Installation Guide

18 Operation
Loading the Data Cassette
Cautions
• Attempting to insert a cassette into the drive with the
power off will result in damage to the drive.
• Never insert a cassette into the drive up side down or
backwards.
• Never install more than one label in the place provided
on the cassette, there is a strong possibility that the tape
will jam on eject.
p Turn on the power to your host system.
p Turn the AIT-70D/100D power on.
4 If your external SCSI bus terminator has a Term Power LED, it should also be illuminated.
4 The AIT-70D/100D LCD backlight will illuminate.
p Make sure the Write-Protect Tab on the data cassette is in the record position (all the way to the right).
See figure 4 in Chapter 1: Introduction.
p Insert the data cassette halfway into the slot on the front of the AIT-70D/100D (see Figure 7).
Note
Inserting a write-protected cassette will cause the LCD to
display a “Write Protected Tape In Drive” message and the AIT-
70D/100D will sound an alarm for approximately 15 seconds. The
message will not be displayed again unless a write command is
issued by the host; if this occurs, the write-protected message
will again be displayed. The message will remain until the host
issues another valid command or the cartridge is ejected.