Fujitsu M2488 - 5-5.4 Unload Tape Cartridges from a FACL Magazine; 5-5.5 FACL Cleaning Cartridge Replacement Procedure; Medium Changer Operating Modes; 5-6.1 FACL Manual Mode

M2488 USER’S GUIDE OPERATING PROCEDURES
April 1997 CG00000-011403 REV. A 5-5
5-5.4 Unload Tape Cartridges from a FACL Magazine
5-5.5 FACL Cleaning Cartridge Replacement Procedure
The cleaning cartridge has an identification notch.
5-6 MEDIUM CHANGER OPERATING MODES
The FACL has three operating modes: System mode, Auto mode and Manual mode. The mode is
selected using the MODE SEL. pushbutton.
The ACL has two operating modes: System mode and Auto mode. The mode is selected using the
MODE SEL. pushbutton. Regardless of the selected mode, a hand operation method is also allowed.
5-6.1 FACL Manual Mode
The POSITION pushbutton selects which cartridge is to be loaded. The START pushbutton causes
the selected cartridge to be loaded.
5-6.2 System Mode
SCSI medium-changer commands (e.g. MOVE MEDIUM and EXCHANGE MEDIUM commands)
are used to move cartridges between the tape drive and magazine.
5-6.3 Auto Mode
Cartridges are selected from the magazine in order. The first cartridge is loaded when the magazine is
loaded. When the cartridge in the tape drive is unloaded from the tape drive, the cartridge is returned
to its original position in the magazine and then the next cartridge in the magazine is automatically
loaded.
STEP ACTION
1 Remove magazine from the FACL. *
2 Release cartridge lock. If only one cartridge is to be unloaded, press the cartridge lock bar. If several
cartridges are to be unloaded, press the unlock button.
3 Remove the cartridge from the magazine.
* Cartridges may be unloaded from the magazine while mounted in the FACL, except for the bottom slot.
STEP ACTION
1 Insert cleaning cartridge, side B first as shown in Figure 5-3, into the first tape cartridge slot. Leave
the second slot empty.
2 Mount the magazine into the FACL.
3 Press
SHIFT
and
UNLOAD
together to start the cleaning cartridge replacement mode.
4 Select the replacement menu, CHG CTG, then press
TEST
. The carrier moves up while checking
cartridges in the magazine.
5 The old cleaning cartridge is ejected from the cleaning cell and moved to the second slot of the mag-
azine.
6 The new cleaning cartridge is loaded into the drive to identify the type of cartridge, then ejected. If
the cartridge is a cleaning type, it is inserted into the cleaning cell.
7 The cleaning cartridge use count is cleared upon replacement.
8 Remove the old cleaning cartridge from the second slot of the magazine and dispose of it.