Installation and Operating Guide

40 Operation and Maintenance
Clean the drive head and tape path after every 8-10 tape motion hours (about once a
week under typical use). You should also clean after the first use of a new tape
cassette.
As an absolute visual reminder, the drive status LEDs will flash the Media Caution
indication during cassette load/unload operations after approximately 24 hours of
head-tape motion since the last cleaning. To see the status LEDs, the magazine must
be in the unloaded position and you must look at the drive (see Figure 13). We urge
you to clean the drive as soon as possible after the LEDs begin flashing the Media
Caution indication.
Drive Status LEDs
Figure 13. Typical Position of Drive LEDs
Please follow these cleaning directions carefully to assure that no damage will occur to
the tape drive, VLS or media.
❐
Unload the magazine by pressing
ALT
and then
UNLOAD
.
The magazine will
move completely to the right .
❐
Open the VLS door and remove the magazine from the carriage.
❐
Check the usage record on the label of the cleaning cassette to make sure that there
is at least one cleaning cycle remaining. If there are no cleaning cycles remaining,
discard the cleaning cassette and use a new one. If you attempt to insert a cleaning
cassette which is fully used, the drive will eject the cassette immediately and will
not reset the internal 24-hour cleaning timer. Both drive LEDs will continue to