Always let a cartridge acclimate to the operating environment before you use it.Acclimation is necessary for any data cartridge that has been exposed to a differenthumidity environment or to a temperature change of 11°C (20°F) or more. Place thecartridge, with its container, in the operating environment for as long as it has beenaway from the operating environment or for 24 hours, whichever is less.Operating the 12/24GB 4mm Tape Drive in Harsh EnvironmentsThe tape drive is ideally suited to streaming operations rather than tape movementoperations involving multiple stops and starts and random searches. Use streamingmovement whenever possible.Do not use for archiving any tape that was previously used outside the ranges specifiedin “Environmental Considerations for 12/24 GB 4 mm Data Cartridges” on page 32 foran extended period of time. Exposure to the new environment deteriorates the magneticand physical strength of the tape. Do not store important data on a tape that was usedoutside the specified ranges. For reliable archiving, transfer the data to a new tape.Status LightsThe 12/24GB 4mm Tape Drive has two green status lights and one amber status light.The on and off combinations of the status lights indicate the conditions of the 12/24GB4mm Tape Drive.Each of the International Organization for Standards (ISO) symbols located above astatus light indicates a specific condition of the tape drive as follows:1 Tape Drive Door2 Status lights3 Ready (green)4 Tape Motion (green)5 Disturbance (amber)6 Unload/Reset buttonThe following tables explain the meaning of the green and amber status lights.345 612Chapter 2. Using the 44P Series Model 270 33
