System 75 Tape Alarm

[lopes1211]

I'm getting a minor alarm on my SYS75 Tape. After reviewing the books it says "replace tape soon". I have replaced the tape, done test tape, save trans, clear err, and all seems to work fine. I can't get rid of the alarm though. Any ideas.

-CL

 

[BIS]

does "test alarm long" bring you any results?

 

[lopes1211]

As far as I can tell, I have full maint permissions but do not see a command for "test alarm". It's a system 75n R1v1. -CL

 

[wilsontec]

you can use command "test tape long" to scan the tape and gernic is good or bad

 

[lopes1211]

As I've said, I've done a test tape long, etc, etc. After reviewing some old elmo docs, it looks like a 75 could take 48 hours to clear an alarm after an issue is resolved with no way to manually clear it. I'll wait 48 and let you know. -CL

 

[wilsontec]

if you want clear error msg , you can try the command "reset system 1" all error may erase

 

[ken07734]

Try Test tape long clear, if you do not use the clear command it will not resolve the alarm.

 

[lopes1211]

I'ts resolved. It just took 48 hours like the book said. There is no "clear" option for a test tape on a 75. I did not want reset the system especially not knowing if I had a bad tape. -CL