User Guide

4-6 Ampex 1308910-01

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aclAuditElement ACL Application Programmer’s Guide

LARGE,

UNKNOWN = 0xffff

} cart_sz_enum;

pos Position - the current position of the CHS (valid for the transport element

only):

DST 412 – parked (0), or the address of the storage bin positioned in front of

the tape drive (1000-1006 / 0x3E8-0x3EE).

DST 712 – The address of the location at which the cartridge handler is

positioned:

Tape drive (2000 - 2001)

Storage bin (5000 - 5114) (maximum number of bins)

IMEX bin (10 - 11)

DST 812 – the address of the location at which the cartridge handler is

positioned:

Tape drive (100 - 103 / 0x64 - 0x67).

Storage bin (1000 - 1247 / 0x3E8 - 0x4DF).

IMEX bin (10 - 17 / 0x0A - 0x12).

door Door Status - indicates whether the door(s) on the ACL are open or closed

(valid for the transport element only).

typedef enum

{

DOOR_CLOSED = 0,

DOOR_OPEN

} door_enum;

sea Element Address - on input, speciﬁes the address of the element for which

status is being requested; on return, indicates the address of the element for

which status is being reported.

vtag Volume Tag - the barcode ID of the tape cartridge in the element (when

available); the character array is null terminated with trailing blanks

converted to the null character ‘/0’ (not valid for a DST 412 transport

element).

RETURN VALUES

The return value is (0) if failure and (n - the number of elements audited) if a success. See

paragraph “Return Values” on page 4-2 for information on how to determine the cause of a

failure.