
Chapter 1 Library Description
Library Components
8 Quantum|ATL PowerStor L500 Series Tape Library User’s Guide
Bar Code Reader
(Optional)
1
An optional feature on the L500 Series library is a bar code reader
(see figure 7
). Residing on top of the cartridge array, the bar code
reader performs cartridge inventories in less than three minutes.
The bar code reader assembly is mounted above magazine 0
(tower version) or to the left of magazine 0 (rack mount version).
The reader’s scan head communicates with the loader controller on
an RS-422 communications link. During a cartridge inventory, the
scan head illuminates and reads the bar code labels on the
cartridges and transmits the results over the serial communications
link to the loader controller.
Figure 7 Bar Code
Reader
Cartridge Handling
Mechanism (CHM)
1
The Cartridge Handling Mechanism (CHM) is a compact bi-
directional roller system that enables simple horizontal movement
between cartridge bins and tape drives (see figure 8
).
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