User guide
10 
MIRROR VT Emulator User Guide 
SPECIAL ESC COMMANDS & HARDWARE TEST 
SPECIAL ESC COMMANDS 
For VT emulation, a number of special ESC commands are available for system 
information and hardware control. You may send an escape sequence from a host to get 
device type, serial number, or control the hardware features of the mobile computer. 
Feature 
Special ESC Command  Supported on 
System 
Information 
ESC[97c 
  The mobile computer will respond with the information on 
H/W, S/N, M/D, KNL, LIB, USR and DEV. Each is separated 
by a comma. 
8000/8300/8400/ 
8500 
Device Type 
Get device type: ESC[98c 
  The return value will be ESC[8>’Device Type’\0, such as 
[8>8300. 
8000/8300/ 
8400/8500 
Serial Number 
Get serial number: ESC[99c 
  The return value will be ESC[9>’Serial Number’\0, such as 
[8>EB7000001. 
8000/8300/ 
8400/8500 
LED  ESC[0;color;mode;duration] 
Parameter  Description 
color 0: Red LED 
1: Green LED 
mode & duration  0: LED is turned off for (duration *0.01) 
seconds and then turned on 
1: LED is turned on for (duration *0.01) 
seconds and then turned off   
2: LED flashes for (duration *0.01) 
seconds and then repeat 
8000/8300/ 
8400/8500 
Buzzer  ESC[1;beep sequence] 
For example, you may send “ESC[1;x;y;x;y…]”. 
  A beep sequence refers to pairs of Beep Frequency(x) and 
Beep Duration(y). 
  Beep Frequency = 76000 Hz / Actual Frequency Desired: if 
a frequency of 4 KHz is desired, the value of x is 19. 
  Beep Duration is in units of 10 milliseconds. 
8000/8300/ 
8400/8500 
Reader 
Enable: ESC[2;1] 
Disable: ESC[2;0] 
8000/8300/ 
8400/8500 
RFID Reader 
Enable: ESC[3;1] 
Disable: ESC[3;0] 
8300/8500 










