Technical data

DAT 72 (DDS Gen5) 36/72 GBYTE
Meaning of the LED indicators
Three indicators on the front of the DAT drive show the status of the drive and/or of the inserted
cartridge. The indicators can be constantly bright or flash in various ways.
Indicators
Cleaning
Clean LED
Cartridge
Media LED
Drive
Drive LED
Drive state
on -
-
The drive needs to be cleaned as it has already
been operated for 50 hours.
flashes
slowly
- - The drive should be cleaned, as it detects an
excessively high error rate.
If, after cleaning, the indicator flashes again,
then the data cartridge used must be
replaced with a new one.
- on
- A cartridge is inserted and the drive operates
normally.
- flashing
- It was not possible to write to the inserted cartridge
properly (a write error has occurred). The drive must
be cleaned.
- -
on A cartridge is being read or written.
Do not press the eject button while the
indicator is lit up. This could result in data
loss.
- -
flashes
quickly
There is a hardware error in the drive.
If a cartridge is inserted in the drive, proceed as
described in the section "Emergency unload of
magnetic tape cartridge".
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If the drive needs to be cleaned, follow the instructions given in the "Cleaning" section. If
there is a fault in the drive, please contact your sales outlet or customer service center.
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