Loading/Unloading The Cassette; Loadinglunloading A Cassette (Normal Operation); Figure 4-4 Cassette Loading (4322 Oat Drive) - Archive PYTHON 4322 Product Description Manual

DRIVE OPERA TION
4.4 Loading/Unloading the Cassette
The cassette insertion slot on the front panel of Python drives provides easy access to the drive. This section
explains loading and unloading a cassette under normal operating conditions. It also explains the manual
procedure for removing a cassette abnormally lodged in the drive. Under a few exceptional conditions --
such as a power outage, you may need to manually unload a cassette.
4.4.1 Loading/Unloading a Cassette (Normal Operation)
The Python DDS-DC drives have a front-loading cassette insertion mechanism that allows the operator to
easily load the cassette by pushing against the middle part of the cassette opening until it is fully recessed
into the cassette insertion slot. Insert the cassette with the arrow on the top of the cassette entering the slot
first. Figure 4-4 illustrates cassette loading (4322 internal drive shown).
Figure 4-4
Cassette Loading (4322 OAT Drive)
You unload the cassette by pressing the eject (tape unloading) button on the front panel. (See Figures
4-1, 4-2, and 4-3 of the front panels for the location of the eject button for your drive.) Once you press the
eject button, the Python drive updates the system log with a running count of drive/tape "soft" errors, rewinds
the tape, and then ejects the cassette. It is partially ejected and can then be easily removed from the drive.
NOTE: The time between pressing the eject button and cassette ejection may be several
seconds. Do not power down the Python external drive or the internal drive host
computer during this time.
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