program. I would like to know how to send serial data (in the form of numbers) to the arduino using LabView.

Thanks in advance for any advice that you give.