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Function Code 9: Display Error Code Log Function Code 9 displays the last 10 error codes, one at a time (the codes are ordered; the most recent is presented first and the oldest is presented last). If there are no errors in the log, 0 displays on the single-character display. 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 9 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 Display Err Code Log 5. To view the most recent error code (the errors are numbered from 0 to 9, with 0 the most recent and 9 the oldest), press and hold the unload button for 3 or more seconds, then release it to select the function. A message similar to the following displays: Display Err Code Log 0. Cooling Problem 6. Press the unload button again to view successive error codes. Messages similar to the following display: Note: To view another error code, wait 2 seconds before pressing the unload button again. Display Err Code Log 1. Cooling Problem followed by: Display Err Code Log 2. Media Error 7. To exit this function and maintenance mode, press the unload button until the tenth error code displays (Error 9). Let 2-3 seconds pass between each depression. Press the unload button again. The tape drive exits maintenance mode and the following message displays: 54 IBM 3580 Tape Drive Setup, Operator, and Service Guide

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Function Code 9: Display Error Code Log
Function Code 9 displays the last 10 error codes, one at a time (the codes are
ordered; the most recent is presented first and the oldest is presented last). If there
are no errors in the log,
0
displays on the single-character display.
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
9
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
Display Err Code Log
5.
To view the most recent error code (the errors are numbered from 0 to 9, with 0
the most recent and 9 the oldest), press and hold the unload button for 3 or
more seconds, then release it to select the function. A message similar to the
following displays:
Display Err Code Log
0. Cooling Problem
6.
Press the unload button again to view successive error codes. Messages similar
to the following display:
Note:
To view another error code, wait 2 seconds before pressing the unload
button again.
Display Err Code Log
1. Cooling Problem
followed by:
Display Err Code Log
2. Media Error
7.
To exit this function and maintenance mode, press the unload button until the
tenth error code displays (Error 9). Let 2-3 seconds pass between each
depression. Press the unload button again. The tape drive exits maintenance
mode and the following message displays:
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