COMLOG

Changing DVD

You will need to change the DVD on the ComLog when you or one of the DOCC users notice that a CD is showing overtop the ComLog icon on the task bar on one of the workstations or when you hear the alarm in the equipment room.

• Login to the ComLog Computer by first selecting the proper computer system. To select the ComLog computer, press "Control" and then "3".
• If the computer system has not been signed into, you will need to Login by using the following:

User Name: marcel

Password: marpass

• Click on "OK".
• You will now need to sign into the ComLog program. Double left click on the yellow "ComLog" icon. Once again you will get a dialogue box requesting a User Name and a Password.

User Name: marcel

Password: marpass

• Click on "OK".
• When you are logged into the program, you will notice along the top a hand holding a piece of paper with a red background flashing on and off. When the flash is off, you will notice that there is a picture of a cassette tape showing.
• Click once on this red icon. A dialogue box will be brought up identified as Storage Status - N0004. Along the right hand side of the dialogue box you will see another a hand holding a piece of paper on a red background.
• Left click once on this icon.
• This will bring up a dialogue box labelled Storage Manual Operations. In the yellow part of the box you will notice information on which Archive needs to be changed.

As an example it may show the following:

Remove 1-002

Insert 1-004

• Click on "OK" to close the dialogue box and this will bring you back to the Storage Status - N0004 screen.
• You will note that one archive will be showing "Record" and the other archive will be shown as "Standby". The archive in Standby should match the information from the Storage Manual Operation screen you viewed previously.
• Click on the "yellow padlock" on the right hand side of the archive that is in the standby mode. This unlocks the drive and allows you to remove the DVD cassette. If you leave the padlock in the locked position, you will not be able to open the DVD drive door.
• Once you have unlocked the padlock, proceed to the Equipment Room to continue with the process.
• The CVDS computer is mounted in the rack below the Dictaphone data tape storage drawer.
• You will notice that the alarm is sounding a tone every 50 seconds. As well you should see a red light beside one of the DVD driver indicators. The red light will be beside the drive that is needing changing. As an information, if you notice a "yellow" light beside one of the archives, this means that 50% of the DVD in use has been used.
• There are 2 DVD recorders mounted within the computer shell. The top recorder is #1 and the bottom recorder is #2.
• Press the button on the appropriate DVD to open and eject the cartridge.
• Insert the new DVD cartridge that was indicated on the Storage Manual Operation screen previously. Press inwards to close the drive door.
• Return to the computer workstation to continue with the process.
• Click on the "Lock/Unlock" to lock the deck once again.
• Click on the "Red" icon to bring up the Storage Manual Operators once again.
• Click on "Format"
• A Warning Dialogue will come up saying:

"You are about to Format an Archive Medium. Any recorded data will be LOST!"

• Click on "OK".
• The dialogue box will close. The archive will show as "Formatting" in a black background. It will switch to "standby" when the formatting is done.
• Click on the "X" in the top right of the screen to close the dialogue box.
• On the top of the screen you will now see a "Yellow" icon with a "black" exclamation mark. Click on the exclamation mark to open up the "Status Events" dialogue box.
• On the right hand side of the dialogue box you will see a "garbage can" and a "red/yellow circle" underneath. This is the "Alarm Reset".
• Right click on the circle icon. It will then reset the alarms and then the circle icon will disappear.
• Click the "X" in the top right of the dialogue box to close out of the dialogue box.
• Click on the "_" on the top right to minimize the program to the task bar or click on the "X" to close the program. You can leave the program minimized onto the task bar to allow easier access the next time or close it out all together. Either method will still allow the ComLog to still function at all of the workstations that it is installed at.
• If you check in the Equipment Room you will now note that the "red" light by the Archive is now out and the "alarm sound" will no longer be sounding.

The process is now complete. You may leave the computer on the ComLog or return it to the ProLog screen (normally left on the ProLog screen).