3.3 Liquid Crystal Display
The 7208 Tape Drive features a liquid crystal display (LCD) ( 2 in Figure 8 in topic 3.0). The LCD provides operating and error
messages.
Figure 10 shows a list of messages that display on the LCD.
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¦ Figure 10. LCD Messages ¦
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¦ Reset Messages ¦
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¦ RESET ¦ The first message to appear during the ¦
¦ ¦ power-on sequence. ¦
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¦ MODEL: ¦ Variable information about the tape drive, in ¦
¦ ¦ this case IBM--20GB ¦
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¦ SUBMOD: ¦ The submodel number of the tape drive. ¦
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¦ SN: ¦ The serial number of the tape drive. ¦
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¦ CODE: ¦ The level of the tape drive's firmware. ¦
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¦ LAST CLN: ¦ The number of hours since the last cleaning. ¦
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¦ COMPRESSION: ¦ Whether data compression is turned on (the ¦
¦ ¦ default) or turned off. ¦
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¦ SINGLE ENDED or ¦ The type of SCSI input/output controller ¦
¦ DIFFERENTIAL ¦ (whether single ended or differential). ¦
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¦ WIDE ¦ The type of SCSI configuration. ¦
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¦ SCSI ID: ¦ The SCSI address of the tape drive (0 through ¦
¦ ¦ 15). ¦
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¦ ¦ The current language used on the LCD. To ¦
¦ ¦ change the language, power the tape drive off. ¦
¦ LANGUAGE: ¦ Press and hold the unload button immediately ¦
¦ ¦ after turning the power back on. When the ¦
¦ ¦ desired language displays, release the unload ¦
¦ ¦ button. ¦
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¦ Tape Drive Status Messages ¦
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¦ READY-NOTAPE ¦ The tape drive is ready to accept a cartridge. ¦
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¦ ¦ LOADING.... ¦ The tape drive is loading the tape. ¦
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¦ ¦ READY-TAPE ¦ The tape drive successfully loaded the tape ¦
¦ ¦ and is ready for read or write operations. ¦
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¦ ¦ ILLEGAL TAPE ¦ An unsuitable tape has been loaded and ¦
¦ ¦ rejected. ¦
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¦ ¦ The unload button was pressed. The tape drive ¦
¦ << EJECT====== ¦ will eject the cartridge as soon as it ¦
¦ ¦ finishes the current operation. ¦
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¦ ¦ EJECT PREVNT ¦ The system software has issued a command to ¦
¦ ¦ prevent the eject function. ¦
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¦ Tape Motion Messages ¦
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¦ ¦ The tape drive is reading data. The + sign ¦
¦ ¦ appears when the data is compressed. The ¦
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READ+¦¦¦¦¦= ¦ boxes (¦) represent the amount of tape ¦
¦ ¦ processed (out of a total of six boxes). The ¦
¦ ¦ = sign represents the amount of unprocessed ¦
¦ ¦ tape. ¦
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WRITE+¦¦¦¦= ¦ The tape drive is writing data. The + sign ¦
¦ ¦ appears when the data is compressed. ¦
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¦ / PROTECTED ¦ The tape drive cannot write data because the ¦
¦ ¦ data cartridge is write-protected. ¦
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¦ ¦ The tape drive cannot write to the type of ¦
¦ / ILLEGAL WRT ¦ data cartridge inserted. This message remains ¦
¦ ¦ until a proper tape is inserted or a tape ¦
¦ ¦ motion command is issued. ¦
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7208 Model 341 Setup and Operator Guide
Liquid Crystal Display
¦ Copyright IBM Corp. 1997
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