Drive operation and maintenance – Quantum Audio Travan 40 Tape Drive STT3401A User Manual
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Chapter 4
Drive operation and maintenance
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Seagate Travan 40 Product Manual
Drive operation and maintenance
Introduction
This chapter describes important operational procedures for the STT3401A and
STT2401A. It covers the following topics:
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The front panel LED (Drive Activity Light/Eject Button)
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Using Travan 40 cartridges
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Drive maintenance and troubleshooting instructions.
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Loading revised firmware (updating flash EEPROM)
Front panel LED
As shown in Figure 10, the front panel of the Travan 40 drive contains the cartridge
opening and one light-emitting diode (LED), which doubles as an eject button.
The LED on the front of the drive may blink to indicate various drive conditions. The
basic blink patterns are shown below. See page 21 for a listing of diagnostic blink
patterns that may occur during drive startup.
LED blink pattern
Drive status
On continuously
Drive is ready; cartridge is loaded and initialized
Slow blinking
Drive is active OR
a cartridge is being initialized
Fast blinking
A drive fault has occurred OR
drive firmware is being downloaded or updated
Figure 10
Front Panel LED on the STT3401A (STT2401A is similar)
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