User's Manual

24 Scorpion 240 Product Manual
Loading a magazine into the autoloader
Caution. Do
not load a magazine if all the LEDs are flashing; this indicates that
the drive is performing a power-on self test.
1. Make sure the drive is powered on and operating normally.
2. Hold the magazine so that the slot numbers are right-side-up.
3. Write protect or write-enable the magazine as appropriate. See page 33 for
details.
4. Insert the magazine into the autoloader with the triangles facing into the
autoloader bay, as shown in Figure 13. Gently push the magazine into the
autoloader bay until the autoloader mechanism senses the magazine and pulls it
inside.
Figure 13. Loading a magazine into the autoloader
Ejecting a cartridge or magazine
To eject the magazine from the autoloader, press the Eject button. If a cartridge is in
the drive, the LCD display shows the message “EJECT? PRESS ENTER”. Press the
Enter button, and wait for the following events to complete:
1. The tape rewinds to the beginning-of-partition (BOP) mark.
2. If the tape cartridge is not write-protected (read-only), the operating system
writes the updated copy of the tape log back to the tape.
3. The tape rewinds to the beginning-of-media (BOM) and is unthreaded.
4. The changer places the cartridge back into the magazine.
5. The magazine is ejected.
If there is no cartridge in the tape drive, the magazine is ejected without delay.