Sending a ctrl character command over serial

Hello all,

What Im trying to do here is just send commands over serial to a device (I have the connection open and am simply using "Print #1, Stuff". This device will respond it ctrl-N (^N, whatever you want to call it) in hyperterminal, but I am not sure how to make it send through qbasic. Ive tried sending it as a string of "^N", which does nothing, and I've typed CTRL; "N", but that appears to do nothing as well. Also, Im not 100% sure, but it appears that ctrl-N has no asci number associated with it.

Any ideas would be appreciate. Thanks!