Maintenance and troubleshooting
This chapter contains information on maintaining and troubleshooting the
40/80 GB HH DLTVS Tape Drive.
Maintenance
You need to perform regular maintenance on your 40/80 GB HH DLTVS Tape
Drive. This section explains how to care for the tape cartridges and how to
clean the drive head.
Caring for tape cartridges
The following points are guidelines for storing and using the cartridges:
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Do not open the tape access door of the cartridge or touch the tape itself.
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Keep your cartridges away from sources of electromagnetic fields, such as
telephones, dictation equipment, mechanical or printing calculators, motors,
and bulk erasers. Do not place the cartridges on the computer monitor or on
the base unit of the computer.
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Keep cartridges away from direct sunlight and heat sources, such as
radiators or warm air ducts.
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Keep cartridges free of moisture. Do not wet or submerge cartridges in any
liquid.
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Do not expose cartridges to temperature extremes.
Cleaning cartridges
You must use DLT cleaning cartridges with this tape drive, as other cleaning
cartridges will not load and run. A cleaning cartridge is supplied with each
tape drive and should only be used when the ‘Use Cleaning Cartridge’ amber
LED is flashing or once a week, whichever occurs first. Insert the cleaning
cartridge and the drive carries out its cleaning cycle and ejects the cartridge on
completion (which can take up to 5 minutes). During the cleaning cycle the
amber ‘Use Cleaning Cartridge’ LED remains lit and the green ‘Ready‘ LED
flashes.
Each cleaning cartridge can be used up to 20 times. If the cleaning cartridge is
ejected immediately with the ‘Tape Error‘ LED on, it has expired. New cleaning
cartridges are available from your supplier, and can be ordered by following
the insert-card instructions that come with the cleaning cartridge.
Tape handling
This section describes how to properly handle your tape cartridges to reduce
wear on the 40/80 GB HH DLTVS Tape Drive.
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