Inserting The Data Cartridges Into The Magazine - ADIC VLS DLT Installation And Operating Manual

Since the drive status
í
LEDs are located on the
top front of the drive, to
see them you must be
eye-level with the gripper
arm of the VLS. Look
beyond the arm to the
drive.

Inserting the Data Cartridges into the Magazine

ADIC strongly
í
recommends that you
use ADIC-approved
media only.
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Operation and Maintenance
The VLS DLT is a highly sophisticated unit composed of
one DLT drive along with the robotics that control the drive,
magazine and media. No modifications have been made to
the drive. The built-in drive status LEDs function as the
manufacturer has specified.
Very little routine maintenance is required – apart from
cleaning the head whenever the Use Cleaning Tape LED
is illuminated on the drive front panel (see Cleaning the
Drive Head later in this chapter).
The magazine for the VLS DLT holds seven DLT cartridges.
It includes a clear dust cover to protect the cartridges and for
easy storage. See Figure 10. Insert each cartridge into a slot
of the magazine making sure that the write-protect switch is
toward the top, facing the closed side of the magazine (as
illustrated).
Open side of
magazine
(towards VLS)
Figure 10. Magazine for VLS
Magazine Cover
Closed side
of magazine
Write-Protect Switch