Operating instructions

SEPTEMBER 2005 MAGNUM 1X7 LTO AUTOLOADER
5-3
EFFECTS ON THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
5.3 EFFECTS ON THE CARTRIDGE INVENTORY
The autoloader updates the cartridge inventory whenever it is powered on or
whenever the cartridge access port door is opened, then closed again. During
the inventory it checks for the presence of a cartridge at each location and
scans the bar code labels. This section describes how the autoloader updates
the cartridge inventory.
Ta b l e 5 - 1 through Ta b l e 5 - 3 illustrate the various outcomes of a requested scan
operation and the effect on the cartridge inventory.
 A request is made to scan a cartridge in a storage location and the scan
operation completed successfully (the bar code scanner was able to read the
label on the cartridge or the location was empty). See Ta b l e 5 - 1 for details
about how the cartridge inventory is updated.
 A request is made to check for the presence of a cartridge in a storage
location and the operation completed successfully. See Ta b l e 5 - 2 for more
information about how the cartridge inventory is updated.
Table 5-1 Effect on the cartridge inventory of a cartridge scan in a storage location
This cartridge inventory field...
... is changed to the following when...
... the location is empty ... the location is full
Occupied 0 1
Occupied Valid 1 1
Label blanks cartridge label
Label Valid 0 1
Label Scan Retries 0 updated if retried
Source Storage Element Address no change no change
Table 5-2 Effect on the cartridge inventory of a request to check the occupied status of a storage location
This cartridge inventory field...
... is changed to the following when...
... the location is empty ... the location is full
Occupied 0 1
Occupied Valid 1 1
Label blanks no change
Label Valid 0 no change
Label Scan Retries 0 no change
Source Storage Element Address no change no change