CHAPTER 3 OPERATION

MONITORING THE LEDS

The VXA-320 tape drive uses four LEDs to indicate its operational status, as shown in Table 3-1.

Note: The LEDs are numbered 1 through 4 from left to right.

Table 3-1 LED states

Operation

LED Pattern

LED #1

LED #2

LED #3

LED #4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operational Conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power-on self-test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEDs illuminate sequentiallya

 

No tape loaded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

Off

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interface activity; (LED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

Off

Flashing

4 may flash with other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED operations)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape loading or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Flashing

Off

Off

unloading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape ready; idle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Green

Off

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

Green

Flashing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber or

 

Off or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Amber

Flashing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greenb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Space forward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

Flashing

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Space reverse or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Off

Off

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rewinding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning in process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Off

Flashing

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Notification

Cleaning required

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

Flashing

 

Off

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning tape used up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

Flashing

 

Off

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green/Amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recoverable errorc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

 

Green

 

Amber

Off or Green

Unrecoverable errorc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

 

Off

 

Amber

Off or Green

Factory service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing Green or Amber

 

Flashing Red

requiredd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tandberg Data VXA-320 (VXA-3) manual Monitoring the Leds, Service Notification

VXA-320 (VXA-3) specifications

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