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OPERATING PROCEDURES
5-6.4
Hand Operation Method
This refers to using the medium-changer without a magazine. A cartridge is placed into the tape drive
and the cartridge is then automatically loaded. (The medium-changer mode seen at the SCSI inter-
face, System or Auto, is not changed when the hand operation method is used.)
5-7
OPERATOR PANEL MESSAGES
Messages displayed on the operator panel are described in the following paragraphs. The types of mes-
sages are listed in the order of their priority from lowest to highest.
5-7.1
Background Messages
This type of message indicates the current drive status. These messages have the lowest priority.
DISPLAY
or n
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CLEAN
READY U
READY F
5-7.2
Host Messages
This 8 or 16 character message is sent from the host system by a DISPLAY command. It is displayed
in the mode specified by the control byte.
5-7.3
Fixed Messages
This type of message indicates the state of the drive.
DISPLAY
UNLOADNG
REWINDNG
LOCATING
ERASING
E.O.T.
CLEANING
5-7.4
Not-ready Messages
This type of message is displayed when a cartridge is loaded, but the drive is in the offline state.
DISPLAY
NT RDYU
NT RDYF
5-6
DESCRIPTION
No cartridge is loaded.
)
No cartridge is loaded and cleaning is required.
BOT RDYU
The tape is loaded and write is enabled.
BOT RDYF
The tape is loaded with write inhibited.
DESCRIPTION
The tape is unloading.
The tape is rewinding.
Searching for data.
Erasing data.
The tape is at EOT.
Drive cleaning is in progress.
DESCRIPTION
The drive is not ready with write enabled.
The drive is not ready with write inhibited.
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M2488 USER'S GUIDE
April 1997
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