LaCie DDS4 Drive, Руководство пользователя

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seconds. The tape should eject within 40 seconds. Contact LaCie Technical
Support for more information.
Cleaning the Tape Heads
When to Clean the Tape Heads
If excessive dust or debris from the tape media collects at one or more of the
tape heads, your drive may not be able to read from or write to the tape. To
avoid this problem, you must clean the tape heads in your LaCie DDS4 in the
following circumstances:
After every 25 hours of read/write operation using DDS1 or DDS2 tapes, or
every 50 hours of operation using DDS3 or DDS4 tapes.
If the Clean LED lights up or flashes.
If the Media LED flashes during drive operation.
Important Note: If cleaning the head does not correct a flashing
LED condition, try using a new data cartridge.
How to Clean the Tape Heads
To clean the tape heads on your drive, use only a Seagate-qualified DDS
cleaning cartridge (see
2. Getting To Know Your DDS4 Drive for details).
Do not use an audio DAT cleaning cartridge. The drive cannot recognize it.
After you insert the cleaning cartridge, the drive detects that the cartridge is a
cleaning cartridge, then loads and runs the cartridge for about 30 seconds.
When cleaning is complete, the drive ejects the cartridge.
Each time the cleaning cartridge is loaded, a new, unused portion of cleaning
tape is advanced over the entire tape path. The drive does not rewind a
cleaning cartridge. After about 30 cleaning cycles, the entire tape is used up.
In this case, the Clean LED will flash rapidly and the cleaning cartridge should
be replaced.
Automatic Drive Spin-Down and Write
To maximize tape and drive mechanism life, the drive automatically stops the
cylinder when no tape
read or write activity occurs.
If a read or write operation occurs, normal operation resumes with no affect
on the host operation.