3.2.2 Status Light
Three status lights 4 and their ISO symbols appear on the 7208 Tape Drive as follows:
The combinations of the lights and their definitions are shown in Figure 8.
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¦ Figure 8. Status Lights on the 7208 Tape Drive ¦
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Status Lights
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Status
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Status of 7208 Tape Drive
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¦ PICTURE 13 ¦ ¦ The Power-On Self Test (POST) is ¦
¦ Fault ¦ On ¦ running. ¦
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¦ PICTURE 14 ¦ On ¦ ¦
¦ Ready ¦ ¦ ¦
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¦ PICTURE 15 ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ Activity ¦ On ¦ ¦
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¦ PICTURE 16 ¦ ¦ One of the following conditions ¦
¦ Fault ¦ Off or On ¦ exists: ¦
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¦ PICTURE 17 ¦ Off ¦ The power is off (Fault light ¦
¦ Ready ¦ ¦ is off). ¦
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¦ PICTURE 18 ¦ Off ¦ The POST has completed ¦
¦ Activity ¦ ¦ successfully, but no tape ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ cartridge has been inserted. ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ If the Fault light is on, ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ cleaning is required. See ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ "Cleaning the Tape Drive" in ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ topic 3.6. ¦
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¦ PICTURE 19 ¦ ¦ A tape cartridge has been ¦
¦ Fault ¦ Off or On ¦ inserted: ¦
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¦ PICTURE 20 ¦ Off ¦ The 7208 Tape Drive is ready ¦
¦ Ready ¦ ¦ to receive commands from the ¦
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¦ PICTURE 21 ¦ Flashing or Off ¦ light is on or off). ¦
¦ Activity ¦ ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ If the Fault light is on, ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ cleaning is required. See ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ "Cleaning the Tape Drive" in ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ topic 3.6. ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ 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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¦ PICTURE 22 ¦ ¦ The 7208 Tape Drive has detected ¦
¦ Fault ¦ Flashing ¦ an internal fault that requires ¦
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¦ PICTURE 23 ¦ Off or On ¦ ¦
¦ Ready ¦ ¦ Reset the error by turning ¦
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¦ PICTURE 24 ¦ Off, On, or ¦ Tape Drive, then turning it ¦
¦ Activity ¦ Flashing ¦ back on, or by holding down ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ the unload button for about ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ 15 seconds. ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ If the Fault light still ¦
7208 Tape Drive Setup and Operator Guide
Status Light
¦ Copyright IBM Corp. 1998
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