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 |