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Clearing the Tape Drive

If a tape is in the mouth of the tape drive and the yellow warning light on the ACL control panel is blinking, gently remove the tape from the drive and either reinsert the tape or allow the drive to continue automatically with its work.

Do not put a tape in the mouth of the tape drive when a tape is already mounted on the drive. If you do, when the tape in the drive is dismounted, the system does an equipment check and the drive no longer works. To clear this equipment check, follow these steps:

1. Remove the tape from the mouth of the drive.
2. Press the NOT READY, UNLOAD, and READY buttons on the tape drive’s control panel, in that order.
3. Press the green START button on the ACL control panel. The drive will eject the currently mounted tape.

If this procedure does not clear the equipment check, contact your hardware service representative.