ADIC Tape Array 5, User Manual

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Operation and Maintenance
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The following table tells you when to use the cleaning tape:
If . . . It means . . . You should . . .
1. While using a data
cartridge, the
Use
Cleaning Tape
LED
illuminates .
The drive head needs cleaning
or the tape is bad Use the cleaning cartridge. Load
the cleaning cartridge using the
procedure in
Loading the Data
Cartridge in Chapter 3,
Operations .
When cleaning is complete, the
beeper will sound alerting you to
remove the cleaning cartridge.
Follow the
Removing the Data
Cartridge procedure in Chapter 3,
Operations to remove the cleaning
cartridge from the drive.
2. While using a data
cartridge, the
Use
Cleaning Tape LED
begins to blink .
The data cartridge may be
damaged
Back up the data from this
cartridge onto another cartridge, it
may be damaged. A damaged
cartridge may cause unnecessary
use of the cleaning cartridge.
3. Use Cleaning Tape LED
still illuminates after you
clean the drive head.
Your data cartridge may be
causing the problem Try another data cartridge.
4. Use Cleaning Tape
LED
illuminates after you load
the cleaning cartridge
Cleaning has not been
accomplished and the cleaning
cartridge has no remaining
cycles available.
Replace the cleaning cartridge.
Caution
Using cloth swabs, cotton swabs, cleaning agents, or unapproved cleaning
cartridges will void your warranty.
To clean the head, use a cleaning cartridge. Insert the cleaning cartridge in the drive following the Loading
the Data Cartridge procedure described earlier in this chapter. The drive will automatically clean the head.
When the cleaning operation is complete, the drive will illuminate the
Operate Handle
LED alerting you to
remove the cleaning cartridge.
Caution
Do not remove the cleaning cartridge before the drive sounds the beeper.
Follow the Removing the Data Cartridge procedure described earlier in this chapter to remove the cleaning
cartridge from the drive.