Quantum DLT VS160 Betriebsanweisung

Operating the ValueLoader
Operator’s Panel Overview

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The Operator’s Panel includes four LED indicators that provide a variety 

of information as detailed in 

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Table 2   LEDs

Ready/Activity

Green

Illuminated when power is on. Blinking whenever 

there is tape drive or ValueLoader robotics 

activity.

Clean Drive

Amber

Illuminated when the tape drive needs to be 

cleaned. Indicates that 250 tape motion hours have 

passed since the last cleaning. The LED turns off 

when cleaning is successfully completed. (See 

Media Attention

Amber

Illuminated if a media-related error has occurred. 

This condition can be invalid format such as 

DLT7000 or DLT8000, dirty read/write heads in 

the tape drive, or if an invalid cartridge type 

(DLTtapeIII III cartridge or non-DLT1 cleaning 

cartridge) is inserted. The offending cartridge is 

indicated by a “

” in the cartridge inventory 

display for the corresponding slot. Exporting the 

indicated cartridge will clear the error condition 

(see 

 on page 26). If these 

symptoms occur on multiple known good 

cartridges, consider cleaning the tape drive (see 

 on page 30). If a particular 

cartridge causes these symptoms repeatedly, that 

cartridge may be defective or invalid.

Error

Red

Illuminated if an unrecoverable tape drive or 

ValueLoader error occurs. A corresponding error 

message appears on the LCD screen (see