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Operating the ValueLoader
Operator’s Panel Overview
22 ValueLoader DLT VS80/DLT VS160 Tape Autoloader User Manual
Operator’s Panel Overview
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The Operator’s Panel consists of four LEDs, four buttons, and a
2-line by 16-character LCD screen. The Operator’s Panel provides
everything you need to monitor ValueLoader status and to control
all of its functions.
Figure 9 Operator’s
Panel—Drive Empty
The display defaults to the Home screen. The Home screen
consists of the ValueLoader status on the top line and the current
cartridge inventory on the second line. If the tape drive does not
have a cartridge loaded, the top line displays “Drive empty.”
The cartridge inventory indicates all slots that contain a cartridge
by displaying the slot number. Empty slots are indicated by a
hyphen (–).
An exclamation point (!) displayed in the inventory indicates that
the ValueLoader has identified a cartridge in the indicated slot that
is either an invalid cartridge type (DLTtapeIII cartridge or non-
DLT1 cleaning cartridge) or has had a media-related error These
can be caused by faulty or improperly degaussed media, media
that has been previously written in an invalid format such as