Grass Valley PLS20 - Manual (Page 21)

Monitoring the LCD
Profile PLS20 Data Tape Drive 11
FORMAT ■■■■■■ The drive is repartitioning the tape to the requested format. The
icon to the left of the message displays the current sub-
operation (write, erase, search, etc.).
Cleaning messages
CLEAN SOON The tape drive should be cleaned at the next convenient time.
MUST CLEAN The tape drive must be cleaned after a metal particle tape has
been used in the drive. If you attempt to insert an AME data
cartridge before cleaning the tape drive, the cartridge will be
ejected.
CLEANING . . . Cleaning is in progress.
DEPLETED The cleaning tape in the cartridge is depleted and the tape drive
will eject it. Use a new cleaning cartridge.
Error conditions
(When a hardware error occurs, the LCD cycles through the current error code and the
previous three error codes.)
ERR 1: xx yy zz
ERR 2: xx yy zz
ERR 3: xx yy zz
In the error display, xx indicates the fault symptom code, and
yy and zz indicate secondary errors (if any). If an error appears,
contact Exabyte Technical Support.
Table 2. LCD Message Descriptions