Certified International DAStape - Manual (Page 30)

Chapter 5. DAStape 200 Tape Drives and Media
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Getting Information from the LEDs
When the LED is off, it means that the unit has no power or is powered off.
The following table summarizes the information given by the blinking methods of the
status light LED:
Indication
LED Color
Green Amber
Solid The drive is powered on.
If a solid C appears in the single-character
display, the drive needs cleaning. The drive is powering on or is in maintenance mode.
Flashing The drive is reading from the tape, writing to the
tape, rewinding the tape, locating data on the
tape, loading the tape, or unloading the tape.
The status light also flashes green if the drive
contains a cartridge during the power-on cycle.
In this case, the drive completes writing the
current data and slowly rewinds the tape (the
process may take up to 13 minutes). The light
stops blinking when the drive completes the
recovery and is ready for a read or write
operation. One of the following applies:
- If the light flashes once per second, an error occurred
and the tape drive or media may require service.
(Note the code on the single-character display, then
go to Error Conditions and Informational Messages on
page 31 to determine the action that is required.)
- If the light flashes twice per second, the tape drive is
updating firmware.
- If the light flashes four times per second, the tape
drive detected an error and is performing a firmware
recovery. It resets automatically.