Bull ESCALA E Series Operator's Manual - page 29
2-9
Using Devices and Tools
Using the 8 mm Tape Drive
The 8 mm tape drive, is a high capacity tape drive. It is typically used as backup drive.
Functions
The 8 mm tape drive has one amber status light and two green status lights. The on/off
combinations of the status lights indicate the conditions of the 8 mm tape drive.
Error LED (Amber)
SCSI LED (Green)
Motion LED (Green)
Unload Button
Drive Door
Status Lights
The following table describes various LED combinations that occur during normal tape drive
operation.
Error LED
SCSI LED
Motion LED
What Has Occurred:
On
On
On
Power-On Self-Test is running
Flashing
(2)
Flashing
(1)
Off
Failed Power-On Self-Test
Off
Flashing
(1)
Off
Ready (no tape loaded)
Off
Flashing
(1)
On
Ready (tape loaded)
Off
Flashing
(1)
Flashing
(3)
Normal tape motion
Off
Flashing
(1)
Flashing
(2)
High Speed tape motion
On
Flashing
(1)
On
SCSI Bus reset
Flashing
(3)
n/a
Off
Error
Flashing
(2)
n/a
Flashing
(2)
Time to clean
Off
Flashing
(1)
Flashing
(3)
Cleaning in progress
The LED is flashing:
(1) irregular
(2) fast = 4 flashes/second
(3) slow = 1 flash/second
Note:
If a fault or an error condition occurs, first try to recover by pressing the unload
button. If the condition continues, call your Service Representative.