Installation Procedure - HP 98568A Installation Instruction

HP 7974A Tape Drive
Installation Procedure
Your HP Customer Engineer will unpack and install your tape drive for you.
The following procedure describes how to connect your tape drive to your
Series 300 computer.
Caution
1. Plan It Safe.
Do not attempt to operate the unit until your HP Customer
Engineer has installed the unit for you.
a. Make arrangements with your HP Customer Engineer to have your tape
drive installed.
b. Turn your computer off, if it is not already off.
c. Turn your HP 7974A Tape Drive on.
2. Select Your Interface.
Select one of the following interfaces, listed in order of preference for
optimum tape performance:
• HP 98625 Disk Interface
• Built-in HP-IB Interface
3. Set the Address.
a. Press the OFFLINE RESET button until the ONLINE indicator light
turns off.
b. Press the ADDRESS button to display the current address.
c. Set the address:
• If the HP 7974A is the first disk or tape drive you are connecting to
the interface, press the UNITS button until 0 appears in the display,
unless address 0 has been used elsewhere .
• If there is only one other disk or tape drive (besides this HP 7974A)
already connected to the interface, press the UNITS button until 2
appears in the display, unless address 2 has been used elsewhere.
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