TP # 10/1

FECO:

TP # 10 / 1

MODIFICATION NO:

N/A

PRODUCT:

TRAVAN TAPE UNITS

SUB-ASSEMBLY:

N/A

ESTIMATED MAN HOURS:

N/A

CLASS OF CHANGE:

INFORMATIONAL

REASON FOR CHANGE:

APPROVED CLEANING KITS FOR TRAVAN TAPE UNITS

RELATED FECO/AB

TP # 9 TP#10

TRAVAN TAPE UNIT CLEANING KITS

  1. This FECO supercedes FECO TP#10. Remove and destroy existing FECO TP#10 and replace with this FECO TP#10/1.
  1. INTRODUCTION
    Customer problems have been reported which can be attributed to the Travan Tape Unit being incorrectly cleaned.

    The approved cleaning method is to use the DRY CLEAN cartridge that is recommended by the Travan Tape Unit manufacturers.

    The reason a dry clean cartridge must be used is because wet clean cartridges will smear the surface of the Travan head assembly thus decreasing the drives performance.

    Just think of our head assembly as a window or pane of glass. If you get a wet soapy cloth and smear it across the window / pane of glass it becomes difficult to see through the window due to the smear. This is also true for the Travan tape drive, a smear caused by a wet clean cartridge will make it harder for the drive to read and write to media, thus increasing retries and effecting the drives performance.

    This may eventually lead to failure or at least increase the possibility of failure in the drive.
  2. TAPE CLEANING CARTRIDGES
    The following are the manufacturers recommended cleaning kit for Travan Tape Units.

    3. 3.1 Cleaning Kit
    EDP SUPPLIES number 320510.
    GENEVA 100 8GB TRAVAN TAPE

    UP TO 30 CLEANS PER CLEANING UNIT
    The cleaning cartridge is made by a cleaning company called CIRTAPE (based in Minneapolis, USA). The name of the cartridge is Geneva 100.
    The Tecmar part number is QTT400C-005.

    3.2 Procedure
    Insert the cleaning cartridge in the drive. The tape will move forward at 35 inches per second for 8 seconds. During this time the head moves up and down. Then the tape stops and the user may remove the cartridge.

    NOTE : The cleaning cartridge is never rewound. Based on the above procedure, 15 cleaning cycles can be expected by the Geneva cartridge.
  3. TECMAR
    For Tape unit NCR 3-TRAVAN (8GB)(SCSI)(F) Tecmar (Wangtek) TS420C

  4. SEAGATE
    For Tape unit NCR 3-TRAVAN (4GB)(IDE) Seagate CTT8000-1A CTT8000R-A
    Or Tape unit NCR 3-TRAVAN (4GB)(SCSI) Seagate CT8000RS CTT8000R-S

    Firmware Revision Level must be 1.17 or later.

    5. For previous revision levels use:

    EDP SUPPLIES number 320496.

    3M / Imation DC2000 Cleaning Cartrdige.

  5. FIRMWARE LEVEL
    6.


    6.1 Determining the Firmware Level for Windows 9x.

    6.1.1 From Windows 9x Opening Screen :
    Click START - SETTINGS - CONTROL PANEL

    6.1.2 Double click the Systems Icon; choose the Device Manager tab.

    6.1.3 Double click on Tape Drives, then highlight the appropriate tape drive name.
    Click on Properties, then select the SETTINGS tape. You will see the Firmware Version.

    6.2 Determining the Firmware level for Windows NT.

    6.2.1 If the drive is attached to a Windows NT 4.x server or workstation :
    Click START - SETTINGS - CONTROL PANEL and select Tape Devices.

    6.2.2 From Tape Devices select Properties and then Settings.

    6.2.3 The Firmware revision will be displayed.

    6.3 Determining the Firmware Level for Unix SVR4.

    6.3.1 From root Enter prtconf Ñ | Ñ pg

    6.3.2 This will display detailed information on all the drives.

    6.3.3 <CR> to display the relevant Travan Tape unit and note the Firmware Revision Level.

    6.3.4 <CR> to the end of the display and then Enter exit

     
  6. USAGE
    Only the manufacturers recommended Travan tape cleaning unit should be used on that manufacturers Travan tape unit.
    On NO account should wet swabs be used to clean the Travan Tape Heads.

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