Insertion And Extraction Guidelines; Applicable Library Commands; Loading - Tandberg Data SDLT220-320 INTEGRATION Manual

CHAPTER 8

8.1 Applicable Library Commands

The following lists of commands are provided for customers who are using library
interface commands to communicate with the drive.
N : Use the ATTENTION command to poll the status of the
OTE
drive; once the status is obtained, programmatically
examine the contents of the General and Extended Status
packets to ascertain the exact status of the drive.
For detailed information about these commands, refer to the Super DLTtape™
Interactive Library Interface Specification document.

8.1.1 Loading

These commands pertain to loading the cartridge:
ATTENTION
•
LOAD
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DISABLE AUTO TAPE THREAD
•
ENABLE AUTO TAPE THREAD.
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Insertion and Extraction
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