JPH04143950A - Automatic warehouse type magnetic cartridge tape device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate a fact that a deteriorated medium is repaired and exchanged with a person's help by providing a prescribed function and replacing it automatically with a new medium before deterioration of the medium is shown. CONSTITUTION:The device is constituted by providing warehouses 1, 2 having a containing shelf, decks 3, 4, a label entry part 5, a discharge port 6 and an accessor 7. In this constitution, at the time of reading data of a medium, first of all, the accessor 7 takes out its medium from the warehouse 1, and mounts it one the deck 3. Subsequently, data of the number of times of mounting recorded in the medium is read. In the case the data exceeds a prescribed value, the medium is considered to be deteriorated, a new medium is taken out of the warehouse 2 and mounted on the deck 4, the data of the medium of the deck 3 is read and it is rewritten to a new medium. Thereafter, the deteriorated medium is removed, and rejected from the discharge port 6. Next, the new medium is removed after read is finished, sent to the label entry part 5, and a volume label of the medium is printed on the surface. This medium is returned to the same position as a shelf on which the original medium is placed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is an automatic warehouse type magnetic cartridge tape assembly! Regarding.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional automatic warehouse type magnetic cartridge tape devices, when the medium begins to deteriorate due to repeated use, read errors occur and are recorded in an error log. The operator looks at this error log and determines that the medium has deteriorated, and then rewrites and replaces it with a new medium.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional automatic warehouse type cartridge tape device mentioned above is
Requires operator instructions to replace degraded media with new media and is not automated.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention provides a warehouse having shelves for storing a large number of magnetic cartridge tapes, a deck for writing data to the magnetic cartridge tapes and reading data written therein, and a deck for taking out, moving, and loading the magnetic cartridge tapes. In the automated warehouse type magnetic cartridge tape device, the magnetic cartridge tape device has a function of writing the number of mounts on a part of the medium each time the magnetic cartridge tape is mounted on the deck as a medium, and a function of writing the number of mounts written on a part of the medium. It has a reading function, a function of replacing the deteriorated medium with a new medium, and a function of writing a label on the new medium.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, which shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, this apparatus includes a warehouse 1 having shelves for accommodating a large number of media (magnetic cartridge tapes), and a warehouse 1 having shelves for accommodating new, unused media. 2, decks 3 and 4 for recording media data or reading recorded data, a label writing section 5 for writing the volume label name on new media, and an outlet 6 for discarding deteriorated old media. and an accessor 7 for moving the medium between the warehouses 1, 2, decks 3, 4, label writing section 5, and discharge port 6.

In this configuration, when reading data from a certain medium,
First, the accessor 7 takes out the medium from the warehouse 1 and mounts it on the deck 3. Next, the data about the number of mounts recorded on this medium is read. If this data exceeds a certain value, it is assumed that the medium has deteriorated. At that time, the new medium is transferred from warehouse 2 to accessor 7.
Take it out and mount it on deck 4. Next, the data on the medium mounted on deck 3 is read, and the data is transferred to the new medium mounted on deck 4.
The medium mounted on the media is removed by the accessor 7 and conveyed to the outlet 6 where it is discarded. After normal reading of the medium mounted on the deck 4 is completed, it is removed by the accessor 7 and conveyed to the label writing section 5. A label writing section 5 prints the polymer label of the medium on the surface of the medium. This medium is then returned to the same shelf 1 in warehouse 1 as the original medium was placed on.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, when the number of manruns on the same medium exceeds a certain number, deterioration of the medium is expected, so data written on the old medium is automatically transferred to the new medium. Copy and discard old media. In this way, by automatically replacing the medium with a new medium before the deterioration of the medium appears, there is no need to manually restore or replace the deteriorated medium.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1.2... Warehouse, 3.4... Deck, 5... Label entry section, 6... Outlet, 7... Accessor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A warehouse having shelves for storing a large number of magnetic cartridge tapes, a deck for writing data on the magnetic cartridge tapes and reading data written therein, and an accessor for taking out, moving, and loading the magnetic cartridge tapes. An automated warehouse type magnetic cartridge tape device comprising: a function of writing a mounting number on a part of the medium each time the magnetic cartridge tape is mounted on the deck as a medium, and a function of reading the written mounting number; An automatic warehouse type magnetic cartridge tape device characterized by having a function of replacing the deteriorated medium with a new medium and a function of writing a label on the new medium.