Keyboard

You can customize the keyboard for your application:

• edit size and number of keys
• assign characters and tasks to keys
• create any number of keyboard layers
• create different designs for portrait and landscape mode

Each host profile can have its own keyboard design assigned.

VTconsoleConfigurator

The keyboard layout is saved in the VTconsole config file. You can find the config file with iTunes in the documents folder of the app, but it’s best practice to use the MacOs app VTconsoleConfigurator.

 

Default keyboard

Key values and VT sequences

 

Value	Mnemonik	Sequence
258	DOWN	CSI B	SS3 B
259	UP	CSI A	SS3 A
260	LEFT	CSI D	SS3 D
261	RIGHT	CSI C	SS3 C
263	BACKSPACE	\b
265	F1	SS3 P
266	F2	SS3 Q
267	F3	SS3 R
268	F4	SS3 S
269	F5	CSI 15 ~	CSI 16 ~
270	F6	CSI 17 ~
271	F7	CSI 18 ~
272	F8	CSI 19 ~
273	F9	CSI 20 ~
274	F10	CSI 21 ~
275	F11	CSI 23 ~	0x1B
276	F12	CSI 24 ~	\b
277	F13	CSI 25 ~	\n
278	F14	CSI 26 ~
279	F15	CSI 28 ~
280	F16	CSI 29 ~
281	F17	CSI 31 ~
282	F18	CSI 32 ~
283	F19	CSI 33 ~
284	F20	CSI 34 ~
285	F21	CSI 35 ~
286	F22	CSI 36 ~
287	F23	CSI 37 ~
288	F24	CSI 38 ~
330	DEL	0x7F
338	NPAGE	CSI 6 ~
339	PPAGE	CSI 5 ~
343	ENTER	SS3 M
350	C3	SS3 n
351	BTAB	CSI Z
352	BEG	SS3 m
360	FIND	CSI 1 ~
383	SELECT	CSI 4 ~
412	RETURN	\r	\r\n
413	REMOVE	CSI 3 ~
414	INSERT	CSI 2 ~
415	TAB	\t
416	ESCAPE	0x1B

Key types

 

Value	Name	Meaning
0	Data	Data key The value or the macro will be sent to the host. Light background
1	Data dark	Data key The value or the macro will be sent to the host. Dark background
2	Shift	Internal function The key changes the keyboard layers. The key shows the keyboard layer. “0” means “system keyboard”.
3	Session	Internal function Switch to connection overview. The key value is irrelevant.
4	Status	Internal function The key shows time and battery status. The key value is irrelevant.

Encoding of strings

The escape character is the backslash “\”.

Sequence	Value
\0	0x00
\a	0x07
\b	0x08
\e	0x1B
\f	0x0C
\n	0x0A
\r	0x0D
\t	0x09
\\	0x5C
\xnn	0xnn