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Setup Guide
Loading the 8 mm Tape Cartridge
Before loading the tape cartridge, make sure the power is on and the write-protect tab on
the tape cartridge is properly set. Refer to
Setting the Write-Protect Tab , below.
Note: For detailed information about the supported cartridges and their compatibility with
the different media drives, please refer to the
Disks and Tapes Configuration
Information guide.
1. Grasp the edges of the 8 mm tape cartridge with the write-protect switch towards you
and the window side of the cartridge facing up.
2. Slide the tape cartridge into the opening on the front of the tape drive until the loading
mechanism pulls the cartridge into the drive and the drive door closes. The Motion LED
will light if the load operation was successful.
The tape takes about 25 seconds to load. When the Motion LED lights, the drive is ready for
data operations.
Commands can be entered while the tape is loading. Any commands to the tape drive start
running once the tape has finished loading. Commands not requiring the tape cartridge will
run immediately.
Unloading the 8 mm Tape Cartridge
Push the unload button. The tape drive will rewind the tape within the cartridge and eject the
cartridge from the drive opening.
The time required for a tape to rewind and unload is between 18 seconds and 3 minutes,
depending on the position of the tape when the unload button is pushed.
If the tape cartridge cannot unload and has to be removed manually from the drive, contact
your Service Representative.
Setting the Write-Protect Tab
The window on the tape cartridge controls write-protection. When the write-protect tab of a
tape cartridge is set (window closed), information can be read from the tape, but cannot be
written to it. When the write-protect tab of a tape cartridge is not set (window open),
information can be both written to and read from the tape. Trying to write to a 8 mm data
cartridge with the window closed causes an error.
1
Window closed Write-protect tab set
2 Window open Write-protect tab not set