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Summary of Contents for Mod520

Page 1: ...5 2GB Magneto Optic Disk Drive User Manual...

Page 2: ...ata Limited Whiting Way Melbourn Hertfordshire SG8 6EN Tel 44 0 1763 262963 Fax 44 0 1763 264444 Email sales plasmon co uk United States Plasmon 4425 ArrowsWest Drive Colorado Springs CO 80907 3489 Te...

Page 3: ...to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been taken in the preparation of the material contained in this manual Plasmon assumes no liability resulting from any errors or omissions or fro...

Page 4: ...rmined by switching the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the...

Page 5: ...ser radiation with the safety protection Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure Never open the enclosu...

Page 6: ...the frame and do not touch any electrical components 2 Unpacking Internal Unit When moving the unit to an environment where there is a significant difference in temperature let the unit remain in its...

Page 7: ...ble damage and use an anti static bag 5 Transportation Transport the unit in a well packaged condition with the upside facing up Transport the unit as little as possible after unpacking always using t...

Page 8: ...vi 97705153 A User Manual...

Page 9: ...e 8 Internal Drive 9 Prechecks before Service Call 10 Placing a service call 10 Service on the unit 11 Microsoft Optical Systems and Optical Support 11 Disk Cartridge Notes 12 Appendix A 13 Component...

Page 10: ...ecified herein may result in hazardous laser radiation exposure This product may only have the cover removed for service or repair by a qualified and approved service site 1 External or the top of the...

Page 11: ...rformance increases The MOD520 has been designed to give fast solid and reliable disk exchanges Please take the time to study this manual to become familiar with operating the unit as well as prescrib...

Page 12: ...xternal drive only Refer to the documentation supplied with your SCSI card or computer system should you need to check the computer termination In normal circumstances this will usually be enabled The...

Page 13: ...r SCSI ID settings 3 50 way SCSI cable note pin 1 orientation If internal devices are also to be connected to the SCSI card then the SCSI adapter on board termination must be disabled Refer to the doc...

Page 14: ...ss to be set which maybe in the range of 0 to 6 as address 7 is usually reserved for the host computer address The MOD520 is shipped with a default address of 1 which will usually suffice in most case...

Page 15: ...le the unit Never touch the surface of a recordable disk Do not allow any foreign object or liquid to enter the unit Always remove the disk before moving the unit This will ensure that the optical hea...

Page 16: ...r use When the eject button is pressed the cartridge will electronically eject from the drive after a short delay Notes If you need to use the emergency eject pinhole make sure that the unit is powere...

Page 17: ...er Included with internal drives is a 50 way flat IDC cable with 2 connectors for connection to the SCSI adapter Note for correct orientation of the flat cable when installing Pin 1 is usually identif...

Page 18: ...device driver installed correctly Placing a service call Contact your supplier or service company They will probably require the following information Where purchased Date of Purchase Serial Number De...

Page 19: ...rive and media act as a Magnetic Hard Drive Type 0 Device Windows NT will support both WORM and Rewritable Optical media when used with another File System such as Plasmon Drive Manager for NT FAT and...

Page 20: ...ter is provided for protection against dust dirt and other contaminants 2 Avoid subjecting the cartridge to sudden shock or impact 3 When the write protect window is open the disk is in a read only mo...

Page 21: ...ocation MOD520E A Busy indicator B Power light C Cartridge eject D Emergency eject A SCSI connectors B SCSI ID selector C Fan optional filter D Power connector E AC on off switch 13 97705153 A User Ma...

Page 22: ...Appendix A continued Component Location MOD520I 14 97705153 A User Manual OPTION SWITCHES EJECT BUTTON PIN 1 SCSI PIN 1 FLAP FOR AIR DUCTING FUNCTION ON PIN 1 Appendix B C...

Page 23: ...OT to perform the automatic spin up 4 A7 B7 Force Verify Shorting the pair of pins forces the drive to for Write perform a Write and Verify operation whenever the host issues a WRITE command default O...

Page 24: ...F ON OFF 3 OFF ON ON 4 ON OFF OFF 5 ON OFF ON 6 ON ON OFF 7 ON ON ON Drives are set up to ID1 as default Default Jumpers on external and internal units Jumper Switch internal external JP1 SW3 N C OFF...

Page 25: ...in up 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved S502 4 Reserved 5 Disable SCAM Selection 6 Reserved 7 Reserved 8 Enable Write Cache for Write and Verify Command Option Switch Function NOTE The MOD520I is shipp...

Page 26: ...Manual 25 ms 2 5 seconds 2 2 seconds 3300 3600 RPM 2 48 to 5 07 MB second 3 MB second 10 MB second Fast SCSI enabled 4 MB 100 000 5 to 40 C 30 to 60 C 10 to 90 5 to 90 non condensing 0 00015 G2 Hz or...

Page 27: ...SCSI HOST CONTROLLER DB5 31 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER DB6 32 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER DB7 33 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER DBP 34 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER GROUND 35 GROUND 36 GROUND 37 TERMPWR 38 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER GROUN...

Page 28: ...12 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER DB6 14 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER DB7 16 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER DBP 18 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER GROUND 20 GROUND 22 GROUND 24 TERMWR 26 SCSI HOST CONTROLLER GROUND 28 GROUND 30 ATTN 32 SC...

Page 29: ...O media 2048 bytes sector P5200E 5 2GB Rewritable MO media 2048 bytes sector P4800W 4 8GB WORM MO media 1024 bytes sector P4800E 4 8GB Rewritable MO media 1024 bytes sector P4100E 4 1GB Rewritable MO...

Page 30: ...Notes 22 97705153 A User Manual...

Page 31: ...echnical support in the United States Plasmon Technical Support 1 877 585 6793 1 719 593 4192 fax e mail support plasmon com World Wide Web www plasmon com To obtain technical support in Europe Plasmo...

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