Forget my last post, I just read through the documentation and saw that it indeed is useful for more than just this kit.
But still: did you follow one of the examples to verify that your basic setup (nd hardware) is OK? E.g. the "RX8_Sin_X Example for ComPort" from the Bridge Control panel 1.8 documentation? That way you could verify your setup, and the steps you need to take (it doesn't seem so simple judging from the documention).
Last but not least, you can also try to install a COM-Port-Sniffer to look at the data going through it, maybe that helps too...
