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AM-64x DAT High Capacity Tape Drives
PDI-00649-00, A01
TAPE EJECT
STATUS LEDS
GREEN
AMBER
Figure 18 - AM-647 DAT Drive Faceplate
The amber Drive Status LED indicates the following conditions:
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When ON (lit), the drive is reading or writing the tape.
Never press the tape eject button while the amber LED is on!
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When flashing rapidly, a hardware fault occurred or dew was detected. If dew is detected the
tape is ejected.
The green Cassette Status LED indicates the following conditions:
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When ON (lit), a cassette is inserted and is not generating excess errors.
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When flashing slowly, a cassette is inserted but generates errors beyond the predefined DDS
error threshold. A new tape should be used for future writes and/or the tape heads should be
cleaned with an approved DDS cleaning cassette. Otherwise, operation is proceeding normally.
This signal is a warning only.
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If the green LED is flashing rapidly, this indicates the tape could not be written to correctly
(maximum rewrite count exceeded). The WRITE operation failed, and you should replace the
cassette. (Or, the heads may need to be cleaned with a DAT cleaning cassette).
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When flashing slowly in conjunction with the amber LED, a prerecorded audio tape cassette is
inserted and is being played automatically.
Audio DAT tapes can be heard only by using an external digital to analog converter, which is
currently unavailable.
AM-648 DAT DRIVE STATUS LEDS
The front panel of the AM-648 DAT drive has three status LEDs:
