Managing Media in a Library - How To

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Add/Modify Barcode Patterns for Media in a CommCell

Delete Barcode Patterns for Cleaning Media in a CommCell

Associate (or Disassociate) Barcode Patterns to a Media Group

Add/Modify Barcode Patterns for Media in a CommCell

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To add/modify barcode patterns for media in a CommCell:

  1. From the Tools menu in the CommCell Console, click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Media Management Configuration.
  3. Click the BarCode Patterns tab.
  4. Click Add.

    or

    Click the pattern and then click Edit to modify an existing pattern.

  5. From the BarCode Pattern dialog box establish a barcode pattern using the various options provided.
  6. Click OK. The pattern is displayed in the Add / Edit / Remove Pattern box.
  7. Click OK to save the changes.

Delete Barcode Patterns for Media in a CommCell

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

Before You Begin

To delete barcode patterns for media in a CommCell:

  1. From the Tools menu in the CommCell Console, click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Media Management Configuration.
  3. Click the BarCode Patterns tab.
  4. Click the barcode that you wish to delete from the Add / Edit / Remove Pattern box and then click Remove.
  5. The pattern is removed from the Add / Edit / Remove Pattern.
  6. Click OK to save the changes.

Associate (or Disassociate) Barcode Patterns to a Media Group

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To associate (or disassociate) barcode patterns to a Media Group:

  1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the appropriate media group (Default or <user-defined> scratch pools, Cleaning Media, or Foreign Media group) and then click Properties.
  2. Click the Barcode Patterns tab.
  3. To associate a barcode, click the barcode you wish to associate from the Available Patterns list and then click Add.

    If the Available Patterns list does not contain the specific barcode pattern used in the library, add the pattern as described in Add Barcode Patterns for Media in a CommCell.

  4. To disassociate a barcode, click the barcode you wish to disassociate from the Selected Patterns list and then click Remove.
  5. Click OK to save the changes.

The selected barcodes will be used to identify media and automatically move them to the appropriate Media pool, if the Enable Auto-Discover Media into default scratch pool option is enabled in the Library Properties (Media) tab.