Seagate DDS Installation Manual page 28

A-26 Seagate DAT Drive Installation Manual—English
LED Code summary
The following table summarizes LED flash codes for Seagate
DAT drives.
LED
color
Yellow
Yellow
Green
Green
Green
Green
and
Yellow
Green
power
LED
(external
drives)
Action Meaning
ON (lit) The drive is reading or writing
normally.
Flashing Rapidly A hardware fault occurred.
ON (lit) A cartridge has been inserted
and is operating normally.
Flashing Slowly A cartridge has been inserted
but is generating excessive
errors beyond a predefined
error threshold (warning
only). Use a DDS cleaning
cartridge to clean the heads.
Flashing Rapidly The drive could not write the
tape correctly (a write error
has occurred). Try using a
DDS DAT cleaning cartridge
to clean the heads or try a
new cartridge.
Both flashing A prerecorded audio cartridge
slowly has been inserted and is
being played automatically.
ON (lit) The external drive is powered
on.