What system functions are supported by QConnect?

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Function Name	Function Number	Supported by QCONNECT?
Display Wait Message	1	Yes
Display Offline Message	2	Yes
Display System Message	3	Yes
Change Keyboard Tone Volume *	6	Yes
Display Terminal Number	7	Yes
Display Date Format	50	Yes
Set Date on Offline Terminal	51	Yes
Set Time on Offline Terminal	52	Yes
Set Terminal Characteristics	71	Yes
Enable Storage Retention **	72	Yes
Disable Storage Retention **	73	Yes
Enter Test Mode***	91	Yes
Enter Customer Setup Mode	92	No
Display Available Memory	96	Yes
Dump Terminal Memory	9898	Yes

* Some keyboards do not support changing tone volume.

** Some terminal models do not support Storage Retention. For these terminals, the function will appear to successfully execute.

*** Refer to the "IBM 4680 Store System and 4683/4684 POS Terminal Problem Determination Guide" (SY27-0330) for details on running these tests

Note: The complete key sequence is: S1, Function Number, S2