Appendices 85
VT100 terminal emulation

The following table lists the VT100 special key and control (Ctrl) key combina-

tions and indicates Avocent encoding/decoding support, where Yes = sup-

ported and No = not supported.

VT100 Special Keys and Control Keys

Keys Hex Code Function Mnemonic Encode/Decode
Return ØD CR Yes/Yes
Linefeed ØA LF Yes/Yes
Backspace Ø8 BS Yes/Yes
Tab Ø9 HT Yes/Yes
Spacebar 2Ø (SP) Yes/Yes
Esc 1B ESC Yes/No
Ctrl+Spacebar ØØ NUL Yes/No
Ctrl+A Ø1 SOH Yes/No
Ctrl+B Ø2 STX Yes/No
Ctrl+C Ø3 ETX Yes/No
Ctrl+D Ø4 EOT Yes/No
Ctrl+E Ø5 ENQ Yes/No
Ctrl+F Ø6 ACK Yes/No
Ctrl+G Ø7 BELL Yes/Yes
Ctrl+H Ø8 BS Yes/Yes
Ctrl+I Ø9 HT Yes/Yes
Ctrl+J ØA LF Yes/Yes
Ctrl+K ØB VT Yes/No
Ctrl+L ØC FF Yes/No
Ctrl+M ØD CR Yes/No
Ctrl+N ØE SO Yes/No
Ctrl+O ØF SI Yes/No
Ctrl+P 1Ø DLE Yes/No
Ctrl+Q 11 DC1 or XON Yes/No
Ctrl+R 12 DC2 Yes/No
Ctrl+S 13 DC3 or XOFF Yes/No
Ctrl+T 14 DC4 Yes/No