R Read Element Status - Spectra Logic Spectra 10000 User Manual

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Element addresses are set according to the following rules.
Element addresses must be unique.
If two drives are used, the address entered for the drives and the next address are
both reserved.
If two drives are used, the address entered for the arms and the next address are
both reserved.
Example:
Dual drive library:
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0: Door Element Address
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80, 81: Drives' Element Address
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79: Gripper Arm Element Address:
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1 to 43: Slots' Element Address
Example:
Single drive library:
•
0: Door Element Address
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80: Drives' Element Address
•
79: Gripper Arm Element Address
•
1 to 43: Slots' Element Address
For more information on the number of available slots, refer to Chapter 1 of the Spectra
10000 User's Guide.

R Read Element Status

The
Read Element Status
tape library.
Format
R page <cr>
page =0: The return information notifies the host if an element is empty or full. The
results are returned as a comma-separated list of 1s and 0s. The number of values returned
depends on the number of slots in the carousel. An ASCII 1 indicates a cartridge exists,
while and an ASCII 0 indicates that the corresponding slot is empty.
command returns the status of all available elements in the