Technical data

U26140-J-Z146-3-76 65
4 mm Autoloader Status and error messages
Functional field Message Meaning
Cartridge load
state
Mag Loaded The magazine present in the autoloader has
been checked.
SemiLoaded A cartridge is in the MTC drive, but not
loaded (the tape has not been threaded).
Loading Either a cartridge is being moved from the
magazine and placed into the MTC drive, or
the drive is loading a semi-loaded cartridge.
Unloading Either the MTC drive is unloading a
cartridge, or a semi-loaded cartridge is
being ejected from the MTC drive and
replaced in the magazine.
Cleaning A cleaning cartridge has been loaded into
the MTC drive.
(Tape
Loaded)
Tape motion
state
Ready xxm A cartridge has been loaded in the MTC
drive, and the drive is ready for tape motion
commands. xxm is the length of the
currently loaded tape, so Ready 90 m will be
displayed, when a 90 m tape is loaded.
Read The MTC drive is reading data from the
tape.
Write x.y The MTC drive is writing data to the
tape.x.y:1 is the cumulative compression
ratio since power-on, or since the
compression ratio was last cleared. For
example, Write 2.1 means a compression
ratio of 2.1:1. The compression ratio will
only be displayed after about 1 megabyte of
data has been written since power-on.
Search >> The MTC drive is searching for a record,
filemark, setmark or EOD (End of Data)
towards the end of the tape (i.e. it is
responding to a SCSI SPACE command with
a positive count field).