Chapter 1: DescriptionDual Robotics Configurations and Parking ModulesQuantum Scalar i6000 User’s Guide 7Dual Robotics Configurations and Parking ModulesA dual robotics library requires Gen 2 robotics hardware. A dual roboticslibrary requires, at a minimum, a control module, a left parking module,and a right parking module. See Figure 4.The left and right parking modules have the same size and appearanceas expansion modules, but they function differently. Each parkingmodule contains a “parking space” in which the respective left or rightrobot resides when not in use. The “parking space” occupies fourmagazine columns which cannot be used for storage.The left parking module is located to the left of the control module inposition zero. It is referred to in the user interface as “module 0.” Theleft parking module does not contain tape drives, I/E stations, or powersupplies. The control module supplies its power. If you are upgrading todual robotics, you will receive a left parking module to add onto yourexisting system. This increases your system size, so you must take thisinto account when planning for an upgrade.The right parking module is the right-most module in the system. As offirmware version i11, a right parking module can contain drives in anyposition in the library and up to one 24-slot I/E station. Right parkingmodules may not contain 72-slot I/E stations.Note: High-density expansion modules (HDEM) cannot be used asright parking modules.If you are upgrading a single-robotics library to a dual-robotics library,the existing right-most expansion module can, in most cases, beconverted into a right parking module. However, if the existing right-most expansion module contains a 72-slot I/E station, you may needanother module to be added to the right of your system which willbecome the right parking module. If space considerations prohibit theaddition of another module, then the right-most module will beswapped with another module in the library that does not contain a72-slot I/E station.
