Table 2—The PIC-TV command set is based on the original LCD-Link command set. Commmands are sent embedded in strings from an HCS-II XPRESS program.

Command Description Command Description
\b Turn display on \e[#C Move cursor right # columns
\c Turn display off \e[#D Move cursor left # columns
\e Escape character for cursor/color commands \e[H Home cursor to 0,0 (#;# optional)
\f Clear screen \e[#;#f Move cursor to row,col #;#
\g Sound beeper \e[#j Move cursor to row # (;# col optional)
\h Enable character backgrounds \e[s Save current cursor position
\i Disable character backgrounds \e[u Restore saved cursor position
\j Switch to local video mode \e[2J Clear screen
\k Switch to Genlock/Overlay video mode \e[K Clear line to end of row
\l Color entire character grid with background color \e[7h Set wrap mode. Lines wrap to beginning of same line at end of row.
\m Color only character cell with background \e[7l Set CR/LF mode. Lines wrap to beginning of next line at end of row.
\n New line \e[#g Beep for # seconds (0–10)
\o Blink on \e[#M Set screen color (0–7)
\p Blink off \e[#N Set character color (0–7)
\r Carriage return \e[#O Set character cell background color (0–7)
\t Tab (4, 8, 12, 16, 20, etc.) \e[#P Set character outline color (0–7)
\x## Output special character using byte code  
\e[#A Move cursor up # rows  
\e[#B Move cursor down # rows