3.2.2 Status Lights
Three status lights 1 and their ISO symbols appear on the 7208 Tape Drive as follows:
PICTURE 14 Fault (amber)
PICTURE 15 Ready (green)
PICTURE 16 Activity (green)
The combinations of the lights and their definitions are shown in
Figure 9.
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¦ Figure 9. Definition of Status Light States ¦
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¦ Status ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ Lights ¦ State ¦ Status ¦
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¦ ¦ On ¦ The Power-On Self Test (POST) is running. ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ PICTURE 17 ¦ On ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ On ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ Off or On ¦ One of the following conditions exists: ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ PICTURE 18 ¦ Off ¦ The power is off (Fault light is ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ off). ¦
¦ ¦ Off ¦ The POST has completed successfully, ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ but no tape cartridge has been ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ inserted. If the Fault light is on, ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ cleaning is required. See "Cleaning ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ the Tape Drive" in topic 3.5. ¦
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¦ ¦ Off or On ¦ A tape cartridge has been inserted. ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ PICTURE 19 ¦ On ¦ The 7208 Tape Drive is ready to ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ receive commands from the system ¦
¦ ¦ Flashing or ¦ (whether the Fault light is on or ¦
¦ ¦ Off ¦ off). ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ If the Fault light is on, cleaning is ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ required. See "Cleaning the Tape ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ Drive" in topic 3.5. ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ If the Activity light flashes, a tape ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ cartridge is in the drive and tape ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ movement is occurring. If the light ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ is off, no tape movement is ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ occurring. ¦
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¦ ¦ Flashing ¦ The 7208 Tape Drive has detected an ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ internal fault that requires corrective ¦
¦ PICTURE 20 ¦ Off ¦ action. ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ Off ¦ Reset the error by turning the power ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ off to the 7208 Tape Drive, then ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ turning it back on, or by holding ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ down the unload button for about 15 ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ seconds. ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ If the Fault light still flashes ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ after the reset, contact your service ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ representative. ¦
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¦ ¦ On ¦ The tape drive requires cleaning. See ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ "Cleaning the Tape Drive" in topic 3.5. ¦
¦ PICTURE 21 ¦ Off or On ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ If the Ready light is on, a tape ¦
¦ ¦ Flashing or ¦ cartridge is in the drive. If the ¦
¦ ¦ Off ¦ light is off, a cartridge is not in ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ the drive. ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ If the Activity light flashes, a tape ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ cartridge is in the drive and tape ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ movement is occurring. If the light ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ is off, no tape movement is ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ occurring. ¦
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7208 Model 341 Setup and Operator Guide
Status Lights
¦ Copyright IBM Corp. 1997
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