Terminals and equipment supported by IMS 15

IMS 15 supports SLU, LU, NTO, 3270, and Finance (3600) terminals, as well as other equipment such as printers and DASD devices.

The following tables list the terminals and other equipment supported by IMS 15.

In the table, the following abbreviations are used:
DSC
Data Stream Compatibility
ISC
Intersystem Communication
LU
Logical Unit
NTO
Network Terminal Option
PC
Personal Computer
PP
Program Product
SLU
Secondary Logical Unit
TTY
Teletypewriter equipment
VTAM®
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
Table 1. Terminals that are supported by IMS 15
Compatible product SNA Notes
SLU 1 (for example, 3230, 3232, 3262, 3287, 3767, 3268, 3770, 3770P, 3790 (type 2 batch and bulk print), 4700, 5280, 5550, S/32, S/34, S/38, 8100) VTAM 1, 2
SLU 2 (for example, 3179, 3180, 3276, 3278, 3279, 3290, 3790 (3270 DSC feature), 3600 Admin PP, 4700, 5280, 5520, 5550, 8100, 8775, S/34, Display writer) VTAM 1, 2
SLU P (for example, 3600, 3630, 3650, 3680, 3770PC, 3790, 4700, 4730, 4736, 5520, 8100, S/34, Series/1) VTAM 1, 2, 3, 4
LU 6.1 (ISC) VTAM 1, 2
LU 6.2 (APPC) VTAM 2
NTO (for example, 33/35, TTY, 2740, 2741, 3101, 3232, 3767, S/23) VTAM 1, 2
Notes:
  1. The IMS Message Format Service (MFS) is available for this device. MFS editing can be bypassed on a message-by-message basis.
  2. IMS Fast Path supports the use of compatible terminals.
  3. Although IMS provides sample code for this terminal, additional user coding is required.
  4. IMS provides no device-resident code for this device. Additional user coding is required to attach it to IMS.
Table 2. Terminals that are supported by IMS 15, but withdrawn from IBM® Marketing
IMS-supported product Compatible product Switched mode Polled mode Local mode SNA Notes
3270   VTAM VTAM VTAM VTAM 1, 2
Finance (3600) 4700       VTAM 1, 2, 3
Notes:
  1. The IMS Message Format Service (MFS) is available for this device. MFS editing can be bypassed on a message-by-message basis.
  2. IMS Fast Path supports the use of compatible terminals.
  3. Although IMS provides sample code for this terminal, additional user coding is required.

For the following table, refer to operating system descriptions for specific device types.

Table 3. Other equipment that is supported by IMS 15
IMS-supported product Access
System console MVS write-to-operator/write-to-operator-with-reply (WTO/WTOR)
Spool device Basic Sequential Access Method (BSAM)
Card reader BSAM
Printer BSAM
Magnetic tape BSAM
DASD devices BSAM
Restriction: IMS 15 does not support BTAM devices (2740-1, 2740-2, 2741, 2780, System/3, and System/7).