Transporter - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual

Chapter 1 — Library Overview
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The transporter performs all media movement within the library. The
integrated bar code reader mounted on the transporter reads the bar code
labels on individual TeraPack magazines and cartridges.
The carriage holds the media pack (a TeraPack magazine or an RXT media
pack) as the transporter moves it from one location to another. The picker
selects an individual cartridge from the magazine and inserts it in a tape
drive or removes the cartridge from a tape drive and inserts it in a
magazine slot. The picker can also move a cartridge from one magazine
slot to another.
The transporter uses two types of motion as it handles the media:
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Figure 9 The transporter components.
Horizontal and vertical motion along horizontal and vertical axes
allows the transporter to grasp and move entire TeraPack magazines or
RXT media packs into and out of chambers. The transporter also uses
this type of motion to position it in front of the drives for loading or
unloading media.
Rotational wrist motion allows the picker to manipulate individual
cartridges, moving them in and out of TeraPack magazines and into
and out of tape drives.

Transporter

vertical axis
Picker with
bar code reader
Carriage
Transporter
horizontal axis
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