Operator Panel Lights - IBM 2420 7 Manufacturer’s Information Brochure

Magnetic tape unit
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Heat output
Airflow
Power requ irements
Environmental requirements
Room temperature
Relative humidity
Maximum wet bult
Service clearances
Special features
*
1600 bpi
=
63 bytes/mm
200 ips
=
500 cm per second
500 ips
=
1300 cm per second
8.5 inches
=
21,6 cm
10.50 inches = 26,7 cm
2400 feet
=
742 meters
7900 BTU/lir (1.991 kcal)
700 cfm (20m
3
/m)
2.9 kva
60 cycle/three phase/208 or 230 volts (Domestic)
50 cycle/three phase/ 195,220, 235, 380, or 408 volts (World Trade)
Operating
Nonoperating
20% - 80%
8%-80%
Front and rear: 36 inches (91,4 cm)
Left and right sides: 30 inches (76,2 cm)
None.
**
The tape unit maintains status (forward/backward) of the
operation it has performed. Reversal time must be added for
every forward following a backward operation, every backward
following a forward operation, and for every forward
operation initiated at load point.
Figure 1. Functions/Specifications/and Requirements (Part 2 of 2)
OPERATOR PANEL LIGHTS
Operator Panel Lights
Ready
Select
File Protect
CB
Tape Indicate
Load Check
2
Condition Indicated When Light Is On
Indicates the tape unit
is
properly loaded, the start pushbutton pressed, and tape unit can be activated by
the tape controL Turned on by pressing the start pushbutton if:
a. Tape unit is loaded and tape is in columns
b. Reel door
is
interlocked
c. Tape unit is not searching for load point.
Pressing the start key while tape is in motion, as in a load/rewind operation, does not light the ready light
until load-rewind is complete. The reel door should not be opened while the ready light is on. Manual
control
is
indicated when light is off
if
the tape unit is not rewinding or loading and the reel door is
closed.
Indicates this tape unit is addressed by the computer. An addressed tape unit must be 'ready' before
receiving program instructions.
Indicates that a loaded tape unit is fIle-protected (can neither write or erase) because:
a. No me reel is mounted or
b. The fIle reel does not contain a write-enable ring or
c. A load-rewind operation is in progress or
d. An unload operation is in progress.
Indicates that a circuit breaker tripped, the gate thermal tripped, or a fuse opened
Indicates that a light-to-dark transition at the end of the end-of-tape (EOT) marker was sensed during a
forward operation. Indicator is turned off by the light-to-dark transition of the opposite end of the same
marker during a backward operation.
Indicates a thread failure or a tape leader longer than thirty feet.

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