Patent ID: 6493959
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
An automated adjustment tool for adjusting a tape path in a tape drive, the automated adjustment tool comprising:a nest fixture configured to receive the tape drive, position the tape drive for adjustment of the tape path and secure the tape drive in the position for adjustment of the tape path; a plurality of probes slidably connected to the nest fixture, wherein each individual probe comprising the plurality of probes is configured to engage an individual one of a plurality of components comprising the tape path and provide a computer readable output that indicates a vertical position of each of the individual one of the plurality components comprising the tape path; and a processing system coupled to the plurality of probes and configured to receive the computer readable output, convert the computer readable output into a measurement and display the measurement on a display for an operator, wherein the operator adjusts the vertical position of the plurality of components comprising the tape path according to the measurement displayed for the operator.