HP 98568A Installation Instruction page 341

HP 7979A/7980A/7980XC Tape Drives
• If this is the first disk or tape drive your are connecting to the
interface, select address 0 unless it has already been used for some
other device.
• If there is only one other disk or tape drive already connected to the
interface, enter address 2 unless it has already been used.
• If there are two other disk or tape drives already connected to the
interface, use address 3 unless it has already been used. If it has,
choose any unused address.
f. Press the ENTER button to assign the new address. The address you
selected appears as
SET<#>.
The
#
will be the HP-IB address (or OFF).
This display will last for one second and then return to the
AD DR
*
display.
g. Exit the Option Mode by pressing OPTION or RESET.
4. Connect the Tape Drive to Your Computer.
a. Find the HP-IB cable provided with the tape drive.
b. Connect one end of the HP-IB cable to the HP-IB socket on the back of
the tape drive. Tighten the thumb screws to secure the connection.
c. Connect the other end of the HP-IB cable to the interface.
Note
If the interface already has several cables connected to it,
connect your tape drive cable to one of the other devices on the
interface.
5. Record the Address.
Make a note that address 0 (or the alternate address you set in an earlier
step of this installation procedure) has been used and is no longer available
on the interface you selected. Use the "Address Record" form on the
Chapter 6, "Mass Storage" tab for this purpose.
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