Specifications

Dell DDS/DAT Media Handbook Page 9
3 Cleaning & LED/LCD Definitions
3.1 Standalone Drive LED
Figure 8 - LED Diagram
LED codes on Dell DAT/DDS tape drives
CLEAN LED (Green) MEDIA LED (Green) DRIVE LED (Amber) Description
Solid On Off Off Cleaning recommended
Slow Flashing Off Off Cleaning required
Rapid Flashing Off Off Expired cleaning tape
(Use new cleaning tape)
Off Solid On Off No problems
Off Rapid Flashing Off Possible write error.
Cleaning recommended.
Off Solid On Solid On Drive reading or writing
normally.
Off Solid On Rapid Flashing Hardware Fault has
occurred.
Table 3 - LED drive codes
Table 3 Legend
Solid On = Constant light on.
Slow flashing = blink rate of 2 seconds on, 1 second off.
Rapid flashing = blink rate of 1/8
th
of a second on, 1/8
th
of a second off.