Base Module; Robotic Unit - HP E Series User Manual

Base module

The 12U base module (see
customer use. The module contains a total of 103 LTO slots. Nine of these slots can be configured as
reserved, and five slots are configurable within a load port through the use of a removable magazine. The
number of usable permanent slots depends on whether it is the lowest module vertically placed in the
library. The library floor is always attached to the lowest library module. If the library floor is attached to
the base module, the last two rows (containing 16 slots) are blocked and cannot be used.
The robotics unit (see
the robot is fully contained within a 2U space. For safety reasons, the robot is parked before the front
door can be opened.
Within the robotics unit, a lift table assembly contains a motor, pulleys, and cables to move the table up
and down to a desired level in the library. The picker assembly moves front and back, and side-to-side
along the table. A bar code scanner, attached to the bottom of the hand assembly, scans targets on rack
components for alignment, as well as bar code labels on tape cartridges, if they are present. The picker
has fingers that remove and insert cartridges among storage slots, tape drives, or load ports.
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1 Lift flex cable
2 Lift drive assembly
3 Picker assembly
Figure 4

Robotic unit

Figure 1) resides below the 2U space at the top of the rack reserved for
Figure 4) is located at the top of the base module. When fully retracted (or parked),
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4 Lift suspension cable (4x)
5 Table
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