Sorry I didn't respond to this sooner, I just read it a few minutes ago
(I'm *way* behind on my e-mail due to a PC problem). Anyway, I managed
to find our 7980 tape drive users guide...

John Korb wrote:

> Question 3.  We now have what we think are accurate displays of the INFO
> values the 7980 displays (shown below).  They don't have another 7980 or we
> would wake someone up to get them to display the configuration  settings on
> it, so does anyone have a 7980 that they could go to and get the
> configuration settings from and email those settings to me?
>
>    Info 1 Displays    Info 2 Displays    Info 3 Displays
>       W20 GCR            W 0e00             WH 0015
>       WH   00            R 0e00             W5 4605
>       W  0000                               WD 3e11
>       WD 0e00
>
>    Info 4 Displays    Info 5 Displays
>       WH 0000               GCR
>       W5 0007            W 2e07
>       WD 2e08            R 4e08
>                            PE
>                          W 2e07
>                          R 2e08
>
> Note:  The operator wasn't sure the "e"'s in the above were "e"'s and not
> "c"'s.

The user guide doesn't explain all of these numbers, but I can tell you
they are lower-case "e"'s. And it says GCR is High Density Gap Size
(CONF 54) and PE is Low Density Gap Size (CONF 53).

I checked out one of our 7980 drives and got some different results from
yours, but it might give a clue as to what the numbers mean:

    Info 1 Displays    Info 2 Displays    Info 3 Displays
       E30 073            W 0e00             WH 0002
       5418991            R 0e00             W5 01DC
                                             WD 5e09

     Info 4 Displays    Info 5 Displays
       WH 0000               GCR
       W5 000A            W 1e07
       WD 2e07            R 4e06
                             PE
                          W 2e06
                          R 1e06

> Question 4.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get the 7980 to
> unload the tape and open the door?

My manual also lists configuration changes you may need to make to get
the drive to function the way you want:

(CONF 40) - Enable Change to the Non-Volatile Memory
Choices: ON or OFF
Allows changes to the non-volatile configuration options to be made from
the Control Panel. This configuration must be set to ON before any other
configuration changes can be made. After setting this to ON and then
proceeding to change the chosen configuration, it is recommended that
you reset this configuration to OFF.

(CONF 41) - Auto Online
Choices: ON or OFF
Causes the drive to automatically place itself ONLINE when the TAPE LOAD
sequence completes.

(CONF 42) - Tape Removal
Choices: ON or OFF
This variable controls the ability of the operator to remove the tape
from the drive. When OFF only the host can release the tape.

(CONF 48) - Language    [since you can't say where it is...]
Choices: 0,1,2,3
Sets the language used in the Control Panel to display one of the
following:
0 - English
1 - German
2 - French
3 - Spanish

(CONF 81) - Enable Automatic Unload
Choices: ON or OFF
When ON, the tape is automatically UNLOADed when the host places the
tape drive OFFLINE.

HTH, if you need anything else out of the manual, just let me know. I
can copy and fax pages if you promise to pay HP the royalty. ;-)

Patrick
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