DLT V086 firmware diff

[CA17243]

I finished upgrading a few DLT8000's yesterday to V086.

We have recieved a couple of calls today saying the front panel lights are "different".

The units I did yesterday went from V080 to V086.

Where can I find some verbage on what changes a firmware rev makes, such as the panel lights.

Thanks

Greg Heil

[CA713937 · Accepted solution]

Greg,

You are correct - the front panel behavior has some changes if tapes are left in the drive unloaded, but not removed.

Here's the particular change:

Fixed between versions V080 and V086:

Added a low power mode used while waiting for the drive handle to be opened. If after 10 minutes the handle has not been opened, the handle will lock and the holding tension on the tape will be reduced. At this point, the eject button, a SCSI unload command, or library unload command must be used to open the handle and remove the cartridge. A SCSI load command or library load command will load the cartridge and also remove the drive from the low power state.