Chapter 3 Operation
Blink Codes
Blink Codes
Table 3
Table 3 below summarizes the blink codes for the
| Activity LED | Error LED | Status LED |
Drive Condition | (Green) | (Orange) | (Amber) |
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|
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Cleaning Request |
|
| ON |
|
|
|
|
Hardware error |
| Fast |
|
|
|
|
|
Positioning – loading, | Slow |
|
|
unloading, rewinding, |
|
|
|
spacing, or locating |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tape Active – writing, | Slow |
|
|
reading, or verifying |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manual intervention |
| ON |
|
required |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Power On Self Test |
| Fast | ON |
(POST) failure |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cleaning cartridge | ON |
| ON |
present |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cleaning cartridge at | ON |
| Fast |
EOT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Servo initialization | Slow |
| Slow |
|
|
|
|
Power On Self Test | Slow | Slow | Slow |
(POST) in progress |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cleaning failure or |
| Fast | Fast |
media error |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Microcode download | Fast | Slow | Fast |
|
|
|
|
Microcode download | Fast | Fast | Fast |
error |
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