Device type: kubik
Windows NT UNIX
device=kubik device=kubik
drive=\\.\p0b0t3 drive=/dev/iXOS_SCSI0/3
drive=\\.\p0b0t4 drive=/dev/iXOS_SCSI0/4
drive=\\.\p0b0t5 drive=/dev/iXOS_SCSI0/5
drive=\\.\p0b0t6 drive=/dev/iXOS_SCSI0/6
robot=com1: robot=/dev/tty0
save=*.sav save=*.sav
In Kubik's CDR240M 240 CDs are arranged in a flat roundabout. On the back, four
CD-ROM drives are ready to catch CDs that are ejected from the carousel by four
thin pushers in the middle of the carousel. An additional pusher throws CDs to
a separate mail slot on the front. If you access a disk, the jukebox rotates
the carousel until the CD reaches the position in front of the drive in which
it must be inserted. Then the pusher throws it into the drive, the drive
inserts it, and you can access the data.
The robot is controlled by a serial line, so the device description file is
similar to a Mercury jukebox, but since each Kubik jukebox requires an
exclusive line, you do not need to specify a robot ID.
The Kubik has a separate mail slot so importing and exporting CDs is similar to
NSM's Mercury. The difference is that it is not a tray; it's simply a slot that
you open manually if it is unlocked and then close it manually. Then a disk can
be inserted or changed.
Note that for the Kubik jukebox cdadm insert and cdadm remove
use special strategies. If you do not specify a slot number or CD name, the
server chooses a slot with the goal of keeping the roundabout balanced.