4.2.19 Miscellaneous Code Sequences Supported by T27

During a T27 session, the host can send codes to control various functions.

T27 supports the following codes:

Table 4-58

Sequence

Operation

BEL

Toggles the cursor location alarm on or off.

EOT

Puts an ETX character at the end of the data transmission.

ESC, ' x

Subtracts hexadecimal 20 from the specified character x.

ESC, (

Transmits the screen to the host.

ESC, .

Sets or clears a variable tab at the cursor location.

ESC, =

Locks the keyboard.

ESC, ?

Toggles the cursor location alarm on or off.

ESC, _, x

Fills the session window with the specified character.

ESC, D

Sets the mobile home.This affects where data transmission begins but does not affect cursor movement.

ESC, SI

Indicates that any subsequent characters should be handled as they normally would.

ESC, SO

Indicates that any subsequent 8-bit characters should be converted to 7-bit characters.

ESC, SPACE, C

Displays the ASCII character set supported by the terminal emulator.

ESC, SPACE, V

Displays the T27 version number.

ESC, Y

Disables lowercase characters.

ESC, Z

Enables lowercase characters.

ETX

Inserts an end-of-text character at the DCP.

SI

Indicates that any subsequent characters should be underlined.

SO

Indicates that any subsequent extended characters should appear in reverse video.

VT

Enables vertical tabs (if they weren't already enabled) and moves the cursor to the next vertical tab.