IBM Magstar 3494 manual Operator Safety, Safety Characteristics

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Figure 170. Laser Safety Caution Label

This product complies with the performance standards set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a Class II Laser Product. This product belongs to a class of laser products that requires precautions be taken to avoid prolonged viewing of the laser beam. Under normal working conditions, you must not come in direct contact with the laser beam. This classi®cation was accomplished by providing the necessary protective housings and scanning safeguards to ensure that laser radiation is inaccessible during operation or is within Class II limits. These products have been reviewed by external safety agencies and have obtained approvals to the latest standards as they apply to this product type.

Operator Safety

The operator should remember the importance of safe operation when performing any of the tasks in this book. The operator should know the location and how to use the switches and controls on the IBM 3494 Tape Library.

Safety Characteristics

The front doors on the library should not be opened during normal operation because of the moving components within the library. The doors have key locks to prevent the doors from being opened inadvertently. The 3494 includes integral safety control circuits that detect whether the doors are open or closed.

When a door is detected to be open, the power is removed from the cartridge accessor and the picker slowly descends. All host systems attached to the tape subsystems or through the RS-232 interfaces associated with the library are noti®ed of the condition. This gives the operator a warning of a safety exposure and a warning of potential unauthorized access to the cartridges stored in the library.

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