5. Alert buzzer
Control panel of the
¶When the rear access door is opened and a drive is being inserted:
Since it is difficult to monitor progress from the LCD message window while inserting a drive from the rear access door, the buzzer sounds to provide an indication that operation is proceeding without problem.
¶When the keys on the control panel are disabled:
The buzzer will sound while the FUNCTION key is being pressed.
Note that the in these cases above the buzzer will sound to provide a message to the operator in response to his/ her input, and for this reason these buzzer cannot be turned off.
¶When a problem occurs with the changer:
When a problem occurs with the changer, the buzzer will continue to sound until the operator presses one of the keys on the control panel.
If in this case messages on the LCD message window or warning messages on the screen of the host computer are sufficient, this alert buzzer may be turned OFF.
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(Note that a “Alert buzzer is activated” message will be displayed if the alert buzzer is set to ON.)
(Note that an “Free message is prohibited” message will be displayed if free message function is set to OFF.)
Note that even if free message function is activated, if no messages are received from the host computer, all messages displayed on the LCD message window will consist of messages from the changer itself.
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