Datasheet

Action: The text on the 8mm Tape Drive LCD is available in several languages. To change the
language:
Press and hold the unload button after you turn the power on to the 8mm Tape Drive or, if your system
unit is already running, press and hold the unload button for approximately 15 seconds until the 3 LEDs
are illuminated.
Release the unload button for approximately one second, the drive will then display the words "***
RESETTING".
Then press and hold the unload button again.
After the LCD cycles through all the reset messages it cycles through the available languages. When the
desired language displays, release the unload button.
The "Language" prompt appears after the "SCSI ID" message, followed by a list of the languages in a
slow scrolling sequence. When the desired language appears on the display, release the unload button.
The drive RESETS again, even if it is the same language, and begins with the new/same language.
English
Francais
Deutsch
Espanol
Italiano
Portugues
CLEAN SOON If the drive cleaning criteria has been reached, the MUST CLEAN CLEAN SOON message displays,
with the ICON flashing, CLEANING... during the time that the drive is normally idle, DEPLETED
When READY is typically displayed. The Disturbance, AMBER CLEAN LED, is also ON. When the
drive has recognized that a clean is in process the word CLEANING... will be displayed during the
cleaning process. If the Cleaning Cartridge is at the end of it length, the cartridge is ejected and the
DEPLETED message is displayed until a new cleaning cartridge is used or a data tape is installed.
When a tape motion command is given, that new message is displayed even though the AMBER
CLEAN LED is still on. Then, until the drive is properly cleaned, at each idle opportunity, CLEAN
SOON is displayed.
Note: MUST CLEAN - (20GB drive only) The MUST CLEAN message is displayed when the tape is
switched from MP to AME and the drive cannot be used to write to the AME tape without cleaning the
tape drive. Any AME TAPE WILL BE EJECTED until the tape drive is cleaned. After reading an MP
tape, the 20GB drive MUST BE CLEANED before being able to use AME tapes, refer to the MUST
CLEAN message. After reading MP tapes insert an AME tape and wait for the AME tape to be ejected
and the MUST CLEAN message to be displayed before doing this cleaning. This is necessary because
there is a special cleaning cycle the tape drive will do when changing from MP to AME media.
Cleaning tapes supported by the 2.3GB, 5GB and 7GB 8mm tape drive are NOT supported in this
drive, if these cleaning cartridges are inserted the "ILLEGAL TAPE" message will be displayed, and
the tape ejected.
READY-NO-
TAPE
This message appears at the end of the RESET sequence if no tape is loaded.
LOADING This message appears when tape is loading. The ICON will flash during this time.
READY-TAPE This message appears at the end of Loading Tape.
M2 READY-
TAPE
(M2)This message appears at the end of Loading Tape.
ILLEGAL TAPE If a customer inserts an ILLEGAL TAPE, like a cloth cleaning tape, then the tape will be ejected and
the ILLEGAL TAPE message will be displayed until a suitable tape is loaded.
Note: ILLEGAL TAPE - Only tapes labeled AME can be written by these drives. Tapes labeled 15m,
54m, 112m, or 160m are Metal Particle(MP) and cannot be written.
The 20GB drive can read MP tapes, the 60GB drive cannot read MP tapes and it will eject MP tapes.
After reading an MP tape, the 20GB drive MUST BE CLEAN ED before being able to use AME tapes,
refer to the MUST CLEAN message. After reading MP tapes insert an AME tape and wait for the AME
tape to be ejected and the MUST CLEAN message to be displayed before doing this cleaning. This is
necessary because there is a special cleaning cycle the tape drive will do when changing from MP to
AME media.
Cleaning tapes supported by the 2.3GB, 5GB and 7GB 8mm tape drive are NOT supported in this
drive, if these cleaning cartridges are inserted the "ILLEGAL TAPE" message will be displayed, and
the tape ejected.
EJECT ** This message will be displayed, with the ICON flashing whenever the eject button is pressed and the
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