User's Guide
Chapter 2 Basic Library Operations
Turning the Library On and Off
42 Quantum P4000 and P7000 Libraries User’s Guide
Turning the Library On and Off 2
This section explains how to:
• Turn on the library
• Place the library on-line or off-line
• Turn off the library 
• Test the installation
Turning On the 
Library 2
To turn on the library:
1 Verify that:
• Power cables are firmly in place
• All doors are closed
2 Turn on the power switch located behind the small sliding door 
below the GUI.
3 After several seconds, verify that the current state of the library 
(“System On-line” or “System Off-line”) appears in the System State 
display on the GUI (see figure 24
).
Placing the Library 
On-line or Off-line2
With the library turned on, press the Standby button on the GUI.
Pressing the 
Standby button toggles the library between on-line and off-
line states.
Turning Off the 
Library 2
To turn off the library:
1 Place the library off-line by pressing the 
Standby button.
The library robotics completes any current commands and then 
stops.
2 Verify that the GUI display indicates “System Off-line.”










