Guardian Programming Reference Summary for pTAL and TAL
Device Types and Subtypes
Guardian Programming Reference Summary for pTAL and TAL—522631-001
3-4
3 5101, 5103, 5104, 5110, 
5114 (9-track, 45/125 ips) 
tape units with 3207 
controllers
N.A.
4 Magnetic tape 
unit
4 5130 (9-track, 200 ips) 
master tape unit or 5131 
slave unit with 3208 
controller
N.A.
5 5120 cartridge tape unit with 
3209 or 3681 controller in 
3681 MFC
N.A.
6 5160 tape unit (1600 bits per 
inch, or bpi) or 5170 tape 
unit (1600, 6250 bpi) with 
3214 controller or 3681 
MFC or PMF/IOMF
5170 tape unit (1600, 
6250 bpi) PMF/IOMF or 
ServerNet/DA
7 5130 master tape unit 
(9-track, 200 ips) or 5131 
slave unit with 3211 
controller
N.A.
8 5180 tape unit (18 track, 
38000 bpi) with 3215 
controller
N.A.
9 5190 tape unit (18 track, 
38000 bpi) with 3216 
controller or 3681 MFC and 
5194 tape unit (36 tracks, 
38000 bpi)
5190 tape unit (18 track, 
38000 bpi) or 5194 tape 
unit (36 tracks, 38000 bpi) 
with PMF, IOMF, or 
ServerNet/DA
10 5188 tape unit (38000 bpi) 
with 3217 controller
N.A.
11 5142 DAT with PMF or 
IOMF
5 Printer 0 SNAX PRT protocol
1 5502, 5503, 5504, 5510, 
5513, and 5514 (parallel 
printers) or 5518 parallel 
printer (for 7-bit data trans-
fer) with 3601 UI
N.A.
3 5508 (serial printer)
Table 3-1. Device Types and Subtypes (page 4 of 14)
Type Device
Sub
type D-Series Description G-Series Description










