Serial Communication - drawing data from the slave to an LED matrix

You need to post your programs.

Also post an example of the message that you want to send from the Mega to the Uno (hope I have the direction correct).

The Mega has 4 HardwareSerial ports - which one are you using to talk to the Uno (hint, NOT Rx0 and Tx0).

Have a look at the examples in Serial Input Basics - simple reliable ways to receive data.

...R