ULTRIUM 2 LTO 1/8

[Joe J_1]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me why our LTO does not read the barcodes?
Also, this is an HP product and we are getting the error "could not write data from cartridge memory"?

Thanks for any help

[Bernhard Mueller]

Jospeh,

I am pretty sure the 1/8 LTO autoloader does not have a barcode reader, only the DLT drive autoloaders (optionally) have one.

Regards,
Bernhard

[Joe J_1]

Hello,

Can anyone verify that the LTO 460 drive 1/8 autoloader cannot do barcode scans?

Thanks
Joe

[Bill Costigan]

Here is a link to its specs.

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11841_na/11841_na.html

No mention of barcode anywhere in the document cannot just be an oversight.

[Kurt Beyers.]

An autoloader does NOT have any barcode reader.

Kurt

[Joe J_1]

Hello,

The product number for this LTO 1/8 is AA927A this doesn't even show up on the link above? The only model number close to it is AA926A and that is a 1/8 SDLT 320?

Can anyone explained this please?

Thanks
Joe

[Marino Meloni_1]

The product AA927A 1/8 Ultrium2 Autoloader do not have bar code reader,

http://partsurfer.hp.com/cgi-bin/spi/main?sel_flg=modsrch&template=main&cpric=&prodsrch=AA927A&submit.x=10&submit.y=7
this is the description of the part of this unit

marino

[Joe J_1]

The link above says that you can purchase barcode labels????

[Marino Meloni_1 · Accepted solution]

Yes sure, the lto cartridges support barcode. you can attach it if you need to track your cartridges outside the autoloader.
The autoloader itself will not have any benefit with barcode, because LTO cartridges have a memory onboard that communicate with the drive via radio, and as the internal mechanism of the autoloader is made so that all the cartridge turn around the drive, if you need to make an inventory, if would not get faster than reading the cartridge via radio (would be just a bit faster, but the cost would be higher)

Marino