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Diagnostics and Firmware
Installation and Operation 101
Communicating w ith the tape drive
These instructions describe how to establish communications
with the M2, Mammoth, or Mammoth-LT tape drive using the
autoloader’s serial port and Exabyte’s Monitor Software for
Windows program, so you can upgrade the drive firmware or
create a diagnostic listing.
Note: If you need to establish communications with an AIT-2
drive, contact Exabyte Technical Support or go to the Sony
web site at:
www.storagebysony.com/support/consumer.asp
Setting up the hardw are and softw are
Obtain the following:
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A host computer that uses an RS232 serial port.
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Astraight-through 9-pin serial cable (not a null modem cable).
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Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT 4.0.
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The M2 or Mammoth Monitor program. Exabyte provides a
Windows-based drive monitor software program that you can
download from Exabyte’s web side (www.exabyte.com) or
request from Exabyte Technical Support.
Note:
If you will be upgrading drive firmware, you can
download new firmware from Exabyte’s web site
(www.exabyte.com) or you can contact Exabyte Technical
Support for firmware.