Chapter 4 Operating the Autoloader
Inventory Status Characters
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Inventory Status Characters 4
The inventory status characters represent the status of each slot within
the tape drive. They display in the second line of text in the liquid crystal
display as an eight-character string, with four blank spaces on each side.
Table 4 Inventory
Status Characters
To clear the faulty status (exclamation point) and the Media Attention
LED, export the faulty cartridge.
If a drive does not contain any cartridges, the following displays in the
liquid crystal display. In this example, there is no cartridge in slot 6.
If the autoloader detects that a cartridge is loaded when it first powers on,
the following displays in the liquid crystal display. In this example, there
is no cartridge in slot 6. If the cartridge in the drive came from slot 8, the 8
would be alternating with the block character.
Character Meaning
1 … 8
Slot Full: Indicates that slot contains a cartridge
-
Slot Empty: Indicates the slot does not contain a
cartridge.
1/J A cartridge that is being loaded, unloaded, imported,
exported, or is loaded in the drive is represented by the
slot number alternating with the block (J) character.
! (Exclamation point and the
Media Attention LED is on)
The cartridge in that slot is faulty. An invalid cartridge
is identified the same way.
Drive empty
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