Releasing Magazines - Quantum Scalar i40 User Manual

Chapter 6: Performing Library Operations

Releasing Magazines

Releasing Magazines
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5 When finished, push the magazine in completely.
The I/E station is now locked.
Magazines are locked during normal operation. Before you open or
completely remove a magazine, you must release it, either via the user
interface or manually, as described in:
• Releasing Magazines via the User Interface
• Releasing Magazines Manually
When you give the command to release a magazine via the operator
panel or Web client, the robot physically moves to the unlock
mechanism and unlocks it. This takes a few seconds. Once unlocked,
you have 30 seconds to open the magazine before it locks again.
Note: All storage slots contained in an open or removed magazine
are unavailable to applications.
Note: If you want to remove more than one magazine, such as when
bulk loading tape cartridges, release and remove all the
magazines you want to remove before you close any of them.
Otherwise, if you remove and replace them one at a time, you
must wait for the robot to complete inventory on the one
being replaced before it can release another one.
Caution: If the library is turned ON, always release the magazines via
the user interface. It is easier and will not result in a
diagnostic ticket (see
page 312). Additionally, the library makes sure nothing is
physically blocking the magazine that could cause damage
to library components before allowing you to release it.
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