Operation And Configuration; System Power-On; Figure 4.1 Power-On Screen; Figure 4.2 Snapshot While Running Inventory - Tandberg Data STORAGELOADER Installation And User Manual

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4. Operation and Configuration

The Local User I nt erface ( LUI ) consist s of a sm all LCD panel
capable of displaying four lines of 20 charact ers each, and four
cont rol but t ons, one near each corner of t he display. The but t ons
have soft labels in t he corners of t he display. The figure below
shows the power- on screen on the panel.

Figure 4.1 Power-on Screen

4.1 System Power-On

Wit h m echanical inst allat ion and elect rical connect ion com plet e,
t urn on t he main power swit ch. At power- on, for t he first few
seconds, t he unit perform s a sequence of diagnost ic t est s called
Power- On Self Tests (POST). POST also includes a loop back test of
t he robot cabling. As t he t est s are com plet ed, t he cont rol panel
displays a sign- on message, see figure 4.1.
Aft er successful com plet ion of t he POST sequence, t he loader will
respond t o SCSI select ions. Then t he syst em st art s a series of
init ializat ion funct ions, a process t hat consist s of robot calibrat ion
operat ion and cart ridge invent ory of m agazines and drive. I f a
barcode reader is inst alled and enabled, t he barcode labels on t he
cartridges will be read when running inventory.
During t hese operat ions t he loader will cont inuously show t he m ap
st at us on t he screen, see figure 4.2. The st at us of all m agazine
slot s and t he drive are init ially unknown, and a '?' is displayed for
each slot . As t he robot searches t he m agazine slot s for cart ridges
during Inventory, the display is updated.
Cartridge
Inventory
Status

Figure 4.2 Snapshot while running Inventory

Once t he unit has com plet ed t he init ializat ion processes, t he
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