3.3 Liquid Crystal Display
The 7208 Tape Drive features a liquid crystal display (LCD) ( 5 in Figure 7 in topic 3.0). The LCD provides operating and error messages.
Figure 9 shows a list of messages that display on the LCD.
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¦ Figure 9. LCD Messages ¦
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Reset Messages
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RESET
¦ The first message to appear during the ¦
¦ ¦ power-on sequence. ¦
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MODEL:
¦ Variable information about the tape drive, in ¦
¦ ¦ this case
IBM-20GB
. ¦
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SUBMOD:
¦ The submodel number of the tape drive. ¦
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SN:
¦ The serial number of the tape drive. ¦
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CODE:
¦ The level of the tape drive's firmware. ¦
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LAST CLN:
¦ The number of hours since the last cleaning. ¦
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COMPRESSION:
¦ Whether data compression is turned on (the ¦
¦ ¦ default) or turned off. ¦
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SINGLE ENDED
or
¦ The type of SCSI input/output electrical ¦
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DIFFERENTIAL
¦ interface. ¦
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WIDE
¦ The width of the SCSI bus (measured in bits or ¦
¦ ¦ bytes). ¦
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SCSI ID:
¦ The SCSI address of the tape drive (0 through ¦
¦ ¦ 15). The default is 0. ¦
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¦ ¦ The current language used on the LCD. To ¦
¦ ¦ change the language, turn off the power to the ¦
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LANGUAGE:
¦ tape drive. Press and hold the unload button ¦
¦ ¦ immediately after turning the power back on. ¦
¦ ¦ When the desired language displays, release ¦
¦ ¦ the unload button. ¦
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Tape Drive Status Messages
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READY-NOTAPE
¦ The tape drive is ready to accept a cartridge. ¦
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¦ LOADING....
¦ The tape drive is loading the tape. ¦
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¦ READY-TAPE
¦ The tape drive successfully loaded the tape ¦
¦ ¦ and is ready for read or write operations. ¦
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¦ ILLEGAL TAPE
¦ An unsuitable tape has been loaded and ¦
¦ ¦ rejected. ¦
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¦ ¦ The unload button was pressed. The tape drive ¦
¦
<< EJECT======
¦ will eject the cartridge as soon as it ¦
¦ ¦ finishes the current operation. ¦
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¦ ¦ The unload button was pressed, and the system ¦
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¦ EJECT PREVNT
¦ software has issued a command to prevent the ¦
¦ ¦ eject function. ¦
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Tape Motion Messages
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¦ ¦ The tape drive is reading data. The + sign ¦
¦ ¦ appears when the data is compressed. The boxes ¦
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READ+¦¦¦¦¦=
¦ (¦) represent the amount of tape processed ¦
¦ ¦ (out of a total of six boxes). The = sign ¦
¦ ¦ represents the amount of unprocessed tape. ¦
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WRITE+¦¦¦¦=
¦ The tape drive is writing data. The + sign ¦
¦ ¦ appears when the data is compressed. ¦
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/ PROTECTED
¦ The tape drive cannot write data because the ¦
¦ ¦ data cartridge is write-protected. ¦
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¦ ¦ The tape drive cannot write to the type of ¦
¦
/ ILLEGAL WRT
¦ data cartridge inserted. This message remains ¦
¦ ¦ until a proper tape is inserted or a tape ¦
¦ ¦ motion command is issued. ¦
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7208 Tape Drive Setup and Operator Guide
Liquid Crystal Display
¦ Copyright IBM Corp. 1998
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