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The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products .\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES .\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. .\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, .\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, .\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; .\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED .\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, .\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd May 14, 1998 .Dt CHIO 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm chio .Nd medium changer control utility .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f Ar changer .Ar command .Op Fl .Ar arg1 .Ar arg2 .Oo .Ar arg3 Oo ... .Oc .Oc .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is used to control the operation of medium changers, such as those found in tape and optical disk jukeboxes. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl f Ar changer Use the device .Ar changer rather than the default device .Pa /dev/ch0 . .El .Pp The default changer may be overridden by setting the environment variable .Ev CHANGER to the desired changer device. .Pp A medium changer apparatus is made up of .Em elements . There are five element types: .Em picker (medium transport), .Em slot (storage), .Em portal (import/export), .Em drive (data transfer), and .Em voltag (select by volume identifier). The .Em voltag pseudo-element type allows the selection of tapes by their volume tag (typically a barcode on the tape). .Pp In this command description, the shorthand .Em ET will be used to represent an element type, and .Em EU will be used to represent an element unit. For example, to represent the first robotic arm in the changer, the .Em ET would be .Dq picker and the .Em EU would be .Dq 0 . .Pp .Sh SUPPORTED COMMANDS .Bl -tag -width indent .It Ic move Xo .Ar .Op inv .Xc Move the media unit from .Ar to .Ar . If the optional modifier .Dq inv is specified, the media unit will be inverted before insertion. .It Ic exchange Xo .Ar .Op Ar .Op inv1 .Op inv2 .Xc Perform a media unit exchange operation. The media unit in .Ar is moved to .Ar and the media unit previously in .Ar is moved to .Ar . In the case of a simple exchange, .Ar is omitted and the values .Ar are used in their place. The optional modifiers .Dq inv1 and .Dq inv2 specify whether the media units are to be inverted before insertion into .Ar and .Ar respectively. .Pp Note that not all medium changers support the .Ic exchange operation; the changer must have multiple free pickers or emulate multiple free pickers with transient storage. .It Ic return Xo .Ar .Xc Return the media unit to its source element. This command will query the status of the specified media unit, and will move it to the element specified in its source attribute. This is a convenient way to return media from a drive or portal to its previous element in the changer. .Pp .It Ic position Xo .Ar .Op inv .Xc Position the picker in front of the element described by .Ar . If the optional modifier .Dq inv is specified, the media unit will be inverted before insertion. .Pp Note that not all changers behave as expected when issued this command. .It Ic params Report the number of slots, drives, pickers, and portals in the changer, and which picker unit the changer is currently configured to use. .It Ic getpicker Report which picker unit the changer is currently configured to use. .It Ic setpicker Xo .Ar .Xc Configure the changer to use picker .Ar . .Pp .It Ic ielem Xo .Op Ar .Xc Perform an .Em INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS operation on the changer. The optional .Ar parameter may be given to specify a timeout in seconds for the operations. This may be used if the operation takes unusually long because of buggy firmware or the like. .It Ic voltag Xo .Op Fl fca .Ar .Ar .Op Ar