Chapter 15: Maintaining Your Library
Maintenance Actions
626 Quantum Scalar i6000 User’s Guide
• Checks magazine offsets
• Checks collected offset alignments for magazines, I/E stations, and
drive sleds
• Checks joint alignment quality
Get/Put Test
The Get/Put test performs the following tasks:
• Performs a Get/Put of a scratch tape in the top and bottom slots of
each magazine that supports the scratch tape’s media
• Performs a Get/Put of existing media if no scratch tape is found or if
the top or bottom is occupied
• Moves a scratch tape to one row in each frame to test cross-frame
alignment
• Uses a scratch tape to perform a Get/Put in each compatible drive
Accessor Assembly Test
The accessor assembly test performs the following tasks:
• Checks for the module terminator (the terminator on the LBX board
in the last expansion module)
• Checks the joint alignment (makes sure all the joints on the X-axis
are flush)
• Performs two passes around the library to ensure the X-axis and Y-
axis encoders are reading correctly and the belts are not slipping
• Tests the calibration sensor
• Checks the alignment of the accessor to the control module
Picker Assembly Test
The picker assembly test performs the following tasks:
• Performs pivot left and right check
• Performs reach and retract five times
• If the LMC gets its side done, performs a Get/Put of the selected cell
• Scans the control module serial number to make sure the scanner is
reading properly
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