Tekkie tape drive question

[Dave the OAP]

I am trying to configure an IBM Ultrium 2 3581 H tape drive to go into sequential/randon mode to access the bar code facility a customer of ours has swiched on his system.

My tape drive is set to normal standalone singe drive and I cannot find in the manual ( 397 pages) what commands you set.

I have looked on IBM's web site and they are as useful as a chocolate tea pot.

Any help would be gratefully received.

cheers

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I am trying to configure an IBM Ultrium 2 3581 H tape drive to go into sequential/randon mode to access the bar code facility a customer of ours has swiched on his system.

Blimey thats technobabble of the highest quality! Even the good Doctor would be proud of that one. Or indeed Douglas Adams

Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow

 

[Dave the OAP]

very helpful - thank you

 

[bhanutz]

Give up?

 

[Man of Harveys]

Have you tried turning it off and switching it back on again?

 

[Trufflehound]

Sounds to me like you need some new dilithium crystals.

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

http://ftp.pets.rdg.ac.uk/vision/a67sg0ct.pdf

page 91
press and hold NEXT and MODE for 5 seconds until dIAG MENU appears as a message
then: chg mode

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

A sharp rap on the top sometimes helps. If that doesn't work rap it on the side.

 

[Titanic]

RTFM mate!! It's on Page 12 of the Setup and Operators Guide, GA32-0457-00.

Step 8. Setting the Operating Mode
The 3581 Tape Autoloader can operate in one of two modes:
v Random access mode (in which the server controls both the tape drive and the
media changer)
v Sequential access mode (in which the server controls only the tape drive)
Most applications use random mode, which is the default and is represented on the
message display as LdR REAdY.
In sequential mode, the picker loads the first cartridge in a sequence. Then that
cartridge is filled with data, the autoloader unloads the cartridge and loads the next
cartridge in the sequence. This process continues until all of the cartridges have
been processed. Sequential mode is represented on the message display as SEQ
REAdY.
To change the mode of operation, perform the following steps:
1. Ensure that LdR REAdY or SEQ REAdY appears on the message display.
2. Press and hold the NEXT button and then the MODE button until dIAG MENU
appears on the message display (approximately 5 seconds).
3. Press MODE until CHG MOdE appears on the message display.
4. Press SELECT to display the current mode of operation.
5. Press NEXT or PREVIOUS to toggle the mode between SEQUENTIAL and RANdOM.
6. Choose the mode that you want and press SELECT. CYCLE PWR blinks on the
message display. If you changed to random mode, LdR REAdY then displays; if
you changed to sequential mode, SEQ REAdY then displays.
7. To activate the new mode of operation, cycle power (turn off, then on) to the
3581 Tape Autoloader (see “POWER Button” on page 18).

 

[Bozza]

I am trying to configure an IBM Ultrium 2 3581 H tape drive to go into sequential/randon mode to access the bar code facility a customer of ours has swiched on his system.

My tape drive is set to normal standalone singe drive and I cannot find in the manual ( 397 pages) what commands you set.

I have looked on IBM's web site and they are as useful as a chocolate tea pot.

Any help would be gratefully received.

cheers

Looks like you have your answer.

If you need help underlining and bolding text in Word, please do ask. Although, it has to be said, Word is the work of Satan.

 

[Bozza]

I also think that 'Ultrium' is a great word. It sounds like a substance found on other planets that, in all likelihood, could defeat Superman.

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

I also think that 'Ultrium' is a great word. It sounds like a substance found on other planets that, in all likelihood, could defeat Superman.

Isn't it a cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber?

Or am I getting it mixed up with Elaterium?

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

I also think that 'Ultrium' is a great word. It sounds like a substance found on other planets that, in all likelihood, could defeat Superman.

You're probably thinking of Ittrium which is a rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89.

 

[The Large One]

There's gratitude for you, he doesn't even come back to say 'thank you'. What a bastard.

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

Ungrateful sod - I should have tripped him up as we went through the gates at London Bridge this morning, before he went off to the cashpoint...

*stalk*

 

[Man of Harveys]

I feel particularly offended by Dave's lack of gratitude, because my advice was clearly the most helpful.

 

[Robot Chicken]

 

[Dave the OAP]

http://ftp.pets.rdg.ac.uk/vision/a67sg0ct.pdf

page 91
press and hold NEXT and MODE for 5 seconds until dIAG MENU appears as a message
then: chg mode

what site is that? I couldn't get it to load

 

[Dave the OAP]

There's gratitude for you, he doesn't even come back to say 'thank you'. What a bastard.

I have only just come back on after playing with the thing for the last two hours

 

[Dave the OAP]

RTFM mate!! It's on Page 12 of the Setup and Operators Guide, GA32-0457-00.

Step 8. Setting the Operating Mode
The 3581 Tape Autoloader can operate in one of two modes:
v Random access mode (in which the server controls both the tape drive and the
media changer)
v Sequential access mode (in which the server controls only the tape drive)
Most applications use random mode, which is the default and is represented on the
message display as LdR REAdY.
In sequential mode, the picker loads the first cartridge in a sequence. Then that
cartridge is filled with data, the autoloader unloads the cartridge and loads the next
cartridge in the sequence. This process continues until all of the cartridges have
been processed. Sequential mode is represented on the message display as SEQ
REAdY.
To change the mode of operation, perform the following steps:
1. Ensure that LdR REAdY or SEQ REAdY appears on the message display.
2. Press and hold the NEXT button and then the MODE button until dIAG MENU
appears on the message display (approximately 5 seconds).
3. Press MODE until CHG MOdE appears on the message display.
4. Press SELECT to display the current mode of operation.
5. Press NEXT or PREVIOUS to toggle the mode between SEQUENTIAL and RANdOM.
6. Choose the mode that you want and press SELECT. CYCLE PWR blinks on the
message display. If you changed to random mode, LdR REAdY then displays; if
you changed to sequential mode, SEQ REAdY then displays.
7. To activate the new mode of operation, cycle power (turn off, then on) to the
3581 Tape Autoloader (see “POWER Button” on page 18).

Bingo. Cheers mate.

I ahve the manual, but I had lost the will to live after 30 pages of 397