Chapter 7 ā Importing and Exporting Cartridges Exporting or Exchanging Magazines and Cartridges
December 2019 User GuideāSpectra T200, T380, and T680 Libraries
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4. Click the appropriate Export/Exchange button to select the location
from which you want to export or exchange magazines.
Note: If there are no full chambers in the selected location, the Export/
Exchange button is not present.
5. The library retrieves a magazine from the specified pool and places it in
the TAP. The TAP door opens and a Feedback Required screen displays.
a. Remove the magazine from the open TAP and set it aside.
b. Gently raise the TAP door and press it firmly into the latch for
approximately one second.
Note: Close the TAP door firmly, but do not use excessive force.
c. Return to the operator panel and select the appropriate option on
the Feedback Required screen.
Note: If you wait more than 10 minutes to respond, the library times
out and displays a message on the operator panel.
6. If you exported magazines directly from the storage pool, use your
storage management software to update the media inventory it
maintains (see Updating the Storage Management Software Inventory
on page 245).
For a... Select Export/Exchange for.... If you want to export or exchange...
Storage partition Storage: Full Chambers All of the magazines in the storage pool.
Entry/Exit: Full Chambers All of the magazines in the entry/exit pool.
Entry/Exit: Populated
Chambers
Only the magazines in the entry/exit pool that
contain one or more cartridges.
Cleaning partition Cleaning: Full Chambers All of the magazines in the cleaning partition.
Select... If...
Continue You want to export another magazine. The process continues as follows:
1. The TAP door closes automatically when you click Continue. The library
retrieves the next magazine and delivers it to the second TAP. The TAP doors
alternate as you continue to export magazines.
2. The export process continues as long as there are magazines in the selected
location or until you click Stop Exporting on the Feedback Required screen.
Continue to remove the magazines and click Continue after each one. When
all of the magazines in the selected location are exported, the process stops
automatically and the Import/Export TeraPack Cases screen displays.
Stop Exporting The magazine you removed from the TAP is the last one you want to export.