Installation Procedure - HP 98568A Installation Instruction

HP 7978A 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 200/300 computer.
Caution
1. Play 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 7978A 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 button until the OFFLINE indicator light turns on.
b. Press the TEST ADDRESS button twice to make the ADDRESS
indicator light turn on.
c. Press the ENTER button. The current address will be displayed to the
right of the ENTER button.
d. Set the address:
• If the HP 7978A is the first disk or tape drive your are connecting to
the interface, press the TEST ADDRESS button until 0 appears in the
display, unless address 0 has already been used.
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