Preliminary
4-18
September 21, 1999
BENCHMARK
T A P E
S Y S T E M S
Note:
If a data cartridge is in slot 2 when you press the
SELECT
button, autoloader treats it
like a cleaning cartridge and moves it to slot 7.
If slot 7 already contains a cartridge when you press the
SELECT
button, the
DEST FULL
error message appears on the LCD panel and
AUTOCLEAN
is not enabled. If this happens,
use the
UNLOAD SLOT
mode to empty slot 7 first, then follow steps 1 through 4 to enable
AUTOCLEAN
.
If you want to cancel while enabling the
AUTOCLEAN
function, press the
MODE
button
before you place the cleaning cartridge in slot 2 or press the
SELECT
button.
LdR REAdY
appears on the LCD panel and
AUTOCLEAN
is not enabled.
If you do not place the cleaning cartridge in slot 2 and press the
SELECT
button within 30
seconds of selecting the
AUTOCLEAN
feature, the Diagnostic Menu times out.
LdR REAdY
appears on the LCD panel and
AUTOCLEAN
is not enabled.
The Autoclean feature is disabled until the autoloader places the cleaning cartridge in slot 7.
If power is cycled before the autoloader places the cartridge in slot 7,
AUTOCLEAN
remains
disabled. Follow steps 1 through 4 again to enable
AUTOCLEAN.
If a cartridge is in the drive when you place the cleaning cartridge in slot 2 and press the
SELECT
button, a
DRIVE FULL
error appears on the LCD panel and
AUTOCLEAN
remains disabled. This is also true if the Media Picker is full when you press the
SELECT
button. In either case, clear the error by pressing the
MODE
button. Then use
EJECT DRV
Mode to remove the cartridge from the drive or use
EJECT PCKR
Mode to remove the
cartridge from the Media Picker before attempting to enable
AUTOCLEAN
.
4.5.1.4 Using
AUTOCLEAN
AUTOCLEAN
automatically cleans the drive’s read/write head whenever the drive issues a
Cleaning Requested status. When cleaning is complete, your DLT7 Autoloader returns the
cleaning cartridge to slot 7.
When
AUTOCLEAN
is enabled, your backup application does not have access to slot 7 and
the autoloader appears as a 6-slot loader. This forces the application to remap your DLT7
Autoloader. Although slot 7 is unavailable to the application, the slot 7 indicator on the
Operator Panel LCD functions normally, showing the presence of a cartridge when cleaning
is not being performed.
When
AUTOCLEAN
is enabled, you still have normal access to slot 7 from the front panel,
allowing you to recover from an error if the cleaning cartridge gets stuck in the Media Picker.
If the cleaning cartridge is ever in any slot other than 7,
AUTOCLEAN
does not work.
If the drive issues a Cleaning Tape Expired condition during a cleaning operation,
CYCLE
AC
appears on the LCD panel. To clear the error condition, press the
MODE
button. Then
follow steps 1 through 4 to replace the cleaning cartridge with a new one. This allows
AUTOCLEAN
to remain on. If desired, follow the instructions in the next section to disable
AUTOCLEAN
, then re-enable it using a new cleaning cartridge.
4.5.1.5 Disabling
AUTOCLEAN
1. After entering the
DIAG MENU
, press and hold the
MODE
button until
AUTOCLEAN
appears on the LCD panel.
2. Press the
SELECT
button to select
AUTOCLEAN
.
AC OFF
appears on the LCD panel.
