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Function Code A: Clear Error Code Log, Function Code C: Insert Cartridge into Tape Drive

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Display Err Log Exit Maint Mode followed by: Ultrium Tape Drive Drive Empty Function Code A: Clear Error Code Log Function Code A erases the contents of the error code log. 1. Make sure that no cartridge is in the drive. 2. Make sure that the following message appears on the message display (you may need to turn the power off, then on again for the message to appear): Ultrium Tape Drive Drive Empty 3. Within two seconds, press the unload button 3 times. The status light becomes solid amber and the following message displays (indicating that the tape drive is in maintenance mode): Maint Mode: Select Exit Maint Mode Note: If a cartridge is in the tape drive, it will eject the first time that you press the unload button and the drive will not be placed in maintenance mode. To continue placing the drive in maintenance mode, perform the preceding step. 4. Press the unload button once per second until A appears in the single-character display and the following message displays. (If you cycle past the desired code, press the unload button once per second until the code redisplays.) Maint Mode: Select Clear Error Log 5. Press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to select the function. A flashes in the single-character display, followed by 0. The tape drive erases all errors from the error code log, and displays the following message: Clear Error Log Completed! The tape drive exits maintenance mode and displays the following message: Ultrium Tape Drive Drive Empty Function Code C: Insert Cartridge into Tape Drive This function cannot be selected by itself, but is part of other maintenance functions (such as Run Tape Drive Diagnostics and Create FMR Tape) that require a tape cartridge to be inserted. Appendix B. Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions 55

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Display Err Log
Exit Maint Mode
followed by:
Ultrium Tape Drive
Drive Empty
Function Code A: Clear Error Code Log
Function Code A erases the contents of the error code log.
1.
Make sure that no cartridge is in the drive.
2.
Make sure that the following message appears on the message display (you
may need to turn the power off, then on again for the message to appear):
Ultrium Tape Drive
Drive Empty
3.
Within two seconds, press the unload button 3 times. The status light becomes
solid amber and the following message displays (indicating that the tape drive is
in maintenance mode):
Maint Mode: Select
Exit Maint Mode
Note:
If a cartridge is in the tape drive, it will eject the first time that you press
the unload button and the drive will not be placed in maintenance mode.
To continue placing the drive in maintenance mode, perform the
preceding step.
4.
Press the unload button once per second until
A
appears in the single-character
display and the following message displays. (If you cycle past the desired code,
press the unload button once per second until the code redisplays.)
Maint Mode: Select
Clear Error Log
5.
Press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to
select the function.
A
flashes in the single-character display, followed by
0
. The
tape drive erases all errors from the error code log, and displays the following
message:
Clear Error Log
Completed!
The tape drive exits maintenance mode and displays the following message:
Ultrium Tape Drive
Drive Empty
Function Code C: Insert Cartridge into Tape Drive
This function cannot be selected by itself, but is part of other maintenance functions
(such as Run Tape Drive Diagnostics and Create FMR Tape) that require a tape
cartridge to be inserted.
Appendix B. Diagnostic and Maintenance Functions
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