Specifications

Tape Cartridge 2-15
01 Aug 2000
Tape Cartridge
Each tape cartridge in the Scalar 1000 must have an external
label that is operator and machine readable to identify the bar
code (BC) number. The external label contains a minimum of
5 characters and a maximum of 16 characters for the BC
depending on the operating modes.
The Scalar 1000 can operate in one of three modes:
• Default Mode - 6 characters
• Mixed Media Mode - 6 characters, plus a media identifier
• Extended Mode - 5 to 16 characters, may include media
identifiers and checksum values.
The BC is composed of uppercase A-Z characters and numeric
0-9 characters. The Scalar 1000 currently supports Code 39
and Storage Technology type labels.
In Mixed Media mode, a separate seventh character label must
be used to identify the cartridge type
.
The cartridge type is a
single character that is either separate from or included with
the BC label as follows:
• The separate character 1 is used to identify the Model 3480
cartridge.
• The separate character E is used to identify the Model
8490, and IBM 3490E cartridges.
• The separate character J is used to identify the IBM 3590
cartridge.
• The separate character M is used to identify the Plasmon
NCTP cartridge.
• The characters C, D, and E are used to identify the Model
4001, Model 4001S, Model 7001, Model 7001S, and Model
8001S cartridges where C means DLT CompacTape III, D
means DLT CompacTape IV, and E means DLT
CompacTape IIIXT. The C, D, or E character is included
on the same label with the six character BC.
• 8mm media bar code labels do not support a media
identifier at this time. However, the Scalar 1000
designates the character
A
as a media identifier for
reporting purposes.
For additional information, refer to
Barcode Labels
on page 6-7.