IBM 4mm DDS-2 Tape Autoloader, Installation And User Manual

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Status Liquid Crystal Display
The Status LCD displays a range of autoloader status information in each of its five
display regions:
.1/
A 10-character display provides operating status information and potential
error conditions (see "LCD Message Categories" below).
.2/
A 7-segment display shows the number of the cartridge currently loaded in
the drive, or the cartridge selected when the Select button is pressed repeatedly.
.3/
"DC" indicates that data compression is being used for writing; "WP"
indicates a Write-Protected cartridge.
.4/
Six numbered boxes individually light to show which magazine slots contain
a cartridge.
.5/
An "odometer" line shows how much tape has been used in the active
partition of the current cartridge. The more lines that are shown, the more tape
that has been used.
LCD Message Categories:
The LCD can show three types of messages:
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Autoloader status messages
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Information messages
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Error messages
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4mm DDS-2 Tape Autoloader Installation and User's Guide