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Using cartridges

Logging out

Tips & Tricks

You can also press ESCAPE to log out. Continue pressing ESCAPE until the Main screen appears.

When you enter a password, all password-protected functionality is available until you close your browser session. If you do not use the front panel for 10 minutes, the Main screen reappears on the LCD. When the Main screen reappears, the autoloader has automatically logged you out. You must re-enter your password again to access the menu functionality.

To log out of the autoloader:

1From the Main menu, scroll to Commands, then press ENTER. The Commands submenu opens.

2Scroll to Log Out, then press ENTER. “Session Complete” appears on the LCD.

Using cartridges

Tips & Tricks

Whenever you see Enter or Eject on the front panel menu, it means the tape enters and leaves the autoloader through the mailslot. Whenever you see Load or Unload, it means the tape is loaded into or unloaded from the tape drive.

Warning

If a tape cartridge is holding the mailslot door open on power up, the robot cannot move. The system detects that the mailslot door is open but cannot detect the presence of the tape. If the mailslot door is open, the bar code scanner laser light may shine out the door and potentially cause physical injury.

With the mailslot door open, do not insert your hand through the mailslot door. This is to prevent bodily injury from the robot.

Precautions are in place to prevent the robotic mechanism functioning in this circumstance.

Typically, when you first install the autoloader, you load your cartridges into the magazines, then load the magazines into the autoloader. However, you can insert and eject cartridges individually using the mailslot, or you can eject a magazine, manually load and unload cartridges, then load the magazine back into the autoloader. The autoloader automatically detects the presence of a cartridge in the magazine slot.

If you try to perform an illegal operation, the autoloader refuses to perform the operation. For example, if you try to load a cartridge through the mailslot to the drive but the drive already contains a cartridge, the mailslot does not unlock. If you try to unload a cartridge from the drive while the autoloader is writing to the tape, the command is not initiated until the write command is completed.

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