ADIC 4000 - Manual (Page 53)

Data Protection 5-13
Step 3 Insert the data cartridge into the slot.
Step 4 Push the cartridge into the drive.
Step 5 Push the Cartridge Insert/Release Handle closed.
The drive will go on-line.
A load sequence will initiate where the Operate Handle
LED will turn OFF and the Tape in Use LED will blink
while the drive moves the tape to BOT (Beginning of Tape).
When the tape is at BOT, the
Tape in Use LED will turn ON
steady. Additionally, one of the compression density LEDs
on the Left Indicator Panel may be illuminated or blinking.
The tape is now ready for use.
Data Protection
The Write-Protect switch on the data cartridge can be
moved while the cartridge is loaded into the drive. The drive
will turn on the
Write-Protect LED immediately. However,
if the drive is writing to the tape, write protect does not take
effect until the write operation completes.
Before loading the data cartridge, if you move the
Write-Protect switch to the left, the tape is write-protected;
the Write Protected LED (orange) is ON and data cannot be
written to, or erased from, the tape.
Before loading the data cartridge, if you move the
Write-Protect switch to the right, the tape is write-enabled
and data can be written to, or erased from, the tape (if it is not
software write-protected).
After loading the data cartridge and during operation, if you
move the
Write-Protect switch from the write-protected
position (to the left) to the write-enabled position (to the
right), the tape becomes write-enabled after a variable amount
of time (seconds).
After loading the data cartridge and during operation, if you
move the
Write-Protect switch from the write-enabled
position (to the right) to the write-protected position (to the
left), the tape becomes write-protected after a variable amount
of time (seconds).
Tape in Use
Whenever the Tape in Use LED (yellow) is ON steady, the
tape is ready to use. When the tape is being read, written, or
rewound,
Tape in Use blinks.
Caution