Grass Valley PLS200 - Manual (Page 75)

PLS200 Library Installation and Operation 53
Chapter
4
Operating the Tape Drives
Once installed and configured, the Media Manager or similar software
automatically controls the tape drives as you perform store and retrieve
operations. Unless there is a problem with the tape drives, you should never
need to touch them. However, you may need to perform the following tasks,
which are described in this chapter:
• Monitoring the tape drive LEDs
• Displaying information about tape drives
• Ejecting a cartridge manually
NOTE: You cannot control the tape drives from the operator panel. However, you can
perform diagnostics on the tape drives across the 9-pin or 25-pin serial port.
Monitoring the Tape Drive LEDs
The tape drives use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to indicate their operating
states. Normally, you do not need to monitor the LEDs when the tape drives are
installed in the library; however, basic tape drive LED states are described
below for your reference.
The following table shows basic LED states.
LED state Condition
All LEDs on The tape drive was reset or it is performing its power-on self-test.
Top LED on Cleaning required.
Top LED flashing Hardware error.
Middle LED on A tape is loaded, and the tape drive is ready to perform tape motion
activities.
Bottom LED flashing Tape motion. A fast flash indicates high-speed tape motion.