User's Manual

28 Scorpion 240 Product Manual
continuously for more than 5 seconds. The tape should eject within 40 seconds.
Contact Seagate Technical Support for more information.
LED Code summary
The following table summarizes LED flash codes for the Scorpion 240.
LED Action Meaning
Clean ON (lit) Cleaning is required because the drive has been
operated for at least 25 hours (DDS-1 and DDS-
2) or 50 hours (DDS-3 or DDS-4).
Flashing
Slowly
The internal error rate threshold has been
exceeded and cleaning is required.
Flashing The cleaning cartridge in the drive has exceeded
its useful life. Replace the old cleaning cartridge
with a new one.
Media ON (lit) A cartridge is inserted and is not generating
excessive errors.
Flashing The drive could not write the tape correctly (a
write error has occurred). Use a Seagate-
approved cleaning cartridge to clean the drive.
Drive ON (lit) The drive is reading or writing the tape normally.
Flashing
Rapidly
A hardware fault occurred.
About the front-panel LCD display
Figure 15 shows the types of information shown on the front-panel LCD display.
WP DC
1 6
2
3
4
5
LINE 1
LINE 2
Indicates whether
active catridge or
magazine is
write-protected
Indicates slot
number of
active cartridge
Indicates
whether data-
compression
is active
Message
display
Indicates
whether
tape is in
motion
Bar graph
indicating current
position of tape head
relative to beginning
of partition.
Figure 15. LCD display features