Alesis ALESIS M20 owner manual Appendix 3, M20 Transport & System Error Messages, A3-2

Appendix 3, M20 Transport & System Error Messages

WIND STATE ERRORS:

"FORWARD TIMEOUT ERROR 1"

"REWIND TIMEOUT ERROR 1"

"INVALID FWD CONDITION 1" "INVALID REW CONDITION 1" "INVALID FWD CONDITION 2" "INVALID REW CONDITION 2" "INVALID FWD CONDITION 3" "INVALID REW CONDITION 3" “TC wait state invalid”

TAPE TYPE DETECTION ERRORS:

"CALIBRATION ERROR 1"

"CALIBRATION ERROR 2"

"CALIBRATION ERROR 3"

"CALIBRATION ERROR 4" "CALIBRATION ERROR 5" "CALIBRATION ERROR 6" "CALIBRATION ERROR 7" "CALIBRATION ERROR 8" "CALIBRATION ERROR 9”

"CALIBRATION ERROR 10" "CALIBRATION ERROR 11"

"CALIBRATION ERROR 12"

"CALIBRATION ERROR 13"

Slowdown time from capstan disengaged fast wind to capstan engaged wind exceeds 3 sec

Slowdown time from capstan disengaged fast wind to capstan engaged wind exceeds 3 sec

Invalid result of capstan engaged slower wind

Invalid result of capstan engaged slower wind

If a destination is reached during a capstan engaged wind

If a destination is reached during a capstan engaged wind

If a destination is reached during a capstan disengaged wind

If a destination is reached during a capstan disengaged wind

Tape is fast-forwarding or rewinding and the local time code is the same for 200 consecutive queries, which is about a 3- second timeout

Tape type determined when not at play speed

Problem in getting tape to necessary speed to allow calibration

Problem in getting tape to necessary speed to allow calibration

Problem when calibrating takeup reel Supply tach can’t use timer resource Trying to calibrate an unformatted tape Beginning of tape sensor error

No supply tachs present for calibration Capstan speed feedback from servo chip is not in range

Clock source changed during calibration Local time code value out of range for large hub tape

Local time code value out of range for small hub tape

Error in result of hub size calculation

A3-2 ALESIS M20 REFERENCE MANUAL 1.06