Quantum Scalar 218FC, User Manual

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Operation and Maintenance 63
Using the Mailbox
On-Line Mode
Note
The application software can use the Mailbox as a cartridge
input/output element only if it is first enabled. See
Off-Line
Mode Menus, Configuration Menu, Enable Mailbox
in
Chapter 4
of this manual for additional information.
In the On-Line mode, the application software controls the Mailbox. The application may add, or
remove, a single cartridge, or a complete backup data set may be exchanged, one cartridge at a time.
The cartridge must be placed into or removed from the Mailbox slot manually, whenever the application
requests. When adding or removing a cartridge to/from the Mailbox slot, open the plastic window
covering the slot to provide access.
Off-Line Mode
Moving a Cartridge to a Drive or Storage Slot
Use the Mailbox to place a data or cleaning cartridge directly into a drive or a storage slot.
❐
Open the plastic door over the Mailbox slot.
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Place the cartridge into the slot with the write-protect switch up, and facing toward you.
❐
Close the plastic door.
❐
Use the Off-Line mode Diagnostics Menu Pick from Mailbox function to have the Picker
move a cartridge from the Mailbox slot to a drive or storage slot. See Appendix B Diagnostics
Menu , later in this manual, for complete descriptions of the Pick and Place functions.
Moving a Cartridge to the Mailbox Slot
Move a data or cleaning cartridge from a drive or storage slot to the Mailbox as follows:
❐
Use the Off-Line mode Diagnostics Menu , Place in Mailbox function to have the Picker
move a cartridge from a drive or storage slot to the Mailbox slot. See Appendix B Diagnostics
Menu , later in this manual, for complete descriptions of the Pick and Place functions.
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Open the plastic door over the Mailbox slot.
❐
Remove the cartridge from the Mailbox manually.
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Close the plastic door.