Select The Robotic Control Path - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions
Use this parameter
Report right-hand
characters
(default)
4. If you want to specify the number of barcode characters the library

Select the Robotic Control Path

Controllers (RIMs) in the library are used to provide the robotic control
path for the partition. The controller "exports" the partition to the hosts,
receiving and processing the robotic motion commands sent from the host
to move tapes.
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If...
You want the library to report only the right‐most x characters in the barcode,
where x is any number from 1 to 16.
For example, if the barcode is 1234567L2 and you configure the library to report
the five right‐most characters, the library reports the barcode as 567L2.
Important: Be careful when specifying the number of right-most characters to
report. You may end up with duplicate barcodes reported. For example,
1234567L2 and ABCD567L2 are both reported as 567L2.
reports, enter a number from 1 to 16 in the Select the number of
characters to report field. If your labels include a checksum, the number
you enter includes the checksum character. The default number of
characters is 16.
 A RIM is identified as an F‐QIP in the Robotic Control Path
Notes:
screen and other screens that reference the controllers. See
RIM Identifiers on page 69 for additional information about
the RIM identifier.
 You can select multiple exporting controllers (RIMs) for a
partition and use your host software to either export the
same changer interface over the controllers to provide
redundancy, or send multiple moves to the partition which
are analyzed by MediaIQ so that the moves are processed in
the most efficient way.
 If a partition uses multiple exporting controllers, the
partition cannot use QuickScan.
 For BlueScale12.7.03 through BlueScale12.8.01.04, the
maximum number of exporters supported by the library is
six.
 For BlueScale12.8.03 and later, the maximum number of
exporters supported by the library is 12.
 A single RIM can export up to eight partitions, but still only
count as one exporter; a single RIM2 can export up to 16
partitions, but still only count as one exporter.
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