Advanced Text Instructions

This table lists the advanced text instructions that the SER_SEND instruction understands. You may embed these abbreviations (within <> brackets) in a string to be sent by SER_SEND and the correct code(s) will be automatically substituted. For example, SER_SEND("<CLEAR>Text") would clear the screen, then send the word Text.

Note that these instructions are common to most of our serial displays, except for the BPI- and BPK- series. These use a different set of codes, with their own SER_SEND equivalents; see the table.

Name ASCII Code(s) Display Series
NULL 0 all
HOME 1 BPP,ILM,VFD,SGX,BGX
BIG_BEGIN 2 BPP,VFD (4-line)
BIG_END 3 BPP,VFD (4-line)
NO_CURSOR 4 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX
UL_CURSOR 5 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX
BK_CURSOR 6 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX
BELL 7 BPP,ILM,VFD
BACKSPACE 8 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
BS 8 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
TAB 9 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
LINEFEED 10 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
LF 10 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
VTAB 11 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
CLS 12 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
CLEAR 12 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
CLEAR_SCREEN 12 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
RETURN 13 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
CR 13 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
BL_ON 14 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
BACKLIGHT_ON 14 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
VFD_ON 14 VFD
BL_OFF 15 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
BACKLIGHT_OFF 15 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
VFD_OFF 15 VFD
POSITION 16 BPP,ILM,VFD,BGX,SGX
CLR_COL 17 BPP,VFD
RIGHT_ALIGN 18 BPP,ILM,VFD,SGX