I want to send bytes which represent angles in degrees, from my computer, through the "serial port" (the USB to which my Arduino Uno is connected.)  Later my plan is to control a puppet using a relSense camera, but for now I just want to send data out through Serial Port, in my case, COM4. 


I am using Visual Studio Professional 2013 and C++ with Visual Micro
I just registered and will be going through the documentation, but if there is a quick way to be able to write to COM4 interactively, like with a console, I will appreciate it.

This is the sketch I uploaded to the Uno: 

/*
Name:            Sketch1.ino
Created:      2/11/2016 12:37:46 PM
Author:      diana_000
*/

#include <Servo.h>

#include <Servo\src\Servo.h>


int PinServoHead;
int PinServoJaw;
int ServoSpeed;
int ServoStop;
bool run = true; /* true checks for serial input and if there is none resets the motors to 90 degrees. run = false loops through test rotations*/


Servo HeadServo;
Servo JawServo;
int i = 0;
char buffer;
int nextServo = 0;
int servoAngles[] = { 10, 10 };

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
     
     PinServoHead = 9;
     HeadServo.attach(PinServoHead);
     PinServoJaw = 8;
     JawServo.attach(PinServoJaw);
     Serial.begin(9600);
     RunServo(90, HeadServo);
     RunServo(110, JawServo);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again until power down or reset
void loop() {
     if (run){
           if (Serial.available() > 0)
           {
                 delay(10);
                 byte servoAngle = Serial.read();
                 
                 servoAngles[nextServo] = servoAngle;

                 nextServo++;
                 if (nextServo > 1)
                 {
                       nextServo = 0;
                 }

                 byte headAngle = servoAngles[0];
                 byte jawAngle = servoAngles[1];
                 RunServo(headAngle, HeadServo);
                 RunServo(jawAngle, JawServo);
           }
           else {//no serial input
                 RunServo(90, HeadServo);
                 RunServo(90, JawServo);
           }
     }
     else{ // run is false
           RunServo(40, HeadServo);
           RunServo(110, JawServo);
           delay(500);
           RunServo(140, HeadServo);
           RunServo(30, JawServo);
           delay(500);
     }
}

void RunServo(int spd, Servo servo)
{
     servo.write(spd);

}

Visual Micro has a Serial Monitor (terminal) which in the latest release has an option called CStr

With CStr enabled you can escape data to be sent to the micro-controller

The Serial Monitor is located on the Visual Micro menu or the right of the COM port on the tool bar

With CStr enabled you can send \t \a \x100 \u0000 \U00000000 etc.

Another question, if I do not want to upload a program to the arduino, but just to run or debug from Visual Studio, that sends data through the serial port to which the arduino is attached, how do I access the serial port? When I use Visual Micro it uploads to the arduino when I debug, overwriting the program that is supposed to be waiting for serial input.

I mean if I want to write a separate program like a C++ console application, that does not upload to the Uno but runs from the computer that the Uno is attached to and sends data, can I use visual micro for that or do I look for some other library that has a serial port class in it ?