User's Guide

12 Operating the Autoloader
LED Indicators
The operator panel includes four LED indicators that provide a variety of information as detailed in the
following table.
Control Buttons
The operator panel includes four buttons that provide access to all operations and information menus. Table
3 on page 12 describes each control button function.
NOTE:
“SEQ” appears when the autoloader is in sequential mode.
“WP” appears when a write-protected cartridge is loaded into the tape drive.
Table 2 LED Indicators
LED Color Description
Ready/Activity Green Illuminated when power is on. Blinking whenever there is
tape drive or autoloader robotics activity.
Clean Drive Amber Illuminated when the tape drive has determined that a
cleaning cartridge should be used (see Cleaning the Tape
Drive on page 19). Additional cleaning of the tape drive is
not necessary.
Media Attention Amber Illuminated if the tape drive has detected a cartridge or
tape fault. Recommended action is to export the cartridge
from the autoloader. Doing so turns off the LED (see
Exporting Cartridges
on page 17). If a particular cartridge
causes these symptoms repeatedly, that cartridge may be
defective. For more information, see the following
sections of Table 4
, Troubleshooting Table:
Media
on page 41 and Media Attention LED Issues on
page 43.
Error Red Illuminated if an unrecoverable tape drive or autoloader
error occurs. A corresponding error message appears on
the LCD screen (see Viewing Autoloader Error Codes
on
page 47).
Table 3 Control Buttons
Button Description
Cancel Cancels the current menu option and returns to the previous menu
level or main menu.
Previous Selects the previous item or value in the currently displayed menu.
Next Selects the next item or value in the currently displayed menu.
Enter Executes the current menu or selects the current option displayed on
the LCD panel.