Messages; Messages During Start-Up; Messages During Operation - Sony GY-8240FC Operation Manual

Messages

Messages During Start-Up

During system start-up, all the lamps on the front light
and soon go dark, whereupon the following messages
appear in the display window in this order.
Message Contents
Initializing... Start-up diagnostics are being
executed.
↓
GY-8240 The model name is shown.
↓
Rev. XXX.XX The firmware revision number
is shown.

Messages During Operation

LOAD
(DTF)
Loading...START The tape is rewound.
↓
Loading....0% Tape loading
↓ The tape is being loaded
Loading....100%
↓
Loaded [00] Tape loading
UNLOAD
(DTF)
Unloading START The tape is being moved to the
.
↓ unload area.
Unloading... An unload
processed.
↓
Unloading...REW Unloading ends, and the tape is
being rewound.
Format
(DTF)
Formatting.START The tape is being rewound.
↓
Formatting. 0% Tape formatting begins.
Formatting
↓ processed.
Formatting. 100%
↓
Formatting..REW Formatting
tape is being rewound.
begins.
(DTF)
.
(DTF)
ends.
(DTF)
operation is being
(DTF)
is being
(DTF)
ends, and the
(DTF)
Recovery
(DTF)
Recovering.START The tape is being rewound to the
↓ VSIT area.
Recovering..CHK Recovery conditions are being
↓ detected.
Recovering.0% Recovery begins.
↓ User data to EOD (End of Data)
are being read from the tape.
Recovering.. DIT The header area is updated.
↓
Recovering.. REW Recovery ends, and the tape is
being rewound.
A "%" indication during recovery is displayed
according to the calculation assuming that data have
been recorded through the tape. Therefore, if EOD is
found on the middle of the tape, the operation will
proceed to the next process before the indication
reaches 100%.
Fast Load
(DTF)
Loading... START It is checked whether fast
↓
loading is possible or not.
Fast Loading... Fast load
↓
Loaded [00] Fast load
Fast Unload
(DTF)
Unloading.START The tape is being moved to the
↓
unload area.
Fast Unloading. Fast unload
executed.
Note
A "%" indication in the message denotes the
approximate percentage of completion of an operation
sequence as it is being executed. The operation may
not be terminated exactly at 100%.
is being executed.
(DTF)
ends.
(DTF)
is being
(DTF)
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