Exabyte 440, 480 manual Setting robot control modes, Scsi Interface mode

Configuration

Setting robot control modes

To determine which interface will control CHM motion, you can set the library to one of the following control modes:

￿SCSI Interface

￿LCD Interface

￿25-Pin or 9-Pin (narrow libraries)

￿25/9-Pin (wide libraries)

These control modes allow you to operate the library with the application software (SCSI Interface) or perform diagnostic functions on the library (LCD Interface, 25-Pin, 9-Pin, 25/9-Pin).

Refer to the following section for control mode descriptions. Refer to page 69 for instructions about changing the control mode.

Note: Control mode settings remain through power cycles.

SCSI Interface mode

In SCSI Interface mode, your application software controls the motion of the CHM by issuing SCSI commands across the SCSI bus attached to the library.

Note: The application software can issue commands to the library regardless of the control mode. However, the library must be in SCSI Interface mode for the software to control the motion of the CHM.

For detailed information about the SCSI commands supported by the Exabyte 440 and Exabyte 480, refer to the EXB-440 and EXB-480 8mm Libraries SCSI Reference.

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