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42 Control of multiple drives
Select drive menu
The Select drive menu (located in the Options menu) lists
all drives connected to the panel bus and shows their
current status. If panel bus has not been enabled, only one
drive is shown. The last item on the list, Panel bus shows
if panel bus has been enabled (On) or disabled (Off).
If the connection to the currently selected drive fails but
there are other drives in the panel bus, the Select drive
menu appears.
In the Select drive menu, any drives to which the
connection is lost are displayed in dimmed text.
Enabling or disabling panel bus networking
1. In the Select drive menu, select Panel bus.
2. Use
and
3. Press
(Save) to save the setting or
to cancel.
Selecting a drive
If there are multiple drives connected to the same panel bus, you can select which
drive to control with the control panel.
1. In the Options menu, select Select drive to open a list of connected drives.
2. Use
and
the drive blinks for one second.
3. Press
(Select) to change control to the highlighted drive.
Panel features with multiple drives
Panel views
In a panel bus configuration, the control panel communicates with one drive at a time.
Any information shown on the control panel (such as the status bar or signals in the
Home view) pertain to the currently selected drive. Similarly, the control panel stores
data to its memory only from the currently selected drive.
Changes to the Home view configuration and any parameter changes are saved in
the drive. They can be transferred to other drives using the backup feature.
You can view information on other drives in the panel bus and switch to another drive
in the Select drive menu.
to highlight On or Off.
to move the cursor. When a drive is highlighted, the green LED on
(Cancel)
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