Quantum AML-J, AML-E, AML-2 Release Notes

AML Management Unit

Release Notes

Version 3.12

Document Number: 6-00344-03

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AMU

Version 3.12 AMU Release Notes

This release notes cover the release of the AML Management Software (AMU) Version 3.12. For
more information, call the ADIC Technical Assistance Center at:

• 1.800.827.3822 (outside of Europe and Japan)

• 00.800.9999.3822 (Europe and Japan)

For Your Safety

WARNING:

AMU SENDS TIME CONTROLLED COMMANDS TO ITS ROBOTS.
WHEN STARTING AMU, MAKE SURE THAT NO PERSON, NO ARMS
OR HANDS, ARE PLACED INSIDE THE STORAGE DEVICE. THE AMU
SENDS COMMANDS INDEPENDENT OFTHE HOST SOFTWARE
RUNNING ON THE SYSTEM.

Requirements

The CD-ROM of this AMU version is a complete version, which does not require a previous version
of AMU software. AMU 3.12 can replace all previous installed AMU versions.

The following software releases are required:

Software Version DCI Requirements

AML/2 control unit 2.20D or higher Standard gripper

2.30D or higher Parallel gripper

AML/E control unit 2.20D or higher Standard gripper

2.30C or higher Parallel gripper

AML/J control unit 2.40D or higher

DAS 3.12 or higher UNIX, OS/2

ROBAR V2.5 or higher V3.02 recommended

HACC/OS400 V2.2 or higher

HACC/MVS 3.0 PTF ZY30015 older version does not support the DUAL- and

CLEAN function

TwinATL S0308D20 or higher

Other host application software version prerequisites do not apply.

For Your Safety 1

AMU

System Hardware and Software

Hardware/software Requirements

Processor min. Intel Pentium 350 MHz

Memory min. 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended, required for

systems with 2 or more hosts)

Hard disk min. one hard disk with 850 MB free space (2 hard disks

recommended)

Operating system

Database manager

Communication

Data Switch (only AML/2 and
AML/E with Dual AMU)

OS/2 4.0 with fixpack 15, MPTS 6.0, and TCP/IP 4.31

IBM DATABASE 7.01

TCP/IP 4.31

Automatic Data Switch
The Manual Data Switch, previous used for Backup AMU is no
longer supported on AML/2 and AML/E.

Software and Hardware Dependencies

Special cases are described in table 4. If the actual case is not a part of table 4 please look in table
1-3 for general cases.

If information about AMU and DAS is needed for special cases please use table 1 in addition to table

4.

For the general cases please use Table 1, Table2, and Table 3.

Table 1 AMU Hardware General Dependencies

AMU DAS HACC/MVS

>= 2.4i ;
<= 3.0

>= 3.0 3.x PTF

>= 3.11 >= 3.11 3.00 + PTF

1.3x 2.4 or
>= 3.00

ZY300012

ZY300015

Robot SW

AML/2

>= 2.30D or
>= 2.20D

>= 2.30E or
>= 2.20F

Robot SW

AML/E

>= 2.30D or
>= 2.20D

>= 2.30E or
>= 2.20F

Robot SW

AML/J

>= 2.40D >= 486,

AMU HW

>= 16 MB

>= P120,
>= 32 MB

>= P350,
>= 64MB

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Table 2 Gripper Dependencies, AML/J Systems

Gripper Robot SW Eprom AMU

V0 (201000060) >= 2.4D V 1.2 od. V 1-3 >= 2.4i

V1 (201001140)

V2 (201001300) >= 3.0 V 2.2, V 3-3 od. V 3-4

V2 (201001980)

V2 (201002869) >= 4.01 V 4-4

V2 (201003500) V 5-5

Table 3 Gripper Dependencies, AML/2 and AML/E Systems

Gripper Robot SW AMU

3480 V1 (401000700) 2.2 or 3.0 >= 2.4i

V2 (401002100)

V3 (401004840)

MM V1 (401001220)

D2 V1 (401003090)

V2 (401004050)

PS V1 (401004930) 2.3 or 3.0

V2 (401002021)

V3 (401002093)

PL V1 (401004920)

V2 (401002019)

V3 (401002092)

PW V1 (401002235) >= 2.3G

V2 (401003600)

Table 4 Special cases for drive and media integration

Medium Drive

a

Gripper (with Eprom) Robot Software

AMU DCI

/J /2 + /E /J /2 + /E

9840 9840 TX30 V4 (with V4-4) PL / PS / PW >= 4.01 >= 2.3G >= 2.4i no

DLT 7001S LP +

PL / PS / PW >= 4.03 >= 2.3G4 >= 3.1 >V2

8001S LP

AIT 1+2 all AIT LP V3 (with V3-4)

PL / PS / PW 2.3 or 3.0 >= 2.4i no

V4 (with V4-4)

D2M all D2 V4 (with V4-4) PL / PS / PW >= 4.01 >= 2.2 >= 2.4i no

DTF-L all DTF V4 (with V4-4) PL / PS / PW >= 4.01 2.3 or 3.0 >= 2.4i no

Betacam-L all Betacam V4 (with V4-4) PL / PS / PW >= 4.01 2.3 or 3.0 >= 2.4i no

DVCPro-L Panasonic

V4 (with V4-4) PL / PS / PW >= 4.11 >= 2.30H > 3.10D no

AJ-D960

System Hardware and Software 3

Table 4 Special cases for drive and media integration

AMU

Medium Drive

LTO
Ultrium1

a. Drive type see in list of supported drives

Table 5 Drive-to-AMU and DCI compatibility

Medium Drive

AIT-1 SDX-300 04E5 4 3.11

AIT-2 SDX-500 0200.cy10 4 3.11

AIT-3 SDX-700 0103.cy10 4 3.11

DLT IV DLT 7000 LP 107 4 3.10

SDLT SDLC 220 70 4 3.11

3590 3590 B1A 4 3.11

LTO-1 Ultrium TD1 3481 4 3.11

LTO - 2 Ultrium TD2 SCSI 34X0 4 3.11

a. Drive type see in list of supported drives

IBM 3580
LTO L P

a

DLT 8000 LP 80 4 3.10

3590E1A 4 3.11

Ultrium TD2 FC 34X0 4 3.12

Gripper (with Eprom) Robot Software

/J /2 + /E /J /2 + /E

V5 (with V5-5) PW V2

(401003600)

a

Firmware DCI AMU

>= 4.11 >= 2.30H > 3.10D >V3

AMU DCI

Updates

Updates of any of these products should be performed by authorized and trained personnel.

Update from AMU 2.40, AMU 3.02, AMU 3.10, and AMU

3.11

If the correct prerequisites have already been installed, an update to AMU 3.12 may be performed
by trained customer personnel.

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AMU Installation Program

This AMU 3.12 Release can be used to upgrade existing AMU systems, to fix current bugs, or to
enable you to use the latest supported hardware/drives. To install or upgrade please use Install.cmd
script.

Installation

To install the AMU version 3.12, perform the following steps:

Step 1 Check the correct level of your system software with the command syslevel (MPTS,

DB/2). AMU version 3.12 requires Database Manager 7.01 and MPTS Fixpack 6.0;
without them, the AMU software cannot be installed.

Step 2 If you install an update, stop the current processing. Run shutdown AMU. If you run an

initial installation, begin with step 5.

Step 3 Open an OS/2 window.

Step 4 Insert the AMU-Software CD-ROM in the installation directory

Step 5 Run the Install program and follow the instructions

Step 6 Accept the computer restart when it is requested.

NOTE:

Do not interrupt the installation process. This may lead to undefined conditions
and problems with the database.

Deinstallation

During the installation, the previous AMU version, if present, was saved into backup directories.
Selecting the corresponding option from the installation program menu allows you to deinstall the
AMU Version 3.12 and restore the previous installed AMU Version:

Step 1 Stop the operation of the AML Management Software. (Host commands ROSO and

HOLD, or DAS commands Robhome and Shutdown). Select "Shutdown AMU" from the

AMU User Interface.

Step 2 Insert the first diskette of AMU Software into the diskette drive or CD-ROM in the CD-

ROM drive.

Step 3 Open an OS/2 window and change to install drive (e.g A:).

Step 4 Type "Install" and press <ENTER>.

Step 5 Select the deinstallation option from the installation menu.

Wait until the deinstallation process is completed.

AMU Installation Program 5

AMU

Changes and Updates

This section contains information about changes performed in various versions of AMU system.

AMU 3.12

NOTE:

AMU 3.12 is required for DAS 3.12 and vice versa.

Fixed Bugs

Table 6 Bugs fixed in AMU 3.12

Related Ticket Explanation of Changes

PR105 Error in menus and help files.

Some lexical errors in dialogs and on-line help

PR108 Fix for "AMU looping".

On Dual-AMU configuration AMU can go in infinitive loop when it receives a
wrong ABBA/1 command. In this case AMU will resend this command to itself
forever. Fixed in AMU3.11H3

PR114 AMU sends too short answer to ROBAR.

AMU sends wrong command in ABBA/2 format to ROBAR host which expects
only ABBA/1 format commands. Because of this, ROBAR terminates. Fixed in
AMU3.11H5

PR122 AmuSave.cmd fails when the output data doesn't fit on floppy.

AmuSave is used to get configuration information from the customer system.
Normally it puts data on the floppy but when it doesn't fit, AmuSave does
nothing. The fix for this is to pack the data via pkzip. Fixed in AMU3.11H2 and
in AMU3.11H5

PR123 Sequence number has been used twice.

This situation can happen when the robot has the cartridge in the gripper and a
DAS command arrives. Under this condition the DAS command will be
answered with code 1122 -- "sequence number has been used twice" and this
command will stay in AMU queue, thus producing this message every 1000
DAS commands. Fixed in AMU3.11H4

PR124 Error "DIM: error reading configuration data for drive T02".

This message was caused by memory corruption. This can be manifested
under the following conditions : DCI device has KEEP in progress and MOUNT
arrives (MOUNT becomes pending). After this, the bug in CanLib can corrupt
the preceding commands. Fixed in AMU3.11H4

PR125 Pending MOUNT can fail if cleaning started (on DCI device). Fixed in

AMU3.11H4

PR127 MOCL in cleaning process.

Normally AMU should queue mount command when drive is cleaning.
However it did not for MOCL-initiated drive cleaning. Fixed in AMU3.11H3

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