Seagate STD224000N - DAT Scorpion 24 Tape Drive Installation Manual page 25

Seagate DAT Drive Installation Manual
Note. A slowly flashing green LED may indicate that
a tape is damaged or is nearing the end of its life. If
cleaning the head does not correct the flashing LED
condition, replace the cartridge. The slowly flashing
LED does not indicate a loss of data, nor does it
indicate SCSI problems.
To clean the tape heads on your DAT drive, use only a
Seagate-qualified DDS DAT cleaning cartridge designed
for DAT drives. Seagate offers a cleaning cartridge, Model
91301 that you can order from Seagate Express (five per
package).
After you insert the cleaning cartridge, the drive detects
that the cartridge is a cleaning cartridge, then loads and
runs the cartridge for about 30 seconds. When cleaning is
complete, the drive ejects the cartridge.
Note. Each time the cleaning cartridge is loaded, a
new, unused portion of cleaning tape is advanced over
the entire tape path. The drive does not rewind a
cleaning cartridge. After about 30 cleaning cycles, the
entire tape is used, and you must purchase a new
cleaning cartridge.
If you insert a cleaning tape that has been used up,
the drive ejects the tape without completing a cleaning
operation. This process takes just under 25 seconds.
Note. Do not use an audio DAT cleaning cartridge.
The drive cannot recognize it.
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