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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS.....................................................................................1
FEATURES ...............................................................................................................................................1
REQUIREMENTS .....................................................................................................................................1
MagTek supplied ..................................................................................................................................1
User supplied........................................................................................................................................2
SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................2
SECTION 2. INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................................3
UNPACKING.............................................................................................................................................3
HARDWARE .............................................................................................................................................3
SOFTWARE..............................................................................................................................................4
SETUP ......................................................................................................................................................6
CLEANING................................................................................................................................................7
Card Cleaning.......................................................................................................................................7
Head and Roller Cleaning - Standard Card, P/N 96700004 ................................................................7
TEST CARDS ...........................................................................................................................................8
Head Polishing - 0.5-micron (Abrasive Card), P/N 96700014 .............................................................9
SAMPLING TECHNIQUES.......................................................................................................................9
SECTION 3. OPERATION .........................................................................................................................11
MAIN SCREEN .......................................................................................................................................11
Windows Screen.................................................................................................................................11
FILE.........................................................................................................................................................12
VIEW .......................................................................................................................................................14
SETUP ....................................................................................................................................................17
HELP.......................................................................................................................................................19
PARAMETERS .......................................................................................................................................20
ISO Limits and Measurement Uncertainty..........................................................................................20
Amplitude............................................................................................................................................20
Bit Size................................................................................................................................................21
Adj. Bit ................................................................................................................................................21
Sub. Int. ..............................................................................................................................................22
Adj. Sub. .............................................................................................................................................22
Start Sent............................................................................................................................................22
CALIBRATION ........................................................................................................................................23
CALIBRATION VERIFICATION..............................................................................................................23
RE-CALIBRATION PROCEDURE..........................................................................................................23
SECTION 4. DATA PRESENTATIONS.....................................................................................................25
OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................26
PROFILE CHARTS.................................................................................................................................27
NUMERICAL RESULTS .........................................................................................................................29
DECODED DATA ...................................................................................................................................30
START SENTINEL..................................................................................................................................32
PERFORMANCE CHARTS ....................................................................................................................33
INTERPRETING PERFORMANCE CHARTS ........................................................................................33
SELECTING RECORDS.........................................................................................................................33
DATABASE .............................................................................................................................................40
SECTION 5. TROUBLESHOOTING..........................................................................................................41
TROUBLESHOOTING TABLE ...............................................................................................................41
CARD EXTRACTION..............................................................................................................................42
APPENDIX A. MAGNETIC ENCODING....................................................................................................45
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ...............................................................................................................45
BASICS OF MAGNETIC RECORDING..................................................................................................46
Magnetic Tape ....................................................................................................................................46
Modern Magnetic Tape.......................................................................................................................48
Encoding Process...............................................................................................................................48
Magnetic Tape Characteristics ...........................................................................................................50
DIGITAL MAGNETIC RECORDING.......................................................................................................52
F2F Encoding .....................................................................................................................................52
APPENDIX B. CARD STANDARDS .........................................................................................................59
