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Reserved Slots

110 StreamLine™ SL8500 Modular Library System User's Guide • March 2007

Revision K • 96154

Reserved Slots

There are a total of 230 slots within the library that are reserved (that is, not to be used for 
data cartridge storage); these are listed in 

Cartridge Address

You have to understand two types of addressing scheme to manually locate a cartridge:

■

Internal firmware address

■

HLI-PRC (Host LMU Interface - Panel, Row, Column) address

Internal Address

The internal library firmware designates cartridge locations with a five-digit number as 

viewed from the front of the library, Library, Rail, Column, Side, and Row represented as 

L,R,C,S,W. 

Library number: The number within a library or library complex

Rail number: Rails are numbered 1 through 4; Rail 1 is the top rail

Column number: Columns are “signed” numbers referenced from the customer interface 

module, where +1 is right of the center of the drive bays and -1 is to the left of the drive bays

Side number: Outer walls = 1, inner walls = 2

Row number: Numbered consecutively, from the top (1) down

See 

 to locate a cartridge using the Library 

Console.

Reserved Slots

Number of Slots

Use for

Location

198

Diagnostic or Cleaning Cartridges

Front section of Customer Interface Module 
(separated from data cartridge cells by the Service 
Safety Door area) 

24

3-cell arrays:
endstop label (top)
proximity sensing (middle)
drop-off slot for single HandBot 
(bottom)

Front section of Customer Interface Module

8

Drop-off slot for second HandBot

Top cell under the PTP area

Total = 230