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Status LED (amber) – If the Status LED stays on continuously, the drive needs
to be cleaned. Other changes in drive or cartridge status are indicated by various
blinking patterns, which are described in the table below.
•
Error LED (orange) – The Error light blinks if the drive experienced a non-
recoverable error.
•
Drive LED (green) – The Drive LED is lit whenever a tape is loaded and ready
for use. The Drive LED light blinks whenever a tape is loaded and moving.
The following table summarizes all the "blink codes" used by the Viper 200.
Drive Condition
Cleaning Request
Write Protected
Prevent Media Removal Mode
Active
Hardware or Firmware Error
Positioning – Loading,
Unloading, Rewinding,
Spacing or Locating
Tape Active – Writing,
Reading or Verifying
SCSI Active
Manual Intervention Required 1/8 sec ON
Power On Self Test (POST)
Failure
Excessive Rewrites or Read
C2 errors
Cleaning Cartridge Present
Cleaning Cartridge at EOT
SCSI bus reset
Servo Initialization
Power On Self Test (POST)
In Progress
Cleaning Failure
Microcode Download
Microcode Download Error
Status LED
Error LED
(Amber)
(Orange)
ON
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
1/2 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec OFF
ON
1/2 sec ON
1/2 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
ON
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/2 sec ON
1/2 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
1/4 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/4 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/4 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec OFF
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Drive LED
(Green)
ON
continuously
1/2 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
ON
ON
1/4 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/2 sec ON
1/2 sec OFF
1/4 sec ON
1/4 sec OFF
ON
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF
1/8 sec ON
1/8 sec OFF