Tandberg Data
Using Your Tandberg DLT VS160 Drive
3-4
Tandberg DLT VS160 Installation and Operations Manual
Table 3 describes what each front panel indicator means.
Indicator
Activity
Operating Condition
Slow Blink (1x per second)
User initiated write/read diagnostic failed
Fast Blink (3x per second)
Servo or mechanism error
Fault
On
Internal firmware error
Slow Blink (1x per second)
Calibration error or permanent write/read error
Medium Blink (2x per second)
Cleaning in progress
Clean
On
Cleaning required: 250 tape motion hours
exceeded since last cleaning
Slow Blink (1x per second)
Unsupported format, or damaged or unsupported
cartridge type inserted into drive
Media
On
DLT1 (VS80) format DLTtape™ IV cartridge
loaded
Table 3: Fault/Clean/Media LED Activity and Drive Status
See Chapter 4, Troubleshooting, for more details on error
conditions.
3.2.2
Unload/Eject Button Features
The Unload/Eject button provides features in addition to
unloading and ejecting a cartridge. To activate one of these
features, press and hold the Unload/Eject button for the
amount of time specified in Table 4. Release the Unload/Eject
button when the desired LED sequence is displayed.
If you do nothing for 15 seconds after accessing any of the
additional features that require an action, such as loading a
cartridge, the drive returns to normal operating mode.
Note:
The Unload/Eject button features indicated by an
asterisk (*) in Table 4 overwrite all data on the cartridge loaded
in the drive. Use extreme caution when accessing these
features to avoid loss of important data.
