Installing A Cleaning Cartridge; When To Run The Cleaning Cartridge - Overland Data DLT LibraryXpress Series Service Manual

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If there are reserved slots, the cleaning slot is always in the Global Control Module.
If there are mail slots but no reserved slots, the cleaning slot is in the Base Module
where the mail slots are located.
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Mail slots are located at the front of the Base Module magazine. The cleaning slot is
always behind the mail slots. For example, if you have designated 5 mail slots but
no reserved slots, Cleaning Slot 1 is at the sixth slot, the first slot behind the last
mail slot, in the magazine containing the mail slots.
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Reserved slots are located at the rear of the magazine of the Global Control Module.
The cleaning slot is always within the reserved slots. For example, if you have
reserved six slots, Cleaning Slot 1 is at slot 11 of the Global Control Module
magazine, the reserved slot closest to the front of the magazine.

Installing a Cleaning Cartridge

This section assumes that you intend to use the default cleaning cartridge slot, slot 1, which is
in the Global Control Module.
1. Examine the Default Screens on the control panels of the Base Modules to
determine whether any cartridges are loaded into the drives. If so, then unload each
as described in Chapter 3 - Operation. in the section titled 'Loading and Unloading
Tapes.'
2. Remove the magazine from the Global Control Module using the procedure
described in Chapter 3 - Operation, in the section titled 'Inserting and Removing
Cartridges.'
3. Remove any cartridge present in Slot 1 (the slot nearest the handle).
4. Insert the cleaning cartridge into Slot 1. You can use any slot, but using Slot 1 saves
some keystrokes each time you clean a drive.
5. Press the Unlock/Open button on the front panel of the Global Control Module.
6. Insert the magazine into the module. If you want to lock the magazine, perform step
7. Otherwise, this completes the operation.
7. On the control panel of the Global Control Module, select 'Security Menu' on the
Main Menu, then 'Lock All Media' on the Security Menu. Note: Modules may be
unlocked and locked individually using the individual module locking items on the
Security Menu.

When to Run the Cleaning Cartridge

When a Use Cleaner LED (yellow) lights on the front panel of a slave module, one of the
drives in that module requires cleaning. If there is only one drive in the module, note the DLT
number displayed on the control panel of the module and perform the cleaning operation on
that drive as described in the next section. If there are two or more drives, note the DLT
numbers displayed on the control panel of the module. To determine which drive needs to be
cleaned, press the
Status Menu. Select first one drive, then the other and scroll down to 'Cleaning Needed' on
the Drive Status Menu for each drive. The drive that needs to be cleaned will show 'Yes'
below 'Cleaning Needed.'
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button on the Global Control Module control panel to display the
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