OPERATING PROCEDURES M2488 USER’S GUIDE
5-6 CG00000-011403 REV. A April 1997
5-6.4 Hand Operation Method
This refers to using the medium-changer without a magazine. A cartridge is placed into the tape drive
and the cartridge is then automatically loaded. (The medium-changer mode seen at the SCSI inter-
face, System or Auto, is not changed when the hand operation method is used.)
5-7 OPERATOR PANEL MESSAGES
Messages displayed on the operator panel are described in the following paragraphs. The types of mes-
sages are listed in the order of their priority from lowest to highest.
5-7.1 Background Messages
This type of message indicates the current drive status. These messages have the lowest priority.
5-7.2 Host Messages
This 8 or 16 character message is sent from the host system by a DISPLAY command. It is displayed
in the mode specified by the control byte.
5-7.3 Fixed Messages
This type of message indicates the state of the drive.
5-7.4 Not-ready Messages
This type of message is displayed when a cartridge is loaded, but the drive is in the offline state.
DISPLAY DESCRIPTION
✳
(
or ✳
n
)
No cartridge is loaded.
✳ CLEAN
No cartridge is loaded and cleaning is required.
READY U or BOT RDYU
The tape is loaded and write is enabled.
READY F or BOT RDYF
The tape is loaded with write inhibited.
DISPLAY DESCRIPTION
UNLOADNG
The tape is unloading.
REWINDNG
The tape is rewinding.
LOCATING
Searching for data.
ERASING
Erasing data.
E.O.T.
The tape is at EOT.
CLEANING
Drive cleaning is in progress.
DISPLAY DESCRIPTION
NT RDYU
The drive is not ready with write enabled.
NT RDYF
The drive is not ready with write inhibited.
To Next Page
Loading...
