Exabyte 1X7 LTO manual Viewing the Home Screen, Using the Operator Panel Buttons

CHAPTER 3—CONFIGURING THE AUTOLOADER

Viewing the Home Screen

During normal operation, the Home screen appears on the LCD (see the example below). You can use this screen to monitor autoloader status.

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Tape Drive Status Messages—Some examples of tape drive status messages (indicated by D:) are:

Ready	Needs Cleaning	Erasing
Ready-No Tape	Cleaning	Formatting
Tape Ejected	Replace Cln Cart	Recovering
Loading	Writing	Locating
Unloading	Reading	Rewinding

Hardware Error Messages—If a hardware error occurs, an error message appears on the Home screen. Refer to Chapter 8 and Appendix C for help in diagnosing and correcting errors. You must correct the error before operation can continue.

To return to the Home screen—If a menu is currently displayed on the LCD and you want to view the Home screen, press this button ( ) to return to the Home screen.

Note: From any menu, the LCD automatically returns to the Home screen after two minutes of inactivity (no buttons being pressed).

Using the Operator Panel Buttons

Figure 3-2shows the operator panel buttons. Use the buttons to navigate through the autoloader’s configuration, operation, and information menus. As shown in Figure 3-3 on page 25, the autoloader’s menus are organized in a tree structure consisting of four main menus with sub-menus and selections. The operator panel buttons allow you to move up and down between menu levels, view choices within menus, and make selections.

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